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Government Accountability October 24th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are hiding information from the Parliamentary Budget Officer; they are hiding information from the members of this House; and now, they are hiding information from Canadians regarding the environmental impact of weakening the Navigable Waters Protection Act. They have even deleted a government web page about this.
Instead of deleting a web page that indicates what the law should protect, why not tell Canadians what the law will no longer protect?
The Environment October 23rd, 2012
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities's own web page contradicts his talking points.
The Navigable Waters Protection Act FAQ alone mentions the environment 23 times, and the website says of the act:
These stiff new penalties reflect the government's ongoing concern towards maintaining the safety of public navigation and the environment.
That is right, according to the department, the Navigable Waters Protection Act is about protecting the environment.
Why is the minister so confused about his portfolio?
The Environment October 23rd, 2012
Mr. Speaker, the Navigable Waters Protection Act ensures that industry answers questions about, for example, the 21 km diversion of the Muskeg River as part of the oil sands development project. The changes proposed by the Conservatives in the budget implementation bill will eliminate the requirement for environmental assessments of this project.
How many other assessments will be abandoned because of these changes?
The Environment October 18th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, it does not matter how many times the Conservatives repeat the same fib, it will not magically come true. They are embarrassing themselves.
What we do know is that the Conservatives' reckless sector-by-sector approach will cost us billions. Waiting to reduce emissions will cost all of us. The national round table estimates that by rejecting a practical economy-wide approach to tackling climate change, it could cost Canada $87 billion by 2050.
Why are the Conservatives locking Canada into an approach that kills jobs and hurts our economy?
The Environment October 18th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, today we have another example of the Conservatives' callous approach. In its final report before being dismantled by the Conservatives, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy said, “Canada is not yet well positioned to compete in a carbon-constrained world”.
Why are the Conservatives choosing to jeopardize our economy and our jobs by ignoring climate change?
Ethics October 16th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, day after day Conservative MPs and ministers are making things up. They are spouting mistruths and they are misleading Canadians. This is a major ethical issue.
My question is for the chair of the ethics committee. I would like to know whether or not this issue is on the committee's agenda.
Ethics October 16th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, it seems that the Conservatives are caught in a bit of an ethical dilemma here. They are making things up about the NDP; they are denying that they ever supported a price on carbon—
The Environment October 16th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, will they defend the Prime Minister or will they throw him under the bus?
The Environment October 16th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, they asked.
It seems that the Conservatives are caught in a vicious cycle here. They are either claiming that the Prime Minister never gave a speech that one can find on the PMO website, or that a price on carbon is not a tax on carbon.
Is there anyone over on that side who will stand up and defend the Prime Minister on his position that a carbon tax is not the same as a price on carbon?
The Environment October 16th, 2012
Mr. Speaker, there seems to be some confusion among the Conservatives.
In the past, the Prime Minister expressed his intention to establish the price of carbon at $65 a tonne. Now, he is changing his story. For the Conservatives, a price on carbon is a tax on carbon.
Do the Conservatives now deny that the Prime Minister said that a price on carbon was not a carbon tax?