Remarks by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from Appearance at the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance to Discuss Bills C-8 and C-19
I’d like to first say that like so many Canadian women, I was both shocked and deeply worried by the news from the United States last night about abortion rights.
Let me be very clear: Russia is committing war crimes right now, even as we are sitting here in our embassy in Washington. In addition to causing widespread destruction and death, Putin’s war is having a profound impact on the global economy.
When I tabled the Budget last week, one of the things I emphasized was that the green transition is here. The world economy, our trading partners, have decided that their economies are going green and this is a huge transformation. It is the biggest transformation of the global economy since the Industrial Revolution itself. We have a unique opportunity in Canada—and in Alberta—to be leaders in that green transition. I’ve seen the evidence in the past hour here today.