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Carbon Pricing November 6th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. The party opposite would make it free to pollute for everyone. We have a plan to make sure that polluting is not free, to tackle climate change, to ensure that we are putting more money in the pockets of Canadians and do what we need to do.
We owe it to our kids to have a serious plan to protect the environment, tackle climate change and also grow a clean economy and create good jobs.
Carbon Pricing November 6th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, what is the party opposite's climate plan? The Conservatives always talk about our plan. We have a plan that makes polluters pay.
Let us be clear. The Conservatives do not have a plan to put a price on pollution. It would be free—
Carbon Pricing November 6th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, it is no wonder that the members of the party opposite always talk about our climate plan, since they do not have a climate plan. We are committed to working with small businesses. To do what? It is to help them reduce their emissions and do their part to tackle climate change, and also support them to be more energy efficient so they can save money, which they reinvest in their businesses. We have a plan to tackle climate change and grow our economy. The party opposite has neither.
Natural Resources October 26th, 2018
Madam Speaker, we are very pleased with Bill C-69. Why? Because we listened to indigenous peoples. We listened to business people. We listened to people in the resource sector. We listened to environmentalists, because what did we commit to? We committed to getting our resources to market, but we also committed to rebuilding a trust in how we do environmental assessments.
We have come up with a system that engages indigenous peoples early, that has shorter and tighter timelines as businesses were requesting. It also ensures that we make decisions based on science. We know to get our resources to market in a responsible way we need a proper process. That is exactly what we—
Carbon Pricing October 26th, 2018
Madam Speaker, it is always so surprising to hear the other side talk about how much they care about jobs. We reduced the small business tax rate to 9%. We have created more than 500,000 jobs for Canadians. We have the lowest unemployment rate in decades.
What are we also going to do? We are going to tackle climate change. We are going to save businesses money by helping them be more energy efficient.
At the end of the day, we are going to do what is critically important, which is to ensure we have a sustainable planet for our kids.
Carbon Pricing October 26th, 2018
Madam Speaker, when I talk to small businesses, and I have talked to small businesses across the country, what do they want to do? They want to do right by the environment. They want to be more energy efficient, save money and lower their emissions.
I will give the example of VariForm. It is a steel manufacturer in Cambridge. What did it do? It reduced its emissions by 80% and saved a million dollars.
We are going to support small businesses to be more energy efficient so they can save money to reinvest in their businesses and create more jobs.
Carbon Pricing October 26th, 2018
Madam Speaker, whether one is a trucker, a farmer, a small business owner, an environmentalist or a child, we are all paying the cost of climate change right now. We are paying the cost through extreme weather events like floods, droughts, forest fires. Ninety people died in Quebec this summer because of extreme heat. The cost to Canadians have gone from $400 million to over a billion dollars. The UN climate report projects that the cost to the world will be in the trillions of dollars if we do not take action now.
It is not free to pollute, it should not be free to pollute and our government will not allow it to be free to pollute.
Carbon Pricing October 26th, 2018
Madam Speaker, I will once again turn to experts. Stephen Harper's former director of policy stated:
We think the federal government is doing the right thing in putting a price on carbon in those provinces that have not done so, and in returning the money directly to households. This will...will encourage lower emissions, while also ensuring that Canadian families will not be negatively affected.
Dale Beugin, the executive director of Ecofiscal Commission, stated, “Bigger households get bigger cheques” and “more most households, rebates will larger than their carbon pricing costs. Households will see net gains.”
Carbon Pricing October 26th, 2018
Madam Speaker, I would suggest that the member talk to someone in Quebec who knows the system. Our approach for large emitters is the same approach based on the same principles we see in Quebec, Europe and China.
We want to make sure that Canadian companies doing business abroad are more competitive, reduce their emissions and create good jobs here in Canada.
Carbon Pricing October 26th, 2018
Madam speaker, I am really surprised by this Quebec member. Every political party in Quebec, both federal and provincial, supports carbon pricing.
Why does the federal Conservative Party and the member from Quebec not support a price on pollution? We know that we must tackle climate change and that there is a cost to pollution. I hope that the member will listen to Quebeckers, who want us to address climate change, want a price on pollution and want a clean economy.