Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. friend and colleague for his work on his private member's bill. I have met with stakeholders who feel very strongly that we ought to pass legislation to ban fossil fuel advertising.
Before I commit to supporting it, I will say that when I was an Olympic athlete, many of our activities were sponsored by Petro-Canada, which is owned by Suncor. I am not going to stand in the House and be a hypocrite. I am going to acknowledge that the oil and gas sector and the energy sectors across the country do good work, providing contributions to our economy and jobs. However, it is also the case that they do a lot of greenwashing. It is very dishonest when a truck with billboards on it, purchased by the Alberta government, is driving around town in Ottawa promoting the idea of getting rid of a cap on pollution.
There are two schools of thought in Canada. One is that we have no obligation to the environment. However, on the Liberal side, we believe that we have to fight climate change, and that involves lowering pollution and addressing our emissions.