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House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Dec/7/23 2:16:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, “We are in the fight of our lives. And we are losing”. “We are experiencing a climate collapse in real time”. These strong words come from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Do his remarks seem undiplomatic? I would argue that he has the courage to speak those truths that deserve repeating on December 8, World Climate Day. Countries that are increasing their fossil fuel production have been branded dangerous nations that are throwing fuel on the fire. Canada, I would add, does the same while disguised as a firefighter. Whether we are speaking of the COP28 president or Canada's multibillion-dollar oil companies, their interests keep feeding the beast of climate change by capturing regulatory authority through their lobbying efforts, using public funds, and hypnotizing decision-makers with their greenwashing. In six years, 2030 will be here. The Secretary-General says that we can prevent our planet from crashing and burning if we act now. Yes, but now is almost over.
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Dec/7/23 2:41:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have spent two years waiting for the Liberal plan to cap emissions in the fossil fuel industry. Our wait is not yet over. The government has just announced a regulatory framework without any regulations. There is zero chance it will be adopted before 2025. Worse still, the emissions cap will not be in effect until 2030. Not only does this plan not require any reductions in oil production, it explicitly gives oil companies the flexibility to increase production. It is literally a licence to pollute until it is too late. Who drafted this plan, the oil companies?
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Dec/7/23 2:42:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, according to the International Energy Agency, emissions from the fossil fuel sector must be cut by 60% by 2030 if we want to meet the Paris targets. Today, the Liberals are content to ask for a mere 16% reduction relative to 2005. That is barely a quarter. What is more, it is at the discretion of the oil companies, because no cap will be imposed on them before 2030. The federal government's plan, then, is to beg oil companies to do just a quarter of what is needed. If they do not do so, what will happen? Nothing at all will happen. How can the Liberals make this announcement with a straight face? Shame on them.
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Dec/7/23 3:46:22 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague spoke at length about the positives of the carbon tax. However, the government itself has undermined its own policy, notably with its recent decision regarding heating oil in the Atlantic provinces. Is the government surprised that the Conservatives are now calling for this exemption to be extended to other target groups? I, for one, am not surprised at all.
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Dec/7/23 4:16:27 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. To follow up on what my Liberal colleague was saying, let us talk about climate change. What is going to be really costly to taxpayers? It certainly has to do with agriculture, but not with the carbon tax. What farmers are telling us is that the lack of water is going to be costly. Crops lost to pests are going to be costly. Heat is having a real impact on livestock, productivity and reproduction. There is less snow, which protects the earth. As a result of all of that, yes, it will be more costly. Climate change is here and it will be here for good if we do nothing to control it or reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. What does my colleague think of that analysis?
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Dec/7/23 4:32:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I want to ask him almost the same question that I asked him earlier, but without any mistakes this time. Recently, the Liberal government paused the application of the federal price on pollution for home heating oil, thereby undermining its own policy, which Canada put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Is my colleague surprised that the Conservatives now want to extend that measure to everyone?
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