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Charlie Angus

Member of Parliament
NDP

Timmins—James Bay
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 63%
Expenses Last Quarter: $134,227.44

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Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)

Feb/5/24 3:40:58 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-372

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-372, An Act respecting fossil fuel advertising. He said: Mr. Speaker, last summer, 200,000 Canadians were forced out of their homes from toxic fumes. Children were unable to go outside, and there were asthma attacks in elderly people from toxic pollution caused by burning fossil fuels. There are more people dying every year from pollution caused by fossil fuels than from tobacco. The big tobacco moment has arrived. We know that big oil has done years of disinformation and interference and false claims about the damage it is doing to the planet, but it is also killing people. Today, I am proud to rise and introduce a bill that would make illegal false advertising by the oil and gas industry. The big tobacco moment has finally arrived for big oil. We need to put human health ahead of the lies of the oil sector.

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Context: House Hansard - 235 - Oct/19/23

Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)

Oct/19/23 2:49:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Suncor is raking in billions of dollars in profits, yet its corporate rap sheet is a long list of disturbing allegations: environmental damage, workers killed on the job and price fixing at the pump. However, the blockbuster lawsuit in the state of Colorado is new. The Colorado indictment is clear. It states that Suncor knowingly and substantially contributed to the climate crisis through “intentional, reckless and negligent conduct.” This is the big tobacco moment for Suncor. What will the minister do to hold this company to account and make sure it reduces emissions to protect our children's futures?

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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23

Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)

Sep/21/23 1:56:44 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-33

Mr. Speaker, I listened to my hon. colleague say the old Conservative mantra that they are going to build pipelines, pipelines, pipelines. I was reading the indictment of the people of California against ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, Conoco, Phillips, and it says: Rather than warn consumers, the public, and governments, however, Defendants— That is big oil: —mounted a disinformation campaign beginning at least as early as the 1970s to discredit the burgeoning scientific consensus on climate change; deny their own knowledge of climate change-related threats; create doubt in the minds of consumers... ...Defendants have promoted and/or profited from the extraction and consumption of fossil fuels... This has forced the state of California and the people of the world to pay for the damages. What we are seeing is the big tobacco moment. My hon. colleague is saying big tobacco and big oil will continue to pollute the planet and it will be good. I would suggest that he read the indictment from the state of California against all the big five oil companies that knowingly discredited climate science and are knowingly destroying our planet.

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