44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2021 02:00PM
- Dec/1/21 2:48:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, islanders are suffering right now and are worried, and the Conservatives are making jokes. This is a very serious situation.
We will continue to step up to defend Prince Edward Islanders and the potatoes they produce. It is why we have taken initiatives with the United States to put a hold on it, so that we remain in control of the situation. We have islanders' backs. We will continue to be there to fight for them, despite all the silly jokes made by the Conservatives.
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- Dec/1/21 2:49:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, “a little bit concerned”. Those were the words of the Prime Minister when he was asked about President Biden's proposed tax rebate for electric cars that excludes the ones made right here in Canada.
Is he “a little bit concerned” about the tens of thousands of Canadian jobs in jeopardy? Is he “a little bit concerned” about our second-largest export?
The Americans are walking all over the Prime Minister. What is it going to take for him to show a lot of concern for the Canadians who are out of work because of his lack of courage?
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- Dec/1/21 2:50:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as we did for steel and aluminum workers with measures the Leader of the Opposition called dumb, we are continuing to stand up for Canada's electric vehicle industry and its workers.
I raised the issue directly with President Biden and congressional leaders in Washington just a couple of weeks ago. I made it clear to them that this policy would have significant negative consequences, not just on Canada but on the U.S. auto industry. Canada and the U.S. have a shared priority of protecting our cross-border supply chains. We will keep pressing the United States on this important issue.
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- Dec/1/21 2:50:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this has nothing to do with supply chains. President Biden has enhanced the buy America measures, strengthened his protectionist agenda and raised tariffs on Canada.
Under the Prime Minister, our relationship with our strongest ally has become our biggest failure. The Prime Minister went to Washington, lost the fight on lumber, lost the fight on farmers, is about to lose the fight on auto workers and did not even bother to put up a fight for the workers in the energy sector.
Is the Prime Minister even trying anymore?
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- Dec/1/21 2:51:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite should know that our auto sector is all about supply chains. That is exactly what we have been working on with the United States, to demonstrate to them that the integration between the Canadian and American economy and the Canadian and American supply chains is something that is important, not just for Canadian jobs but for American jobs as well.
We stood up for steelworkers and we stood up for aluminum workers despite the capitulation proposed by the Conservative Party of Canada. We have continued to stand up for Canadians. We will continue to stand up for Canadian workers.
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- Dec/1/21 2:51:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are in the midst of a climate crisis and we have seen the devastating impacts of this crisis in B.C. We know we need to act immediately. The environment commissioner has pointed out that the Liberal government's subsidies are actually not working to reduce emissions as they have claimed. In fact, they are not working at all.
Why will the Prime Minister not end the fossil fuel subsidies once and for all and invest that money into renewable energy, into workers and into reducing our emissions and protecting our environment?
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- Dec/1/21 2:52:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what we are doing. We have committed to ending fossil fuel subsidies. At the same time, we have made historic investments in energy sector transformation, in support for workers across the country, in renewables and in the kind of future that we know leads not just to cleaner air and clean water, but also to better jobs and careers for Canadians going forward. We have put forward in the last election the most ambitious plan to fight climate change that any party has ever put forward. It is recognized by experts as being significantly stronger even than the NDP plan.
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- Dec/1/21 2:53:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those are more fine words without meaningful action.
We are in a climate crisis that is hitting hard. We saw the disastrous consequences in British Columbia, and we must take action. The environment commissioner made it clear that oil subsidies do not help reduce emissions.
Will the Prime Minister immediately stop subsidizing the oil companies?
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- Dec/1/21 2:53:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago in Glasgow, we announced our intention to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies by 2023, or two years before our G20 partners, whose target is 2025.
We also announced that Canada will stop funding international fossil fuel projects. On this side of the House, we know that climate action is essential and that the fight against climate change requires an effort from each and every one of us.
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- Dec/1/21 2:54:14 p.m.
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- Re: Bill C-4
Mr. Speaker, since the recent election just over two months ago, community leaders, residents and groups such as Pride Toronto in my riding of Davenport have been writing to me and encouraging our federal government to rapidly reintroduce a bill that would implement a ban on the harmful practice of conversion therapy.
Can the Prime Minister update this House on Bill C-4 and the importance of banning conversion therapy for all Canadians?
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- Dec/1/21 2:54:40 p.m.
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- Re: Bill C-4
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Davenport for her advocacy on this issue. Just like her, I have heard from conversion therapy survivors, and anyone who has knows this horrid practice must end.
This week, we introduced even stronger legislation to ban conversion therapy. Last Parliament, more than half of the Conservative caucus voted against a ban. Unfortunately, the Leader of the Opposition has already signalled he will let them do so again. Today, I call on all members to stand in support of LGBTQ2 Canadians by supporting this bill.
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- Dec/1/21 2:55:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier in question period, the Conservative leader asked the Prime Minister when he would stand up for workers in Canada's energy sector. The Prime Minister responded by implying that energy jobs in Canada are not good careers. I will give him the opportunity to clarify.
Does the Prime Minister believe that those who work in Canada's rapidly decarbonizing, fair-trade energy sector, people who work hard to power Canada as we move toward a low-carbon economy, have “good jobs”?
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- Dec/1/21 2:55:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for giving me the opportunity to repeat here in this House something I have said many, many times. We do not reach net zero by 2050 unless the extraordinarily hard workers of Alberta's energy sector are part of it. We do not get there unless we can lean on the innovation, the hard work, the imagination, the creativity and the drive of Albertans, Saskatchewanians, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians in the energy sector to make sure we are going in the right direction. I look forward to continuing to work with them to build a better future and better jobs for all of our kids.
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- Dec/1/21 2:56:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is interesting, because the Prime Minister is actually encouraging Canadians to use energy from high-carbon, unethical sources like Saudi Arabia.
Canadian energy is rapidly decarbonizing its production. Until there are readily available, low-cost alternatives to high-carbon products, Canadian energy should be filling that gap.
Why has the Prime Minister, if he cares about Canadian energy workers so much, not put caps on the importation of unethical, high-carbon, foreign carbon products from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, when Alberta is already providing decarbonized, carbon emission-capped, fair trade energy?
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- Dec/1/21 2:57:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, throughout this crisis and indeed the years leading up to it, we have been working with the energy sector in Alberta to move forward on decarbonization initiatives, to do things like addressing orphan wells and investing in methane reductions. Indeed, at Glasgow we made one of the world-leading commitments, not just to reduce our methane emissions by 30% but to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 75%.
This is the kind of leadership we can do only in partnership with the extraordinary workers in Canada's energy sector, who are looking for a better future for their kids as well.
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- Dec/1/21 2:57:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, greenhouse gas emissions in Canada have actually grown each and every year the Liberal government has been in power, and the number of jobs in Canada, particularly in our natural resources sector, has decreased, being offshore to other countries that do not have ethical standards like we do.
We are going to need a lot of rare earth minerals in order to build things like batteries for electric-powered cars, but we know that in certain countries, child labour is what supports the mining of those particular minerals.
Will the Prime Minister commit to sourcing rare earth minerals for the batteries that power Canadian electric cars from fair trade Canadian mines, as opposed to offshoring our jobs to child foreign labour?
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- Dec/1/21 2:58:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for a number of years now we have been working on our critical minerals partnerships around the world to demonstrate that yes, there is an alternative to minerals from China right here in Canada, whether it is cobalt or nickel or lithium or copper or other metals that are essential in the production of the technologies we use every day and will lean on even more into the future. Canada can be a strong, safe, reliable supplier of these minerals to ourselves and to our allies around the world. That is exactly what we are moving forward on.
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- Dec/1/21 2:59:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the problem is that the world is not investing in Canada, because the Prime Minister chases away investment in our ethical sources of energy. Frankly, I think that his record on this is abysmal.
I want to remind the Prime Minister of something. Good jobs are ethical, regulated jobs in Canada's natural resource sector. Bad jobs are those that are done by children in cobalt mines in other parts of the world. Bad jobs are those given to countries where gay men are murdered and women are not seen as people. Those are bad jobs. Bad jobs there; good jobs here.
When will the Prime Minister commit to supporting the workers in Alberta's energy sector?
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- Dec/1/21 2:59:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, through this pandemic, we stepped up, with $9 out of $10 going to Albertans from the federal government during the pandemic. In the years leading up to it, we continued to invest in infrastructure and in supports for Albertans. We have continued to be there for workers in the energy sector.
What is not being there for workers in the energy sector is pretending that climate change is not real and pretending that we should not look at it as both a challenge and an opportunity. That is what the Conservative Party of Canada has been stuck with for the past decade.
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- Dec/1/21 3:00:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the poorest working seniors have been plunged into poverty by Ottawa. Those who lost their jobs during the pandemic and who had to apply for CERB ended up having their guaranteed income supplement cut because CERB benefits are treated differently from work income, even though the benefit is designed to replace work income. For example, a worker who earns $10,000 in income would normally lose $100 of their guaranteed income supplement, but someone earning $10,000 of CERB loses $400. That is $300 less every month.
Will the Prime Minister correct this injustice?
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