Natural Resources committee  My question is along the same lines as Ms. Lapointe's first question, but it will be for Ms. Williams. Ms. Williams, in your opening remarks, you talked about inequality between regions. The document you sent to us mentions this as well. What is the reason for this inequality b

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Ms. Williams. My next question is for Mr. Rousseau from the Canadian Labour Congress. Mr. Rousseau, you are calling for the government to invest billions of dollars over five years to foster the development of renewable energy and support training in the field, as we

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry to interrupt you, but my time is up. Thank you very much.

Natural Resources committee  I have to interrupt you, Mr. Agnew. Indeed, in Quebec, we've had an agreement on workforce training since 1997. Mr. Burt, you said in your presentation that people are afraid and that this was perhaps a barrier to the transition. So I understand there are myths and prejudices ab

Natural Resources committee  I just want the truth.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd also like to thank the witnesses for being here this evening. My question is for Mr. Rousseau of the Canadian Labour Congress. Almost all stakeholders so far would agree that the Canadian government has no plan to end to fossil fuel development. The

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry for interrupting you. We agree on that. A representative of the FTQ, who appeared before the committee at a previous meeting, spoke about the commission the Scottish government had put in place to ensure a just transition. It was to provide advice, transition plans and

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your answers, Mr. Rousseau. I have a question for Mr. Agnew, from the Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery, who was saying that he needed funding from the federal government. Mr. Agnew, you talked about appropriate training and the public funding needed to e

Natural Resources committee  We agree on that, but he says...

Natural Resources committee  Of course you have to have mitigation measures, among other things. It's almost called green oil.

Natural Resources committee  By my standards, there is no such thing. I will continue the discussion on the Bay du Nord oil project. I will repeat a statement I made on this subject: “This is the first time [in Canada] that a well is going to be drilled at this depth. [...] In the event of a spill, it will

Natural Resources committee  This was done under a former law.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for being with us today, Mr. Guilbeault. We're going to talk about the recent statement by Mr. Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, or UN. I will quote him. He said, “Investing in new fossil fuel production and power plants is moral and economic madness.”

Natural Resources committee  I have another excerpt from his statement. He said, “Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals, but the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels.” Have we read the same thing?

Natural Resources committee  Do you agree with the UN Secretary General when he says that the really dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing fossil fuel production?