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House Hansard - 268

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 14, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Dec/14/23 2:50:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is refreshing to have a question on the reality and the importance of climate change in this House. In fact, we are picking up the pace. When we came into power, in 2015, emissions were going through the roof and now we have been able to reduce emissions levels by 7% below the 2005 level. That is like removing more than 20 million cars, in terms of climate change pollution, from our roads. We know we have more to do and that is why, in the last year alone, we have introduced six new pieces of regulation to ensure that Canada reaches its target in 2030.
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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Mr. Chris Bittle (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Dec/14/23 6:53:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is disappointing when members, and it is their right to do so, change the topic of the question they have. I believe the hon. minister was there for four days. What this underlines, and it has been the bent of the Conservative Party this entire Parliament, is its “let it burn” philosophy for Canada. It is to let the country burn and to deny climate change. That hon. member ran on a price on pollution. He ran on it. Just moments ago, in this very place, he mocked that the government is concerned and that Canadians are concerned about carbon dioxide. He laughed at a joke his hon. colleague told about carbon dioxide as a problem for Canadians. They are climate deniers, as he sees fires and floods in communities just like his across the country. All he will come to do is choose to remove environmental spending and choose to fight against Canadians' fight against an existential threat to our country, an existential threat to the world. They are not serious on climate change. Their questions show, day after day after day, that they are unserious about this. When billions of dollars are racked up for farmers, communities and infrastructure, and the cost of climate change is real, what do they do? They do nothing. They just let it burn. It is disappointing. Conservatives do not care. They are reckless. It is truly unfortunate.
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