Building Canada Strong Act

Bill C-39, Building Canada Strong Act · Second reading · now at committee in the House Where it stands

What Bill C-39 would do

The bill would set one-year deadlines for impact assessments of major energy projects, including pipelines, power lines, and offshore renewables, once required information is submitted. It would also allow the federal government to designate trade corridors, adjust port governance and rail switching rules, and let electronic documents replace paper records for trade. In addition, the bill would introduce new collective bargaining rules and timelines under the Canada Labour Code, along with changes to environmental reviews and fisheries offsetting fees.

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Elizabeth May, Saanich—Gulf Islands

Green
“I want the member to admit that private investors are not really funding this project. A 10% share from a private company is small, and taxpayers are paying for most of it.”
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Mr. Speaker, I am always surprised when Conservatives agree so readily with Liberal talking points. The member mentioned that we wanted to have a project that attracted private investors. Does she not agree that a possible 10% from Pembina Pipeline is not a large stake in the project and that the taxpayers are paying for most of it?

Elizabeth May, Saanich—Gulf Islands

Green
“This bill hides a big change. Its summary leaves out that it cancels the five-year end date on an earlier bill. This makes the government's harsh new powers permanent instead of temporary. I want the member to explain how that will affect us.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague from Scarborough Southwest again on her recent election. Knowing she has not read as many bills as I have in this place, I will say that I have never seen a bill drafted to be as deceitful as this one. I want to put it to her that it is odd that in the summary of what we can expect in the bill, page ii notes that division 2 of part 1 would amend the Building Canada Act, Bill C-5, to say, among other things, in section 99, that the sunset clause on bill C-5, the part that says that this bill would not have an effect five years from this date, would be repealed. It lists four things of less consequence than this one it does not mention. Does my colleague have any comments on the impact of making the draconian power grabs of Bill C-5 permanent?

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