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House Hansard - 206

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 5, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Jun/5/23 2:02:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today, June 5, we are marking the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day. This year, the UN is urging us to do more to tackle the use of single-use plastic. We must be more responsible, but that is not all I want to talk about today. On this World Environment Day, our thoughts go out to the thousands of Quebeckers and Canadians whose lives have been devastated by the widespread forest fires. In Quebec, the SOPFEU has responded to 416 fires that are still burning. This is an absolute disaster. Climate change has a real impact on people and on our forests. We need to start a real green transition and really move away from oil, but, for the time being, let us say thank you to the thousands of men and women who are fighting these fires. Let us also thank the armed forces for supporting them and for supporting the people affected by the fires. They help us keep hope alive. We thank them.
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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Jun/5/23 2:54:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Reuters reported about another $3 billion for the Trans Mountain pipeline. Ottawa co-signed two other loans, in late March and early May, and finally published them quietly last week on a website that has little traffic. Climate change is happening now; it is happening today. We are right in the middle of it. How much longer will the federal government persist in wasting billions of dollars to export dirty oil in the middle of a climate crisis?
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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Jun/5/23 2:56:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, these billions of dollars in loans co-signed by the federal government, where can they be found? They are in the Canada account. The criteria for the account are set out in black and white. They state, and I quote, “the risks are assumed by the Federal government”. In other words, taxpayers are accountable for every penny invested in Trans Mountain. Who still has the nerve today to say that it is more useful to invest these billions of dollars in Trans Mountain than in combatting disasters caused by climate change?
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