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Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Hon. Steven Guilbeault

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Environment and Climate Change
  • Liberal
  • Laurier—Sainte-Marie
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 59%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $99,511.83

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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/8/23 2:29:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, I thank the leader of the Bloc Québécois for his question. I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time. We are not going to wait until fossil fuel subsidies are completely eliminated. We are already doing this, so we can make massive investments in public transit, electrification and clean technologies. That is what we did in the last budget. It is what the Conservatives vehemently oppose, even though they claim to believe in technology. When we want to invest in technology, they say we should not invest in technology. I thank the Bloc leader for his question. We will work with the Bloc on these important issues.
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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Apr/4/22 2:59:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, to fight climate change, we need all available technologies, and that is exactly what our approach has been so far. In budget 2021, we committed to put in place a tax incentive for carbon capture and storage, which is in fact featured in today's IPCC report as a technology we absolutely need to tackle climate change. We should not put all our eggs in that basket. It is part of our plan. Five per cent of our plan rests on carbon capture and storage, but we need to invest in transit. We need to invest in solar, in wind and in electrification. By doing all these things, we will get to our target.
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