Rules For Thee, Not For Me
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On today's show, we are talking about the Do As I Say, Not As I Do approach to the Liberal Environment Plan. To talk about that and much, much more, we have Gerard Dettel, the Member of Parliament for Louis Saint-Laurent, also the Critic for the Environment.
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Hello and welcome once again to The Blueprints. This is Canada's Conservative Podcast. I'm your
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host, Jamie Schmael, Member of Parliament for Halliburton Corps with Alex Brock with new content
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for you every single Tuesday, 1.30 p.m. Eastern Time. On today's show, we are talking about the
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do as I say, not as I do approach to the Liberal Environment Plan. To talk about that and much,
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much more. We have Gerard Dettel, the Member of Parliament for Louis Saint Laurent, also the
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critic for the environment. Thank you for coming on. Thank you so much, Jamie, for the invitation.
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No problem. I should point out, you are the one-time host of The Blueprint, but in the French.
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Absolutely. And as you, I'm a former journalist, a former TV journalist. So this is why we see so
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there. The Environmental Conference, COP21, the Coalition of Willing Partners, 28 took place,
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I guess, I don't know how many weeks ago, in Abu Dhabi. Beautiful country, the UAE. Beautiful
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country. I've been a couple of times. It's absolutely stunning. But I think there are some problems
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coming out of that. So it's, like I said, it's the do as I say, not as I do liberals.
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Well, you know, everybody is concerned about what's happening right now with the climate change.
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And we have to address the impact of that, for sure, as our leader said at the Quebec Convention.
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But you know, it's quite a little bit touchy to see, to be polite, to recognize that the
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whole world is going in the middle of the desert, you know, in very big hotel and very convention
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center full of electricity, full of consumption of energy, full of air conditioning, to address,
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to save the planet, what they are saying. So this is why we have another approach, us as
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a conservative. I am participant of this COP28, but virtually here in Ottawa or in my riding
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in Quebec City, I, two, two or three times a day, I'm going there. Obviously, I'm not a full
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participant, for sure, I do recognize it. But at least, I can do my job as a critic for
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environmental issues. And so this is why, during the COP28, I tabled in the question, a period,
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in the question period, a few weeks ago, about the fact that, you know, Canada has been ranked
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a year ago number 58, about the efficiency to address the climate change. After eight years
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of this government, you know, it was Canada number 58. And at the COP28, a few weeks ago,
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they tabled the report of the refresh report. Where are we a year later? Well, bad news for
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Canada, especially bad news for the Liberal government, because based on that study, Canada
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60, and dropped, despite the carbon tax. Yes, absolutely. So, you know, those guys,
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you know, in the Liberal are always, you know, lecturing people, you know what is good for you.
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They are always, you know, giving all the lessons like we used to say in French, this is what is
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good for you, I know what is better for you. They want taxation, they impose taxation to people,
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they're lecturing them all the time, they have, you know, very great ambitious target, and they never
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reach any target in the last eight years. So, this is why, you know, we talk about a lot of the
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liberal hypocrisy when we're talking about the climate change. Because, yes, climate change
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are real, and we have to address it. And our leader was crystal clear at the Quebec Convention.
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And why you put emphasis on that, that it was at the Quebec Convention? Because, you know,
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it was not a communiqué published Saturday at 4 p.m., you know, when nobody were working. No,
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it was in front of 2,500 members of the Conservative Party, the grassroots members. We know,
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you know them very well, as I mean, as I do know well. You know,
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there are grassroots people from coast to coast, you know. And at this milestone speech,
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the leader established the three pillars on what we base our policy when we talk to address the
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climate change challenge that we have to address in our years. There is three pillars. The first one
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is not by taxation that we will reduce emissions. That's right. But it is more and ever than by fiscal
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initiative in new technologies. Because, you know, the goal is to reduce emission. The goal is to reduce
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pollution. So this is why, Mr. Poirier made it clear, no taxation, but fiscal initiative in new
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technology. The second pillar, green light to green energy. Fast-tracking project. When we talk about
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new technologies, when we talk about green technology, when we talk about green energy,
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we talk about the wind farm, we talk about, you know, the geothermical, nuclear, solar. Those are the
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green energy that we have to develop, or hydroelectricity in my own province in Quebec.
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And the third pillar is to be proud of what we have as Canadians. We have great knowledge,
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we have great energy, we have great energy resources, and we have great natural resources.
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We have to exploit our own facility, our own natural resources, instead of buying it offshore and spending
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a lot of billions of dollars offshore. Instead of, we have everything in Canada to address this issue,
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but we have to be wise. And it's not by taxation. And I would say the COP28 report is not working.
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Do you notice these conferences always take place in the best of everything?
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In the most fanciest of cities? In the most, you know, tourist-heavy cities? In the places
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where people want to be? That's where you have these conferences.
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Well, I've noticed that, you know, two years ago, it was in Egypt. Last, a few months ago,
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last month, it was in Dubai. Well, maybe they will be welcome in Canada, you know.
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Well, I have nothing against travel. I think it's great for people to explore,
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and see the world, and see how different cultures and different countries do things differently.
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And I think that's a great part. But it's the constant lecturing that I can't stand.
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The constant, the do as I say, like, here's the overall philosophy, right? The Liberals
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aren't against traveling. They're just against you traveling, right? The common individual,
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the hardworking Canadian, they're against you traveling. Like, heaven forbid that you work your
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tail off all year. You work, you break your back, and you look forward to that one vacation,
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and now you have somebody, a government, that loves to travel. Again, nothing wrong with travel.
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But they don't want you to take that trip. They're okay to do it, though.
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Yes, this is the big problem. You know, I think you can, can show by example how we can,
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how we can conduct ourselves to get inspiration for the people. Look, I attend on a daily basis,
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you know, the COP 27 when it happened a few weeks ago. And obviously, it was not 100% of my time,
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a few hours in the morning, a few hours late in the day, because we have 12 hours of difference,
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the jet lag from this country. So yes, I was not 100% there. But at least I did my job. And with the
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team that I have, we discovered that document, you know, number 50, number 60.
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Yeah. But even the solutions they're talking about at this conference, it's not about getting,
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like, incentivizing innovation, so we have rapid innovation. It's more about restricting
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movements and freedoms of the individuals under the government's control. That's what they're
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basically talking about. You can't travel. You shouldn't drive a car. You know, don't eat meat.
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You know, right? Like, it's always restricting the governed class, right? Not the governing class,
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the governed class. The governed class. And you know, I think we can find solution on a daily basis
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instead of taxation. And we have seen, without a shadow of a doubt, that the system is not
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as best. Look, in Quebec, we have the cap and trade system for the last 10 years. And I know what I'm
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talking about. I've been a member of the National Assembly when that bill had been passed. But the
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point is, after 10 years, that we realize and recognize that a lot of money is skipping Quebec and
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going elsewhere. In California, the environmental and climate change minister of the province of
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Quebec, table a few months ago, the bill of that saying that, well, we are sending $233 million in
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California. You know, I've checked this morning. California is not a third world country. You know,
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I think they don't need our help. But we will keep that money and addressing it with new technology.
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This is exactly where we stand. And so that's why I was so proud to see our leader, Mr. Poilievre,
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saying that at what I call the discours de Québec, the Québec speech, you know, in front of 2,500
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people from coast to coast, a grassroots member, a very milestone speech to identify where we want to
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go. Fiscal initiative for new technologies, green light to green energy, and exploit all our Canadian
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resources. That's where we have, that's what we can do. And that's, for sure, we want, we have to reduce
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emissions. For sure, we have to reduce pollution. But it's not by tax, we will get it. But it's by
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personal, incitative, and also personal movement that we can do as a person, as a government, and as
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a country. You put out a great video a little while ago, exposing all this, basically repeating what
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we're saying. And I want to cue up, cut one super producer, Nick, who's going to get that on screen
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for us. It's, it's basically showing that these elites, those at the top, the governing class,
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will not sacrifice their luxuries in life. But they will tell you, the hardworking, middle class,
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normal Canadian, that you must sacrifice your enjoyment in life. And that's, that's the reality,
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the stark reality of what the Liberals are doing. So we'll talk about that. Let's cut one.
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Paris, Lisbonne, Rome, Florence, Abu Dhabi, Bali, Londres, ça vous fait rêver? Eh bien, écoutez ceci,
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ça risque plutôt de vous faire déprimer. Je ne vous parle pas ici des options disponibles chez votre
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agente de voyage local, mais bien plutôt des 23 destinations qu'a visité Catherine Stewart,
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l'ambassadrice au changement climatique, nommé par le ministre Steven Guilbault lui-même, il y a un
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peu plus d'un an. 23 destinations internationales dans les 12 premiers mois de son mandat, 23 voyages
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en moins d'un an, l'équivalent d'un voyage toutes les deux semaines, ça n'a pas de bon sens. Les frais
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de voyage pour 2022-2023 qui totalisent jusqu'à présent 189 096 $ et l'année n'est pas terminée. 189 096 $ à même votre argent. Et là , je parle pas des
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émissions de GES qui ont engendré tous ces voyages. Mais vous connaissez l'adage, hein? Faites ce que je dis,
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faites pas ce que je fais. Une autre démonstration malheureusement flagrante de l'hypocrisie libérale.
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Pendant que vous, on vous demande d'être responsable pour les changements climatiques et de faire votre
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part, eh bien eux, c'est le bar ouvert. Plutôt que de s'entêter à punir les familles qui doivent mettre de
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l'essence dans leur voiture, qui chauffent leur maison et de punir nos agriculteurs qui mettent de la
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nourriture sur nos tables, le ministre Guilbeault devrait commencer par faire le ménage dans son
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