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House Hansard - 52

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 4, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Apr/4/22 6:52:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is not the government's fault that we are out of time. I have been working on this issue since the 1980s. I was there when we signed a commitment at the Rio Earth Summit. Government after government has kicked this down the road, but it is the unlucky fortune of the current government to be in a place where we cannot kick it down the road anymore. The current plan put forward by the Minister of Environment does not do what is needed because, if it succeeds, it is going to get to 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, which is wholly inadequate. It also includes an increase in oil and gas production by 21% by 2030. We do not have another chance. As the IPCC said today, it is now or never, and the stakes could not be bigger. The government is not missing a political target: It is condemning our children to an unlivable world, and that is not hyperbole. That is a fact. We only have so much time. We have to shut down Trans Mountain and have no new fossil fuel infrastructure.
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