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The Environment

Question period took up the environment, with the Bloc Québécois saying the Prime Minister and Liberals broke election promises on climate and are now supporting oil pipelines, and pointing to the departures of recent environment ministers as evidence. Liberal members replied that protecting nature and fighting climate change are priorities, pointing to rules on methane and a nature plan, and said the government is taking action on climate change. A Liberal member also noted the Bloc leader had previously supported oil drilling at Anticosti.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Claude DeBellefeuille

Bloc Québécois

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“The Prime Minister betrayed his climate promises by buying a pipeline. Liberal members campaigned on fighting climate change, not building pipelines. I want Liberal members to stand up and oppose this decision.”

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    This statement targeted a person rather than their actions or views: “green only in his thirst for wads of cash”.

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Mr. Speaker, this week marks a turning point, with the Prime Minister’s climate betrayal and the Liberals’ election deceit on environmental issues. The green banker they sold us on is green only in his thirst for wads of cash derived from black gold. He is also dragging down all the Liberals who ran on a platform that mentioned the words “climate change” 28 times, but never once mentioned the word “pipeline”. Is there a single Liberal member who will refuse to be complicit in this betrayal?

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Nathalie Provost

Liberal
“Protecting nature and fighting climate change are very important to me. We have rules on methane and a plan for nature, and we will keep working to protect the environment.”

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Mr. Speaker, I am a woman of strong principles, and I know the member knows that. We work very well together. One thing that is important to me is protecting nature, of course, and I am privileged to have been appointed Secretary of State for Nature. However, the fight against climate change is also important. I am a mother of four. I hope to be a grandmother like my colleague one day. I know this is important. We will continue our efforts. We are going to do it differently. We will do so in the context we find ourselves in today. We already have methane regulations, we have the nature strategy, and we will continue to achieve—

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Claude DeBellefeuille

Bloc Québécois
“The Prime Minister has a bad environmental record. His past environment ministers have left or spoken out against his policies. The Liberals should not brag about this record.”
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Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister’s environmental track record had been acceptable, the former minister of the environment, the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, would not have stepped down. Nor would his predecessor, the member for North Vancouver—Capilano, have announced his departure too. His predecessor, Catherine McKenna, would not have said that we live in a petrostate where rich oil and gas companies have convinced politicians that fossil fuels are better than renewables. Every environment minister of the past decade is pulling away from the Prime Minister. How can the Liberals possibly brag about his record?

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Julie Dabrusin

Liberal
“The Bloc Québécois changed their minds after once supporting oil drilling. Our government is taking real action on climate change, and we are leading the world on this.”
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Mr. Speaker, it is always interesting to get these questions from Bloc Québécois members because of their blatant flip-flopping. Let me remind members again that the leader of the Bloc Québécois was ready to move forward and support oil drilling in Anticosti. Now it seems that Bloc Québécois members are taking a keen interest in the issue. Let us talk about what we are doing on this side of the House. We are still fighting climate change. Our work on methane and our international investments in climate change issues have made us a world leader. We are going to keep doing the work.

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