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Madam Speaker, globalism is, of course, a political theory that believes in policies being designed by global organizations and then being imposed on sovereign countries through global agreements. That is what globalism is. It is where the concept of the just transition comes from. It has been developed at exactly those kinds of meetings over the course of decades, and instead of putting Canadian …
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Madam Speaker, it sure is telling that every time the NDP-Liberals get up to talk about the bill, they talk about almost anything other than Bill C-50. I think that is because Bill C-50, the just transition, is actually the culmination of nine years of the NDP-Liberals' anti-energy, anti-capitalist and, frankly, anti-Canadian policies, which they know will hurt Canadians. The bill's proponents say…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years, I hope that Canadians can judge me by my words and actions in the same way as the actions and words of all my common-sense Conservative colleagues. To the exclusion of almost all else from time to time, it feels that for nine years I have championed supporting workers in the oil and gas industry, in clean tech and in all facets of energy development and technology …
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Madam Speaker, last summer, Sweden paused all efforts of its official government policy toward net-zero and is ramping up the production of fossil fuels. Last year, Germany brought more coal online than ever before in history. We can quote the International Energy Agency. We can look at the examples of individual countries that have gone way further down the road in this policy agenda and see what…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Ontario, who has also been a reliable, steadfast and passionate supporter of energy workers. He knows, for the sector and for individuals, it benefits the entire country. Ontario has a lot at stake with Bill C-50, given the negative impacts on manufacturing, construction and transportation that would come from it. He is exactly right; it has been a travesty…
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Madam Speaker, the hon. member and I disagree on nearly everything when it comes to energy policy, but I enjoy very much working with him on committee. I want to acknowledge both the Bloc Québécois and the Green Party for actually being honest about what Bill C-50, the just transition, is, which is a plan to end oil and gas, kill Canadian oil and gas jobs and, as the member pointed out, create a g…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am not sure what the member is talking about specifically, but in good faith, he may want to clarify that no Conservative MP threw an axe through—
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 27 and 28 on page 5 with the following: “decent work, namely work — including, but not limited to, jobs in which workers are represented by a trade union that has entered”
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moved: Motion No. 3 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 2 with the following: “fostering the creation of sustainable jobs and, given an anticipated 170,000 immediate job losses plus a further 2,700,000 disrupted jobs, imple-” Motion No. 4 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 14 and 15 on page 2 with the following: “menting measures to …
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moved: That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 3 with the following: “communities, non-unionized workers, non-governmental organizations and”
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moved: That Bill C-50 be amended by deleting the preamble.
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moved: That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 30 on page 3 with the following: “tories have their own constitutional jurisdiction relevant to the shift to a net-zero economy;”
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moved: Motion No. 8 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 7 on page 3 with the following: “(v) advance the well-being of workers;” Motion No. 9 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 3 with the following: “(v) recognize the anticipated 170,000 immediate job losses and 2,700,000 other jobs which will be disrupted and, therefore, advance…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 4 on page 3 with the following: “communities, recognizing that 93% of the oil and gas sector is composed of small businesses each employing fewer than 100 individuals, as well as the achievement of”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 10 on page 5 with the following: “net-zero economy means an economy in which any anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are balanced by anthropogenic removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere over a specified period. (économie carboneutre)”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 16 on page 5 with the following: “from the atmosphere. (carboneutralité)”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 24 to 32 on page 5 with the following: “sustainable job means any job which provides a powerful pay cheque for a Canadian worker. (emploi durable)”
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moved: Motion No. 19 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 39 and 40 on page 3 with the following: “reduction, are committed to working in their respective areas of responsibility to ad-” Motion No. 20 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 40 on page 3 with the following: “roles in their respective areas of responsibility, given an anticipated 170,0…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 4 to 6 on page 7 with the following: “ters on potential areas of cooperation in relation to the Sustainable”
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moved: Motion No. 64 That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 7 with the following: “(b) three members who, among them, represent unionized and non-unionized workers;” Motion No. 69 That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 7 with the following: “(c) three members who represent lndigenous peoples, of whom at least two also represent workers or…
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moved: Motion No. 141 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 11 on page 11 with the following: “graph (c);” Motion No. 142 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 11 with the following: “ing data in relation to Indigenous peoples or Black and other racialized individuals, describe”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by deleting lines 19 to 28 on page 7
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 9 and 10 on page 7 with the following: “cluding at the national, provincial and territorial levels, in accordance with the terms of”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 11 with the following: “territories, Indigenous peoples, trade unions, non-unionized workers, munici-”
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moved: Motion No. 129 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 10 with the following: “ing the guiding principles set out in the preamble while respecting the constitutional jurisdiction of the provinces and territories;”.” Motion No. 130 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 10 with the following: “ing the guiding principles set out in …
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing lines 10 and 11 on page 12 with the following: “labour market analyses;”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 29 and 30 on page 10 with the following: “relating to skills development and measures that support workers on an”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 1 to 6 on page 11 with the following: “growth and the labour market in a net-zero economy;”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 8 with the following: “(i) the key sectors impacted by the shift to a net-zero”
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Madam Speaker, on what planet have I ever advocated and would ever support the concept of requiring taxpayer subsidies and governments to nationalize and socialize the energy sector in Canada? The Conservatives, under former prime minister Stephen Harper, eliminated the vast majority of direct subsidies to oil and gas companies, yet the Liberals, who I have been happy to defend for the last nine y…
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Madam Speaker, is the member not concerned about, or has she not been able to see, the government's internal memo during the discussions and consultations on the concept of the just transition? However, they are not on Bill C-50, because of course no Canadian will be heard on that. Is she not concerned about the fact the government's own internal memo said that the result of Bill C-50 and the just…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing line 18 on page 12 with the following: “perts, partners and stakeholders, including those representing Black and other racialized individuals or from non-”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 10 with the following: “to sustainable jobs for workers, particularly those who are lndigenous peoples or Black or other racialized individuals;”
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Madam Speaker, in December, while the NDP-Liberals’ self-proclaimed socialist environment minister hung out with 70,000 sanctimonious politicians and wealthy elites at a sprawling air-conditioned steel complex in a major petro-state, without a hint of shame or irony, I might add, who all flew from around the world on publicly funded, commercial and private airplanes and jets, even though virtual a…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 13 with the following: “services for workers with respect to”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 12 with the following: “isting and planned emissions reduction measures, together with their implications for workers who are Indigenous peoples or Black and other racialized individuals;”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing lines 13 and 14 on page 13 with the following: “those measures across federal entities, working within their respective areas of jurisdiction and responsi-”
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Mr. Speaker, the member is fully displaying his contempt for democracy and for the duly elected members of Parliament who represent our constituents in this place who may have different views and opinions from him. He actually did not apologize. He retracted and defended himself. The end of his comments were actually to further reinforce the truth of the assertion that he made. This entire thing i…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing lines 22 to 24 on page 13 with the following: “al-territorial initiatives related to the Plans;”
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Madam Speaker, I know that it was possible to participate in COP21 virtually, because our shadow minister for the environment did. He participated virtually. I just want to acknowledge and credit the Bloc Québécois and the Green Party members here. Conservatives are the only pro-energy party and, therefore, the only pro-Canada party in the House of Commons. Of all of the anti-energy parties, the B…
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Madam Speaker, it just happens to be the case that I have an academic background in political philosophy and globalism is a legitimate and actual theory of policy development. The just transition has been developed over time at global gatherings of countries that are imposing global policies or are aiming to impose global policies on countries around the world. The Conservatives want to bring home…
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Mr. Speaker, the member just likened duly elected members of Parliament on the Standing Committee on Natural Resources to Brownshirts.
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Mr. Speaker, since the minister was not on the committee, I appreciate his commendation of his cohorts for colluding in the costly coalition cover-up. The Liberal members of his party rejected a Bloc Québécois motion that would have ensured that Bill C-50 supported “the decarbonization of workplaces while preserving existing jobs, minimizing job losses, and encouraging the involvement of workers a…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the Greens for being honest about this bill. I would invite the member to expand, if he wants, on his thoughts. There was a previous just transition study, and the Liberals and the NDP changed the name of it at the last minute. However, as the member pointed out, the bill would not deliver any jobs or skills training programs, particularly. The member brought up …
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Madam Speaker, we request a recorded division.
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by deleting lines 21 to 25 on page 11.
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Mr. Speaker, for that exact member to be characterizing the actions of my duly elected colleagues, who are Conservative members on the natural resources committee, in the way that he has actually lines up perfectly given that he told me to “eff off” in the committee meeting—
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Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the constituents of Skeena—Bulkley Valley, I rise to present a petition that calls out the Liberals' nonsensical attempt to ban hunting and sport shooting firearms. The citizens indicate that the government has attempted to ban and seize the hunting rifles and shotguns of millions of law-abiding Canadians, saying further that the targeting of farmers and hunters does not …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' schemes and spin jobs cannot cover up the cruel fact that the cost of everything is up and so are emissions, because the carbon tax is a cash grab and not an environmental plan. The Parliamentary Budget Officer tells the truth, unlike the Liberals. As most Canadians will, Albertans will pay almost $1,000 more this year than they get back in fake rebates. Today, Conservat…
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