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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
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/21/23 2:51:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has not hit a single environmental target with his tax, and Canada ranks 58th out of 64 countries in the Climate Change Performance Index. His plan is not working; it is just costing more. In fact, the premier of Newfoundland said that the Prime Minister's claim that we need to tax to save the environment is “completely illogical, it's a false dichotomy, it's a false dilemma, and it's as insulting to us as it is simplistic.” The unanimous opinion of Atlantic premiers is that this tax will hurt their people without helping the environment. Why will the Prime Minister not axe his plan to raise gas prices by 61¢ a litre?
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Mr. Peter Fragiskatos
  • Jun/21/23 8:24:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, our government's approach is very responsible. My colleague and I disagree on this issue. What other option is there? I am not hearing any alternatives in my colleague's comments. Yes, he did raise concerns with what the government has done with respect to a number of things, namely Trans Mountain, but I would submit to him that if the government would have gone in the direction he prefers, we would have had thousands of Canadians out of work. The government made the right choice in that case. It was a choice in the national interest, a difficult one, but our environmental policy certainly provides a balance.
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