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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, again, what I support and what our government supports is making sure that we have a competitive economy that meets the global moment we are in.
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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, 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, I will go back to my initial point: It is not my job to choose the project. My job is to make sure that when that decision is made, the environment is taken into account.
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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, 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, 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, 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, last time I checked, there is one minister of environment and climate change, and that is me.
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Mr. Speaker, I hope that the member opposite will support the build Canada act, which gives us the opportunity to build projects in the national interest. We have a very important moment that we need to face. I do not hear that support. Are the Conservatives supporting it?
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Mr. Speaker, will the Conservatives support building projects of national interest, or will they not?
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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, 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, 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. Chair, the member is aware that the regulation sets us toward targets to increase the number of sales of EVs across our country.
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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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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, I think that the member and I could work well together on the environment. Capping greenhouse gas emissions is very important. In Canada, 30% of our emissions come from the oil and gas sector. It it very important that all sectors, all industries in our country work to help us cap and even reduce our emissions. We are continuing our work by using all the tools we have so that—
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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, 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, 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. Chair, it is a regulation that sets out clear targets for the sale of EVs and—
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Mr. Speaker, as I said before, choosing projects is not part of what I do, but I always have to make sure that we consider the environment. That is my job as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and I am committed to doing that.
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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, 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, 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, it is not about choosing one project or another, and it is not up to me to do that. For all decisions to be made in the context of this bill to build Canada, the government will have to determine whether projects will help us meet our climate change objectives.
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Mr. Speaker, last week, we witnessed a truly momentous occasion, something that Canadians want to see: the premiers of all the provinces and territories sat down with the Prime Minister of Canada to see how they can work together. We must be united. We need to work together. That is something we are committed to every day.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have already mentioned, there was a meeting with all the provincial premiers last week. I had the opportunity to speak with Quebec's environment minister, as I do with the environment ministers of every province, to really find out what they think. What Canadians want to see is a united Canada, given—
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Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, I think that Canadians want us to work together. When it comes to national interest projects, Canadians want us to work together, not sow division. That is what our government will continue to do. As for the legislation related to such projects, I hope that the member—
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Mr. Speaker, with regard to national interest projects, I would ask the member opposite to direct his questions to the Minister responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs. What I can say is that our government is committed to working as one with all the provinces and territories—
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Mr. Speaker, there are several factors in this bill, and I think it is important to take a look at them. While several factors relate to other areas, if we focus solely on the environmental aspect, it is clear that projects must "contribute to clean growth and to meeting Canada’s objectives with respect to climate change". That is in the bill.
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Mr. Speaker, what I am saying is that certain factors in the bill must be taken into consideration, for example, consultations with indigenous groups and environmental issues. Personally speaking, I am wondering whether the member opposite will lend his support—
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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. Speaker, of all the actions we are taking, people need to pay attention to how we are capping emissions across all industrial sectors. That is very important if we want to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, the percentage is 15.8%. By the way, we have it much higher than they did.
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Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to provide a numerical breakdown of the protections of our oceans. There is a Secretary of State who is specifically tasked with a nature file. I would be happy to consult—
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Canadian Identity is in charge of the file with respect to biodiversity. He was actually at the UN negotiations in Montreal on biodiversity and would be happy to fill in the member and provide all those—
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Mr. Speaker, as I said before, the Minister of Canadian Identity has biodiversity as his file and has played a central role in the negotiations at the UN with respect to biodiversity. I am happy to provide that information to the member opposite at a later date.
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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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