Thank you, Mr. Chair.
A few weeks ago, the Prime Minister made a big announcement expressing his desire to launch an economic recovery plan that fast-tracks the transition to a green economy. Minister Guilbeault, Minister McKenna and Minister Wilkinson were appointed to a group tasked with doing just that.
Today, I worry that the group is nothing but an empty shell, a convenient post-crisis political pitch. On the natural resources front, the government's two main announcements primarily involve fossil fuels. We need only think of the $1.7 billion being invested to clean up orphan wells.
Perhaps there is an environmental component, but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around yesterday's announcement by Export and Development Canada. It's going to lend TC Energy $500 million to build its Coastal GasLink pipeline. That's $500 million for a pipeline project that will eventually produce 8.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually.
How does the government reconcile that with its desire to transition to a green economy?