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House Hansard - 242

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 30, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Oct/30/23 2:23:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, certainly it is very important that we are addressing both affordability concerns and fighting climate change across this country. The heat pump program, the hon. Leader of the Opposition, if he had done his homework, would know, applies across the country. It actually will help to ensure we are reducing the costs of home heating, of oil heating, in every province and territory while continuing to address climate change in a thoughtful way.
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Oct/30/23 2:30:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, I would say that folks in the chamber need to do their homework. This program actually applies across the country. The doubling of the rural top-up applies across the country. The heat pump program applies across the country. It applies to all folks who are challenged by the cost of home heating oil.
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Oct/30/23 2:49:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important that folks actually do their homework. There is an existing heat pump program across the country that provides grants of $10,000. It enables people to get a cheque within three days. It applies just as much in British Columbia as it does in Newfoundland and Labrador. Last week, we announced we were increasing that by another $5,000, so long as provinces actually step up to be part of the solution. Therefore, the answer is yes.
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Oct/30/23 2:55:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important to address affordability. That is exactly what we are doing with the heat pump program to ensure that people are actually saving money. It is also important that we are fighting climate change in a thoughtful and substantive way. I do find this question a little bit odd, coming from the only member in the House of Commons who voted against the Paris Agreement.
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Oct/30/23 3:09:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with great respect to my hon. colleague, I think he has missed the point of this program entirely. He is concerned that people will pay a higher price after the pause has ended and the price comes back into effect. If people install a heat pump, they will not pay it at all and that is the point. We are making the investments necessary so people can replace a more polluting system with a less polluting system. Since he has mentioned coal, we are working to eliminate that from the grid in Nova Scotia too, which is going to help people in both of our communities.
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