Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for South Surrey—White Rock. Today, I am pleased to speak to Motion. No. 8 regarding the Paris agreement. The Paris targets are the same targets that were put in place by the previous Conservative government, so obviously I

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, obviously we are doing things. We have eliminated coal production. We are focusing on renewable energy. We are doing carbon sequestration. There are a number of areas of technology where we are actually leading, and we need to leverage that to places like China, whic

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, the discussion today was premised on what was agreed to in Paris, which is that reducing the temperature of the world will fix the problem. As I said, I do not think that is the only part of the story, and certainly CO2 is only one emission to talk about. I believe

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I would say that Canada is already leading in technology, in bio and clean tech, and in a number of areas, carbon sequestration being one of them. The important thing is not to be warm and fuzzy, only, and forget the facts. The fact of the matter is that scientists

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I am glad the member brought up the topic of the cost of renewable energy. I live in Ontario, and in my riding, we actually have the largest solar farm in the world. We have a number of wind farms. However, we are selling and signing 20-year contracts for 40 cents p

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, everyone wants to help the planet. However, Canada accounts for less than 2% of the world's footprint; therefore, reducing our footprint, alone, will not serve to reduce global warming. China, India, the U.S., and the U.K. make up 60% of the footprint. China has no c

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I heard the member often mention science and facts. I like that because I want to focus on science and facts. We have seen that global warming is happening. We have seen that we need to do something about it. When we have looked at the problem, we see that Canada is

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, I always enjoy the hon. member's speeches and questions. I would definitely agree today with what he said about the broken promises of the Liberals and the absolute lack of a plan, which seems continual for them. However, I have a concern about the carbon tax. CB

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, industries like Entropex in my riding are closing, and others like CF Industries are already cancelling their expansions as a result of the Ontario Liberal carbon tax. Nova Chemicals is considering moving a $2 billion polyethylene project to the gulf coast where ther

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, jobs in my riding are being put at risk by the Liberal carbon tax. More than a third of families in my riding depend on jobs in the energy industry to put food on their table. What does the Prime Minister have to say to hard-working mums and dads who are seeing thei

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for a great speech. I love it when he talks about efficiency. I come from a global business background where we had very complex issues with hundreds of countries. In a two-hour meeting, we would be able to hear from everybody and come wit

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her excellent speech. I especially appreciated her comments about committees, because I was on the pay equity committee when she was the chair. She is also on the status of women committee with me. These committees are fairly harmonious, so I

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise in the House today to discuss the Standing Orders that govern how we meet in this prestigious place. First, let me focus on the purpose of the government, which is to come together to debate and put in place governing laws and

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I would love to see upgraded technology used in this place to bring about the kind of efficiencies we are talking about. Whatever safeguards could be put in place to make sure that the identity of the person and their ability to vote were protected would be great. We

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. As we know, in business, when a person has accountability over an area, they are the person who is to provide the answers to the questions. I share my colleague's concern. When we ask a direct question of a person who has