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House Hansard - 272

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • Jan/31/24 6:01:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague spent most of his speech talking about the fact that Canada should be a world leader in building a low-carbon economy. Unfortunately, this economic statement's proposed approach to reducing Canada's carbon emissions is very weak. Canada is the laughingstock of the G7 due to its low environmental ambitions and, worse, poor environmental performance. The question I have for my colleague deals with housing. In the economic statement there is an entire chapter on housing, and yet it contains nothing of substance, except for the part on cutting the GST, but we know that is not going to do much to solve the housing crisis. What can this economic statement do? When will the government understand that there is an urgency to build affordable and social housing?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • Jan/31/24 6:18:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I respect my colleague who just made a speech, so I am going to appeal to his intelligence. Quebec already has its cap and trade system, and it works. We know that, by 2015, Quebec had reduced its emissions by 8.8% over 1990 levels. That means it is working. If my colleague believes, first, that climate change exists—which is not a given in his party—second, that climate change must be fought, and third, that there are economic tools that work to lower carbon emissions, as demonstrated in Quebec, then why is he so opposed to economic tools that we know work?
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