44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2022 10:00AM
- Jun/9/22 2:38:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Quebec has had a carbon market with California since 2014.
The Minister of the Environment actually went to California yesterday, but not to announce that he would be forcing polluting sectors to join the carbon market. No, he announced that the federal government will be creating its own pseudomarket, a system with no emissions cap that allows companies to exchange the right to pollute without actually reducing greenhouse gases.
In a GHG cap and trade system, the “cap” part is not optional. Why is the minister creating a licence to pollute?
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- Jun/9/22 2:39:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is actually a win-win for oil companies.
This new scheme is not actually a carbon market. What it will do is let oil companies continue to pollute like there is no tomorrow while buying offset credits that will give the false impression they are reducing emissions. It is cosmetic, and Greenpeace agrees: “Offsetting doesn’t stop carbon from entering the atmosphere and warming our world, it just keeps it off the books of big polluters responsible.”
Why is the minister creating a greenwashing system instead of promoting the carbon market?
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- Jun/9/22 2:40:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would remind the hon. member that we are working on many fronts to reduce fossil fuel emissions. We are capping emissions from the oil and gas sector. We are implementing a robust clean fuel standard. Yes, we are creating a carbon offset market, as well as phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2023, two years ahead of schedule.
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- Jun/9/22 2:41:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps I should remind the hon. member of the emissions reduction plan the minister introduced just a few weeks ago, a very practical road map to fight climate change as we build a clean economy. Here are some of the really important and exciting measures: incentives and infrastructure for electric vehicles, energy retrofits for greener homes and buildings, capping oil and gas emissions and, of course, supporting our farmers for more sustainable agriculture.
We are acting. We are acting very, very prominently.
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- Jun/9/22 2:48:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for her advocacy and her good work at the environment committee.
I will just remind her that we have a very robust emissions reduction plan that is an ambitious sector-by-sector pathway for Canada to reach our 2030 emission reductions on our way to 2050 net zero. This has broad support from environmental groups to industry and to farmers.
Canadians want us to deliver clean air, a healthy environment and a strong economy. That is exactly what we are going to do.
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- Jun/9/22 2:49:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first I want to thank the hon. member for Vaudreuil—Soulanges for his hard work and for his important question.
The federal government is leading by example in the fight to reduce greenhouse gases. It is doing so by adopting low-carbon solutions for our buildings and vehicles, using sustainable products, reducing the use of single-use plastics, and purchasing greener power.
Together we will take strong, concrete, meaningful and measurable action. Together we will reduce emissions from federal operations by 90% by 2050.
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