Fall 2010
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My latest newsletters, speeches, statements and publications will keep you informed of my positions on key issues for our country and the West Island community.
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The Hidden Dimension: Water and the Oil Sands
To access the Liberal report from the Environment committee’s study of the impact of oil sands development on Canada’s freshwater, follow the link.
Liberal members of House of Commons environment committee release Liberal report on water and oil sands
Ottawa, August 18, 2010 – Liberal members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development today released their report from the committee’s study of the impact of oil sands development on Canada’s freshwater. The study was launched over two and one-half years ago on a motion from Lac-Saint-Louis Member of Parliament [...]
Scarpaleggia reiterates support for an integrated West Island commuter rail service with stop at Trudeau Airport
Pointe-Claire, August 12, 2010 – Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for the Montreal West Island riding of Lac-Saint-Louis, has reiterated his support, previously stated in a 2005 press release, for a comprehensive West Island-wide commuter rail service with a stop at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport. Furthermore, in 2007, the Lac-Saint-Louis M.P. called on then [...]
Scarpaleggia introduces legislation to stop Canada’s lakes from being used as dumping grounds for toxic mining refuse
Ottawa, June 17, 2010 – Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis and Chair of the National Liberal Water Caucus, today introduced a private member’s bill to prohibit Canada’s lakes from being used as low-cost disposal sites for tailings waste from mining operations. “More and more, the federal Fisheries Act’s Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMERs) [...]
