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House Hansard - 247

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 6, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 2:31:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I find it helpful to deal with the people who are closest to the problem. In Atlantic Canada, the Ecology Action Centre is based in Halifax, and it released a statement that I think is prescient to the debate going on here. It says: Energy poverty and climate change represent a direct threat to working-class people in Nova Scotia. As a society, we must work together to ensure households with low incomes can transition away from expensive fossil fuels to technologies like heat pumps that are cheaper, better for our health and afford us the comforts associated with heating and cooling. Policy-makers are finally rising to meet the challenge.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Damien Kurek
  • Nov/6/23 7:14:50 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, certainly one minute is not enough time to respond to what was quite a bit of rhetoric from the member. Let me start by laying a foundation. The member suggested that Conservatives do not understand the realities that our country is facing. I am the fifth generation on a family farm, so if the member wants to talk about the realities of climate, he can come and visit. I can tell him that for five generations we have figured out how to make it work in the special areas in Alberta. The Liberals are lecturing oil patch workers, lecturing energy workers and lecturing those on the precipice of ensuring that we have a secure, reliable energy system. While the Liberals try to put my constituents out of work, it is my constituents who have the solutions to ensure that we have a green and reliable energy future, which includes both traditional oil and gas and new clean tech. Let me finish by saying this. It is time for common sense to come back to the conversation, because the Liberals have lost it. Canadians are paying the price, and they cannot afford to pay their—
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