However, there are other billions that have been invested in initiatives that are completely contrary to the objective of the Paris Accord, to slow climate change by limiting the average global temperature increase to 1.5°C. Last week, we had the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, which more or less summed this whole situation up.
Apart from the Trans Mountain issue, there are also the Bay du Nord oil project and the offshore oil exploration permits on the Atlantic coast. You have also just given the green light to the liquified natural gas, or LNG, plant in Kitimat, British Columbia. That was done with the agreement of the NDP, which is in government in British Columbia, but once again, these projects have just been greenlit.
In addition, the cost of the Coastal GasLink gas pipeline started out at $6.2 billion, but has now risen to $14 billion. As a taxpayer, as a person who pays taxes, I have had enough of seeing all this money invested in projects that are the opposite of what should be done for the planet, for nature, for the environment and for health.