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The Honourable Member for Berthier—Maskinongé.

Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, the Prime Minister

announced an agreement with Alberta, which is

a problem in many ways. I asked the government

if it would commit, irrevocably, to not do anything

in British Columbia without the express consent

of British Columbia and First Nations. The answer

was yes. But yet the announcement was made.

Now, what is it?

No, please be careful with the language you

use. This is not outside the rules, but it might

provoke a certain reaction, and one reaction

can lead to another, and the two reactions can

provoke disorder. The Right Honourable Prime

Minister. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We respect

provincial rights and jurisdiction. We respect

British Columbia. It is absolutely clear in

the memorandum of understanding that we and

the province of Alberta will work together with

British Columbia. We need an agreement for a

pipeline. The Honourable Member for Berthier—Maskinongé.

Now, when you want the agreement of one party

to an agreement, you invite them right away.

Because the agreement the Prime Minister signed

will apply even without British Columbia. So,

will the Prime Minister recognize that he has

not respected what he said in the House?

That he didn't show great respect for the truth

when he signed this agreement?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister. Mr. Speaker,

this was not a contract. This was a memorandum

of understanding. And this has to do with conditions

that are sufficient, but they are necessary.

It is not the end of a process; it is the beginning

of a process. A process with Alberta, with British

Columbia, and above all, a process with Indigenous

peoples. The Honourable Member for Berthier—Maskinongé.

It's a piece of paper that he signed and which

creates obligations. It is a contract. He can

call it whatever he likes, in whatever language

he likes. Given what is at stake with the moratorium

on tankers, given issues with greenhouse gases,

given the absence of an agreement with First

Nations who voted against this agreement this

morning, does the Prime Minister not think he

should make sure that all parties should be

able to sign this, free, prior, and informed

consent?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister. Mr. Speaker,

this is a memorandum of understanding with commitments,

with great investments that Alberta will make

in carbon capture. The industrial carbon

tax, six times greater. And also we are tightening

rules in other areas.