Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's too bad I wasn't able to ask the minister my question earlier. The government talks a lot about solutions. It talks about carbon pricing. Like the authors of the articles I quoted earlier, we realized that Canada was not managing to reduce its emissions. The government thinks that they will be reduced in the future with the measures it is putting in place, but for the moment, the results are not there. Not only are there no results, but also we continue to produce more and more oil. I would have really liked to put my question to the minister about the Bay du Nord project.
Canada is one of the few G20 countries that have not managed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. How, then, can we go ahead with a project like Trans Mountain? It already emits greenhouse gases and could potentially cause spills that are very damaging to the environment. How can this country launch a project like Bay du Nord, which could generate 116 million tonnes of greenhouse gases?
I don't know what you officials think about that. This progressive government says it wants to take action on climate change and develops an ambitious carbon pricing plan. It raises the price to try to get results, but at the same time, it continues to encourage the oil industry. We are talking about 116 million tonnes of greenhouse gases that will have to be eliminated, because they are going to be produced. On the one hand, the government is introducing measures and investing a lot of money to try to reduce greenhouse gases, and on the other hand, it is continuing to encourage the industry that produces those same greenhouse gases.
Were you part of the discussions that took place on whether to green-light the Bay du Nord project?