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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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Patrick Bonin

Bloc Québécois

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“The Liberals keep backing away from fighting climate change. Even one of their own MPs said the United States under Donald Trump will have a better climate record this year than Canada. How can the government defend this?”
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals just keep backtracking on the fight against climate change, to the point where the outgoing MP for Laurier—Sainte-Marie has come to the worst possible conclusion. Speaking on QUB radio, he said: “We’re going to see that, with the backtracking there’s been this year, the United States under Donald Trump is doing more to tackle climate change than Canada is.” By the end of the year, he believes that Donald Trump’s record will be better than that of the green banker. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister just shrugs his shoulders and says that is just how it is. How can the Liberals defend that?

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Nathalie Provost

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—

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Patrick Bonin

Bloc Québécois
“The Liberals do not know how their policy changes will hurt their climate goals because they have not done the math. If the minister disagrees that Canada's record is getting worse, she should show us the numbers.”
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Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, in committee, the Liberals proved that they did not calculate how all their backtracking is affecting the achievement of their climate targets. They do not have the numbers. The so-called “green banker” did not even take the time to calculate the harm this backtracking would cause. The outgoing member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie believes that, when we look at these numbers, we will see that Canada’s record will be worse than the United States’ record under Donald Trump. If the minister does not agree with him, it is simple; all she has to do is show numbers that contradict him. When will we—

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Julie Dabrusin

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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