44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 7, 2022 10:00AM
- Apr/7/22 2:32:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the worst part is that, as recently as Monday, the UN warned that no new oil and gas development should be approved if we want to have any chance of curbing climate change.
That did not stop the government, just yesterday, from approving Bay du Nord, which will pump out up to 100,000 barrels of oil a day. Drill, baby, drill.
This government took the report released by climate experts from around the world and threw it in the garbage. Not even the recycling, the garbage.
How can it still claim its decisions are based on science?
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- Apr/7/22 2:35:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, just days ago, the IPCC released a scathing report saying the planet is burning. The Minister of Environment called it “sobering”. If we have any chance of beating the climate crisis, we need to urgently transition away from fossil fuels, invest in green energy and support workers, yet he just approved Bay du Nord, a massive fossil fuel project that will add the equivalent of seven million cars to the road.
Why is the minister ignoring the science and putting Canadians at risk?
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- Apr/7/22 2:44:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change's decision to approve the Bay du Nord project is bad news for the planet.
The IPCC made it very clear that we need to curtail oil production. Canada, meanwhile, is going into expansion mode. The goal is more production, more drilling and more oil.
In the fight against climate change, we have a choice: We can be part of the problem or part of the solution. We either pollute more or we change our habits.
I would never have thought that this Minister of the Environment would one day be applauded by the Conservatives. Why has the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change thrown in the towel?
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- Apr/7/22 2:45:23 p.m.
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These vehicles and many others we need will continue to use oil. That is why we chose a project for the planet that emits 10 times less greenhouse gas emissions than the oil sands and five times less than the average project.
This project will have to achieve net-zero emissions. This is the first time in Canadian history that we have imposed such a condition on an oil development project. We will continue to work to fight climate change.
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- Apr/7/22 2:47:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a week after presenting his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Minister of the Environment approved the folly that is the Bay du Nord project, which will emit a staggering 430 megatonnes. In the category “say one thing and do the opposite”, this is tough to beat.
This brings us to what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday about efforts to fight climate change: “Some governments...are saying one thing, but doing another. They are lying.”
Was he talking about Canada?
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- Apr/7/22 3:15:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, enough of the political games. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change today is responding to questions from the Bloc and the NDP citing his approval of Baie du Nord, when he knows he is setting a net-zero condition that will not worth the paper it is printed on if we emit up to 100 coal-fired power plants in the year before we even get to that point.
He cites the IPCC when he knows full well it has said that investing in projects like this is a moral and economic madness. Production would not even start until 2028. When will the government realize that being a climate leader means investing in a just transition for workers and not in caving to the oil and gas lobby?
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