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During question period on climate change, Alexandre Boulerice said the Earth has limited resources, that seven of nine planetary boundaries have already been exceeded, and criticized the Liberals for missing their climate targets, wanting to build a pipeline, breaking a promise on the industrial carbon price, and saying the Prime Minister is not practicing what he preaches. Parliamentary Secretary Julie Dabrusin replied that the government continues to fight climate change for economic reasons and for future generations, pointing to strengthened methane regulations that cut greenhouse gas emissions and spending to protect nature in Canada and help other countries with climate action.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Alexandre Boulerice

Independent

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“The Earth has limited resources, but the Liberals are missing their climate targets. They want to build a pipeline and they broke their promise to act on the industrial carbon tax. The Prime Minister is not practicing what he preaches on climate change.”
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Mr. Speaker, the earth is 13,000 km in diameter and that will not change. We have limited resources. That is not up for debate. It is just physics. Unfortunately, capitalism does not get that. We have already blown past seven of the nine planetary boundaries. Here, the Liberals are missing their climate targets and they want a new pipeline, which is nuts. On top of that, they promised to take action on the industrial carbon tax by April 1. It has been crickets since then. The Prime Minister says that climate action is not only a moral duty, but also an economic imperative. Does he listen to himself when he speaks?

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Julie Dabrusin

Liberal
“We must keep fighting climate change for our economy and for future generations. We tightened methane rules to cut emissions, and we are spending money to protect nature here and help other countries fight climate change.”

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Mr. Speaker, we are very clear. We must continue to fight climate change, from an economic perspective and also from a moral perspective for future generations. We are doing that. As I already said, we strengthened our methane regulations, and that is reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 400 megatonnes. We are making investments to protect nature while investing abroad to help other countries also fight climate change. We are getting the job done.

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