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--></style><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2741"><div class="yiv8601036717WordSection1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2740"><div class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><a href="https://ca-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.partner=rogers-acs&.rand=cufs8duk0keah#_COMMUNIQUÉ" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Le français suit</span></a></span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2739" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><img width="65" height="189" id="yiv8601036717Picture_x0020_6" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D0394E.F17826C0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0394E.F17826C0" border="0"></span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt;'>RELEASE</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2743" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;'>Francis Scarpaleggia introduces water-efficiency legislation</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;'></span></u></b></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2744"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>OTTAWA – February 18, 2015 -</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis and Chair of the National Liberal Caucus, today tabled legislation in the House of Commons to amend the <i>Canada Water Act</i> to authorize the federal government to play a lead role in promoting the optimum use of water resources in Canada.</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2746"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2745" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The bill, entitled <i>An Act to amend the Canada Water Act (recycling, conservation and efficiency), </i>would allow the federal government to make “regulations respecting water devices and standards for water recycling, water conservation and water efficiency” and develop and undertake “programs relating to the development and promotion of water devices and water-recycling, water conservation and water efficiency practices”. </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2747"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2749"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424295234584_2748" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The bill would allow the government to establish or recognize “standards for water recycling, water conservation and water efficiency” and to enforce minimum water-efficiency standards in water-related devices (i.e. water-applying devices, water-consuming devices, water-recycling devices, water-conserving, and water efficient devices) sold in Canada through the federal power to regulate international and inter-provincial trade. </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The bill would also allow Ottawa to “enter into agreements with the government of the United States, provincial governments, industrial and trade organizations and communities with an interest in the recycling, conservation and efficient use of water, to provide programs to develop water devices” and “promote the adoption of water devices and water-recycling, water conservation and water efficiency practices.”</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>“Water efficiency, recycling and conservation is becoming increasingly important in a world with growing water stresses causes by population growth, economic growth and the impacts of climate change on water supplies” said the Montreal West Island M.P. “There is a need to set optimum standards for water-using products, devices and processes, from rain-harvesting devices to irrigation systems. The creation and enforcement of broad national standards that dovetail with evolving international standards is a legitimate role for the federal government to play around the protection of Canada’s most vital resource.”</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Since first being elected, Francis Scarpaleggia has made the protection of Canada’s water resources a personal political priority, introducing various water-related bills and motions to Parliament as well as spearheading a study by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development into the impact of the oil sands industry on the Athabasca River watershed.</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>- 30 -</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>For further information, please contact Vanessa Hage-Moussa at (613) 995-8281.</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt;'> </span></b></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><img width="65" height="189" id="yiv8601036717Picture_x0020_5" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D0394E.F17826C0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0394E.F17826C0" border="0"></span><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt;'>COMMUNIQUÉ</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;'>Francis Scarpaleggia présente un projet de loi sur l’économie d’eau</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;'></span></u></b></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>OTTAWA – Le 18 février 2015 –</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> Francis Scarpaleggia, député de Lac-Saint-Louis et président du Caucus libéral national, a déposé aujourd’hui, à la Chambre des communes, un projet de loi modifiant la <i>Loi sur les ressources en eau du Canada </i>de manière à autoriser le gouvernement fédéral à jouer un rôle de chef de file dans la promotion de l’utilisation optimale des ressources en eau au Canada.</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Le projet de loi, intitulé <i>Loi modifiant la Loi sur les ressources en eau du Canada (recyclage, conservation et économie), </i>permettrait au gouvernement fédéral d’établir des « règlements sur les dispositifs et les normes pour le recyclage, la conservation et l’économie des ressources d’eau » ainsi que d’élaborer et de mettre en œuvre des « programmes pour la création et la promotion de dispositifs d’utilisation de l’eau et de pratiques de recyclage, de conservation et d’économie des ressources en eau ».</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Le projet de loi permettrait au gouvernement d’établir ou de promulguer des « normes pour le recyclage de l’eau, la conservation de l’eau et l’économie de l’eau » et de faire appliquer des normes minimales d’économie d’eau pour les dispositifs d’utilisation de l’eau (c.‑à‑d. les dispositifs d’arrosage, les dispositifs de consommation d’eau, les dispositifs de recyclage de l’eau, les dispositifs de conservation de l’eau et les dispositifs d’économie d’eau) vendus au Canada, en appliquant le pouvoir fédéral de réglementer le commerce international et interprovincial.</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Le projet de loi permettrait aussi à Ottawa de « conclure des ententes sur le recyclage, la conservation et l’économie des ressources d’eau avec les États‑Unis, les gouvernements provinciaux, les associations industrielles et commerciales ainsi qu’avec des communautés, d’offrir des programmes de création de dispositifs d’utilisation de l’eau » et de « promouvoir l’adoption de dispositifs d’utilisation de l’eau et de pratiques de recyclage, de conservation et d’économie des ressources en eau ».</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>« L’économie, le recyclage et la conservation de l’eau prennent de plus en plus d’importance dans un monde où augmentent les pressions exercées sur les approvisionnements en eau par la croissance démographique, la croissance économique et les changements climatiques », a déclaré le député de l’Ouest-de-l’Île de Montréal. « Nous devons établir des normes optimales pour les produits, dispositifs et processus d’utilisation d’eau, des dispositifs de captage des eaux de pluie aux systèmes d’irrigation. L’établissement et l’application de normes générales nationales harmonisées à l’évolution des normes internationales sont des domaines où le gouvernement fédéral a un rôle légitime à jouer pour protéger la plus importante des ressources du Canada. »</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Depuis qu’il est député, Francis Scarpaleggia fait de la protection des ressources en eau du Canada une priorité politique personnelle; il a présenté au Parlement divers projets de loi et motions sur la question de l’eau, en plus d’avoir dirigé, pour le Comité permanent de l’environnement et du développement durable de la Chambre des communes, une étude sur l’impact de l’industrie des sables bitumineux sur le bassin hydrographique de la rivière Athabasca.</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>- 30 -</span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoPlainText"><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Pour obtenir plus de renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec Vanessa Hage-Moussa, au 613-995-8281.<b></b></span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></div><div class="yiv8601036717MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;'>Vanessa Hage</span></b><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br></span><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style='color: red; font-family: "Book Antiqua", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Special Assistant/Adjointe spéciale</span></i></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br></span><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style='color: red; font-family: "Book Antiqua", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Francis Scarpaleggia</span></i></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br></span><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style='color: red; font-family: "Book Antiqua", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Member of Parliament for/Député de Lac-Saint-Louis</span></i></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"><br></span><b><span lang="FR-CA" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Book Antiqua", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>801 Édifice de la Justice Building</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Book Antiqua", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><br><b>House of Commons/Chambre des communes<br>Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6</b><br><b>Tel./tél. : (613) 995-8281<br>Fax/téléc. : (613) 995-0528 <br>Email/courriel : </b></span><a href="mailto:scarpf8@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:scarpf8@parl.gc.ca"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style='font-family: "Book Antiqua", "serif"; 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