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House Hansard - 333

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 17, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 2:39:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, who recognizes the importance of combatting climate change. However, I disagree with the premise of her question, since Canada is the only G20 country to have eliminated subsidies for fossil fuels. We did this two years sooner than any of our G20 partners. We even went further by committing to also eliminating public subsidies from Crown corporations for fossil fuel production. We are the only G20 country to have made this commitment, and we will do it by the end of the year.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Jun/17/24 6:47:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciated how much the hon. member talked about the seriousness of climate change. I do agree. I come from a riding that is in a rainforest. We are in droughts more often than we are not, which is very concerning for me because of the long-term impacts that it will have. I am just wondering if the member could talk about why they keep giving so much money to oil and gas industries in subsidies instead of taking some of those resources and investing in a more green economy.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Jun/17/24 7:18:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if Canada is in a sound financial position here and around the world, as our dear colleague from Winnipeg North, who I really like to listen to, says, why was the government unable to include a single one of the measures proposed by the Bloc Québécois? They included giving Quebec the right to opt out with full compensation, increasing old age security for those aged 65 and over, ending subsidies for fossil fuels, supporting a clean energy transition and transferring the amounts dedicated to housing to Quebec. None of these are in the budget implementation bill. Why is that? For Canada, everything is going well financially. Is it different in Quebec? Are we not entitled to such measures?
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 9:25:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with its targets, the government is well on its way to ending fossil fuel subsidies. There are a couple of exceptions that I am aware of. For example, thinking of the environment, something needs to be done with orphan wells. There is government support to deal with them. Also, in certain situations in the north, we will see some subsidies. Can the member give an indication as to what other specific subsidies he is talking about? I ask because I am not necessarily aware of them.
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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Luc Desilets
  • Jun/17/24 9:25:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was only talking about subsidies to oil companies, which are often indirect. My colleague mentioned wells, which are reused for carbon capture. That is where the captured carbon is buried. That is the current plan. I am not saying it is 100% negative. At least they are being used for that rather than being rehabilitated, as they were supposed to be a few years ago, if memory serves. A lot of money was injected into rehabilitating these wells, which, incidentally, were created by oil companies that have not had to foot any of the bill for the damage they have caused to the environment.
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