Week in Review: April 16 – 20
Welcome back to Elizabeth May's parliamentary week in review! This weekly e-newsletter recaps her work in Parliament when the House is in session. Using the links below, you can watch videos of Elizabeth's interventions in the House, keep up with her media releases, and read articles she has written.
This week in the House, Elizabeth offered a tribute to the Humboldt hockey players alongside the other federal party leaders. She rose numerous times to illustrate the economic and environmental risks posed by the Trans Mountain pipeline. During debate about the budget, she advocated for workplace child care programs.
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Key Moments in the House
Speech
Question Period
Emergency Debate – Trans Mountain Expansion Project
- Tsartlip First Nation has not been consulted at all
- Kinder Morgan has far more to worry about than B.C.
- When did it become an imperative to refine our oil in other countries instead of here?
Debate
- Bill C-74: Why don't we process bitumen within Alberta and use it domestically?
- Bill C-74: Workplace child care with tax benefits to employers
- Bill C-25: Misuse of Bearer Shares
Press Conferences
- Report from Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group on Trip to Israel-Palestine
- (FR) Projet C-392, la gestion du territoire
In the News
- Full media scrum here: "Elizabeth May on Kinder Morgan project"
(CBC Vancouver, April 16) - Clip of scrum: "Elizabeth May says government should not subsidize Trans Mountain"
(Toronto Star, April 16) - "Is the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline in the national interest?"
(Laura Lynch, CBC: The Current, April 16; Transcript available here) - "'Just like that?' Pipeline critics stunned to hear of criminal charges after protest"
(National Observer, April 16) - "The pipeline dispute in western Canada"
(Peter Van Dusen, Primetime Politics, April 17; MP panel with Elizabeth at 17:55) - "Carr says 'nothing has changed' as Kinder Morgan warns project 'may be untenable'"
(Rachel Gilmore, iPolitics, April 19) - "Here's what you don't know about Kinder Morgan"
(Elizabeth May, Policy Magazine, April 3)
Public Statements
- Condemning Trudeau's Kinder Morgan bailout
- Elizabeth May welcomes decision to replace Centre for Plant Health
- Statement on Israel's 70th Birthday
Petitions
Elizabeth introduced the following petitions in the House this week:
- Ban the use of animal testing for cosmetic products, similar to Norway, India and Israel.
- Expand the moratorium on tanker traffic to a permanent ban along B.C.'s coast.
Note: Elizabeth presents petitions once the deadline for signatures has passed. After presentation in the House, the government has 45 calendar days to table a response.
You may read the governments' responses to petitions Elizabeth has introduced here.
View and sign open e-petitions currently sponsored by Elizabeth here.
Learn about the e-petition process or create one of your own here.
Community Newsletter
April 2018 Newsletter – Children
Have Your Say
Engage in Government consultations for key legislative items:
Consultation on Countering Radicalization to Violence
Deadline: April 26
Consultation on front-of-package nutrition labelling
Deadline: April 26
Countering Online Child Sexual Exploitation
Deadline: April 30
Deadline: June 1
Click here to see all Government consultations.
Committees, Briefs and Responses
Elizabeth was active in clause-by-clause meetings of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security this week, offerring amendments to the revised anti-terrorism act, Bill C-59 (previously known as C-51). Clause-by-clause review of C-59 will continue next week.
Submission to the Consultations on an Amendment to Aquaculture Regulation
Submission to the Transport Canada Parliamentary Consultation
Submission to the Consultations on the federal Carbon Pricing System
Submission to the Consultations on the Federal Leaders' Debates
Submission to the Consultations on Health Canada’s Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis
Submission to the Consultations on the Proposed Excise Duty Framework for Cannabis Products
Submission to the Canada-Pacific Trade Consultations
Brief Submitted to the NAFTA Renegotiation Consultation
Brief Submitted to the Minister of Food and Agriculture Canada for "A Food Policy for Canada"
Response Submitted to the Consultations on Tax Planning Using Private Corporations
Response Submitted to the "Environment and Regulatory Reviews: Discussion Paper"
Brief Submitted to the Expert Panel Reviewing Environmental Assessment Law
Private Members' Bills
Elizabeth May has introduced the following bills:
Bill C-387: This bill will establish a legislative framework for a national passenger rail service.
Bill C-269: This bill will abolish mandatory minimum sentences for all crimes except murder and treason.
Bill C-258: This "Think Small First" bill would require that every new bill introduced in the House undergo an assessment to determine how the bill would impact Canadian small businesses.
Bill C-259: The Open Science Act would require all federal departments to make all publicly funded scientific research available to Canadians on their websites.
For a list of private members' bills Elizabeth May has seconded, please visit elizabethmaymp.ca.
Recent Events
Sunday, April 15
- Elizabeth attended the annual Vaisakhi celebrations in Victoria
- Elizabeth attended the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Victoria
Tuesday, April 17
- Elizabeth took part in a CPAC MP Panel on the Kinder Morgan Dispute
Wednesday, April 18
- Elizabeth had lunch with her young and talented constituents from Gulf Islands Secondary School, in town to defend their title at the Canadian Improv Games
Upcoming Events
Friday, April 20
- Join Elizabeth at Robert Kiley's official Campaign Office Opening celebrations
- Join Elizabeth and Robert Kiley for an evening gala
Saturday, April 21
- Plant a tree with Elizabeth and the Rotary Club of Guelph for Earth Day
- Join Elizabeth May, Mike Schreiner, David Suzuki and Sarah Harmer at the Earth Day Rally in Guelph
Sunday, April 22
Thursday, April 26
Friday, April 27
Saturday, April 28