Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-11-22 15:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
        "fr": "Mme Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8053979\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present a petition from citizens of Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands and a number of others, who are very concerned about the fate of old-growth forests. This is e-petition 4277, with nearly 2,000 signatories; they are looking for action to protect old-growth forests and noting that the Species at Risk Act calls for protection of the ecosystems and habitats of species identified as threatened. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8053980\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners note that these species are particularly threatened by industrial logging through old-growth forests. The petition goes into some detail about the specific types of blue-listed species that are only found in high-elevation, old-growth yellow and red cedar forests and specific types of lichen. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8053981\" data-originallang=\"en\">The solution that the petitioners point to is that the Government of Canada, using the tools that exist, such as the Species at Risk Act, can move to protect rare species of lichen important to ecosystems and immediately require that British Columbia uphold and enforce protections for these species across all Crown lands.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8053979\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c\u2019est un honneur pour moi de prendre la parole aujourd\u2019hui pour pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition de citoyens de Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands et de plusieurs autres personnes qui s\u2019inqui\u00e8tent \u00e9norm\u00e9ment du sort des for\u00eats anciennes. Il s\u2019agit de la p\u00e9tition \u00e9lectronique 4277, qui compte pr\u00e8s de 2 000 signataires. Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent que des mesures soient prises pour prot\u00e9ger les for\u00eats anciennes et soulignent que la Loi sur les esp\u00e8ces en p\u00e9ril pr\u00e9voit la protection des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes et des habitats des esp\u00e8ces consid\u00e9r\u00e9es comme menac\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8053980\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires soulignent que ces esp\u00e8ces sont particuli\u00e8rement menac\u00e9es par l\u2019exploitation industrielle des for\u00eats anciennes. La p\u00e9tition d\u00e9crit en d\u00e9tail les types particuliers d\u2019esp\u00e8ces de la liste bleue que l\u2019on ne trouve que dans les for\u00eats anciennes de cypr\u00e8s jaunes et de thuyas g\u00e9ants de haute altitude, ainsi que certains types de lichen.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8053981\" data-originallang=\"en\">La solution propos\u00e9e par les p\u00e9titionnaires est que le gouvernement du Canada, au moyen d'outils existants tels que la Loi sur les esp\u00e8ces en p\u00e9ril, prenne des mesures pour prot\u00e9ger les esp\u00e8ces rares de lichen qui jouent un r\u00f4le important dans les \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes, et qu'il exige imm\u00e9diatement que la Colombie\u2011Britannique respecte et applique les mesures de protection pour ces esp\u00e8ces partout sur les terres de la Couronne.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/11/22/elizabeth-may-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12452646",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Old-Growth Forests",
        "fr": "Les for\u00eats anciennes"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/11/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F11%2F22%2F"
    }
}