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House Hansard - 308

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 3, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 11:44:18 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would invite my colleague to carefully read the report that was published yesterday because it states that Canada's greenhouse gas emissions are 44 million tonnes less than they were before the pandemic in 2019. That is equivalent to taking 13 million vehicles, or half of Canada's vehicle fleet, off the roads. The last time that greenhouse gas emissions were so low in Canada, Connor McDavid from the Edmonton Oilers had just been born, O.J. Simpson was on trial and the google.com domain name had just been purchased. Our plan is working. We need to continue to fight climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 11:45:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague that if she bothered to read the report, she would see that our record between 2019 and 2021 is the same as Germany's or even Italy's and that it is better than that of the United States of America. We are not talking about Russia or Iran here, but the United States of America. Our performance on fighting climate change is better than our neighbour to the south. We have tabled the consultation document to impose a cap on greenhouse gas emissions. I have said that we would have draft regulations this year and final regulations by next year.
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 11:54:43 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question. In fact, yesterday's report demonstrates—and this has been confirmed by the independent Canadian Climate Institute, for one—that we are on track to meet our 2026 interim targets and the 2030 goal. This will be a first in Canadian history. Between 2019 and 2022, we reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Canada by the equivalent of 15 million vehicles taken off our roads, but we need to do more. I completely agree. That is why we are working on new regulations for a carbon-neutral electricity grid by 2035 as well as regulations for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, which will be announced shortly.
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 12:15:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would remind my hon. colleague that the Supreme Court of Canada, in an opinion last year, told us that we had to revise the Impact Assessment Act. This is exactly what we are doing. However, through an agreement with the Ontario government, we will make sure that federal laws, such as the Species at Risk Act or the Migratory Birds Convention Act, will apply to Highway 413. These elements will be assessed as part of this project.
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 1:49:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment of the next sitting be 12 a.m., pursuant to order made Wednesday, February 28.
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 1:50:29 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-64 
Mr. Speaker, an agreement could not be reached under the provisions of Standing Order 78(1) or 78(2) with respect to the second reading stage of Bill C-64, an act respecting pharmacare. Under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), I give notice that a minister of the Crown will propose at the next sitting a motion to allot a specific number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of proceedings at the said stage.
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