Canada’s Conservative Party had an unexpected visitor on Friday after Liberal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault took the opportunity to show up at the party’s tête-à-tête in Quebec City to blast Alberta — among others — for climate denialism..Appearing on the steps of the conference centre, Guilbeault takes questions from a Rebel News reporter and dutifully answers them. En français..According to YouTube’s rudimentary transcript, the reporter asks, in English: “Canada’s carbon emissions are less than 2% of the world's. If every Canadian were to give up their cars and shut the electricity off it would make no difference compared to what China another big powerhouse's are so why are you content with the Canadians into putting energy poverty when it doesn't even solve a global problem?”.Guilbeault’s response, in French: “If you look at what's happening in Canada, Canada is a success story when, when, when looking at investment in clean technologies in fact Alberta is a Canadian success story. When looking at investment in clean technologies and renewable energy, 70% of the investments we've seen in the last year in renewable energy has been in the Northern Alberta.”.“I find it baffling that the premier would would put a stop to $30 billion worth of clean technology investment in her province. Canada is an energy powerhouse and if I can go to China, if I can go to India and say we all have to work together to fight climate change because we're all in this together it's because we're doing our homework here we're doing what we need to do to tackle climate change and climate pollution.”.Guilbeault goes on the blast CPC leader Pierre Poilievre as a ‘climate denier’ in an extended diatribe..The reporter interrupts: “I don't know what you're saying I don't care what you say I want to ask my question…why won’t you answer in English?”.To which Guilbeault responds: “Sure, (but) it must be a good question then.”
