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House Hansard - 38

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:39:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question and all her work on environmental issues and climate change over the past few years. I think she and I agree, along with governments around the world, that we have to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for environmental reasons, for climate reasons, to create the jobs we need in the near and far future and, of course, to reduce our dependence on countries like Russia.
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:40:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague once again. The Impact Assessment Agency assessed the Bay du Nord project. The project is under review by our government. We will make a decision as soon as possible.
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:41:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague talks about leadership. In the last four years, our government has done the most of any government to fight climate change. We have invested $100 billion and introduced over 100 measures to fight climate change. We fought for carbon pricing all the way to the Supreme Court, something our government, hers and mine, fought for. Leadership on climate change is on this side of the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:47:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the IPCC report shows what people around the world have known for a long time, that countries need to take bold action to fight climate change. We continue to cut emissions, and we have cut 30 million tonnes since we have come into power. That is almost half of Quebec's entire emissions, which we managed to reduce because of the hundreds of measures we have put in place, and because of the $100 billion in investments. However, we recognize, as the members opposite do, that we need to do more.
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:48:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. The IPCC report confirms what people around the world already know. Every country needs to do more, be more ambitious, to mitigate and adapt to climate change. We need to continue to lower emissions and build resilience. This is why our government has already invested $2.3 billion in climate change adaptation and more than $100 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the past few years. Every single one of us, both here in Canada and around the world, must do more.
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