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Question period took up climate change. Elizabeth May of the Green Party noted the Prime Minister’s earlier commitment to meet Canada’s climate targets and asked the government to present a business case or cost-benefit analysis before spending tens of billions of dollars on a pipeline. The parliamentary secretary responded that the government remains committed to fighting climate change and moving to a low-carbon economy, pointing to the Churchill Falls clean energy project, which she said could produce enough power to heat and cool homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Elizabeth May

Green
“The Prime Minister promised to meet our climate targets, but he is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars on a pipeline instead. Before the government spends this money, I want them to show the House a business case or cost-benefit analysis for it.”
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Seniors for Climate Action members who came across Canada on the Seniors Climate Witness caravan and raised the issue of the climate crisis, just as scientists are raising it. The Prime Minister, on the floor of the House, committed on October 17, 2025, to meet the Paris targets. Ever since then, he has been galloping in a different direction. My question is simple: Before committing to spending tens of billions of dollars to build a climate-killing pipeline, will the government at least present to the House a cost-benefit analysis, a pretense, even, of a business case that this has any place in our strategy?

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Julie Dabrusin

Liberal

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“We are still committed to fighting climate change. The Churchill Falls project will make enough clean power to heat and cool every home in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. We are focused on building clean energy.”

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Mr. Speaker, we are absolutely committed to continuing to fight climate change and to take action toward moving toward a low-carbon economy. If we want to talk about news over the summer, I would like to highlight Churchill Falls. That is 14,000 megawatts of power that could heat and cool every home in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver through clean electricity. That is what we are doing. We are focused on building clean energy options for our country so that we can switch to decarbonization. That is what we are going to do.

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