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Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, I already talked about the fact that under our climate plan, we are putting a price on pollution and giving the money back. However, let us talk about all the other measures that are helping single mums in the member opposite's riding. The Canada child benefit raised 300,000 children out of poverty.

May 14th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, where are we headed? We are headed to taking serious action on climate change while growing our economy. Let us look at the facts. We have had to put a price on pollution because we have provinces led by Conservative premiers who do not seem to think climate change is a problem and do not seem to understand the economic opportunity of clean growth.

May 14th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, it is probably good to get the facts on the table. There has been a 1¢ increase in the price of gas in B.C. as related to the price on pollution. Let us be clear with what we are doing. We are putting a price on pollution and giving the money back. We are taking serious action.

May 14th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we certainly recognize the climate emergency, which is why we have a motion on the climate emergency. On the one hand, there is the Conservative Party, which has no climate plan and no economic plan. The Conservatives are saying things that are not true about the price on pollution.

May 14th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to outline in great detail our plan to tackle climate change. We negotiated it for a whole year with provinces and territories and indigenous people, and with input from Canadians. We are phasing out coal; we are investing in renewables, and we are ensuring a just transition for communities and workers.

May 14th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, when will the Conservative Party listen to the science on climate change? We have a motion to debate the emerging climate emergency in Canada. Let us talk about the science. Scientists have shown that Canada is warming at twice the global average, and three times or more in the north.

May 14th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, let me be clear. We have already eliminated eight of the nine financial subsidies for fossil fuels. We are phasing out coal, but we are ensuring a just transition. We are working on this issue not only in Canada but around the world. We are leading the Powering Past Coal Alliance because we need to power past coal.

May 10th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Madam Speaker, I am always happy to talk about our climate change plan. Yes, it includes a price on pollution. Polluters need to pay, but we are giving the money back. That means that a family of four in Ontario will get $307. We are phasing out coal. We are making historic investments in renewables, but we are also ensuring a just transition for workers, because we need to make sure that workers and communities can thrive as we move to a cleaner future.

May 10th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Madam Speaker, we believe in the importance of proper environmental assessments. That is why we are rebuilding trust in environmental assessments through Bill C-69, which, unfortunately, is opposed by the Conservative Party. It will ensure that we do environmental assessments in consultation with indigenous peoples at the start.

May 10th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, let us talk about what we have done to make life more affordable. We have increased taxes on the 1% so we can reduce them on the middle class. We brought in the Canada child benefit—

May 9th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, why does the party opposite not care about climate change? Climate change is real. It is having an impact. In British Columbia, there were forest fires that were burning stronger and longer than ever before. There were mothers who were talking to me about being worried about their kids going outside because the air quality index was 10 or dangerous.

May 9th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, let us talk about how we have made life more affordable for Canadians. We reduced taxes on the middle class. We brought in the Canada child benefit, which has raised 300,000 children out of poverty. Yes, we are making it no longer free to pollute, but we are giving the money back to Canadians, so that a family of four in Ontario will receive $307, which is more than most families will pay.

May 9th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the party opposite voted for the Paris Agreement and for standing up and taking action on climate change. What are those members doing now? They are lying to Canadians. They are not saying to Canadians that—

May 9th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I apologize for that. The party opposite is misleading Canadians. Instead of actually talking about the cost of climate change to Canadians, which has gone from $400 million to over $2 billion per year that everyone is paying for right now, instead of talking about the money that Canadians are getting back, with a family of four in Ontario getting a climate action incentive rebate of $307, Conservatives are misleading them because Conservatives do not want to take serious climate action.

May 9th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear. We have not put a price on pollution in B.C., because B.C. has stepped up. B.C.'s gas price has gone up by one cent because of its carbon price. The party opposite does not seem to understand that everyone is paying the cost of climate change.

May 9th, 2019House debate

Catherine McKennaLiberal