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House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mrs. Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville, CPC)
  • Dec/7/23 1:21:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member talks about facts. Is he willing to stand in this House and say that based on Canada's proportion of greenhouse gases in comparison to the United States, China, India and many other countries in this world, our weather systems in Canada are due to our responsibilities in the global climate change scenario?
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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
Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)
  • Dec/7/23 4:18:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to hear my good friend and hon. member from Coutts, Alberta. My question for him is twofold. First, I heard the hon. member reference carbon dioxide in his remarks in what could only be considered a rather dubious way. Given the context, I have to ask this: Does the hon. member not agree with the overwhelming science that man-made greenhouse gas effects are a major cause of catastrophic climate change? Second, if he was so serious about reducing costs for consumers, how does he justify voting against our NDP opposition day motion to take GST off of home heating?
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Glen Motz
  • Dec/7/23 4:19:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is always great to interact with my NDP friend. I will tell members this. Plants in a greenhouse require carbon dioxide to grow. If they do not have it, they do not grow to the extent they need to. When we look at greenhouse farming across this country, whether it is in southern Ontario, southern Alberta or B.C., there is a need for our producers, who are using the latest technology possible on energy efficiencies, to use technology to pipe the CO2 from their facility operations into their greenhouses so those plants can feed on the carbon dioxide that is emitted. That—
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