Mr. Speaker, petitioners from my community, as well as others, have petitioned the House to please, in the House, take note of the reality that the signatories and parties to the Paris Agreement, including Canada, have committed to pursuing efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and as far below 2°C as possible. They call upon the Government of Canada to take bold climate action to ensure that Canada pulls its weight in the world.
In summary, petitioners call for Canada to reduce greenhouse gases, and to do so by arresting the growth in oil sands expansion, opposing all new fossil fuel infrastructure and working with the provinces to phase out the few remaining places where there is coal-fired electricity, while investing in the transition to a prosperous, decarbonized economy.