Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are focused on ensuring affordability for Canadians moving forward and addressing the climate issue. The price on pollution is an affordability mechanism. Eight out of 10 families get more money back. The PBO has underlined that. Three h

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure if the hon. member is trying to insult me or give me a compliment, but I would say that it is important in this chamber that we use facts and are not misleading Canadians. Eight out of 10 Canadians get more money back. That is underlined by 300 economi

Oil and Gas Industry  Mr. Speaker, we have introduced a tax on share buybacks across the economy to tackle exactly that: excess profits. I would point out that Canada is the first and only G20 country to have eliminated inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Canada is putting into place the world's firs

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, it is important that people are not talking nonsense in the chamber. The Parliamentary Budget Officer actually said that he was extremely troubled by the opposition's selective use of the facts and their spin. Now 300 Canadian economists from across the country have

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, today we are in the House fighting for workers and communities in Canada, so we can create sustainable jobs moving forward. We will grow the economy and we will fight climate change. Standing in the way of workers is the Conservative leader, a proud supporter of noto

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, we on this side of the House are focused on making life more affordable for Canadians, but also on fighting climate change. The PBO and 200 economists across the country have been very clear that eight out of 10 Canadian families get more money back. It works disprop

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, later today we will be voting to advance the sustainable jobs bill. It is a critically important bill in the context of growing an economy that will thrive in a low-carbon future. It will ensure that workers and environmental organizations have a seat at the table wh

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, we have done a lot of consultation since 2019. We have certainly had conversations with industry, with provinces and territories, with indigenous groups and with environmentalists. The bill was introduced here in June of last year. It stayed here for eight months, w

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, it is extremely important that we have the voices of workers at the table. The transition obviously would fundamentally affect them. It would create opportunities that would actually engage workers, their families and their communities in the development of whole new

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, I will let the Bloc members speak to whether they want to be implicated by the globalist conspiracy-spouting Conservative rhetoric. However, I would say that type of amendment actually is already the whole thrust of the bill, which is about building a prosperous econ

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak to a vital piece of legislation, the Canadian sustainable jobs act. To set the context, climate change is altering our world's natural environment in numerous harmful ways. In fact, last summer, Canadians experienced the worst wildfire season

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 21, be amended by (a) replacing line 1 on page 14 with the following: “21 (1) Within 10 years after the day on which this Act”; (b) replacing line 3 on page 14 with the following: "period of 10 years, the Minister must cause a revie

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 19, be amended by (a) replacing line 22 on page 12 with the following: “later than June 1, 2028 and additional progress reports”; and (b) replacing line 25 on page 12 with the following: “tabled in each House of Parliament on any of

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing lines 21 and 22 on page 9 with the following: “prepare a written response to the Council’s annual report and must make public the response within 120 days after the”

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by (a) replacing lines 3 and 4 on page 10 with the following: “Action Plan no later than December 31, 2025 and must prepare a new Plan no later than December 31 of every fifth”; (b) replacing line 10 on page 10 with the f