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House Hansard - 76

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 20, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC)
  • May/20/22 11:34:24 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, virtual Parliament was meant to be a temporary measure to deal with a worldwide pandemic, but it has the effect of reducing the accountability of government. That is fine with the current Prime Minister and his cabal, but it should not be fine with Canadians. As workers across the country are back at work, is it not a little rich for the government to insist that it is not safe to do our work in person? We are no more special than the rest of Canadians. Trying to represent our constituents from the comfort of our homes just does not cut it. Continuing with a hybrid parliament diminishes this institution. Conservatives believe it is time to get democracy working again. The Prime Minister and his NDP-Liberal government have demonstrated repeatedly that they are willing to do anything to avoid the oversight of Parliament. Virtual sittings reduce accountability and transparency in our democratic parliamentary system. We have seen it clearly in question period, where answers to serious questions are obfuscated at best. This needs to end now, so we can bring back a real democratic Parliament to Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC)
  • May/20/22 12:16:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the carbon capture tax credit included in this year's budget was not included in the budget implementation act. Why not?
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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC)
  • May/20/22 12:17:33 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there are lots of tools in that box. Carbon capture is widely viewed by all scientific input as the nearest-term solution to decarbonizing our energy needs. There is no path to environmental goals without it. It has been over a year since the government rejected my tax credit on carbon capture because it needed to consult. After all that time, it was announced in this year's budget, yet there is still no action. If the minister believes the climate crisis is the biggest challenge the world faces, why is he so slow in advancing the most obvious solution?
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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Greg McLean
  • May/20/22 1:15:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, educate me here. If what the minister stated was in fact untrue in putting a motion forward, should it not be corrected?
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