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House Hansard - 333

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 17, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 2:33:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, what we have is a comprehensive plan to address the threat of climate change, one of the most comprehensive in the world. We also have a plan for the economy, one that will ensure economic jobs and economic prosperity in a low-carbon world. What is astonishing is the fact that the Conservatives have neither. They have neither an environmental plan to save the planet from burning, nor an economic plan. With the height of hypocrisy, that member over there actually campaigned on putting a price on pollution. Where were they?
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 2:34:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if anyone should resign in this House, it is the people who are misleading Canadians about the benefit of carbon pricing. There is 25 million tonnes less pollution in this country because of carbon pricing. We have a plan to work with Canadians to help them better prepare to face the impacts of climate change. The Conservatives have nothing: no plans for adaptation, no plan to reduce the amount of pollution, and no plan for the economy. If anyone should resign, it should be them over there.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 2:38:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is sad to see the Conservative Party of Canada continue to display its complete ignorance on the issue of climate change. The member should just turn around and speak to the member behind him. She was part of a provincial government in Quebec that introduced a price on pollution long before the federal government did. As he knows full well, or should know by now, the federal price does not apply in Quebec. It applies to other provinces.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 2:43:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would invite my hon. colleague to have a conversation with the 300 economists who have validated that eight out of 10 families get more money back, that the price on pollution is a driver of innovation and is a driver of investment in our economy. Across the aisle, we have a Conservative Party in the country that denies the existence of climate change and has no economic plan to ensure prosperity in the future for people from coast to coast to coast. It is truly a shame. It is abandoning the future of our children and the future of our country.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 2:45:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague and her colleagues across the aisle may be entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts. The fact is that emissions are down in a significant way. The fact is that 300 economists, experts in their field, say that eight out of 10 Canadians get more money back. Those are facts. What is also a fact is that the party across the way has no plan to address climate change and no plan for the economic future of the country. It is also the case that they all campaigned on putting a price on pollution. If anybody should resign, it is those members opposite.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 8:07:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, maybe we could talk a bit about what was not in the budget: eliminating the price on pollution, as an example, or cutting programs for people who are struggling. We are continuing to invest in Canadians and at the same time fight climate change. The hon. member had started talking about science. If he could work science and climate change, and our need to invest in that, as well, into his answer, that would be great.
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