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House Hansard - 199

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 2:44:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind our hon. colleagues on the other side of the room that in their platform in 2021, the Conservative Party of Canada campaigned to put in place carbon pricing that would go up to $170 a tonne. That is exactly what our government is doing while investing in Canadians and building the economy of the future.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 2:54:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are in mid-May and already we are seeing record forest fires in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. I have talked to people in Calgary who say that they cannot breathe because of the forest fires in northern Alberta. Our plan to fight climate change is working. We have reduced carbon pollution by 50 million tonnes. What is the answer of the Conservative Party? It is to make pollution free again, making climate change and forest fires worse. That is not how we will do it on this side of the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 2:55:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, allow me to read from the Conservative platform in the last election. On page 79, in the section called “Low Carbon Fuel Standard”, it states, “We’ll finalize and improve the Clean Fuel Regulations to reduce carbon emissions from every litre of gasoline (and other liquid fuels) we burn, turning them into a true Low Carbon Fuel Standard.” The difference between the Conservative Party and us is that they are all talk and we are all about action.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 3:02:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have cleared up the fact that the Conservative Party of Canada had committed to put in place a low-carbon fuel standard during the last election campaign, but let us talk about what the farmers are saying. The Dairy Farmers of Canada has committed the dairy farms sector to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Egg Farmers of Canada has announced a commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The farming sector knows very well how climate change is impacting them. It seems the only one who does not know about this is the Conservative Party of Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 3:16:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have already pointed out several times in the House, Quebec has a carbon pricing system called cap and trade and it is different than Canada's system. I would be pleased to explain to my colleague opposite how the Quebec system works. My office would gladly arrange a briefing on this issue.
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