http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca Blog Posts from Senator Grant Mitchell en-US Juntos CMS marc.gendron@juntos.ca marc.gendron@juntos.ca Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:20:00 GMT I am honored to be the Senate sponsor of Bill C-311 which is designed to compel climate change action from the government. The bill passed several months ago in the House of Commons and has come to the Senate and begun the second stage of the legislative process. Bruce Hyer, an NDP MP from Ontario who sponsored the bill in the House, asked me to sponsor the legislation. I am very concerned about the inaction of the government on climate change and jumped at the chance to be the bill’s sponsor. http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10320_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10320_post.aspx Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:16:00 GMT Or, to put it another way, how did a Liberal minority on the Finance Committee manage to defeat 4 parts of a government bill? http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10266_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10266_post.aspx Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:28:00 GMT Here is a question that I recently asked in the Senate about the government's two-faced approach to renewable energy policy. http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10322_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10322_post.aspx Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:04:00 GMT In this video I speak about Bill C-311 of which I am the sponsor in the Senate. It provides information about why this legislation is so important. http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10134_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10134_post.aspx Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:53:00 GMT Recently I met with representatives from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. They brought "Mr. Stinky," which is a specimen of a 9,000 year-old glass sponge reefs with them to Ottawa from British Columbia. “Mr Stinky” is from the spectacular reefs off the coast of British Columbia, some living 250 metres deep, that cover up to 1,000 km2 as far north as Hecate Strait and as far south as B.C.'s Sunshine Coast and the Strait of Georgia, including off Galiano Island. http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10125_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/10125_post.aspx Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Here is a question that I asked in the Senate today about the Government's proposed harmonization of Canada's climate change policy with that of the United States: http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9732_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9732_post.aspx Wed, 05 May 2010 12:32:00 GMT http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9514_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9514_post.aspx Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Here is a question I asked today about the government's involvement in a Maternal Health Conference being held in Washington: http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9493_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9493_post.aspx Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9146_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9146_post.aspx Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:29:00 GMT At the Globe conference in Vancouver, Senator Tommy Banks and Senator Grant Mitchell discuss what the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources is studying. http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9388_post.aspx http://www.senatorgrantmitchell.ca/blog/9388_post.aspx