Week in Review: March 26 – 29
Welcome 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 joined the other federal leaders to address the federal exoneration of six Tsilhqot'in chiefs hanged in 1864. She also spoke to the merits of the bill to repair the Fisheries Act, C-68, as well as the Oceans Protection Plan, Bill C-55. Finally, she called for an inquiry into the Canadian data firm, AggregateIQ.
The House is in recess for two weeks. Stay tuned for the next Week in Review on Friday, April 20.
Happy Passover! Happy Easter!
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Key Moments in the House
Speech
Question Period
Debate
- Motion, Time Allocation: Would the Minister consider adding elements of Bill C-68 to the whale captivity bill?
- Bill C-55: When will we have an NMPA in the Gulf islands?
- Bill C-55: When will the DFO turn its attention to the threat posed by open-pen aquaculture?
Adjournment Proceedings
Point of Order
In the News
- "Elizabeth May just prior to being arrested for civil disobedience"
(Green Party of Canada, Facebook, March 23) - "Canada: how a pipeline engineer got arrested in anti-pipeline protests"
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian, March 24) - "Elizabeth May: Canada's Joan of Arc"
(Michael Harris, iPolitics, March 25) - "Kinder Morgan 'victory' a case of premature celebration, says Elizabeth May"
(Rattan Mall, Voice, March 27) - "Finding common ground in the pipeline debate"
(Danielle Smith, Global News, March 28) - "How Canada Could Prevent Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and Save the Porcupine Caribou"
(Jimmy Thomson, Desmog Canada, March 29)
Public Statements
Petitions
Elizabeth introduced the following petitions in the House this week:
- Implement a national strategy to advance leadership, education, and communication about the environment. Recognize fresh air, clean water, and healthy food as human rights.
- Ban the trade, importation, and sale of shark fins.
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
December 2017 Newsletter – Truth & Reconciliation
Have Your Say
Engage in government consultations for key legislative items:
Carbon pricing: Regulatory framework for the output-based pricing system
Deadline: April 9
Development of Regulations – Proposed Impact Assessment Legislation
Deadline: April 15
Consultation on front-of-package nutrition labelling
Deadline: April 26
Committees, Briefs and Responses
Elizabeth has been attending the hearings on omnibus Bill C-69 (Impact Assessment Act, Canadian Energy Regulators Act, Canadian Navigable Waters Act) before the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Liberal members of committee have been generous in sharing their time with her to allow questions to witnesses.
You can read an insightful exchange between Elizabeth and the Hon. Catherine McKenna (Minister of Environment) by clicking here.
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
Monday, March 26
- Elizabeth with two Saanich firefighters after speaking at the International Association of Fire Fighters Legislative Conference. Elizabeth was presented with her very own helmet to commemorate ten straight years of speeches at the IAFF conferences!
- Elizabeth spoke at the Women on the Hill event.
