Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on his election. I welcome him to the House.
As we all know, there are currently major forest fires burning in western Canada. We lived through forest fires in Quebec not so long ago. It was not easy. We also know that these forest fires release huge amounts of carbon. According to publicly available data, the forest fires we have experienced over the last few years have emitted even more CO2 than human activities. That is quite serious.
In the face of this situation, we have a government that is abandoning the fight against climate change. Over the weekend, the Prime Minister chose to meet with gas companies first.
Is my colleague not concerned that we might accelerate these forest fires and make the situation worse if we continue to bury our heads in oil?