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Windsor West MP Brian Masse is expressing concern about the lack of progress of his urban park bill in the Senate, describing it as a “dangerous situation” that could result in the legislation failing.
To urge the Senate of Canada to move forward with Bill C-248, which aims to establish the Ojibway National Urban Park, the New Democrat politician gathered supporters outside the Ojibway Nature Centre and encouraged residents to sign a new petition.
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Available on Masse’s website (brianmasse.ca), the petition calls on senators to advance the bill that is currently stuck in the Senate to the committee stage.
“It’s a dangerous situation,” Masse said. “If Parliament falls, then the legislation is gone.”
In addition to the petition, visitors to Masse’s website can download postcards addressed to the Senate of Canada urging the passage of the private member’s bill.
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Windsor Star
Despite efforts from Parks Canada and municipalities to establish the Ojibway National Urban Park, Masse emphasized that “the bill is the only legislative process that protects the park and the area forever.” The bill also ensures equality between Windsor’s national urban park and Canada’s other national parks.
Masse’s long-standing endeavor to create a national urban park in the city reached its final reading in the House of Commons almost unanimously about a year ago.
The bill’s second reading is currently “in progress” in the Senate, as indicated on the Parliament of Canada website. The last debate on the bill took place during a sitting in late October.
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