Elizabeth May video blog from COP20
- Post date December 9, 2014
- Post categories In Blogs, News
- Tags Climate Change, COP20, Environment
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Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to rise this evening in adjournment proceedings to pursue a question that I asked earlier, in September of this year.…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to pursue a question that I initially asked on October 10. The Minister of the Environment responded to my question.…
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Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening in adjournment proceedings to pursue a question I put to the Minister of the Environment on May 12. The question…
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Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, in beginning the adjournment proceedings this evening, I turn my attention to a question that I asked numerous times. Tonight’s adjournment proceedings deal with…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to stand this evening in adjournment proceedings to pursue a question I asked on March 27. I asked the Minister of…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I asked the Prime Minister, in question period last week, in relation to the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whether…
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Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, this is a question about math and red herrings. Yesterday, the minister said our greenhouse gases would be 130 megatonnes less than what they…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I will address the question to the hon. parliamentary secretary that I have been trying to put to previous speakers, so I hope he…
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