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House Hansard - 88

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Robert Kitchen (Souris—Moose Mountain, CPC)
  • Jun/14/22 2:10:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on June 1 and 2, the city of Weyburn hosted the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show 2022. The event was a resounding success, with people coming from all over the country to see and learn about the latest developments in Canada's vital oil industry. I send my congratulations and thanks to the chair, Dan Cugnet, and all of the organizing committee. Unfortunately, one topic often discussed was the astronomical price of gas and the negative impacts it is having on the people of Saskatchewan. With the current price of gas hovering over $2 per litre, people in rural areas are going to have to start choosing between things like driving to work that week or putting food on the table. The people of Souris—Moose Mountain deserve more than a Liberal government that sits by and watches them suffer while refusing to use the tools they have available to fix the situation. My constituents and all Canadians deserve a break. While the Prime Minister continually says he has Canadians' backs, the only thing he has done is twist their backs to the verge of breaking.
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Jun/14/22 2:29:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is some climate humour right there. His very own experts, the ones he quotes when it suits him, say that the only way we just might be able to meet the targets is, one, forget about this sequestration nonsense and, two, cut production. Will the Prime Minister at the very least cut all oil industry subsidies?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/14/22 2:43:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would invite my colleague to read the entire Globe and Mail article, and not just the headline, because two experts are quoted who believe that what the oil industry is being asked to do is indeed ambitious. What Canada hopes to do is ambitious. I would have expected the Bloc Québécois to support an ambitious approach in the fight against climate change. This plan focuses on the lives of over 30,000 Canadians. It has been applauded by organizations such as the Pembina Institute, the World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defence, Équiterre and the David Suzuki Foundation. Our government will ensure that this plan is implemented so that Canada can meet its targets.
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Jun/14/22 2:44:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister keeps saying that the increased production of oil will not affect his plan, but his own department warned him that such is not the case. What is worse, the minister does not even include the extra barrels in his calculation. When he approved the Bay du Nord project, they were talking about 300 million barrels. That figure rose to 500 million last week and is now expected to go as high as one billion barrels. The minister, however, keeps saying that everything is fine, that no matter how many barrels are produced, it will all be net-zero. I could not even make this up. Is the notion of green oil a matter of wishful thinking or is it just incorrect?
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