Patrick Bonin

Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on the fact that the budget once again includes oil and gas subsidies and also provides for the creation of a so-called sovereign wealth fund, which is anything but sovereign, to fund major projects such as the proposed oil sands pipeline on the west coast. That pipeline would carry one million barrels of oil a day and cost at least $43 [more]

Mr. Speaker, on Monday, Canada will arrive at the COP climate conference in Turkey with yet another budget that says the exact opposite of its lofty rhetoric. In the meantime, on Thursday, the Auditor General said that Canada had quietly reneged on its promise to stop exporting thermal coal, the worst fossil fuel in the world. Canada had promised to stop exporting it by 2020. Since then, not [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Canadian government has delivered yet another budget that acts as though climate change did not exist. There is nothing in it to reverse the government's climate betrayal. The Liberals are not making amends for their historic rollbacks. On the contrary, they continue to subsidize oil and gas. They are weakening the clean electricity regulations. They want to generate more energy [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is rather unbelievable that the government is sending out its green warriors this morning to try to make this budget seem green, when it is not green at all. What we are seeing this morning is greenwashing, and it is shameful to see the government members trying to make us believe that this is a green budget. I would like the member for Honoré-Mercier to answer me in French, [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her excellent speech. I would like to know what she thinks about the fact that the government is claiming that it has an electrification strategy when it has actually only allocated $2.4 billion between now and 2030 for the clean electricity and clean technology investment tax credits. The government is weakening its own clean electricity regulations. It is [more]

Mr. Speaker, I know that the Leader of the Opposition is concerned about the scale of the deficit and the waste of public funds. However, a closer look at this budget shows that the government is continuing to hand out billions of dollars in subsidies, particularly for carbon capture projects undertaken by billionaire oil companies. While these companies continue to generate substantial profits, [more]

Mr. Speaker, this budget is a continuation of the betrayal on climate action. After rolling out the red carpet for oil and gas companies and pipelines, the government continues to subsidize oil and gas. It is weakening industrial carbon pricing. It is weakening regulations on clean electricity. It is removing the zero-emissions mandate for electric vehicles. It is freezing emissions mandates for [more]

Madam Speaker, Bill C-39 will also be damaging to labour rights. The Liberals are effectively placing the right to strike under their control with their interpretation of section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. The Canadian Union of Public Employees has already announced that it will challenge this in court, and it will win because there is a precedent. The Tribunal administratif du travail du [more]

Madam Speaker, this bill is obviously rather complex. It is very technical, I would say. We have some concerns. I heard my colleague talk about the new powers the minister might assume, and I would like him to elaborate on that. We are seeing a pattern where the government is giving ministers a lot of power. Is this something that concerns him, and does he have any solutions?

C-39 Madam Speaker, with Bill, the Liberals are acting as if it were the environment, endangered species, workers, and indigenous peoples who are preventing them from resolving the tariff crisis. They are taking people for fools. Essentially, what they are doing is exploiting the tariff crisis to make permanent changes that benefit the oil companies. The environmental consequences will also be [more]