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House Hansard - 235

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 19, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 235 - Oct/19/23
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Oct/19/23 12:49:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-50 
Madam Speaker, what I am hearing from my Conservative friends is scary. The fight against climate change is probably one of the biggest challenges of our time. Canada is already one of the world's worst performers on this issue according to pretty much any available indicator. We really are one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to climate change. The Liberals are useless. They are not doing anything. For years, we have been fighting to get them to take action and stop investing in the oil industry. Now I am hearing from my Conservative friends that they want to do even less so we can be even worse than we already are. There were floods this summer and fires all over the place. This is an emergency. The planet is burning right now. My Conservative friends want to do even less. Where I come from, we have groups like Mothers Step In and Ciel et Terre, which I talked to two weeks ago. We cleaned up the St. Lawrence shoreline. They all came to see me. They said they had seen the polls and were worried about the Conservatives taking power. They wanted me to tell them that will not happen. I could not tell them anything. These people are worried. What do the Conservatives have to say to them?
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Context: House Hansard - 235 - Oct/19/23
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Oct/19/23 1:50:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-50 
Madam Speaker, the Conservatives are still accusing the government of inflationary spending, so I have a quick question for my colleague. According to the IMF, Canada invested $50 billion in the oil industry in 2022. I would note that the oil industry made $200 billion in profit in 2022. Does my colleague think that that expenditure counts as inflationary spending?
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