Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the Clean Fuel Standard: (a) was a cost-benefit analysis of implementing such a regime conducted, and if not, why not; and (b) if such analysis was conducted, what are details including (i) who conducted the analysis, (ii) when was it conducted, (iii) what were the

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and especially for the comments he made about his riding. I spent several weeks in his riding when I was young and it is one of the best ridings in the country. I did not hear him talk about francophone towns in his riding. Can t

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to give my input on Bill C-11, the digital charter implementation bill. I am happy to give this input. It is a timely bill for Canadians because this bill is about access to people's information and, more important, how that information is monetized by

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, there are significant penalties in the bill, such as $20-million, $25-million or $30-million fines or 3%, 4% or 5% of global revenue from an organization. These are going to be pretty significant organizations if we are talking about global revenue. To this point i

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I have no specific recommendations on that topic at this time. However, I thank my colleague from Quebec for his question.

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, when we talk about a trade-off, we talk about enforcement more than anything else. If we think about banks, which people often think about when they come to a conclusion about all the disclosure, particularly financial disclosure, they have been under compliance re

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, what I saw in the legislation did not indicate any penalties to the government for citizens whose privacy had been breached. I think for most Canadians, their number one provision of data is to the government, the party they trust the most. That is the party that s

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, we are here today to talk about Bill C-12, an act respecting transparency and accountability in Canada's efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050. I am happy to discuss the bill, because it is such an important matter for this country g

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, the IPCC has its own scientific explanations. We have to look at what that means. Every party I know has committed to going forward with meeting net zero and getting toward it as quickly as possible. If it happens by 2049 or 2051, moving in that direction is exactly

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, I have noticed that many jurisdictions around the world are moving toward banning the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030, 2040 or 2050. That is part of the transition we talk about. The other part of that transition looks at the actual environme

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, the issue around 2030 and, actually, 2040 and 2050, is that they are interesting dates. Let us recognize that each one of these targets is politically set: 1.5° is a political number, 2° is a political number and 2030 is a nice, round political number. Is it going to

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, I am sorry the member misunderstood my statement. The number arrived at is 1.5°C, but if we get to 1.49°C, I am saying that is actually better. This is not a line in the sand. That is my point to the member. I hope she takes it in the spirit it was intended. The numb

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, $16 billion is the amount that Canadians did not receive last year as a result of the discount for our most valuable export product: Canadian oil. This is the result of bad decisions and a constrained pipeline infrastructure to deliver environmentally produced Canadi

Income Tax Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-262, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (capture and utilization or storage of greenhouse gases). Madam Speaker, every environmental report that addresses the concept of how we mitigate greenhouse gas emissions speaks strongly to the necessity

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister talks a big game, but he is collecting failures at every turn. He is failing on indigenous reconciliation, the environment and job creation when he fails to support Keystone XL with the new U.S. administration. Everyone knows pipelines are safer an