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Jean-Denis Garon

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Bloc Québécois

Mirabel
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 64%
Expenses Last Quarter: $114,073.56

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Context: House Hansard - 293 - Mar/21/24

Mar/21/24 11:35:21 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think that the Conservatives are exploiting people's distress in the face of a situation that has been difficult, inflation and a tough economic situation. I also think that the Conservatives from Quebec are kowtowing to their leader to get ministerial positions, and that involves compromising their values and principles. Now, Quebeckers are benefiting from the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances. Since Quebec has clean energy, we have fewer corporate polluters. We therefore have fewer requests for such allowances, which means that we are able to meet the targets that we set at a lower cost. That is why the impact of the cap-and-trade system on Quebeckers' pockets is much smaller than what we would see in the western provinces, where there is a lot of pollution. Quebeckers decided to use their environmental sovereignty to set up an effective, functional program that benefits Quebec consumers, and we intend to keep that system.

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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24

Mr. Jean-Denis Garon

Feb/1/24 3:53:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I was simply saying that when we go to the store to buy oranges or paper, or when we use resources, we pay a price. It is a specific amount. When we create pollution and there is a tax per volume of pollution emitted, that is a price and it takes the form of a tax. My colleague seems to think that it is not a price on pollution. I am just going to ask her very simply to clarify something. Can she give me the definition of what she believes a price is?

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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24

Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)

Feb/1/24 3:52:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. Her speeches are always very interesting. My colleague said that, to her, a carbon tax is not a price on pollution. When I go to the grocery store, I buy oranges. I use a resource, the oranges, and I pay the price. When I buy paper, I use a resource, the paper. In exchange, I give an amount of money. That is the price. In the other provinces, except Quebec, when I use a resource such as CO2, I pay—

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Context: House Hansard - 245 - Nov/2/23

Mr. Jean-Denis Garon

Nov/2/23 3:19:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. During question period, the member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles heckled us by saying that the carbon tax affected the price on pollution in Quebec. I have a document that shows the contrary. I seek unanimous consent to table it.

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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23

Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)

Jun/1/23 4:39:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in the House we often hear the Conservatives argue against carbon pollution pricing by saying that the continued rise in greenhouse gas emissions is proof it does not work. I have explained to my Conservative colleagues on several occasions, in the lobbies, that emissions could have risen even more if not for the carbon tax, but that does not seem to have worked. I know that my colleague is a talented educator. He knows that I hold him in high regard because we have worked together in committee for a long time. I think that if he explained it in his own words, the message might get across.

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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22

Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)

Sep/27/22 3:42:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have been thinking about history, going back a bit and realizing that Brian Mulroney's government actually resorted to putting a price on pollution to address critical environmental problems at the time. We need only think of acid rain and CFCs. I was wondering why it worked under Brian Mulroney and why, suddenly, under these new Conservatives, this pricing mechanism that allowed us to eliminate pollution would not work anymore. I would like my colleague to explain that.

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