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House Hansard - 155

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • Feb/7/23 1:33:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Obviously, I find this whole debate on the carbon tax a bit tiresome and I look forward to moving on to other things. One of the other things we could talk about is what we can do to really encourage industries to go green. I am thinking of the mining industry in particular. How can we help the industry build green mines? What we are seeing more and more of everywhere, but particularly on the international stage, is purchasing decisions based on carbon footprints. What can we do to really help our industries go green so that we can meet these objectives and remain attractive?
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Mr. Lloyd Longfield
  • Feb/7/23 1:50:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we are working on is the transition for businesses. That includes transitioning from the rebates we have been offering to oil and gas and accelerating them by two years so we can move faster and attract more international investment into Canadian industries, including oil and gas, which is still a very important industry for Canada that we cannot lose. We have to transition the jobs and transition the economy, and we have to provide greener opportunities within that industry.
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Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Mr. Denis Trudel
  • Feb/7/23 5:21:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I completely agree. I mentioned it in my speech. As I am not an expert, I cannot say how much we should tax those companies. We can see their profits are indecent. Those industries are still making bloated profits from what is happening in the world at this time. We must take this money and invest it for our children. The future of the planet is at stake. There is money there. It is indecent. We must invest it for the future.
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