Minister calls out Poilievre over oil and gas fundraiser [Video]

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of catering to his “rich friends” in the oil and gas sector by pushing a policy to scrap carbon pricing. 

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Guilbeault said Tuesday that Poilievre is clearly trying to curry favour with oil and gas executives who contributed to a fundraiser he held in Banff, Alta. last year by promising to kill the carbon price, eliminate the clean fuel standard and move away from regulations to cap emissions in the oil and gas sector.

“It is their interest that he’s protecting. I can assure you that oil executives don’t show up to my fundraisers,” Guilbeault said. 

“He wants to give polluters a free pass, but he should not get one.”

An Elections Canada filing shared by the Liberals shows that a number of executives, including one …