Published: December 5, 2019
Notice of Motion M-1 — December 5, 2019 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That, in the opinion of the House: (a) it is the duty of the government to create a Green New Deal (i) to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers, (ii) to […]
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Published: September 4, 2019
By Laura Ryckewaert ‘People are starting to wake up to how badly planned this pipeline is, and I think it will be a major issue during the election campaign,’ says B.C. NDP MP Peter Julian. Pipeline protestors are pictured in Vancouver in 2017. Protests are widely expected to kick off amid the start of construction […]
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Published: July 3, 2019
BURNABY – Today, NDP House Leader Peter Julian (New Westminster – Burnaby) called on Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to commit to repaying to the City of Burnaby the $1.8 million in policing costs resulting from protests of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project so far. “The government can’t build an internationally-controversial project, and then […]
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Published: June 11, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Supplementary Question Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, so the Liberals say they will ban single-use plastics at the same time as they are handing over tens of millions of dollars to increase plastic production. There is a word for this: utter hypocrisy. The Liberals’ approach to […]
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Published: June 10, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Presenting Electronic Petitions Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present an electronic petition signed by over 500 people from across the country, Canadians from every single province and territory. This petition was sponsored by Colleen Dunbar from Richmond, British Columbia. The petitioners call […]
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Published: May 16, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Question Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the truth is that the Liberals are trying to ram through Trans Mountain, which would mean Canada provoking even greater climate change. Declaring a climate emergency does not mean responding with platitudes and pipelines. Tackling climate emergencies takes more than […]
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Published: May 16, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition today signed by residents of New Westminster—Burnaby and Surrey, British Columbia. They add their names to thousands of Canadians, and particularly British Columbians, who have spoken out. The petitioners are calling on the government to abandon […]
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Published: May 15, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session The following motion was be debated in the House on Wednesday, May 15, 2019: Mr. Singh (Burnaby South): That the House call on the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change to declare an environment and climate emergency following the finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
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Published: April 25, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Text of the Motion That, in the opinion of the House: (a) it is the duty of the government to create a Green New Deal (i) to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers, (ii) to create millions of good, high-wage jobs […]
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Published: December 8, 2018
Peter Julian has submitted criticisms of pipeline expansion to the National Energy Board. Burnaby Now December 8, 2018 06:46 PM NEB hearings are underway into the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion which would increase tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet. Photograph By File New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian has outlined at length the environmental concerns he […]
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