Mr. Speaker, the minister said that every dollar generated by TMX will be invested in clean energy. That is like setting a village on fire to justify hiring firefighters.
Trans Mountain represents $18 billion that could be invested in health transfers, the fight against climate change, old age pensions and a just transition for oil workers, for example. Instead, the government is squandering our money on an outdated economic model that is based on the oil sands.
Will the Minister of the Environment recognize that this white elephant is harmful to both the economy and the planet?