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Mr. Speaker, if the member opposite has questions for the minister of labour or the minister of skills and employment, I am happy to direct those questions to them.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, to be clear, what I said was I did not understand the consensus to which they were referring. As far as speaking about our being united, last week, when the premiers and the Prime Minister were leaving that meeting and saying that we were at a moment to build Canada together, yes, there was that agreement.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians want to see us working together, and I am going to say that this applies to the members across the way. They want to see us meet this moment when we are facing the challenges from President Trump. I hope they are willing to help us.
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Mr. Speaker, what consensus are they referring to? They are literally speaking in the way of hypotheticals. I am not sure what they were referring to, so they might be celebrating—
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure why the members opposite are moving away from wanting to celebrate what Canadians wanted to see, which is the unity between premiers and the Prime Minister that we saw last week.
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Mr. Speaker, as a country, we have committed to getting to net zero by 2050. In fact, the provinces are all in that direction as well. This is something that we need to do to remain competitive as a country, as we are facing countries that are looking for clean technologies. Absolutely, I will not shy away from saying that we need—
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Mr. Speaker, I do not understand where the member is going, because if he is trying to say that indigenous people should not be consulted as part of projects, I will say definitively that he is incorrect. Indigenous people must be part of the process and consultation—
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Mr. Speaker, is the member opposite trying to say that they would rather sow division in this moment when we are facing President Trump's threat to our sovereignty and to our economy, or are they willing to join us in building a strong economy together?
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Mr. Speaker, what we have put forward in the building Canada act is a process by which national interest projects can be chosen, because we are in an extreme moment, facing the threat from the United States to our sovereignty and to our economy. We are meeting that moment through this act, and we will keep working to build.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, it is not up to me to decide what projects will go ahead for our country and to build Canada. That is something we will do together, as a country. My role is to always think about how we can achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Mr. Speaker, the affordability crisis is in this moment that we have actually been working towards. I have a question for the member opposite. Does he support a national school food program?
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Mr. Speaker, let us be really clear. Making sure that indigenous peoples are part of the process and that they are consulted is fundamental to the way that national interest projects will be chosen.
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Mr. Speaker, there are certain single-use plastics that have been listed in a regulation, and that is something that we absolutely stand by as we look to the world moving in that direction.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, I will go back to the fact that, last week, we had a moment of incredible unity with the premiers and the Prime Minister together, sitting down and talking about how we build national interest projects. That is what we will be supporting, because that is what Canadians want to see from us.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been very clear as a government. Canadians want to see us build things. They want to see us build properly, taking into account the environment and making sure that we are consulting with indigenous peoples. It is not for me, as the Minister of Environment, to choose which projects are there. That is something that is happening through conversations between the provinces and t…
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Mr. Speaker, we have tabled the building Canada act. In that act, there is a process that is set out very clearly as to how decisions will be made. This is a moment to build on the unity that we saw last week between the Prime Minister and premiers from all across our country.
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Mr. Speaker, I would say there is a big difference between a Liberal government and a government led by Pierre Poilievre. We believe in protecting the environment, and we are constantly working to do just that. We are working to ensure that we have clean energy. We are going to keep working to build Canada strong and protect the environment at the same time.
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Mr. Speaker, my opinion on that is this: As we are moving towards a net-zero economy, we must always work to make sure that we are working towards national interest projects that take into account many different issues—
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Mr. Speaker, it is the same question and same answer: It is not my job to pick. My job is to make sure we take into account the environment in every decision we make.
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Mr. Speaker, this gives me a chance to flag that we are in global treaty negotiations around the world, looking to how we move away from plastic waste. That—
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Mr. Speaker, I would really like to thank the member for asking that very thoughtful question, which goes to the heart of what we are trying to do right now in Parliament. It is why I am really reaching out to the members opposite to see if they can help us with this project. We are just coming out of an election where Canadians were very clear about what they wanted to see and what their concerns…
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Mr. Speaker, we are not going to take the Conservatives' advice. When they were in power, they were unable to get projects built because they did not have environmental assessments or consultations with indigenous peoples. We have nothing to learn from them. We are going to get it right. We are going to build Canada strong, a Canada that takes care of the environment and consults with indigenous p…
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Mr. Speaker, I absolutely support Canada being a strong country that protects our lands and waters, including our coastal waters. I would say there may be more the member could hear from the minister and the Secretary of State, who are directly involved in the protection of nature.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, what we have right now is a bill introduced in the House that we can debate and vote on. It is about determining how we are going to come together as a country and choose projects of national interest. When a decision like that has to be made, one of the factors to consider is how those projects will contribute to—
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is going to be an energy superpower in all its forms of energy. We have actually worked on projects with nuclear, with hydro and with hydrogen. We have what it takes to be an energy superpower, and that is what they are going to see us do.
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Mr. Speaker, after we complete the consultations, we will have to study what we have heard and then determine what we need to do, using all the tools that we have, to get us to net zero by 2050.
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Mr. Speaker, what we need to do is to build ourselves a strong economy and to position ourselves as an energy superpower. We can do that, and I am wondering if the member opposite will help us get there.
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Mr. Speaker, I talked about the factors we need to think about when making decisions about national interest projects and the bill. I hope the member will support it. This includes taking the interests of indigenous peoples into account. That is where—
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Mr. Speaker, I will give the same answer to the same question. My job is to ensure that Canada achieves net-zero emissions by 2050 and that we always consider the environment when completing projects. That is what I am doing, and I am committed to doing so every day.
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Mr. Speaker, we will need energy to be able to support our country, and we are planning for us to be an energy superpower. There are many forms of energy that our country can support, including using nuclear, hydroelectric, hydrogen—
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Mr. Speaker, as I said at the beginning of the evening, it is not my job to pick the project. My job, as Minister of Environment, is to make sure that we take into consideration the environment and how to get to net zero by 2050, which is our country's commitment, as it is in his home province.
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Mr. Speaker, that is interesting because I feel like the member is quoting me. I said that Canada must be an energy superpower that is low-risk, low-cost and low-carbon.
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Mr. Chair, I worked on that regulation directly, spoke with industry and understand the impacts in the RIAS as well.
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Mr. Speaker, to be clear, I did not actually say I was supporting following any country's model. I said that I supported protecting our lands and waters, which I do. We have a Secretary of State for Nature, who is specifically tasked with 30 by 30. She is the one who will be working alongside the government.
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Mr. Speaker, fellow colleagues, I am happy to appear before you this evening as Minister of Environment and Climate Change to discuss the 2025-26 main estimates for Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canada Water Agency. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people,…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians love our proud heritage and proud nature coast to coast to coast. However, I will point out once again that there is a Minister of Canadian Identity and a Secretary of State for Nature who are responsible for those files. I am sure they will be happy to answer those questions.
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Mr. Speaker, there are factors set out in the legislation, which I would be happy to read if the member would like. My question is, will they support the legislation?
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, in December the government proposed regulations to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector. It then held consultations and conversations with the industry and Canadians. It continues to do that work. So—
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Mr. Speaker, there are national interest projects that our entire country needs to see built. My question is, will the Conservatives be supporting the premiers from across the country?
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Mr. Speaker, again, it is not my job to pick which projects will be built. My job is to make sure that the environment is considered as we make those decisions, and the legislation allows for that specifically.
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Mr. Speaker, what we are talking about is how we can become an energy superpower. It will take access to low-cost, lower-risk energy that is either zero- or low-carbon.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important that indigenous peoples participate in all we do to build a united Canada and a strong economy for our country. We certainly do need to consult indigenous peoples while protecting the environment.
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Mr. Speaker, while I thank the member for providing a precis of that commentary, the truth is, as I have said before, that the most important thing is how we work to build Canada as an energy superpower that is low-cost, low-risk and low-carbon. That is a task that Canadians have given us to do, and that is what we will work on.
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Mr. Chair, I have worked on the regulation specifically. I was actually the one who made the announcement.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not for me to start talking about average salaries or salaries. However, what I will say is that we are going to make sure there are well-paying union jobs right across this country in building a strong Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, what we as a government respect are the two things that Canadians asked us to do. Canadians want us to build a strong Canada with a strong economy while protecting the environment. This is not just about working together; it is also about getting it right.
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Mr. Chair, we are talking about an industry that employs many in Ontario, which is my home province, and I work—
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Mr. Speaker, I am choosing my words to go with the fact that we have national interest projects that need to be built. It is not for me to choose which ones they are, but I will be making sure we build in the national interest.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, it is important. The government announced a cap on greenhouse gas emissions for the oil and gas sector last December. It held consultations, as it always does for this kind of regulation. It is one of the tools that we have in our tool box. We remain committed to achieving net zero by 2050.
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Mr. Speaker, I find this rich coming from the Conservatives, who were unable to build any projects over their time, because they did not care for the environment and they did not do indigenous consultation.
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