Discussion · Government Orders
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Québécois
“The Prime Minister used to work on climate issues for the United Nations, but now he is spending public money on a pipeline and ignoring environmental laws. I want the member for Joliette to tell us if the government is using the tariff crisis as an excuse to weaken environmental rules.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is quite clear that we are witnessing an ecological betrayal. We know that the Prime Minister is not just anyone. He worked at Brookfield. Most importantly, he is the United Nation’s former special envoy on climate. However, he is the one buying a second pipeline with public funds and disregarding all of Canada’s environmental laws for the sake of projects that are in the so-called national interest. If that is not a betrayal, my colleagues will have to let me know the strongest word there is to judge, observe and analyze that situation. I would like my colleague from Joliette to explain his point of view. Is the government turning the environment into a pipe dream by trying to take advantage of the tariff crisis to push things that could never have been done before?”
Mr. Speaker, it is quite clear that we are witnessing an ecological betrayal. We know that the Prime Minister is not just anyone. He worked at Brookfield. Most importantly, he is the United Nation’s former special envoy on climate. However, he is the one buying a second pipeline with public funds and disregarding all of Canada’s environmental laws for the sake of projects that are in the so-called national interest. If that is not a betrayal, my colleagues will have to let me know the strongest word there is to judge, observe and analyze that situation. I would like my colleague from Joliette to explain his point of view. Is the government turning the environment into a pipe dream by trying to take advantage of the tariff crisis to push things that could never have been done before?