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House Hansard - 336

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 16, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 336 - Sep/16/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Sep/16/24 2:56:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be back with you for the new session. That said, might I remind my colleague from the Conservative Party that the Government of Quebec has committed since 2016 to presenting a woodland caribou recovery plan in Quebec. We are now in 2024, soon to be 2025, and we have been waiting eight years for the plan. In 2022, the Government of Quebec signed a joint letter with the federal government stating that they would have a plan by June 2023. The plan would specify how to protect at least 65% of caribou habitat. The Government of Quebec committed to do that. If Quebec does not want a federal order, it simply needs to act.
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Context: House Hansard - 336 - Sep/16/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Sep/16/24 2:57:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if only you knew how many times I met with Quebeckers this summer. They think it is completely ridiculous to talk about a coalition between the Liberal Party of Canada and the Bloc Québécois, even though we are capable of working together. Quebeckers find the idea of such a coalition completely ridiculous. However, we should not be surprised at comments like that coming from the Conservatives. Once again, we see how they have no interest in protecting the environment. They do not care about air quality, water quality or the future that we are leaving for our children and grandchildren. We think that we can support the economy, communities and the environment.
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Context: House Hansard - 336 - Sep/16/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Sep/16/24 2:59:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a news flash. We had a carbon tax election in 2021, and the Conservative Party had a platform that said that they would put in place carbon pricing in this country. Maybe they just have to go to look back at their own platform. Again this morning, the Parliamentary Budget Officer was in committee saying that eight out of 10 Canadian families, where carbon pricing applies, get more money than what they pay in pricing. Unfortunately, the Conservative Party of Canada continues to spew lies and disinformation on this issue.
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Context: House Hansard - 336 - Sep/16/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Sep/16/24 3:20:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands for the question. The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has indeed received a request for an assessment of the project. That assessment, as is usually the case, is ongoing and the agency will make a recommendation to me in the weeks to come. However, I would like to share something with the House. The leader of the Green Party and I, as well as many people in Canada, are very confused about the NDP's position on the issue of carbon pricing. I went doorknocking on the weekend in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, and it is incredible how many people told me that they did not understand the NDP's position that would put Quebec and the entire country at a disadvantage.
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