Mr. Speaker, in last week's budget, the Conservatives once again chose the old energy economy over the new. Rather than new investments in green technology, they instead gave the highly profitable oil and gas companies a massive tax giveaway. This means that by 2012 the annual giveaway to just the top three oil companies will be more than all of the money the government has committed to green and renewable energy in this budget .
The government claims to believe in green but these numbers put truth to the lie.
When will the government stop the taxpayer handouts to oil companies and fund a real green future for Canada?