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Matthew Green

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Hamilton Centre
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $131,250.15

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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)
  • Sep/27/22 1:50:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am going to see if I can go two for two and maybe find some common ground with the Liberal members on the other side. Earlier, we heard the Conservative member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman agree that big polluters should pay for orphan oil wells that were left all across the west coast and the Prairies. Therefore, I am standing here today to see if we might be able to find concurrence in the House. Would the hon. member agree with the NDP and the Conservatives that big oil and gas companies, which are downloading a billion dollars of liability onto municipalities, must start paying for their pollution and their orphaned wells?
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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)
  • Sep/27/22 1:23:15 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am going to try to do something rare in this House. I am going to try to find common ground with my Conservative colleague, whom I know cares about farmers. We are talking about taxes. Would the hon. member at least agree that with the ballooning costs of orphan wells, at over $1 billion, from the Prairies all the way to B.C., oil and gas companies have an obligation to pay their fair share of orphan wells so the cost does not get downloaded onto municipalities and the rural farmers he cares so much about?
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