Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I am sure the minister has figured out that I am here to ask questions about the environment. In budget 2023, she announced clean technology investment tax credits that could be worth up to $80 billion over 10 years. One such credit is a tax credit for clean electri

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I have another question along the same lines. Could a company that operates one or more coal plants benefit from this tax credit?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, could nuclear projects benefit from these tax credits?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we are also going to talk about hydrogen. You are establishing a tax credit for investing in hydrogen. To your knowledge, will hydrogen produced from natural gas be eligible for this tax credit?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I would like to ask the minister another question. Is that tax credit reserved only for green hydrogen, the type of hydrogen that Canada's allies who are committed to the fight against climate change really want to buy?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, Germany wants green hydrogen. That is what it is asking for. Why then is the government offering a tax credit for the production of grey hydrogen? There are all sorts of colours of hydrogen and the colour depends on the source from which the hydrogen is produced. Rig

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the parliamentary secretary for the question. The advantage, for example, in Europe, is that assessments are done by family of toxic substances, allowing much more to get done. What happens here is that the substance is put on the market and the assessment i

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. Seriously, I was running around all morning and I did not look at the newspapers. I did not know that Michel Côté had passed away. Truly, when my colleague mentioned it, I was in shock and could hardly believe it. I e

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, concerning Bill S‑5, I think some members of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development would agree that our work was very technical and challenging. I would like to commend my parliamentary assistant. As members, we have the microphone, but by

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, my colleague said that he wanted communities to be safer. In Bill C-21, the government is increasing the maximum sentences for firearms trafficking. However, it is very rare for an individual to get the maximum penalty for such an offence because criminal networks u

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I think my colleague would agree with me that the public has an interest in seeing an end to illegal gun trafficking. In Bill C-21, the government increased the maximum penalties for firearms trafficking. Does my colleague believe that this measure is sufficient?

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Madam Speaker, the right to a healthy environment is set out in the bill's preamble. Therefore, it does not apply to other laws. Does my colleague believe that the government lacked the courage to establish a real right to a healthy environment in its modernization of the Canadi

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Madam Speaker, my colleague started his speech by paying special tribute to the work of non-governmental organizations. However, most, if not all, of the amendments that were moved by the Green Party, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois, based on input from the environmental groups, w

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, because he touched on the fact that all the parties here have had sometimes similar and sometimes different positions on the environment. When we worked on Bill S-5, the Green Party, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois all had more o

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. I see that the committee is here in full force to talk about Bill S‑5. I have to say one thing. I do not share the committee chair's enthusiasm for the passage of B