Today is Earth Day and to mark its occasion a Liberal MP has tabled a motion to limit the amount of paper that floats around Parliament Hill on a daily basis.

B.C. Liberal Keith Martin is asking the Speaker's office to curtail the amount of paper that is used in the House of Commons by allowing MPs to opt out of receiving all the automatic reports that are sent their way.

MPs tend to get inundated with bulky reports of committee meetings and proposed motions and rule changes, especially when Parliament is in session.

Martin suggest there is no need for all this paper delivery, particularly now that everything is available online.

— Susan Lunn