Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-06-12 20:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Ed Fast",
        "fr": "L'hon. Ed Fast"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5483417\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as I articulated in my speech, the minister certainly would have the power under this legislation, in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"9630600\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-69/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-69</a>, to do pretty well anything she pleases because she would have broad discretionary powers to suspend, extend, and then veto projects, which is the exact opposite of what industry expected the current government to do. People in industry expected there would be more certainty in the process, the process would be science-based, and instead it is something quite different.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5483418\" data-originallang=\"en\">To the member's earlier comment on amendments, as I mentioned, every single amendment of the over 100 amendments that the Liberal members of the committee brought forward was passed. None of the Conservative amendments were passed because the committee was not interested in getting this legislation right. It was interested in ramming through legislation that the minister wanted to have through.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5483419\" data-originallang=\"en\"> By the way, I move, seconded by the member for Barrie\u2014Innisfil, that the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word \u201cthat\u201d, and substituting the following: Bill <a data-HoCid=\"9630600\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-69/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts</a>, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development for the purpose of reconsidering all of its clauses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5483420\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, you will understand why we are doing this. It is because of the sham of a process that the Liberal government undertook to address amendments that were brought forward in good faith by my Green friends in the corner, by the NDP, and by our Conservative members of the committee, most of which were disregarded and treated in a very cavalier manner. This is intended to rectify that and give the House another opportunity to get this bill right.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5483417\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je l'ai expliqu\u00e9 pendant mon discours, le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"9630600\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-69/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-69</a> permettrait \u00e0 la ministre d'agir pratiquement \u00e0 sa guise, puisqu'elle disposerait des vastes pouvoirs discr\u00e9tionnaires n\u00e9cessaires pour suspendre, prolonger puis bloquer des projets, alors que l'industrie s'attendait \u00e0 ce que cette mesure fasse exactement le contraire. Les gens de l'industrie s'attendaient \u00e0 ce que le processus offre plus de certitude et soit fond\u00e9 sur la science, mais ce n'est pas vraiment ce qui se produit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5483418\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre coll\u00e8gue a mentionn\u00e9 les amendements. Comme je l'ai dit, pendant les travaux du comit\u00e9, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux ont propos\u00e9 plus de 100 amendements, qui ont tous \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9s. Par contraste, aucun des amendements propos\u00e9s par les conservateurs n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9, parce que le comit\u00e9 ne cherchait pas \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer le projet de loi: il voulait tout simplement faire adopter rapidement les dispositions que la ministre d\u00e9sirait.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5483419\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'ailleurs, je propose, appuy\u00e9 par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de Barrie\u2014Innisfil, que la motion soit modifi\u00e9e par substitution, aux mots suivant le mot \u00ab Que \u00bb, de ce qui suit: le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"9630600\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-69/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-69, Loi \u00e9dictant la Loi sur l\u2019\u00e9valuation d\u2019impact et la Loi sur la R\u00e9gie canadienne de l\u2019\u00e9nergie, modifiant la Loi sur la protection de la navigation et apportant des modifications corr\u00e9latives \u00e0 d\u2019autres lois</a>, ne soit pas maintenant lu une troisi\u00e8me fois, mais qu'il soit renvoy\u00e9 de nouveau au Comit\u00e9 permanent de l'environnement et du d\u00e9veloppement durable pour que celui-ci en r\u00e9examine tous les articles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5483420\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, vous comprendrez pourquoi nous faisons cela. C'est \u00e0 cause du simulacre de processus que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a appliqu\u00e9 pour traiter les amendements propos\u00e9s de bonne foi par ma coll\u00e8gue du Parti vert dans le coin, par le NPD et par les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs du comit\u00e9, dont la plupart ont \u00e9t\u00e9 ignor\u00e9s et trait\u00e9s de fa\u00e7on tr\u00e8s cavali\u00e8re. Nous faisons cela pour rectifier ce qui s'est pass\u00e9 et donner \u00e0 la Chambre une autre chance de parvenir \u00e0 un bon projet de loi. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/6/12/ed-fast-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ed-fast/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/410/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10212304",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Impact Assessment Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur l'\u00e9valuation d'impact"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/6/12/",
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