Environment

House of Commons
HANSARD
December 5, 2011

You can also view this speech at: http://www.youtube.com/user/LibbyDaviesMP?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/HArwjoDijmk

NDP Opposition Day Motion on Climate Change:

That this House urge the government to: (a) play a leadership role in tackling global climate change and ensuring Canadian jobs aren’t lost as the rest of the world moves towards a new sustainable energy economy; (b) work in a leadership role at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Durban towards a binding climate change treaty with the goal of limiting average global temperature increases to 2°C; (c) recognize the real, science-based threat of global climate change, as well as respect and adhere to its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhagen Accord; and (d) take immediate action to lower net carbon emissions in Canada and increase Canadian trade with our major partners in a new sustainable energy economy.

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in Parliament today to speak to the official opposition motion on climate change. I would like to thank my colleague, the member for Nickel Belt, for his very personal and graphic description of the changes that have taken place that he has seen from the air when he is flying over his community in the north. It is a very good example of how serious this issue of climate change is here in Canada, and of how much we are missing the boat on what needs to be done.

HANSARD
House of Commons
February 8, 2011

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to follow my colleague, the member for Sackville—Eastern Shore, who gave a very spirited debate, and to be another New Democrat to rise in the House tonight to speak in support of Bill C-474, An Act respecting the Seeds Regulations (analysis of potential harm).

I represent an urban riding, Vancouver East, which has about 120,000 people. We have no farms and no crops in our community but we do have a growing number of community gardens. People are realizing that we need to grow vegetables and things that we can eat and live off in an urban environment. These gardens are blossoming all over East Vancouver and are being run by volunteers.

We also have a local farmers market, the Trout Lake Farmers’ Market, which is open from spring to fall. People can go to the Trout Lake Farmers’ Market and actually see people lined up for two things that drive them to the farmers market. One is for the local produce that is grown locally in our community, in the lower mainland, in the Fraser Valley, a very fertile and agriculturally rich community. People want to support their local farmers and local producers. The other thing that brings people to our local farmers market is the fact that 90% of the food is grown organically. Most of the people who sell at the market are organics. People want that.

Today Libby spoke out in the House to support the NDP Oppostion Day Motion on banning oil tanker traffic off BC's coast.

HANSARD
House of Commons
December 2, 2010

Motion:
Mr. Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley Valley) : That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately propose legislation to ban bulk oil tanker traffic in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, and Queen Charlotte Sound as a way to protect the West Coast's unique and diverse ocean ecosystem, to preserve the marine resources which sustain the community and regional economies of British Columbia, and to honour the extensive First Nations rights and title in the area.

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP) :
Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Burnaby—Douglas.

I was just listening to the Conservative member who said he is not going to take any lessons from the NDP, and that is fine. We sort of expect that. However, at the heart of this debate today is whether or not the Conservative government is going to take any lessons from the people of B.C. and whether or not it is actually going to listen to the people of B.C.