“This bill does not get rid of environmental laws, but it lets the Prime Minister pick projects that can ignore them. These projects will not have to follow environmental rules or consult experts, provinces, and Indigenous peoples. This creates an unfair system.”

“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister defended Bill C‑39 on the grounds that it does not repeal any laws. This is true. The problem is that it allows developers to circumvent laws when they have the Prime Minister’s backing, as in the case of Pacific link. The laws still exist. They simply do not apply to projects selected by the Prime Minister, whose proponents can bypass impact assessments, disregard environmental laws, and proceed without first consulting experts, the provinces and indigenous peoples. Yesterday, the Prime Minister called it “efficiency”, but is it actually a Liberal two-tiered system?”

“I oppose this bill. It gives the Prime Minister too much power to ignore laws and approve projects without talking to experts, provinces, or Indigenous peoples. He is ignoring the rules so he can make decisions all on his own.”

“Mr. Speaker, Bill C-39 is part of a pattern of serious abuse of authority by the Prime Minister. He is giving himself the power to suspend whatever laws he wants. He is giving himself the power to approve projects without consulting any experts, provinces or indigenous peoples. In addition to Bill C‑39, the Prime Minister is creating more and more new agencies to do his bidding in order to circumvent the public service. He is flouting the parliamentary process and snubbing journalists, except for the American media. In short, he is disregarding all checks and balances so that he can govern unilaterally, by decree. Is he telling us that he is the law?”

“I oppose this bill. It is not about efficiency. It lets oil companies build pipelines without environmental reviews, break environmental laws, and harm endangered animals. Liberal MPs should not support this.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says that Bill C‑39 is simply about efficiency. Allowing dirty oil pipelines to avoid impact assessments is not efficiency. Allowing oil companies to lay pipe without waiting for the results of studies is not efficiency. Allowing proponents to circumvent environmental laws is not efficiency. Allowing pipelines to jeopardize endangered species and their habitat is not efficiency. It is irresponsibility. How can the Liberals support their leader’s abuse of authority?”