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House Hansard - 9

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 2, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Dec/2/21 11:59:36 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in his speech, our colleague spoke about how important it is to reduce greenhouse gases and about what his government has done. I genuinely wonder if he has read the report from the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development. This report was damning for his government, especially when it comes to the emissions reduction fund, which goes entirely to the oil and gas industry. The Liberal government is trying to convince us that we will be able to increase production if we reduce emissions from the oil and gas sector. I have seen this kind of cynical behaviour before, back in the 1990s, when cigarette companies were claiming that there was a light cigarette that was healthy. I wonder if this is something the average Liberal can understand: Focusing on oil is not the way to combat climate change. I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Dec/2/21 12:29:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I wondered for a few seconds if my colleague was joking and being ironic when he said that the government had declared war on the energy sector. If it has, then it is certainly a gentle war, one that would no doubt leave the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development flabbergasted. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, the government invested $14 billion annually in the oil and gas industry. I would like to remind my colleague that it also purchased a pipeline. If the government is looking to wage war on a natural resource sector, I encourage it to declare war on the softwood lumber sector. If that is what qualifies as waging war on a sector, then I am all for it, anytime.
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Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Dec/2/21 1:30:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague once again demonstrated that she is a moderate parliamentarian, just as she did when she spoke about Quebec artists, but that is another matter. We often hear the same mantra from the Conservatives: “We have a plan. We need a plan.” We do not know what that plan is, but they are constantly telling us about it. I would like to see that plan. The amendment proposed by the Leader of the Opposition talks about respecting provincial jurisdiction. The leader of the official opposition said that was important, and he was very hard on the government. The only time he said something positive was when he commended the government for creating a department of mental health. Does that respect provincial jurisdictions? I wonder. I would like my colleague, in her great wisdom, to tell us whether health falls under the jurisdiction of the provinces.
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