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House Hansard - 52

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 4, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Apr/4/22 2:27:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, another IPCC report, another clarion call. Humanity has less than three years to reverse the current greenhouse gas emissions trend in order to ensure the planet's viability. We have to cut current emissions in half by 2030. We need urgent action, but the Liberals' plan is not good enough. They are counting on technology that does not work, and they are still pouring billions of dollars into fossil fuels. We are not going to hit these targets by increasing fossil fuel production. Will the Liberals put an end to oil subsidies and invest in clean energy for our children's future?
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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Apr/4/22 2:28:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie for his question. As he is well aware, we committed to ending fossil fuel subsidies, including those for Crown corporations, by 2023, which is two years earlier than all of our G20 partners. Last week, we announced $9.1 billion in new money on top of the $100 billion our government is already investing across Canada to make this country a global energy transition leader.
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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)
  • Apr/4/22 6:10:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member spent quite a bit of his speech talking about the Conservatives and the fact that they are still so committed to oil and gas and so committed to the big companies that are making record profits. However, the Liberal government has increased oil and gas subsidies year after year, and Canada has the worst record of any G7 country when it comes to emissions reduction. I am curious if the member is feeling a little ashamed of his own government in that it is so close to the Conservatives when it comes to support for oil and gas.
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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Apr/4/22 6:11:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is an interesting thing about this question, and I am so glad I was asked it. The problem is that NDP members will say that we have not reduced oil subsidies as much as we have, but the reality is that when they are making those calculations, they are including the money being used to deal with orphaned wells. The government put in a significant amount of money, right at the beginning of the pandemic, to help deal with the orphaned wells out there. The calculation the member is using is including that. If we look at the traditional subsidies in oil and gas, they have been reduced quite significantly and are on track to being eliminated by 2025 or sooner.
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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Apr/4/22 6:14:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on the discussion about fossil fuel subsidies, I am with the member partway. I agree that when we are cleaning up orphaned wells, it violates the polluter pays principle. I was for it because I did not want to see money going to big oil during the pandemic, although they managed to get their hands on it anyway. There are new subsidies coming up. We have the new pledge to put federal money, as much as $9 billion, into a technology that does not work, carbon capture and storage. It would allow the fossil fuel industry to pocket more profits. If my friends in the NDP really cared about climate, they should have made it an issue before they signed the deal with the Liberals. Will the hon. member for Kingston and the Islands join us in pushing to stop subsidizing fossil fuels while we have any prayer of holding on to 1.5°C?
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