Discussion · Government Orders
Mario Simard Bloc Québécois
“This bill speeds up building pipelines by weakening our environmental laws. Almost all of our oil exports go to the United States. We should not weaken our environmental protections just to send more oil to the Americans and help their companies.”
“Madam Speaker, earlier, we were talking about infrastructure to promote international trade. I pointed out to my colleague from Halifax that division 3 accelerates pipeline construction. If we take a closer look at where our oil exports go, we see that most of them go to the United States. In fact, 91% of our oil exports go to the United States. The government is scrapping environmental laws so it can send more oil to the United States to shore up that country’s energy security despite the ongoing trade conflict. That makes no sense to me, especially since oil companies are largely owned by American interests. Does my colleague agree that it makes absolutely no sense to scrap environmental legislation in order to supply more oil to the Americans, who are the main beneficiaries?”
Madam Speaker, earlier, we were talking about infrastructure to promote international trade. I pointed out to my colleague from Halifax that division 3 accelerates pipeline construction. If we take a closer look at where our oil exports go, we see that most of them go to the United States. In fact, 91% of our oil exports go to the United States. The government is scrapping environmental laws so it can send more oil to the United States to shore up that country’s energy security despite the ongoing trade conflict. That makes no sense to me, especially since oil companies are largely owned by American interests. Does my colleague agree that it makes absolutely no sense to scrap environmental legislation in order to supply more oil to the Americans, who are the main beneficiaries?