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House Hansard - 5

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 26, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:26:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we welcome the report from the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development. We commend his work, especially his latest report, which paints a truly dismal picture of the Harper years. The commissioner did not look at our 2016 plan or our 2020 plan, or the 100 or so measures we have put in place, or the nearly $100 billion we have invested. All of these measures will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 million tonnes by 2030. That is equal to nearly half of Quebec's emissions.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:27:48 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we agree on the matter of subsidizing fossil fuels. That is why our country committed to eliminating these subsidies by 2023, two years before our G20 partners' goal of 2025. In Glasgow, we also announced that we, along with many other countries, would stop financing international fossil fuel projects.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:49:11 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I challenge anyone in the House to show me a country that has done more in the last four years to fight climate change than Canada has done. There has been record-level investment in public transit. There has been record-level investment in— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Steven Guilbeault
  • Nov/26/21 11:49:36 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there has been record-level investment of $4 billion in electrification of transportation, in nature-based solutions and in adaptation to climate change. However, the fight is not over. We have lots more to do, and that is what we will be doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 12:02:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Pontiac and congratulate her on her impressive career at the OECD before joining our ranks. Canada has done a lot of work on combatting climate change. I could talk about everything that we achieved in Glasgow, such as the $5.3 billion for developing countries, including $1 billion to help the poorest countries reduce their dependence on coal, and the $1 billion for nature-based solutions. Nevertheless, like other countries around the world, Canada still has a long way to go in the fight against climate change.
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