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House Hansard - 102

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 26, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Sep/26/22 2:42:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. I would remind her that we have a plan providing for investments of $109 billion to combat climate change, which is three times more per capita than the United States is spending. In addition, we fought for the carbon tax all the way to the Supreme Court. We are implementing programs to help phase out oil-based heating, which is three times more expensive and produces a great deal of pollution. We are working to eliminate cars and the use of internal combustion engines in Canada by 2035, as California and Europe are doing. Our government is one of the most ambitious governments when it comes to climate action.
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Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Sep/26/22 4:37:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, I was listening with interest to the hon. member across the way's perspective on inflation and the price on pollution. There is one thing that was going through my mind that maybe he can help me with, and that is the government's role in investing in triple bottom-line results. In Guelph we had six housing projects, for 243 units, with $45 million invested by the federal government to help stimulate the housing supply. A lack of housing creates inflation, which we have been facing. We have created a circular food economy in Guelph, with an investment of $15 million, to reduce food insecurity so people have access to food. Could the hon. member comment on the role the government plays in providing social, economic and environmental support for our citizens?
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Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Richard Cannings
  • Sep/26/22 6:44:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously we need to put a price on pollution and make sure the processes, companies and individuals causing climate change around the world pay for that pollution so that we can do the things necessary to combat climate change. That is the mitigation part of climate change. Tonight I have been talking about the adaptation aspect. We are stuck with the climate change we have right now. Right now, it is close to a 1.5° rise. If we stopped all our carbon emissions today, as I could only hope, we would still in this place where we would be having hurricanes and forest fires over the next centuries. We have to do both.
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Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Yasir Naqvi
  • Sep/26/22 7:13:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question. As I was saying earlier, we need to continue to invest in adaptation strategies. We know that weather-related events impacted by climate change are becoming more frequent because climate change is real. We need to make sure we are not only fighting pollution by not making pollution free and not only curbing pollution to fight climate change, but investing in building resilient infrastructure, whether shorelines, dams or bridges. That is the important work the Ministry of Emergency Preparedness is focused on, and it will continue to do that work in an effective way so that all Canadians are safe at all times.
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