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House Hansard - 136

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:22:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I certainly think we can all agree that affordability is an incredibly important issue for all Canadians. That is why we have done a number of things, including the doubling of the GST benefit, enhancing the workers benefit and making investments into energy efficiency to ensure we are addressing affordability. It is also the case, no matter what the opposition tries to say, that eight out of 10 Canadian families actually get more money back than they pay for the price on pollution. I would say that every member on that side of the House, including the Leader of the Opposition, campaigned on a platform to put in place a price on pollution. What does he say to his constituents now?
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:34:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are in government, and we are in government in part because we have a credible plan on climate. I think Canadians expect His Majesty's official opposition to have a climate plan, which it clearly does not. Affordability today is critically important, but so is affordability tomorrow. We cannot leave the kinds of costs to our children that we will if we do not address climate change. The Climate Institute estimates $100 billion a year by 2050 if we do not act to mitigate carbon emissions. We are going to do so in a manner that will promote economic opportunity and address climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:35:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we need to consider the issue of affordability while continuing to tackle the threat of climate change. We also need to take into account the future cost of climate change inaction, which will be $25 billion by 2025. Part of the solution to the affordability problem in Canada involves tackling climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:58:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would point out that any proposal for production within the areas in question would first and foremost be subject to the Impact Assessment Act, would have to fit within the framework of our climate plan and would have to offer the best emissions performance, including net-zero emissions by 2050. Biodiversity is very important to the Government of Canada and to Canadians across the country.
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:59:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, it is very important to have an environmental assessment process in place for all oil projects, as well as for other mining and forestry projects. It is important that we have a process to examine the environmental impacts. We put a process like that in place. That is very important, and that process will be carried out for the projects that my colleague mentioned.
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