Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity, my first time rising to speak, to thank the people of Repentigny who put their trust in me. I will not compromise when it comes to protecting their interests and the interests of Quebec.
The throne speech confirms that Ottawa wants to replace its environmental assessment process with an oil and gas project fast-tracking office. It confirmed its intention to make Canada a conventional energy superpower, in other words, a fossil fuel superpower. It talks about respecting Canada's environmental standards without saying a word about respecting Quebec's environmental standards, particularly in land use planning.
In short, the throne speech seems to allow the possibility of forcing Quebec to accept pipelines. Now is not the time to build new pipelines, however. This is not simply our opinion. The new Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture said so himself on May 14. Furthermore, now is not the time to end federal carbon pricing, as the government did in its very first ways and means notice, tabled today. Again, these are not our words. They are the words of the OECD, the organization to which the member was formerly posted as Canada's ambassador before she entered politics.
Does the member agree with her ministerial colleague and the OECD that now is not the time to build new pipelines or undermine carbon pricing?