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The Environment

Oral questions on the environment. The NDP asked why the government has met with oil and gas lobbyists but not environmental groups, and criticized it for cutting climate policies such as the carbon price, the emissions cap and the EV mandate while supporting a pipeline. The Liberal response pointed to a new national marine conservation area reserve established with six First Nations off the coast of British Columbia, which the member described as an example of working together to protect nature.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Jenny Kwan

NDP
“The Prime Minister meets with oil and gas lobbyists, but not environmental groups. He has cut climate policies and helped the fossil fuel industry instead of taxing its huge profits. What else does that industry want from him?”
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Mr. Speaker, the fossil fuel lobby had at least 17 direct meetings with the Prime Minister and environmental groups had zero. The Prime Minister axed the carbon tax, abandoned the emissions cap, killed the EV mandate, signed a deal to build a new pipeline, stepped up on greenwashing, took a sledgehammer to regulatory reviews, created a $25-billion wealth fund that will no doubt benefit the oil and gas industry and refused to impose an excess profit tax when companies are poised to make over $90 billion in profit this year alone. Can the Prime Minister tell Canadians what else the oil and gas industry wants?

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Julie Dabrusin

Liberal
“We worked with six First Nations in British Columbia to protect an area of coastal water bigger than Prince Edward Island. We are working together to protect nature.”

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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the member opposite, who is from British Columbia, stood up because it gives me an opportunity to talk about the fact that I just came back from the coastal waters of British Columbia, where we established a national marine conservation area reserve with six first nations in the province of British Columbia. It is going to protect an area larger than the size of Prince Edward Island. This is a chance for us to do good work in partnership, and that is what we are doing. We are protecting the environment, protecting nature and building strong connections with our communities.

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