Discussion · Government Orders
Patrick Bonin Bloc Québécois
“This budget gives more public money to oil and gas companies, including a proposed $43-billion pipeline. I want to know if my colleague thinks this budget is good for the environment.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on the fact that the budget once again includes oil and gas subsidies and also provides for the creation of a so-called sovereign wealth fund, which is anything but sovereign, to fund major projects such as the proposed oil sands pipeline on the west coast. That pipeline would carry one million barrels of oil a day and cost at least $43 billion, much of which will be public funding. Does my colleague think that this budget is good for the environment?”
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on the fact that the budget once again includes oil and gas subsidies and also provides for the creation of a so-called sovereign wealth fund, which is anything but sovereign, to fund major projects such as the proposed oil sands pipeline on the west coast. That pipeline would carry one million barrels of oil a day and cost at least $43 billion, much of which will be public funding. Does my colleague think that this budget is good for the environment?