Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2026-03-12 10:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC)",
        "fr": "Greg McLean (Calgary-Centre, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"9212427\"> moved for leave to introduce Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13956772\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-269/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (heat recovery tax credit)\">C-269, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (heat recovery tax credit)</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212428\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am introducing a bill today that would fill an oversight that the government has left open in its latest investment tax credits for clean energy production and also for emissions reduction. We have to take the two hand in hand.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212429\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Waste heat to power is the most important method we have to make sure we have emissions-free power coming forward. It is low-hanging fruit, quite frankly, and the fact that it has been missed by the government in its investment tax credits is a shame. I am here to correct that today by putting it on the page and making sure that we debate in the House of Commons how we can attain more efficiency in our energy production in Canada and reduce our emissions for that power that is already being produced.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212430\" data-originallang=\"en\"> With waste heat to power, an industrial process, we lose 30% to 50% of the heat in the process. Having an investment tax credit to capture that heat would capture about 30% of what is lost and effectively give more power to Canadians with no new emissions, which is the main thing here. It would be a strict win all the way along. The fact that it has not been included, at this point in time, in the government's approach to investment tax credits is purely because most of these industrial processes involve hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are a part of our present and a part of our future. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212431\" data-originallang=\"en\">We need to debate this very clearly. I hope the government takes this on and makes it an even better bill.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"6\"> (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) </p>",
        "fr": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"9212427\"> demande \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13956772\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-269/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (heat recovery tax credit)\">C\u2011269, Loi modifiant la Loi de l'imp\u00f4t sur le revenu (cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t pour la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de la chaleur)</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212428\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u2014 Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente aujourd'hui un projet de loi qui comblerait une lacune que le gouvernement a laiss\u00e9e dans ses derniers cr\u00e9dits d'imp\u00f4t \u00e0 l'investissement pour la production d'\u00e9nergie propre et dans ceux pour la r\u00e9duction des \u00e9missions. Nous devons les traiter ensemble.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212429\" data-originallang=\"en\"> La r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de la chaleur est la m\u00e9thode la plus efficace dont nous disposons pour produire de l'\u00e9nergie sans \u00e9missions \u00e0 l'avenir. Honn\u00eatement, cette opportunit\u00e9 est facile \u00e0 saisir, et il est regrettable que le gouvernement ne l'ait pas prise en compte dans ses cr\u00e9dits d'imp\u00f4t \u00e0 l'investissement. Je suis ici aujourd'hui pour corriger le tir et faire en sorte que la Chambre d\u00e9batte des moyens d'accro\u00eetre l'efficacit\u00e9 de la production d'\u00e9nergie au Canada et de r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions li\u00e9es \u00e0 l'\u00e9nergie que nous produisons d\u00e9j\u00e0.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avec la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de la chaleur, un proc\u00e9d\u00e9 industriel, nous perdons entre 30 % et 50 % de la chaleur produite. Un cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t \u00e0 l'investissement destin\u00e9 \u00e0 la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de cette chaleur permettrait de capter environ 30 % de ce qui est perdu et, concr\u00e8tement, de fournir plus d'\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 aux Canadiens sans g\u00e9n\u00e9rer d'\u00e9missions suppl\u00e9mentaires, ce qui est l'essentiel ici. Nous n'en tirerions que des avantages. Si on ne l'a pas inclus, \u00e0 ce stade, dans l'approche du gouvernement relative aux cr\u00e9dits d'imp\u00f4t \u00e0 l'investissement, c'est uniquement parce que la plupart de ces proc\u00e9d\u00e9s industriels font appel aux hydrocarbures. Les hydrocarbures font partie de notre pr\u00e9sent et de notre avenir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9212431\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons d\u00e9battre de cet enjeu tr\u00e8s clairement. J'esp\u00e8re que le gouvernement se penchera sur cette question et am\u00e9liorera encore ce projet de loi.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"6\"> (Les motions sont r\u00e9put\u00e9es adopt\u00e9es, le projet de loi est lu pour la premi\u00e8re fois et imprim\u00e9.) </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/3/12/greg-mclean-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/greg-mclean/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4568/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13401517",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Income Tax Act",
        "fr": "La Loi de l'imp\u00f4t sur le revenu"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/3/12/",
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}