43rd Parliament223Government response tabledSeptember 24, 2020e-2425e-2425 (Natural resources and energy)KaitlinSaloleMarkGerretsenKingston and the IslandsLiberalONFebruary 11, 2020, at 2:33 p.m. (EDT)March 12, 2020, at 2:33 p.m. (EDT)August 12, 2020September 24, 2020March 12, 2020Petition to the <Addressee type="3" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">Government of Canada</Addressee>Whereas:The Government has regularly acknowledged that climate change is the most pressing issue of the day;The Government has committed to achieving net zero by 2050;Canadians depend on the Government to make decisions that are in the best interest of the environment and future generations;The proposed project is likely to result in adverse environmental effects to wetlands, old-growth forests, old-growth reliant species and Canada's biodiversity; andThe proposed project is likely to have dire effects to Indigenous groups, their land and culture.We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to reject the proposal to build the Teck Resources Frontier Oilsands Mine in Alberta as it is not in the best interest of Canadians.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONThe Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine Proposal was a project being assessed under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. At the proponent’s request, the project review was terminated on February 25, 2020.
Bituminous sandsExtractive industryGreenhouse gas emissions inventoriesTeck Resources Limited
43rd Parliament223Government response tabledApril 11, 2020431-00069431-00069 (Natural resources and energy)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsGreen PartyBCFebruary 5, 2020April 11, 2020February 4, 2020PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLEDWhereas:
  • Teck Resources Limited Frontier Mine is estimated to produce 260,000 barrels of bitumen per day;
  • An estimated 3,000 hectares of old-growth forest is estimated to be cut to make room for the proposed mine;
  • The Frontier Mine is estimated to develop over 14,000 hectares of wetlands;
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada's submission to the environmental review panel found that the Frontier Mine is 24 per cent more carbon intensive than the lowest carbon-intensive oilsands development projects; and
  • Canada has made clear international climate commitments, and the approval of Teck's Frontier Mine does not fall in line with those commitments.
We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to:
  • Reject Teck's Frontier Mine project proposal and halt any existing or planned construction.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan WilkinsonThe Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine proposal was a project being assessed under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. At the proponent’s request, the Project review was terminated on February 25, 2020.
Bituminous sandsExtractive industryGreenhouse gas emissions inventoriesTeck Resources Limited
43rd Parliament223Government response tabledApril 11, 2020431-00080431-00080 (Natural resources and energy)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsGreen PartyBCFebruary 18, 2020April 11, 2020February 5, 2020PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLEDWhereas:
  • Teck Resources Limited Frontier Mine is estimated to produce 260,000 barrels of bitumen per day;
  • An estimated 3,000 hectares of old-growth forest is estimated to be cut to make room for the proposed mine;
  • The Frontier Mine is estimated to develop over 14,000 hectares of wetlands;
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada's submission to the environmental review panel found that the Frontier Mine is 24 per cent more carbon intensive than the lowest carbon-intensive oilsands development projects; and,
  • Canada has made clear international climate commitments, and the approval of Teck's Frontier Mine does not fall in line with those commitments.
We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to:
  • Reject Teck's Frontier Mine project proposal and halt any existing or planned construction.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan WilkinsonThe Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine proposal was a project being assessed under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. At the proponent’s request, the Project review was terminated on February 25, 2020.
Bituminous sandsExtractive industryGreenhouse gas emissions inventoriesTeck Resources Limited