Debates of March 24th, 2010

House of Commons Hansard #16 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was bridge.

Topics

Question Period
Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
Organ and Tissue Donation
Climate Challenge
Agnes Macphail
Children's Events
World TB Day
Student Artists
Maternal and Child Health
World TB Day
World Schools Debating Championships
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
Brian McInnis
Liberal Party of Canada
Le Devoir
Liberal Party of Canada
Aboriginal Affairs
Employment
Haiti
Citizenship and Immigration
Pensions
Taxation
Child Care
Forestry Industry
Broadcasting Industry
The Budget
The Environment
National Defence
Food Safety
Employment Insurance
Guaranteed Income Supplement
Pensions
Aboriginal Affairs
Pensions
Tuberculosis
Public Safety
Presence in Gallery
Le Devoir
Presence in Gallery
Ways and Means
Employment Insurance Act
Points of Order
Canada-Jordan Free Trade Act
Committees of the House
Income Tax Act
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Human Rights
Petitions
Questions on the Order Paper
Motions for Papers
Privilege
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Quebec Bridge

6:45 p.m.

NDP

Megan Leslie NDP Halifax, NS

Madam Speaker, I heard about forests, hydro and nuclear. It is not enough to tout current practices and current projects focusing on science and technology of the past. I am talking about the jobs of the future, the investments of the future, the innovations that we cannot even possibly imagine yet. If we continue to focus on the old energy economy, we will lose jobs and we will lose opportunities for private investment.

If the Obama administration is investing in research and development at a rate of 18 to 1 compared to Canada, where would you put your money, Madam Speaker? I bet it would not be Canada, not with those odds of finding the next breakthrough on renewables in the U.S. versus Canada.

The time for action is now, for the health of our planet and for the health of our economy. I hope the government comes to realize it soon.

March 24th, 2010 / 6:45 p.m.

Conservative

Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC

Madam Speaker, that is why we are acting now. Through eco-energy we will produce two billion litres of renewable alternatives to gasoline and 500 million litres of renewable alternatives to diesel, add more than 4,300 megawatts of new renewable electricity and help more than 500,000 families increase the energy efficiency of their homes by an average of 22%.

Furthermore, through the clean energy fund we will make greater use of clean energy technologies, reducing Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions from energy production. We will allocate $466 million for three large scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects in Alberta. We will select 19 renewable and clean energy demonstration projects from across Canada, totalling up to $146 million, and leverage around $3.6 billion in investments.

These are apparently all initiatives the NDP opposes.

6:45 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

The motion to adjourn the House is now deemed to have been adopted. Accordingly the House stands adjourned until tomorrow at 10 a.m. pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).

(The House adjourned at 6:48 p.m.)