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House Hansard - 136

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:24:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with respect, the hon. member has now made the most bizarre argument I could possibly imagine when it comes to inaction on climate change. He is now suddenly opposed to heat pumps. Heat pumps have the ability to reduce pollution in our community and bring the cost of power down or heat for homeowners who live in my community. This is particularly important as we are coming up on the winter season. I was so pleased to make the announcement in my hometown last week that we would provide an upfront grant of up to $5,000 for homeowners to help them lower their heating bills every month. We are going to continue to do what is right for climate change, because we know the cost of inaction is simply too great to ignore.
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:52:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about a terrible plan. I will tell him what a terrible plan is. It is not taking action on climate change. His community and mine are both still dealing with homeowners cleaning up the debris in their backyards. His community and mine are both dealing with farms that have had silos torn down and farmers who are more than $100,000 out-of-pocket so they can feed their cattle this season. We are going to continue to do what we can to reduce pollution because it is the right thing to do. We have found a way to make sure that homeowners and families are left better off. Eight out of 10 families are left better off. We also introduced a new plan that will have $5,000 in upfront grants so that people can reduce their power bills by installing heat pumps. It is confounding to understand why the member cannot support something so simple.
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:53:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about protecting the pocketbooks of Nova Scotians. I would find it interesting to hear him explain to his constituents why he voted against making sure that low-income families can afford to send their kids to the dentist. I find it interesting why he is not putting out social media posts about today's announcement that child care fees are going to be reduced by 50%. I find it interesting that he voted against a $500 supplement for low-income renters. The reality is that every step of the way since we formed government in 2015, we have had the interests of working-class and middle-class Canadians at heart. That will continue to be the case. We do not have to pollute to make sure people are better off. We can protect the environment and protect the economy at the same time.
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Nov/28/22 2:54:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a good thing Sherlock is on the case. We would have never figured this out. Holy smokes. It is unbelievable that somebody could have a heat pump and some other source of heating as well. The reality is that we have a new $5,000 grant that will give an upfront payment directly to homeowners. It is going to allow them to save thousands of dollars every year. It will help reduce pollution in our communities and leave— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 136 - Nov/28/22
Hon. Sean Fraser
  • Nov/28/22 2:55:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will simply say that we have found a way to save people money and reduce pollution. That is a good thing. If the Conservatives agree, I invite them to support us.
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