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Mr. Chair, as I mentioned before, as we move forward, we need to make sure that everything we do—
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Mr. Speaker, I will give the same answer to the same question. My job is to ensure that Canada achieves net-zero emissions by 2050 and that we always consider the environment when completing projects. That is what I am doing, and I am committed to doing so every day.
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Mr. Speaker, that is interesting because I feel like the member is quoting me. I said that Canada must be an energy superpower that is low-risk, low-cost and low-carbon.
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Mr. Speaker, I have said it before, and I will say it again: Canada can and will be an energy superpower, taking into account all the forms of energy that our country can and will produce. We need to make sure that we are low-risk, low-cost and low-carbon when we are doing it.
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Mr. Chair, as I mentioned, to build an energy superpower, it must be low-risk, low-cost and low-carbon.
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Mr. Speaker, again, what I support and what our government supports is making sure that we have a competitive economy that meets the global moment we are in.
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Mr. Speaker, what I cannot understand is why the member opposite refuses to consider Canada as an energy superpower, considering all the forms of energy we create. If we want to be a superpower, we need to be ready to step up with all the forms of energy that the world is looking for.
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Mr. Speaker, it is the same question and same answer: It is not my job to pick. My job is to make sure we take into account the environment in every decision we make.
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Mr. Speaker, what Canadians are looking for is unity, and the disunity that I am hearing is from that side of the House. That is the side that is sowing division. We saw premiers and the Prime Minister at a table, unified, and that is what Canadians want.
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Mr. Speaker, I find this rich coming from the Conservatives, who were unable to build any projects over their time, because they did not care for the environment and they did not do indigenous consultation.
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Mr. Speaker, what consensus are they referring to? They are literally speaking in the way of hypotheticals. I am not sure what they were referring to, so they might be celebrating—
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Mr. Speaker, I think about this question a lot. It is very important for young people to know that we are fighting for their future. That is not just about fighting climate change to make sure that we have a secure future but also about making sure that we are fighting so that they can have jobs that will help to support them in a clean economy of the future, which is where the world is very much …
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Mr. Speaker, I would really like to thank the member for Waterloo because I always learn so much about her community. She is a tireless champion for her community. It is really inspiring when we hear about all that is happening in her community, but also how much she listens to her constituents and makes sure they are heard in this place. I cannot agree with her more that Canada needs more Waterlo…
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Mr. Speaker, I am happy the member opposite has asked this question because we need to diversify our trade right now. Countries around the world are putting in place border carbon adjustments. Having an industrial carbon price helps us to access those markets.
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Mr. Speaker, I absolutely believe that we need to put affordability at the centre of the projects we do. As I just said, making sure we protect the environment and building a strong job future for our youth are part of that.
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Mr. Chair, I have answered that question. It is not my job to select the projects. I will stick to my job, which is protecting the environment.
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Mr. Chair, it is not for me to choose the projects or to decide for indigenous peoples what economic reconciliation looks like, but it is to provide support, such as through the indigenous loan guarantee from energy and natural resources.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think it is for me to speak to any feelings anyone has, particularly the feelings I am hearing from across the way. The most important part is that we work in unity in this moment.
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Mr. Chair, being an energy superpower means that we support energy in all its forms from our country. We are a strong country. We should be proud of it.
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Mr. Chair, indigenous peoples will be consulted as we build national projects, and I will rely on the advice we get through those consultations.
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Mr. Chair, it is not my job to select projects or projects of national interest. It is my job to make sure that we take into account the environment.
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Mr. Speaker, again, it is not my job to pick which projects will be built. My job is to make sure that the environment is considered as we make those decisions, and the legislation allows for that specifically.
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Mr. Chair, once again, I have said that it is not my job to select the projects that will be national unity projects, but it is my job to make sure that the environment—
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Mr. Chair, I am the Minister of Environment. I do not think I need to speak to the member about where I have travelled, but more to that space, if she has questions about the oil sands, she can ask the Minister of Energy.
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Mr. Chair, to go back to that question again, I have the same answer. My job is not to select the projects in the national interest. It is to make sure that we protect the environment in making the decisions.
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Mr. Chair, as Minister of Environment, I am standing in front of this House to say that we need to ensure we build our country as an energy superpower that is low-risk, low-cost and low-carbon, and we will do it.
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Mr. Chair, as I mentioned, the premiers and the Prime Minister came together at that table and had a strong meeting to talk about how we build national unity and national projects. I stand by that.
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Mr. Chair, I do not believe I need to share my travel history with the member opposite.
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Mr. Speaker, as a country, we have committed to getting to net zero by 2050. In fact, the provinces are all in that direction as well. This is something that we need to do to remain competitive as a country, as we are facing countries that are looking for clean technologies. Absolutely, I will not shy away from saying that we need—
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Mr. Speaker, what we have put forward in the building Canada act is a process by which national interest projects can be chosen, because we are in an extreme moment, facing the threat from the United States to our sovereignty and to our economy. We are meeting that moment through this act, and we will keep working to build.
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Mr. Chair, what I said is that I work with the strong public service we have, which provides strong advice on which we base policy, absolutely, as we—
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Mr. Chair, is the member opposite questioning the quality of work that comes from our public service? I believe we have a very strong public service that I am proud to work with.
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Mr. Chair, I am proud that the rebates we provided allowed 546,000 zero-mission vehicle purchases to be supported.
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Mr. Chair, the only people who seem to be concerned about divisions, increasing them and stating them, are the members opposite. The premier said there was unity.
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Mr. Chair, I cannot even believe that question was asked. Is the member opposite saying that there was no unity at that table? Is she not saying that Canadians want us to work?
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Mr. Chair, EVs are actually a very strongly growing segment of the world economy for sales. We are making sure Canadians have access to them.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been very clear as a government. Canadians want to see us build things. They want to see us build properly, taking into account the environment and making sure that we are consulting with indigenous peoples. It is not for me, as the Minister of Environment, to choose which projects are there. That is something that is happening through conversations between the provinces and t…
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Mr. Speaker, we have tabled the building Canada act. In that act, there is a process that is set out very clearly as to how decisions will be made. This is a moment to build on the unity that we saw last week between the Prime Minister and premiers from all across our country.
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Mr. Chair, that is such a strange question. Obviously, I work with the public service, and we should all be very proud of the work that it does.
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Mr. Speaker, last time I checked, there is one minister of environment and climate change, and that is me.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have mentioned, other countries, like the countries of the EU and the U.K., are putting in place border carbon adjustments. Does it seem fair that the member opposite is suggesting we not diversify trade to those important countries? Does she want us to remain committed to only trading with the United States or does she want us to access those markets?
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Mr. Chair, let me begin by saying that, absolutely, it has been one of the worst things to see the unjustified tariffs from the United States against our auto sector. We will have our auto sector's back and will have the backs of the workers in that industry.
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Mr. Chair, we do have in place a regulation that sets consistently increasing targets for EV sales, going to 100%, and there are flexibilities built within that regulation that, if we wanted to have a larger conversation about, we could speak about.
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Mr. Chair, the regulations have been set out toward making more EVs available to Canadians, moving in different progressed stripes all the way to 2035. That regulation remains in place, but we are certainly looking at—
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Mr. Speaker, does the member opposite care about the competitiveness of our industries, accessing trade with other countries to diversify our markets and at the same time fighting climate change? All of those are important, and that is why an industrial carbon price is important to maintain.
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Mr. Chair, I worked on that regulation directly, spoke with industry and understand the impacts in the RIAS as well.
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps a better question for the member opposite is this: Why will she not join us in the fight to make sure that we are fighting against those unjustified tariffs and that we stand up for a strong, unified country that cares about building a strong economy while protecting the environment?
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for naming my role. I am the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. If the member opposite has questions about labour or about employment and skills development, she can ask that minister those questions.
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Mr. Speaker, that is simply incorrect. As I mentioned before, in this moment when we are faced with unjustified tariffs from the United States, we are trying to diversify our trade. There are border carbon adjustments being put in place by other countries to access those markets. We need to make sure we have an industrial carbon price.
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Mr. Speaker, in short form, I do not accept the manner in which that question was phrased, but, no, I am not in support of removing the industrial carbon price. It is important for our economy and it is important for our industry's competitiveness worldwide.
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