My colleague, Nathan Cullen MP – Skeena-Bulkley Valley recently issued the following Op-ed which I would like to share with you.
Days after the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig blew up off the coast of Lousiana killing 11 workers, British Petroleum assured the public that they would contain the leak quickly. They were wrong. The leak has [...]
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Accidents Can - and do - Happen
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Climate Change Accountability Act
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 HELP SUPPORT BILL C-311:
THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT!
After four years of the federal NDP building and working to get this bill through Parliament, the final Committee Report will hopefully, at long last, be coming before the House of Commons this Spring (tentatively March 31st.) This House of Commons Environment Committee Report will be tabled and [...]
Glacier Howser and Other BC IPP Projects
Friday, July 31st, 2009Letter to Premier Campbell
Dear Premier Campbell:
On 24 July 2009 I submitted a letter to the Environmental Assessment Office, expressing concerns with the proposed Glacier Howser Private Hydroelectric Project. Attached please find a copy of this submission.
An overwhelming majority of people in our area are against this project as evidenced by over 1100 people who showed [...]
MP Atamanenko Throws Support Behind Community Opposition to Kootenay IPP
Friday, June 26th, 2009“Where is the benefit to the people of BC?”
Castlegar, BC – Before a public meeting in Kaslo on Wednesday that drew 1100 citizens from the town and other Kootenay communities, MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) told one of the largest crowds ever assembled against a proposed Independent Power Project (IPP) “This Glacier-Howser IPP must [...]
NDP Climate Change Bill to be Voted On
Saturday, March 28th, 2009OTTAWA – According to Alex Atamanenko, Member of Parliament for BC Southern Interior, Bill C-311, (An Act to Ensure Canada Assumes its Responsibilities in Preventing Dangerous Climate Change) will establish long-term targets to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions below the 1990 level by 80% by year 2050, and by 25% by 2020.
“It is important that [...]
Atamanenko Condemns Conservative’s Amendments to the Federal Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA)
Friday, March 20th, 2009Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior is strongly opposed to the sweeping changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) that were buried deep in the Conservative’s Budget Implementation Bill C-10 which passed into law on March 12.
The NWPA amendments were buried in the Budget Bill as part of the fiscal [...]
About Shanker’s Bend: Letter to Environment Minister
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Dear Minister Prentice,
As you are aware the Okanagan County Public Utility District in Washington State has undertaken a feasibility study to build a hydroelectric dam at Shanker’s Bend on the Similkameen River south of Osoyoos, BC.
Part of the study includes an 80 metre dam which, if built, would flood about 7200 hectares on the [...]
Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act C-5 — Speech
Monday, June 9th, 2008Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, once again it is my pleasure to appear before a full House to speak to Bill C-5. I notice my friend, the hon. member for Prince Albert, who knew I was speaking, decided to listen to my speech today, and I thank him for that.
First, I [...]
NAFTA: A blow to Canadian Sovereignty (Column)
Friday, May 30th, 2008The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect January 1st 1994. The main argument supporting NAFTA during its creation was the foreseen increase in trade that it would bring. Ten years after its implementation, research has shown that trade has increased dramatically among the three nations. During the first ten years of its [...]
Biofuels Speech - Bill C-53: The need for checks and balances
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to speak to this bill once more in what is probably the last speech today.
As we know, the amendments to the bill that I put forward in committee were rejected. The checks and balances that we tried to introduced here in the [...]