Mr. 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 [...]
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Biofuels Speech - Bill C-53: The need for checks and balances
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Speech to Bill -33 Biofuels: The risks
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to Bill C-33.
There has been some criticism that this bill is being held up for no reason, and let us get on with it and push it through. This is not the case.
We are debating a motion put forward by [...]
Speech to Biofuels Bill C-33: Food Sovereignty
Thursday, April 17th, 2008The following in an excerpt from a speech Alex made in the House of Commons on April 17, 2008.
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…a number of issues have to be addressed in the area of food sovereignty. Next week, for example, I will be in the small community in my riding of Princeton [...]
Speech - Afghanistan Motion
Monday, March 10th, 2008Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP): Mr. Speaker, once again it is a pleasure to be here in this full House and to talk to all my hon. colleagues.
My hon. colleague from Manitoba would like to use my notes later on for his speech and I am sure that I can make them [...]
Speech - Bill C-33 on Biofuels: Effect on Food production
Friday, February 1st, 2008Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to Bill C-33. It is important that we look at the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act dealing with fuels as part of a long range study on the impact of biofuels, not only in [...]
Speech - Bill C-219- Volunteers Services
Friday, February 1st, 2008Income Tax Act – Bill C-219 Volunteers
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to speak to the bill and I congratulate the hon. member for Malpeque for putting it forward.
I am shocked and amazed that this was put before Parliament six years ago and reintroduced in the House of Commons for the third time in October of [...]