SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

Member of Parliament

John Brassard

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Barrie—Innisfil
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $99,360.72

  • Government Page
Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Mr. John Brassard
  • Jan/31/24 6:19:06 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, we are going to strongly disagree on this issue. There is no question that there will be strong disagreement between the way the Bloc feels and the ideology of the government. We happen to believe that clean Canadian energy and clean Canadian technology are the answer to reducing climate change, not just here at home but also around the world. I happened to meet with a European Union representative whose primary focus is to source clean sources of energy. What they said to me was that Canada has become an unreliable partner in that because of ideology. We have the best environmental standards, the best human rights standards, the best labour standards and the best technology in the world to supply the world with clean Canadian energy. If we are not doing that, ideological attacks on our energy sector aside, if we are not supplying the world with clean energy, then who is supplying it? Russia, Iran, Venezuela and others are. We are going to disagree on this. It may be an ideological thing, but the fact is that we have clean Canadian energy that could help reduce emissions not just here at home but also around the world.
201 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 130 - Nov/18/22
Mr. John Brassard
  • Nov/18/22 1:16:24 p.m.
  • Watch
  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, maybe there is a reason our emissions are not going down as quickly as we would like. I know that the hon. member, whom I have respect for, is not going to like this. Canada represents a small portion of emissions around the world. I think the solution for Canada is to reduce emissions around the world by supplying clean Canadian energy, which has the best environmental standards, the best labour standards and the best human rights standards in the world, to those emerging democracies and those emerging countries that are carbon intensive. If we want to help, let us help the world.
105 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border