Climate Change

In question period, the Bloc Québécois asked about the government’s commitment to fighting climate change, saying the Liberals have been backing away from climate measures and have not calculated how those changes affect Canada’s climate targets, and asked the minister to produce the numbers. Liberal ministers replied that the government stands by its choices as the best ones for both the economy and the planet, pointing to its nature plan, work on biodiversity, cuts to oil and gas pollution, strengthened methane regulations said to represent a 400-megatonne reduction, leadership on international climate work, and growth in electric vehicle sales.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature)

Liberal
“Our environmental plans are the best choices for our economy and the planet. We are protecting nature, cutting pollution from oil and gas, and helping Canadians switch to electric power.”
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Mr. Speaker, we stand by every position we take because we know that, under the current circumstances, these are the best choices we can make to ensure our economic independence as well as the survival of our planet. Our nature plan will have a significant impact on biodiversity, but also on climate change. The methane regulations will have a major impact on reducing pollution from the fossil fuel industry. The EV strategy and the electrification strategy are a set of measures that ensure Canadians—

Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature

Liberal
“Our government is taking strong action on climate change. We cut methane pollution by 400 megatonnes, we lead global climate work, and our policies helped electric car sales grow.”
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Mr. Speaker, since the Bloc Québécois is interested in numbers, I want to talk about a few numbers. We strengthened the methane regulations, which represents a reduction of 400 megatonnes. If he wants to talk about what we have done for the climate and for climate action internationally, Canada is a leader with our international action plan to support climate action. If he wants to talk about what we are doing for EVs, we are seeing a huge increase in EV sales because our government has made changes. We are continuing to do the work.

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