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Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, my ordinary disposition is one of optimism and hope, but I do not have much cause for hope when it comes to the plan we will see later this week. I note that the Conservatives are tabling it in the very last week of Parliament when it will not be subject to scrutiny
June 18th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, as always, I thank the hon. member for his thoughtful approach to politics. Perhaps the CCF does not suffer from the same defect of partisanship that the rest of us do at times in the House. He is absolutely right. The phenomenon of carbon leakage is real. If a syst
June 18th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, this is a very important issue. A myth has been peddled by both the Conservatives and the NDP about supposed exemptions for large emitters under our system. Let me be crystal clear. There are no exemptions for large emitters under our system. They pay into a system t
June 18th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I enjoy good conversation with my friends and colleagues. To be crystal clear. There is no exemption for big emitters under our system. They pay at the exact same price signal that everyone else does under what is called the output-based pricing system. We have esta
June 18th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, there were a number of different issues built into that question. I will do my best to address them. The starting point with the use of 2017 is a good example of cherry picking data that misrepresents the facts on the ground. Due to the forest fires in western Canad
June 18th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, as always it is an honour to rise in this House and speak about the topic of climate change, which is near and dear to my heart and something I consistently hear about from my constituents. I am particularly inspired by the voices of the young Canadians I represent
June 18th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, of course, the Pope's comments over the weekend have come up a number of times today, including in my remarks. They are significant, not just because of who they come from, but because of the content of the message that was being delivered. He quite correctly highli
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, when it comes to climate change, my view is that the primary responsibility of the government is to implement measures we know exist that will get us where we need to be. To the extent that we can find common ground among different parties, that is a wonderful thing,
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, the hon. member and I are friends. I want to thank him in particular for his advocacy on the reduction of plastic pollution in our environment through his private member's motion, Motion No. 151. With respect to the decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline, I do not
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, with respect, I do not think that we are seeking to ignore the nature of the emergency that we are declaring by virtue of this motion. In fact, we tried to use broad-based language that removed most of the politics from it by avoiding discussions of our specific effo
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, the member's question gives me the opportunity to point out that where regional realities differ, we have to take those realities into account. In my home province of Nova Scotia, the member quite rightly pointed out that there has been work toward equivalence agre
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, climate change is real. It is primarily driven by human activity, and we are experiencing very serious consequences as a result today. There is no doubt in my mind that the challenge relating to climate change constitutes an emergency here in Canada. I am so proud t
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, with respect, we are going to meet our Paris Agreement targets because, quite frankly, failure is not an option. With respect to the PBO report, I have pointed out a number of times on the floor today that it assumes that no further steps will be taken on climate ch
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
The Environment Mr. Speaker, I would be honoured to work alongside the member any day to advance a climate agenda that actually makes sense. One of the problems with the NDP's climate motion is that it called for the immediate end to all subsidies no matter what, which included subsidies that
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, with great respect to the hon. member, we know that the mining sector, as an example, is the sector that deals with environmental assessments more than any other industrial sector in the Canadian economy. It supports the process that is outlined in Bill C-69, because
June 17th, 2019House debate
Sean FraserLiberal