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House Hansard - 218

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Jun/21/23 2:46:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the environmental motion that the Bloc Québécois got the House to adopt was about the forest fires. The Prime Minister himself supported the motion, which recognizes that the federal government must do more to combat climate change. I would like to remind him how he voted before we talk about oil and gas. Right now, his government is assessing whether it will approve 16 Suncor projects to drill for oil off the coast of Newfoundland. Does the Prime Minister agree that doing more to combat climate change also means saying no to these types of oil and gas projects?
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Jun/21/23 2:47:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we moved that motion so that Parliament could rise on a note of consensus and awareness. We need to do more to ensure that the natural disasters we are experiencing do not become the norm. To do that, though, we need to make some tough decisions. Everyone knows that the main factor speeding up climate change is fossil fuels. However, the federal government is still allowing oil companies to look for new deposits to develop. We need to reduce production, but Ottawa is still thinking about increasing it. Can the Prime Minister at least say that new oil and gas projects in Canada are a thing of the past?
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 2:48:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the main thing is to reduce the emissions that are causing climate change. In that respect, we have demonstrated our ability as a government to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions for which Canada is responsible, and we continue to do so. We know very well that the world still needs energy. That is why we are investing in hydrogen, nuclear, wind, solar and other projects that will enable us to create the net-zero energy the world will need. In the meantime, we are still working to reduce our fossil fuel emissions.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 2:50:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we put a price on pollution, and we are now seeing the emission reductions right across the country. Canada is reaching its targets both for 2030 and towards net zero. That is what we have done by putting a price on pollution. However, at the same time we are putting a price on pollution right across the country, we are delivering more money back to Canadians in the jurisdictions where the federal backstop is in place. That is more money in the pockets of Atlantic Canadians starting this July as we fight climate change, which is having an impact, whether it is hurricanes or forest fires, that Atlantic Canadians hear of too strongly.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 3:19:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians have seen across the country, whether with Hurricane Fiona on the east coast, with forest fires raging across the country with greater intensity than in previous years or with the atmospheric river that B.C. was hit with just a few years ago, that the cost of inaction on climate change would be cataclysmic. That is why we put forward a price on pollution that is bringing down our emissions and is going to allow us to reach our targets at the same time as we put more money back into the pockets of Canadians with the climate action incentive four times a year. We are supporting Canadians while we fight climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Jun/21/23 8:24:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I put the question to a Conservative colleague earlier. I am going to ask my colleague the same question because he tells us that he is concerned about the fight against climate change. In 2022, $275 billion was spent to clean up the mess. That same year, the five big oil companies made $220 billion in profits. This government, which spends a lot, but also very badly, because it prioritizes bad things, doled out $20 billion to big oil. It also put $30 billion into Trans Mountain. Does my colleague think that this is consistent with a desire to fight climate change? Does he consider this to be acceptable, wise spending?
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