Discussion · Oral Questions
Sébastien Lemire Bloc Québécois
“Wildfires will be bad again this summer, but the natural resources minister is still promoting the oil sands and oil exports. I want to know if the government cares more about oil profits than the safety of forested areas.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Department of Natural Resources announced on Thursday that we are facing another bad summer for wildfires. However, that is not apparent from listening to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Two days earlier, he was at an energy trade show in Calgary, calling the oil sands one of the great industrial achievements in Canadian history. He was boasting about speeding up oil and gas exports at the very same time as his own department was warning that our regions are going to burn. Do the Liberals not think that the safety of forested regions should come before oil sands profits?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, the Department of Natural Resources announced on Thursday that we are facing another bad summer for wildfires. However, that is not apparent from listening to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Two days earlier, he was at an energy trade show in Calgary, calling the oil sands one of the great industrial achievements in Canadian history. He was boasting about speeding up oil and gas exports at the very same time as his own department was warning that our regions are going to burn. Do the Liberals not think that the safety of forested regions should come before oil sands profits?