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House Hansard - 126

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/14/22 2:56:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is not part of Canada's delegation attending COP27 on climate change in Egypt. Who is there instead? Believe it or not, representatives of the oil sands industry. I am not making this up. Canada sent six oil companies, one pipeline manufacturer and the bank most supportive of the oil industry to a meeting on climate change instead of the Prime Minister. It was no surprise that all environmental groups asked that they be expelled from Canada's pavilion. Can the government confirm that it has already put them on a plane? If it has not, what is it waiting for?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/14/22 2:57:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's strategy at COP27 is exactly the same as Saudi Arabia's. They both showed up saying that they will continue to increase oil production. They both invited the oil industry to discuss how their oil is “greener than green” thanks to carbon capture and storage. Both used COP27 to promote sales of oil and gas while boasting about their environmental record. Was it the government's intention all along to tell the whole world that Canada, like Saudi Arabia, is an oil monarchy?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Nov/14/22 3:10:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as COP27 opened last week, UN Secretary General António Guterres said: We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator. Did the Prime Minister stay away because he knows he is over the speed limit? Did he stay away because he knows we are part of the problem and not part of the solution? There is still time for the government to do the right thing at COP27. Stand up and announce that we have read the science. We understand we have to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline, reverse the Bay du Nord decision and build a decarbonized electricity grid from coast to coast to coast.
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