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Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with respect to part (a) of the question, the Sidney Island Ecological Restoration Project is a multi-jurisdictional restoration project that aims to facilitate recovery of forest ecosystems that have been significantly damaged due to over-browsing by introduced Euro
March 18th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Forestry Industry Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that, over a year ago, the Quebec government and the federal government jointly signed a letter in which we committed to protecting at least 65% of caribou habitat, as requested by the scientific community. This agreement also
March 18th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, while Conservatives still debate whether climate change is real, while some of those members say that climate change is actually created by body heat from humans and others say that carbon dioxide is good for the planet, 200,000 farmers in the last decade have said t
February 27th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, just last week, in fact, I was visiting a farmer in Peterborough who is working on regenerative agriculture, but I find it—
February 26th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I find it quite ironic to be lectured by the Conservatives on support to farmers when at the end of last year they voted against the on-farm climate action fund to support sustainable agriculture. They voted against the dairy innovation and investment fund for farmer
February 26th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Madam Speaker, the Canada carbon rebate is increasing. An Ontario family of four will receive $280 per quarterly payment throughout the year. What we are doing is making big polluters pay more for their pollution. What the Conservative Party wants to do is make pollution free fo
February 16th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Madam Speaker, I would like to remind—
February 16th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Madam Speaker, I would like to remind the colleague opposite that in the ag committee last week, one of Canada's foremost experts on food policy, Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University, said, “we don't see evidence of that”, talking about the impact of carbon pricing on foo
February 16th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I would like to read a quote from Glenn Wright, who is the former vice-president of the National Farmers Union: Farmers will be among the hardest hit if we don’t act fast to slash greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the climate. For this reason—to protect farme
February 13th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that, the last time I checked, the St. Lawrence fjord was still part of Quebec. The Quebec system applies in Quebec, not the federal system. Quebec's cap-and-trade system was established long before the federal carbon pricing
February 13th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, as the Parliamentary Budget Officer has reiterated many times, eight out of 10 Canadians get more back from carbon pricing than what they pay. Carbon pricing works. It helps to reduce pollution in Canada, something that the Conservative Party campaigned on during the
February 13th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, since we are talking about Alberta, I wonder if the Conservative Party of Canada and its leader support the freeze that the provincial government has put on 30 billion dollars' worth of investment. Thousands of jobs are at risk in Alberta because of the reckless deci
February 13th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, right now in Canada, we have a province, Alberta, that has to talk about rationing water next summer because of climate impacts. We have atmospheric rivers in British Columbia that are affecting thousands of people and ski resorts that have to close down. We are seei
February 13th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I would agree with the Conservative member for Regina—Lewvan, who recognized that there is absolutely no data to support any link between the price on pollution and higher grocery pricing. In fact, there is no pricing on pollution in the United States of America, and
February 8th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I find it quite ironic to be lectured by the Conservative Party on our support for farmers when, just at the end of last year, the Conservatives voted against the climate action fund to support sustainable agriculture. They voted against the dairy innovation and inve
February 8th, 2024House debate
Steven GuilbeaultLiberal