In May 2000 Dennis had alerted Canadians that a ship loaded with PCBs and headed from an American military base in Japan to Canada. As a result that ship was sent back to Japan. In the following speech in June, Dennis raised an array of issues related to environmental degradation
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In May 2000 Dennis rose in the House of Common to alert Canadians that a ship loaded with PCBs was headed to Canada from an American military base in Japan. The fear was that the waste would be buried in Canada. After raising questions for a number of days, Dennis made this speech and was …

Species of animals and plants are disappearing from the earth at an alarming rate. The Liberal government had tried and failed to pass a bill aimed at protecting those species. The bill came back in 2000 and Dennis, as the NDP environment critic, made this speech outlining his and the party’s position. 
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In March 2000, an expert panel reported on the future of Canada’s national parks. That panel called for the re-establishment of ecological integrity as the guiding principle for parks management in the future. In his remarks, Dennis reflected on the importance of that goal, and made specific reference to Prince Albert National Park.
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The world’s best scientists have been warning for years that the world’s climate is warming due to greenhouse gas emissions, and that climate change will have potentially devastating consequences. In the spring of 2000, the Pembina Institute issued a report indicating that Canada’s biggest polluters were producing more emissions that ever. Dennis spoke abut the …

The Liberal government introduced legislation in 1999 to amend Canada’s Citizenship Act. Dennis and his colleagues in the NDP believed that a new act was needed, but were concerned about proposals that would remove many decisions regarding immigration from public scrutiny, allowing those decisions to be made in secret. In this speech, Dennis pointed out …

Dennis delivered these brief remarks at an awards ceremony in Saskatoon on March 21, 2000.  The city’s race relations committee had been attacked by a local MP for allegedly promoting the interests of Aboriginal people at the expense of other members of the community. The MP made similar criticisms regarding the University of Saskatchewan.
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Canadian farmers and their communities have been devastated by a continuing economic crisis that shows no sign of abating. Dennis dealt in this speech with Canada’s role in World Trade Organization negotiations regarding agriculture. He pointed out that farmers were trading more than ever, yet their incomes continued to stagnate.
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Mr. Dennis Gruending (Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, NDP): Mr. …