“I want to talk about good things my government has done. I don't want to talk about backtracking. I named one program; that should be enough.”
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A debate on the environment where the Bloc Québécois accused the Liberals of backtracking on environmental issues and missing climate targets, while the Liberals defended their record by citing methane regulations, international climate finance leadership, investments in nature protection, and clean energy tax credits. The Bloc kept asking for specific figures and lists of Liberal actions, but the Liberals mostly stuck to high-level talking points and avoided getting into details or addressing the accusations directly.
“I don't know our emissions numbers either. But I can list many things we are doing! We're doing many things! Electric cars, international talks, methane rules... We do a lot to fight climate change. I won't give you this year's impact but trust that it's a lot.”
“You want numbers? I'll give you numbers! We're protecting lots of land and water. We're spending billions on green projects. We're giving lots of money to Quebec companies. We're making new rules to reduce bad emissions. See, we're doing lots of climate action!”