Mr. Speaker, why is it so difficult to get the government to protect the environment, especially where the oil industry is concerned? It took a two-year Liberal-initiated study to get the government to admit that it has a water problem in the oil sands; it took complaints by aboriginal leaders to get the government to [...]
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Scarpaleggia in Matane to discuss water issues with local community
Posted on 12. Nov, 2010 in Releases
Ottawa, November 12, 2010 – Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis and Liberal Water Critic is in the federal electoral district of Haute-Gaspésie–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia today to discuss water issues with members of this community located on the St. Lawrence River. “Even though the riding of Matane is at a distance from my own riding [...]
Scarpaleggia talks palliative care
Posted on 11. Nov, 2010 in Various
Published on November 11th, 2010 Sarah Leavitt West Island Chronicle For Lac Saint Louis MP Francis Scarpaleggia, the issue of palliative and compassionate care is something to concentrate on. According to the West Island Health and Social Services Centre, by 2018, the population of senior citizens will rise by 42 per cent making palliative care [...]
A Meeting with Cousteau to talk water
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 in Various
On October 15, what seemed to be the rainiest day in the past six months, I sat down with a fellow water champion to talk about imperilled freshwater resources in Canada—though there seemed to be more than enough of it in Montreal that day! For the past 100 days, Alexandra Cousteau had been making her [...]
Speech: shale gas
Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 in Speeches
Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to follow up on a question I asked in the House on October 22 about shale gas. Quebeckers are very concerned about this issue. The fact is, this is a very controversial issue in Quebec, where there is a significant deposit of this resource. Some have called it the [...]
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