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Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that Conservative members of Parliament should stop misleading Canadians. The carbon price is a thoughtful approach that addresses climate change and affordability. Eight out of 10 Canadian families get more money back. The Leader of the Opposition's
February 1st, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I would just say that the Conservative Party needs to stop misleading people. The carbon price is an appropriate and thoughtful way to address climate change in a manner that actually addresses affordability. Eight out of 10 Canadian families get more money back. Th
February 1st, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, the hydrogen strategy for Canada released in 2020 provided initial analysis of the potential opportunity and role that low-carbon hydrogen could play in Canada. As such, it modelled what the full potential of hydrogen could be in Canada’s energy system, including the
January 29th, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, Exhibit 3.2 of the Auditor General’s report “Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions” references pages 101 and 102 of the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada, in particular the section entitled “Roadmap to 2050”. This section outlined potential actions that
January 29th, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, the total amount of the contract awarded to KPMG on July 13, 2022, is $630,000 (without tax). The contract was established to leverage the firm’s experience to support the modernization of internal services and departmental operations. The work began prior to the Pre
January 29th, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, Natural Resources Canada, or NRCan, produces the Comprehensive Energy Use Database, or CEUD. CEUD provides an overview of sectoral energy markets in Canada and in each region of the country and provides data on the stock of residential heating systems in each provinc
January 29th, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, following months of Conservative filibustering and obstructionist tactics, the Conservatives proposed over 21,000 amendments to the sustainable jobs act in an attempt to stop workers from getting a seat at the table. When it came to a vote on these amendments, the co
January 29th, 2024House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 moved that Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
December 12th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, when this government came into power after 10 years of Stephen Harper and the member for Carleton, emissions in this country were projected to go up by 15% versus 2005 levels by 2030. Last week, we released the emissions reduction plan update for Canada. It shows th
December 12th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, in 2021-22 and 2022-23, over 110 million trees have been planted towards the federal government’s commitment to plant two billion incremental trees over 10 years. With regard to (i), no trees planted under the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund have been counte
December 12th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Climate Change Mr. Speaker, not only is the Conservative Party opposed to addressing affordability in this country and not only is it opposed to fighting climate change, it has a hard time keeping its statements straight. In 2008, the Conservative Party platform stated, “We will work...to...im
December 11th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, when the Liberal government came to power, after 10 years of Harper and the member for Carleton, we were on track to see a 12% increase in carbon emissions by 2030. Last week we released the update on the emissions reduction plan, and it was a dramatic turnaround.
December 11th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, it is important that the hon. member stop misleading Canadians. Research coming out of the University of Calgary last week shows that the Conservatives' plan to make pollution free again will only benefit those earning over $250,000 a year and hurt almost everybody e
December 11th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I will start by noting that the importation of oil is at half the level now than it was under Stephen Harper, so maybe he wants to check some of his facts. A cap on oil and gas production is about reducing emissions in line with what science tells us we must, but d
December 7th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal
Oil and Gas Industry Mr. Speaker, today was an important day for the environment and the economy. Canada became the first country to put a cap on oil and gas emissions, with a trajectory to produce net-zero emissions by 2050. I would also say that we released the emissions reduction progress report t
December 7th, 2023House debate
Jonathan WilkinsonLiberal