Climate Emergency Action Act  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to speak today in support of the member for Winnipeg Centre and her bill, Bill C-232, which would guarantee all Canadians the right to a clean, safe, healthy environment and would provide for a climate emergency action framework, a tool for accountabili

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, or CEPA, is Canada's main law designed to prevent pollution and regulate toxic substances in order to protect the environment and human health, but CEPA is out of date and badly in need of reform. This is why I am pleased to

The Environment  Madam Speaker, I thank the parliamentary secretary for being here tonight, but I cannot thank him for answering my questions, because he did not really answer them. He used examples for back-loading some of the climate action when it comes to zero-emission vehicles. We are not

The Environment  Madam Speaker, climate accountability is vital if we want to reduce our emissions. We have missed every single climate target that we have set, so it is hard to understand and wrap my head around why the government would put forward a climate accountability bill that avoids any r

Small Business  Madam Speaker, the government must support small businesses that are falling through the cracks. The owners of Bear and Joey, a new restaurant in my riding, are facing the exact same challenges as other small business owners, but they had the bad luck of opening during a global

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, it seems from the member's words that he cares deeply about addressing the climate crisis, so it is confusing to me that he would stand behind a bill that puts off accountability for 10 years. What is also confusing is that the member said this is not a climate act

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned the “tragedy of the horizon” and said that we needed climate action now. That is ironic, given the bill would not only put off climate accountability for the next decade, but it would also put off actually creating a climate plan for six months a

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Mr. Speaker, the member said that the Conservatives have a climate plan, but in 2019, when they received grades on their election platform and climate policies, they got a D in emissions reductions. This bill, which I hear the Conservatives are planning to support at least bein

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, the member across the way mentioned that the last question was not fair. I am curious if he thinks it is fair to Canadians to put off climate accountability for 10 years. The Liberals are saying they are putting in five-year milestones, but for some reason they le

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, the member and his Conservative colleagues have said they are worried about how much getting to net zero will cost, but the costs of meeting our targets and stopping dangerous climate change are so much lower than the costs of missing these targets. In fact, the Na

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I am curious if the member across the way does not consider that workers who are in the fossil fuel industry can represent that industry. Is he saying that only executives or officials from the company themselves can—

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Cowichan—Malahat—Langford for his insight. It is the acknowledgement that the costs of inaction greatly outweigh the costs of investing in the kinds of good sustainable jobs we know Canadians need and are needed to meet our climate target

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands for her ongoing advocacy with respect to the environment and addressing the climate crisis. This question is so important. Not only are we presenting the fact that the biggest gap in this bill is the missing 2025

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, perhaps the Liberal member did mishear me. I said we need representation from workers and that includes workers in the fossil fuel industry. It includes workers who are impacted. What I would like to avoid is having industry representatives and fossil fuel executi

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I encourage the member across the way to look at the reports that outline the fossil fuel subsidies. I would be happy to email the member a copy of those reports. It is important to note that the reason we are here, the reason we are at this point where young peop