44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 3, 2024 11:00AM
- Jun/3/24 2:57:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the cost of natural disasters is going up every year with climate change. The question becomes whether it is up to taxpayers to foot the entire bill or whether those who are largely responsible should be asked to pay a portion of it.
Vermont just adopted legislation to make the oil companies pay for climate change-related damages. Canada could take a page out of their book.
Since the oil companies are the primary greenhouse gas emitters and since they are making record profits from polluting, why not force them to pay for climate change adaptation measures?
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- Jun/3/24 2:58:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question and the fact that, unlike the Conservatives, she thinks that climate change is indeed a significant problem that we need to address.
I would remind her that we are the only G7 country to have cut fossil fuel subsidies, two years ahead of schedule no less. We are the only ones to have done that.
Just this morning, we announced a $530‑million fund with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to work with our communities across the country. This is going to help 1,400 municipalities across the country to deal with the consequences of climate change.
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- Jun/3/24 2:59:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on one side of the border, we have Vermont, which is passing a law to force oil companies to pay for climate damage. On the other side of the border, we have the Liberals and the NPD, who again last week voted in favour of giving $30 billion in additional tax giveaways to those same oil companies.
While Vermont wants to force oil companies to pay for the damage they are causing, Canada is rewarding them. I thought that the Liberals and the so-called environmentalists in the NDP supported the polluter pays principle.
Why then, when it comes to oil companies, is it the “polluter paid” principle?
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- Jun/3/24 2:59:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, over the past two years, we have implemented a clean fuel standard, something that the Conservatives promised to do the last time, but they flip-flopped again.
We increased the price on pollution, something that the Conservatives promised to do, but they once again flip-flopped.
We are capping greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector, and we are the only major oil-producing country in the world to do that.
Our emissions are so low that the last time they were so low in Canada was just after the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.
We have come a long way since then.
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- Jun/3/24 3:00:34 p.m.
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- Re: Bill C-5
Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this Liberal government, it is crisis after crisis.
Two-thirds of Montreal's population see their city plagued by homelessness, drugs, street gangs and gun violence. This social disorder has been caused by the Bloc Québécois, which supported Bill C-5 so that criminals could be sent home rather than to prison. This is costing Quebeckers dearly in terms of security.
When will this Prime Minister, backed by the Bloc Québécois, stop imposing misery on Quebeckers?
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- Jun/3/24 3:01:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, keeping Canadians informed is one of our basic responsibilities as politicians.
I would remind members that just a few days ago, the Conservative leader told people in my region that the Canadian dental care plan does not exist. However, two million Canadians, including several thousand in the riding of my colleague from Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, have registered for the Canadian dental care plan. Some 60% of Quebec suppliers are already registered.
Today, we announced that children under 18 and persons with disabilities will also be able to register as of June 27.
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- Jun/3/24 3:01:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Montrealers are fed up. They are finding used syringes on the doorsteps to their homes, their day cares and their businesses along with human waste on the ground. The reality of the Bloc-Liberal alliance is $500 billion in reckless spending that has contributed to this homelessness crisis. It is budget chaos and social chaos.
Can this Prime Minister, backed by the Bloc Québécois, stop wasting Quebeckers' money so they can have a safe city again?
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- Jun/3/24 3:02:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am an MP from Montreal and I am very happy to see that my colleague is interested in what is happening there. I am the member for Hochelaga, where there is a homelessness crisis. We are working to address it every day.
On our side of the House, we are putting in place programs that the Conservatives consistently vote against. If they really want to look after the most vulnerable people in our society, they can start by voting in favour of the programs we are putting forward.
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- Jun/3/24 3:02:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this government, there can be no denying that the Prime Minister and the Bloc Québécois are not worth the cost.
Violence in our prisons is getting worse and is spreading. An article in Le Quotidien newspaper reports that prison guards in Roberval are threatened and intimidated on a daily basis. Instead of protecting them, the Bloc Québécois is making the situation worse by fully supporting the Prime Minister's policies, which have caused chaos across the country.
When will the Liberals, backed by the Bloc, listen to us and protect Canadians instead letting violence run rampant?
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- Jun/3/24 3:03:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will use the example raised by my colleague. Contrary to what he says, we are working with correctional services specifically to protect the safety of people who work in our correctional institutions.
Along with my colleague, the hon. Minister of Public Services and Procurement, I had the privilege of visiting a model correctional institution precisely to talk with employees about improvements we can make to keep them safe at all times.
I met with the union representing correctional officers. We are going to keep doing what is necessary.
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- Jun/3/24 3:04:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while the Conservatives continue to deny the reality, but also the impact of climate change, and they have no plan to deal with this crisis, we are making the necessary investments to guarantee a green and prosperous future for our children and a healthy environment.
Can the Minister of Environment tell us the exact nature of these investments that are going to protect our environment and guarantee a future for our children?
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- Jun/3/24 3:04:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question, but also for her advocacy on these issues.
Making our communities more sustainable and more resilient when it comes to climate change is a priority to our government to help plan the cities and communities of the future.
That is why, this morning, together with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, we announced a $530‑million fund, the first fund in the history of Canada devoted to climate change adaptation and resilience. This fund will help serve 1,400 communities across the country to better prepare us and better prepare our communities for the impacts of climate change.
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- Jun/3/24 3:05:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the Auditor General will table her report on McKinsey. Now, the Liberals will try to hide their preferential treatment of McKinsey, but the procurement watchdog already said that the government creates criteria specifically designed for McKinsey. The Minister of Procurement also signed a $5.7-million sole-source contract, despite her officials asking her not to, for McKinsey.
At a time when Canadians cannot even take a summer vacation, why is the government so hell-bent on giving $116 million to McKinsey?
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- Jun/3/24 3:06:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to answer that question. My colleague is well aware that the Auditor General's work is not only very important, but very much appreciated by the Canadian government.
We look forward to her report tomorrow, of course. We already know that it will continue to assist us further in the important work that we all need to do to ensure the proper and timely delivery of public services to Canadians, including the Canadian dental care plan, which is working very well across the country, especially in Quebec.
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- Jun/3/24 3:06:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, corruption, abuse, resignations, multiple investigations and at least $150 million tax dollars illegally given out by Liberal insiders to other Liberal insiders and to themselves, that is Sustainable Development Technology Canada. After nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, and the Prime Minister who is just not worth the cost, the Auditor General is set to release a damning report on SDTC tomorrow.
Will the Prime Minister shut down the billion-dollar slush fund? Will he commit to getting Canadians their money back? Will he guarantee Canadians that none of these corrupt executives will get a dollar of severance?
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- Jun/3/24 3:07:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as members well know, from the moment we received the allegation, we started an investigation in order to make sure that we would uncover the truth and that we would restore governance. We suspended funding for the organization. We got a report. The chairwoman resigned. The CEO of the organization resigned. We welcome the findings of the Auditor General. We proactively work with the Auditor General.
One thing I can reassure all Canadians of is that we will restore governance and that we will restore funding to this organization that is helping thousands of Canadian companies in this country.
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- Jun/3/24 3:08:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first, the member for Saint-Laurent denied the decline of French in Quebec. Then, a Franco-Ontarian member said that witnesses who appeared before the Standing Committee on Official Languages were full of you-know-what. Now, the Quebec member for Alfred-Pellan is saying that, in order to be stronger, Quebec should be bilingual.
We are now seeing the Liberal caucus's true colours. The Liberals have neither the desire, nor the intention to protect French and stop its decline.
Will the Prime Minister act now to support French in Quebec and call his members to order?
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- Jun/3/24 3:08:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, someone pinch me. I heard my colleague opposite comment on French. However, the Conservative Party and francophones from Quebec have accused me of speaking too much French here in the House. Now they are all up in arms.
At some point, they need to decide which side they are really on.
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- Jun/3/24 3:09:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as we have entered into June, and summer is just around the corner, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre has already reported that over 300,000 hectares of forest have been burned down. Climate change continues to impact communities in my home province of British Columbia and across Canada at a disproportional—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Jun/3/24 3:10:02 p.m.
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I am having great trouble hearing, from both sides, the question from the hon. member for Richmond Centre.
I encourage members who want to have conversations to do so behind the curtains.
The hon. member for Richmond Centre has the floor. I will invite him to start from the top, please.
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