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House Hansard - 208

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 7, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 208 - Jun/7/23
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • Jun/7/23 7:07:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I did want to weigh in on this. I have no opinion on whether the hon. Conservative is a rat or not. That is not something I want to speak to. However, I do feel that we are watching tactics by the Conservative leader, who lives in Stornoway. I am very concerned that this is undermining confidence, and it is very important that we have confidence, particularly when my region is burning and people are being evacuated. I am asking the Speaker to look into this because Canadians expect us to do our jobs and not to interfere and act like we are juveniles. I am asking if the Speaker would agree to look into this—
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Context: House Hansard - 208 - Jun/7/23
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • Jun/7/23 8:00:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the planet is on fire. I can smell the burning of the planet from my window in northern Ontario. It has been burning for days and days. We had an emergency debate the other night on fires, and not a single Conservative showed up. Obviously they do not care. My question is for the government. Over the last year, the environment minister proposed an increase of 109 million barrels of oil a day. The government has put over $30 billion into the TMX boondoggle to ship unrefined bitumen to other destinations. If the government is serious about climate change, when is it going to stop promoting the expansion of bitumen projects with the highest carbon intensities on the planet? As our planet burns, if we are going to be serious about a climate future, we have to stop the expansion of the oil lobby. When is the government going to stop working for the oil lobby and actually start working for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 208 - Jun/7/23
Mr. Charlie Angus
  • Jun/7/23 8:18:20 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have been in the House many years and I have always enjoyed the leader of Stornoway's stunts. Are we actually saying that there is going to be historical precedence and they are upset that nobody bothers to listen to him? Is that literally a point—
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