Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, one of the core responsibilities of any government is to help get our natural resources to market, but in a sustainable fashion. The only way we can do that is to restore public trust in the way we evaluate major projects. This government introduced the interim prin

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, for 10 years, under the previous administration, not one kilometre of pipeline was built to tidewater. The reason was that it had undermined the integrity of the environmental assessment process and the National Energy Board process. We intend to re-establish the con

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, today is a very proud day for me, as the father of two teenage daughters. We have taken action in significant ways, including the actions today, to address climate change. We started with significant investments in budget 2016. We worked with the United States on r

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we are very proud of the work that many of the provinces in Canada have done to address greenhouse gases, Quebec being one. Eighty-five per cent of Canadians already live in jurisdictions that have put a price on carbon. We are taking action, through the work we di

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member says that the previous government had a credible climate plan. I spent the last 20 years as an executive in the clean tech industry. I have to tell members that there is nobody in the clean tech or clean energy sectors who would agree with that chara

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun. I am proud to rise today to speak to the motion in support of the government's ratification of the Paris agreement. This agreement represents the cumulative efforts of 190 countries, civil socie

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, the question is a very good one. The extent to which the previous government abandoned the clean tech base over the past 10 years is reflected in Canada's clean tech share of overall global GDP associated with clean tech, where it actually shrunk by half in terms of

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, the first thing I would say is that any serious climate plan includes carbon pricing mechanisms. The question speaks to the fact that the previous government had no serious plan to address carbon emissions. The revenue that is raised by provinces is under the purvie

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, ultimately the decision with respect to how the revenue from carbon pricing mechanisms work are going to be the purview of the provinces. The federal government is collecting no taxes and retaining no revenues. It is actually completely revenue-neutral from the persp

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, on carbon leakage, again, the design of the systems will be largely provincial. However, there are a number of ways in which provinces can choose and some of them have chosen to deal with specific issues around carbon leakage in the past. There are trade-exposed indu

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, I have two documents to present to the House today. Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 2016-2019 federal sustainable development strategy.

Environment and Sustainable Development  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 109 and Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the government's response to the second and unanimous report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I am a little confused with the member's question. When commenting on B.C.'s revenue-neutral direct price on carbon pollution, the Conservative environment critic stated that they did the right thing. He went on to say he would not completely rule out a price on car

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that reducing our greenhouse gas emissions will make the economy more competitive and allow it to grow in a sustainable way. Pricing carbon pollution would give Canada an edge in building a clean growth economy. It would make Canadian businesses more

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, pricing of carbon pollution uses the market to drive clean investment decisions. It encourages innovation and it helps to reduce emissions. That is why 30 Canadian companies have come out strongly in support of a price on carbon pollution; that includes energy compa