“I want to make the government look bad. I think spending on pipelines is bad. I think this plan spends too much money. I think it will hurt my riding. Are there no limits to how much you will spend on oil companies?”
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Oil and Gas Industry
The topic was the government's plans to invest billions in oil and gas pipelines. During discussion, the Bloc accused the Liberals of being on a 'catastrophic collision course' with climate change by heavily investing in new pipelines, while the Liberals defended their approach and claimed Canada is seen as a world leader on climate change.
“I'm going to ignore that spending question. Instead I am listing unrelated nice things we are doing to help many regions. I want you to like us for all these nice things we promise to do for you.”
“The Liberals are bad. The Liberals like oil and gas. The Liberals are worse than the Conservatives. The Liberals don't care about the environment.”
“I want the other speaker to be proud of Canada's climate reputation. I want his support. I'm mentioning international meetings to sound good.”