Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, this week Canada is back in the hall of shame on climate change.
First the government showed up at the Paris negotiations with the Conservatives' weak targets. Now it is blocking agreement on compensation for the world's poorest people.
This has earned Canada a fossil of the day award. Just like the old government used to do; it is déjà vu all over again.
When will this government stop blocking negotiations and finally show some real leadership on climate change?
L'hon. Stéphane Dion (ministre des Affaires étrangères, Lib.): Monsieur le Président, c'est tout à fait le contraire. Pour la première fois, depuis dix ans, le Canada est un leader dans la lutte aux changements climatiques.
Instead of being a laggard, we are a leader. That is a change. We must congratulate the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. She has been appointed as a facilitator by the chair of the COP21. It shows how great she is at helping to reach the result we want in the fight against climate change.
Canada is back.
NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.