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House Hansard - 218

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 2:49:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, the leader of the Conservative Party is demonstrating that he does not understand what is happening in Quebec. First of all, there has never been a federally imposed price on pollution in Quebec, because Quebec has its own approach to fighting emissions. Second, in budget 2023, we proposed generous tax credits to encourage green energy generation in Quebec and across the country. This is the kind of thing that will make it easier for Quebeckers to have a thriving green economy in a net-zero world.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 2:50:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we put a price on pollution, and we are now seeing the emission reductions right across the country. Canada is reaching its targets both for 2030 and towards net zero. That is what we have done by putting a price on pollution. However, at the same time we are putting a price on pollution right across the country, we are delivering more money back to Canadians in the jurisdictions where the federal backstop is in place. That is more money in the pockets of Atlantic Canadians starting this July as we fight climate change, which is having an impact, whether it is hurricanes or forest fires, that Atlantic Canadians hear of too strongly.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 2:51:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while energy companies are making record profits right now across the country, Canadians need support, and that is why we are delivering a climate action incentive that delivers more money every three months to Canadians than the price on pollution costs them. Everyone, except apparently the Conservatives, understands that building in price signals on things we do not want, like pollution, is one of the most efficient ways of reducing emissions and of incentivizing behaviour. That is why our emissions are going down, and we are hitting our targets.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/23 3:19:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians have seen across the country, whether with Hurricane Fiona on the east coast, with forest fires raging across the country with greater intensity than in previous years or with the atmospheric river that B.C. was hit with just a few years ago, that the cost of inaction on climate change would be cataclysmic. That is why we put forward a price on pollution that is bringing down our emissions and is going to allow us to reach our targets at the same time as we put more money back into the pockets of Canadians with the climate action incentive four times a year. We are supporting Canadians while we fight climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Jun/21/23 5:03:04 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am here to table a petition on behalf of many people across British Columbia who are very concerned. The petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada to prohibit the use of expanded polystyrene in the marine environment. Foam from marine infrastructure is increasingly a source of pollution on Canadian beaches, and we know that the marine environment can be significantly harmed with this happening. The petitioners are asking for immediate action and hope to see marine life, seafood resources and ecosystems protected.
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