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{
"time": "2014-05-26 19:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Colin Carrie (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Colin Carrie (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre de l'Environnement, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3749476\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to protecting the environment while keeping the Canadian economy strong.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749477\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have made significant investments to assist Canada's transition to a clean energy economy and have been achieving real results.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749478\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am surprised to hear the member opposite cite China's energy policy as a model for Canada to follow. Let us look at some of the facts.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749479\" data-originallang=\"en\">In terms of China's energy consumption, 91% is currently coming from carbon-emitting sources and 69% of that is from coal. Less than 8% of China's energy is currently being generated from renewable sources.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749480\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us compare that to Canada and what our government has been achieving.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749481\" data-originallang=\"en\"> First, Canada is a global leader in the generation of clean and renewable energy. We are the world's third-largest producer of hydroelectricity, and more than three-quarters of the electricity we generate produces no greenhouse gas emissions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749482\" data-originallang=\"en\">Since 2006, our government has invested more than $10 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build a more sustainable environment. This includes investment in green infrastructure, energy efficiency, clean energy technologies, and the production of cleaner fuels. We are also the first major coal user to ban construction of traditional coal-fired electricity generation units.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749483\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The first 21 years of our new coal regulations are expected to result in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 214 megatons. This is equivalent of removing roughly 2.6 million personal vehicles from the road per year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749484\" data-originallang=\"en\">In addition, since 2008, Canada experienced a 24% growth in clean energy investment, ranking it eighth in the world, and Canada ranks fifth worldwide in green investment intensity\u2014that is, clean energy investment per dollar of GDP.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749485\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our record speaks for itself, and it is safe to say that we will not be taking any lessons from China or the member opposite.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3749476\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement a \u00e0 coeur de prot\u00e9ger l'environnement tout en maintenant l'\u00e9conomie nationale forte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749477\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons consid\u00e9rablement investi pour favoriser le passage \u00e0 une \u00e9conomie ax\u00e9e sur l'\u00e9nergie propre et nous avons obtenu des r\u00e9sultats concrets.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749478\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis \u00e9tonn\u00e9 d'entendre le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face citer la politique \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique de la Chine comme mod\u00e8le \u00e0 suivre pour le Canada. Voyons un peu quelques donn\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749479\" data-originallang=\"en\">En Chine, 91 % de la consommation d'\u00e9nergie provient de sources \u00e9mettrices de carbone, dont 69 % provient du charbon. \u00c0 l'heure actuelle, moins de 8 % de l'\u00e9nergie qui y est produite provient de sources renouvelables.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749480\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comparons ces donn\u00e9es \u00e0 celles du Canada et \u00e0 ce que le gouvernement a r\u00e9alis\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749481\" data-originallang=\"en\">Rappelons, pour commencer, que le Canada est un chef de file mondial en mati\u00e8re de production d'\u00e9nergie propre et renouvelable. Nous sommes le troisi\u00e8me producteur d'hydro\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 au monde, et plus des trois quarts de l'\u00e9nergie que nous produisons ne d\u00e9gagent pas d'\u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749482\" data-originallang=\"en\">Depuis 2006, le gouvernement a investi plus de 10 milliards de dollars pour r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre et favoriser un environnement plus durable. Il a notamment affect\u00e9 des fonds \u00e0 l'infrastructure verte, \u00e0 l'efficacit\u00e9 \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique, \u00e0 la mise au point de technologies de production d'\u00e9nergie propre et \u00e0 la production de combustibles moins polluants. Le Canada est aussi le premier grand utilisateur de charbon \u00e0 interdire la construction de centrales \u00e9lectriques au charbon traditionnelles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749483\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au cours des 21 premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de son application, le nouveau r\u00e8glement sur l'\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 au charbon devrait permettre de r\u00e9duire d'environ 214 m\u00e9gatonnes des \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre, ce qui \u00e9quivaut, en gros, \u00e0 retirer 2,6 millions de v\u00e9hicules par ann\u00e9e de la circulation pendant cette p\u00e9riode.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749484\" data-originallang=\"en\">En outre, depuis 2008, le Canada a connu une augmentation de 24 % des investissements dans l'\u00e9nergie propre, ce qui le place au huiti\u00e8me rang mondial \u00e0 ce chapitre et au cinqui\u00e8me rang pour ce qui est de l'intensit\u00e9 des investissements dans l'\u00e9nergie verte, c'est-\u00e0-dire de l'investissement par dollar du PIB.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3749485\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre bilan est \u00e9loquent et nous permet d'affirmer sans crainte que nous n'avons de le\u00e7ons \u00e0 recevoir ni de la Chine, ni du d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/5/26/colin-carrie-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/colin-carrie/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1403/",
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"source_id": "8374183",
"h1": {
"en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
"fr": "Motion d'ajournement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Natural Resources",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/5/26/",
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}