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House Hansard - 241

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 27, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 241 - Oct/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/23 11:19:18 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when we came into power in 2015, projected emissions growth, pollution levels, in Canada was going to increase to 80 million tonnes by 2030. We brought this, more than 80 millions tonnes, down, and since then we have reduced it by another 50 million tonnes. That is more than 100 million tonnes of pollution that Canada will not have to endure because of us, despite the Conservative Party of Canada. We are only getting started. We have a plan to fight climate change and help Canadians with affordability. We will keep going.
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Context: House Hansard - 241 - Oct/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/23 11:33:14 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we announced yesterday that we are going to double the rural top-up for Canadians, who benefit from the implementation of carbon pricing. We will also, through a pilot project, make it free for Atlantic Canadians who want to switch to heat pumps, which will enable them to save $2,000 per year. What is it the Conservatives do not like about it? I will tell members what it is: It is making Canadians less dependent on their big-oil friends. They want Canadians to continue paying for inefficient, polluting and pricey systems. That is not what we want to do on this side of the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 241 - Oct/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/23 11:36:11 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Canada Energy Regulator estimates that wind power will provide about 30% of Canada's total supply in 2050, compared with under 6% in 2021. According to a recent study by the Public Policy Forum, “Offshore wind could be for Atlantic Canada what oil was to Texas or hydro power to Quebec.” This is transformational for Atlantic Canada. I think a lot of Canadians wonder why the Conservative Party is opposing the development of clean, renewable energy for Atlantic Canadians and, in fact, for all Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 241 - Oct/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/23 11:44:12 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question. I would also like to remind him that what he is talking about is called a clean fuel standard. That is something that was in the Conservative Party of Canada's 2021 election platform. The member and his colleagues campaigned for the implementation of such a measure during the last election. Why? The reason is that it reduces the greenhouse gas emissions of the country's oil and gas distributors. The clean fuel standard is already generating $2 billion in investments across the country, whether it be in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Quebec. What would the Conservative Party do if it were to form government? It would cancel all those investments and all those newly created jobs.
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Context: House Hansard - 241 - Oct/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/23 11:45:33 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is true that keeping up with everything we are doing to fight climate change is difficult. I can understand that the member opposite would be a bit confused. I am going to help him out. The clean fuel standard applies across Canada. It applies elsewhere and it still applies today in the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Alberta and even British Columbia. It is completely different from carbon pricing and it is already generating major investments. Hundreds of jobs have been created, especially among farmers, who are going to supply the canola for creating alternative fuels. If the Conservatives take power, all that vanishes.
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Context: House Hansard - 241 - Oct/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/23 12:11:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government has done more than any other to ensure that large oil companies do their fair share when it comes to paying taxes and fighting climate change. We already have regulations in place to ensure that they reduce methane emissions, a very powerful greenhouse gas, by at least 40% by 2025 and at least 75% by 2030. We are imposing a cap on the emissions of the oil and gas sector. As my hon. colleague just reminded the House, we have also imposed a surtax on share buybacks. We are doing more than any government has done to ensure that oil companies do their fair share.
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