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House Hansard - 122

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Hon. Gudie Hutchings (Minister of Rural Economic Development, Lib.)
  • Nov/1/22 2:53:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will tell members what we cannot afford. We cannot afford not to do something on climate change. I want to put some faces to what happens if we do not act on climate change. I want to talk about Norm, who saw his wife washed out to sea. I want to talk about Amy and her daughter, who literally ran from their house without shoes on their feet. I want to talk about Smokey, who was pulled from the ocean by his brother. I want to talk about Brian Button, who has had to have sit-down conversations with over 100 homeowners to tell them that their homes are destroyed and condemned, and there are more on that list. I want to talk about the people in Burgeo, Burnt Islands, Channel-Port aux Basques and Marguerite—
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Hon. Gudie Hutchings (Minister of Rural Economic Development, Lib.)
  • Nov/1/22 2:55:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to continue my narrative because I was talking about Canadian lives who were impacted by our not acting on climate change and not acting on climate change now. I have seen people go through the rubble looking for their parents' urns of ashes. I have seen people looking for memorabilia— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Hon. Gudie Hutchings
  • Nov/1/22 2:55:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am talking about Canadian lives. I am talking about the lives of people who have lost their homes or belongings and memorabilia. They have lost everything, and we have to do something on climate change. We have to do something now. We have seen the hurricanes in the Atlantic. We have seen forest fires. We have seen droughts. The cost of inaction is only going to get worse. I hope nobody has to stand up in the House to talk about a life lost in their riding because of inaction on climate change. Everybody needs to act on this, and we need to act on it now.
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