Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, it is very important that we are guided by science. We are guided by the science and guidance of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has indicated that countries need to achieve the net-zero target by 2050 if we are to keep the rise in average glob

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, this is part of a comprehensive approach to addressing climate change. Of course, part of it is establishing a near-term target and a plan to actually meet that target. This government has done that and provided a plan to achieve our goals. We are the first governm

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, there were a couple of questions there. Canadians are anxious to see progress made. We lost 10 years under Stephen Harper, when nothing was done to address the climate issue, and it is important to keep going given that we must make rapid progress between now and 2

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her question and for being so concerned about climate change, which is a very important issue. The government supported a Bloc Québécois amendment calling for a five-year review of the act and also included several elements o

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley for his constructive approach to working collaboratively to ensure that we are moving forward on a bill that I think we all agree is very important. With respect to my statement, this bill has an enormous n

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, climate change is an extremely important subject, and we should all understand that. It is important not only that we have credible targets and plans, but that we have a commitment to achieving what science tells us we must, which is net zero by 2050. This governm

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, this government has made historic investments in protecting nature. Over the course of the past number of years, both marine and terrestrial, we have piloted, in partnership with indigenous peoples, many indigenous conservation protected areas as part of that conserv

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to part (a), millions of jobs rely on nature, including those in farming, fishing, forestry and tourism. Investment in conservation, therefore, is also an economic opportunity. Over the course of the next five years, the work announced in budget 2021 wil

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the focus is on addressing affordability concerns in the context of actually working to reduce carbon emissions from all sources. The $5,000 subsidy is focused very much on enabling homeowners to retrofit their homes, to increase energy efficiency, to reduce carbon

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would reiterate the government's commitment to taking strong and meaningful climate action. The net-zero accountability act proposes a number of different accountability measures, but I would note that significant and meaningful amendments were made to the bill at

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we certainly understand and have heard the concerns of many in Alberta with respect to the eastern slopes and other areas that are opened up for prospective mining. Certainly in the context of assessing them, that is exactly why we put into place the Impact Assessmen

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Newmarket—Aurora for his advocacy in this important area. The indigenous guardians pilot recognizes the many lessons that can be learned from indigenous partners across the country, and relies on indigenous experience and traditi

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I will remind my colleague that, in committee, our government put forward an amendment to include Canada's target in the legal text of the bill. I will also remind her that she voted with the Conservative Party to try to defeat this important amendment. It is clear

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, as I said, we put forward an amendment in committee to include Canada's target in the legal text of the bill. It saddens me that the Bloc Québécois tried so hard to prevent the committee from moving forward. If we want Bill C-12 to pass to contribute to the fight ag

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am tabling the responses to Order Paper Questions Nos. 622 to 628.