Question 1617-19(2): Environmental Guidelines for Contaminated Sites  Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Environment and Climate Change on the environmental guideline for contaminated site remediation. I mentioned in my statement that there's no specific legislative authority sited in the document. The most logical w

Member's Statement 1633-19(2): Environmental Guideline for Contaminated Sites  Merci, Monsieur le President. I have been waiting patiently for almost eight years for this government to do something, anything, to prevent and better manage contaminated sites that have cost us literally tens of millions of dollars. With little to no fanfare, Environment and Cl

Committee Motion 492-19(2): Bill 92: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, No. 3 - Amend Clause 4, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Committee Motion 492-19(2): Bill 92: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, No. 3 - Amend Clause 4, Carried  Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that that clause 4 of Bill 92 be amended by deleting proposed subsection 20.2(2) and substituting the following: (2) The Minister shall, not later than eight months after the end of a fiscal year, prepare an annual report with respect to the collectio

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Mahsi, Madam Chair. I spoke a little earlier about I think the bill. It's good that there's now annual reporting -- well, there was annual reporting. Now it's a little more detailed. But the missing piece here, I think is an actual deadline by which the annual report would have t

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I think we're just getting ahead a bit of ourselves on this one. So I don't think the bill actually contains a deadline for annual reporting other than it has to happen. And that's good. When we get to the clause-by-clause review, I'll be making a speci

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. First off, I want to thank the Minister for her kind words about me earlier, but she doesn't get off the hook completely. You know, I do and will vote in favour of this bill. And I think it's -- the Minister's kept true to her word. After hearing what

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Yeah, okay, thanks. I'm just going to tell one short story. I had an opportunity to go on holiday into Nuuk, Greenland. It's a community of about 15,000 people. They have machines there. You push a pop bottle into it and cash comes out. They can do it in Nuuk, Greenland. You thi

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I think the Minister might have got ahead of himself a little bit. What in this bill is going to improve the chances or the ability of the department to open up a second depot in Yellowknife? Thanks.

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. So despite the previous discussion, I support this bill. I support it as well. I did serve as the chair of the waste reduction and recovery advisory committee for 11 years. The staff do great work on this area within the department, and that's why we ha

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. This is one of the hills I guess I wanted to die on in this Assembly. Maybe it seems like I'm trying to die on every single administrative trivia. That's not the case, but this is one that Members on this side of the House have continually raised, is th

Committee Motion 491-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend New Clause 128.1, Defeated  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that Bill 74 be amended by adding the following after clause 128: 128.1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), before making regulations under this Act, the Minister shall (a) ensure that there is an opportunity for public engagement by (i) publishing a

Committee Motion 490-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend Paragrah 127(z.01.1), Defeated  Yeah, thanks. I appreciate those comments. I guess what I was hoping to hear is probably a little bit more in line with what the standing committee report talks about in terms of things like don't wait until the very end before you carry out your public engagement; find ways to s

Committee Motion 490-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend Paragrah 127(z.01.1), Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I appreciate that explanation. But I don't think I heard anything about what lessons were learned as a result of the public engagement on the bill and how those will be applied on the regulations making forward. So would someone like to respond to that,

Committee Motion 490-19(2): Bill 74: Forest Act - Amend Paragrah 127(z.01.1), Defeated  Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. There's nothing in the bill about any form of public engagement on regulations. So earlier in my remarks, and I think in the committee report as well, at least a couple of the submissions said that the public engagement undertaken by the department was