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House Hansard - 256

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 27, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/27/23 2:35:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party of Canada should be ashamed of asking this question in this House after they directed their MPs to bully senators who disagreed with them. One of them had to apologize for bullying some of his colleagues in the Senate. They should be ashamed of themselves. We are not telling senators how to vote. They are doing it, and they are asking them to bully other senators.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/27/23 2:40:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform my colleague that there are no longer any Liberal senators. There are Conservative senators. Since we took office in 2015, we have appointed independent senators. Anyone who works with the Senate knows that they are independent. We do not tell the Senate what to do. The Conservative Party is the one telling Conservative senators what to do and how to vote, and it is even asking them to intimidate other senators from other Senate groups. That is unacceptable and scandalous. An hon. member: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, after the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle posted a photo of the female senators who opposed Bill C‑234, the Senate and the police had to launch an investigation in response to the threats these independent senators received. We do not tell senators how to vote, unlike the Conservative Party, which not only tells them how to vote, but encourages them to bully other senators who do not think like them. It is unacceptable.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/27/23 2:51:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his advocacy. We will, as the Prime Minister has said, publish before the end of the year the framework to put a cap on the emissions of the oil and gas sector, because he is right. These emissions have continued to rise over the year, while other sectors like agriculture, electricity and buildings have reduced their emissions. The oil and gas sector must do its part to fight climate change in Canada and to help Canadians with affordability. This framework will come before the end of the year.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/27/23 2:52:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that we are the only G20 country to have eliminated fossil fuel subsidies two years ahead of schedule. Not only has no one else done this, but we did it two years ahead of schedule. We have already introduced regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by at least 40% by 2025. We have implemented carbon pricing and, as I mentioned to his colleague earlier, by the end of the year we will be announcing the framework for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions for the oil and gas sector.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Nov/27/23 2:57:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with your permission, I would like to read a few extracts from a CBC article from last week that reads: “Three independent senators say they were bullied by Conservative Leader [in the Senate] Don Plett”. It says, “Police and the Senate security team are also now investigating outside threats directed at [Senator] Clement”. It continues: “threatening phone calls and online harassment directed at Clement after her confrontation with Plett on Nov. 9 ‘got so out of control’ that she feared for her physical safety ‘and was forced to leave her private residence and spend her weekend elsewhere in a secure location.’” That is what they are doing.
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