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House Hansard - 128

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 16, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/16/22 3:00:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with COP27 in full swing, the big winners have been revealed. Unfortunately, I am talking about the winners of the bidding process for oil exploration licences in Newfoundland's offshore. The winners are ExxonMobil, BP, Equinor and the Qatar state-owned company, QPI. Incentivized by the federal government's decision to eliminate environmental assessments, they have promised to invest no less than $238 million to find oil. If they are willing to invest $238 million, needless to say, they expect to find oil. How many more Bay du Nord projects does Ottawa plan to authorize?
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/16/22 3:02:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, at the same time, Canada once again extended an invitation to COP15 on biodiversity being held in Montreal. The event is three weeks away and not one head of state has confirmed their attendance. Obviously, all countries are quite aware that Canada is approving oil exploration drilling in a marine protected area. Canada does not even allow fishing in those areas to protect biodiversity, yet it allows companies to bore through the ocean floor to find oil. If not all that many people are interested in attending COP15, it may be because they believe that Canada has no credibility on biodiversity, as is the case with the fight against climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/16/22 4:23:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech, in which he talked about the economic consequences of the climate crisis. I wonder if he could comment on the fact that even today, in 2022, the government continues to give billions of dollars in subsidies to oil and gas companies. Does he not think that we will pay for this later in terms of climate change adaptation?
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/16/22 5:44:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I heard my government colleague say that she is proud of this economic update. I was not proud when I presented this update to my constituents. There are seasonal workers in my riding, and on September 24, the government announced that, in the Lower St. Lawrence area, the number of insurable hours required to qualify for EI would increase from 420 to 700, even though EI benefits are paid for with the premiums deducted from these workers' wages. Obviously, by then, they had run out of time to work more and accumulate enough hours. We expected that there would at least be something in the economic update to help these workers who are being left behind, despite being promised EI reform since 2015. I am wondering what my colleague would say on behalf of the government to these seasonal workers in the Lower St. Lawrence area.
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