Guilbeault calls out Poilievre over 2023 fundraiser with oil and gas executives

Environment Minister Steven Guillebeau challenged Conservative Party leader Pierre Poyleur for backing his wealthy friends in the oil and gas industry and pushing for a carbon price repeal.

Guillebeau said Tuesday that Poylor was clearly trying to curry favor with oil and gas executives who attended a fundraiser in Banff, Alta., last year with promises to kill carbon prices, scrap the clean fuel standard and distance themselves Get rid of the regulation of greenhouse gas emission control in the oil and gas sector.

He added: "It is their interests that he protects. I can be sure that oil executives will not show up at my fundraisers."

Guillebeau stated that Poilor gave the polluters a chance to absolve themselves of their responsibilities, but that he should not be given that opportunity.

An Elections Canada file shared by the Liberals shows several of those executives, including one from a major oil and gas company, at a Conservative fundraiser called "An Evening with Pierre Poylor" on April 11. 2023 have participated.

The cost of this evening is up to $1,700 per person and the list of attendees includes names such as Alexander Purbak, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Synovus, Adam Waterus, Managing Partner and CEO of Waterous Energy Fund, as well as Jim Riddle, who heads Paramount Resources.

Elections Canada also released separate records showing that all three donated $1,600 to the Conservative Party of Canada in the same week.

Guillebeau reiterated that Poilour's promise to eliminate the carbon price was for the benefit of his rich friends.

The Tory leader has based his entire campaign strategy on the promise of a "tax cut" for consumers, introduced by the Liberals to encourage individuals and small businesses to reduce their carbon footprint and make fossil fuels more expensive.

Poylor has not made clear his position on an industrial carbon pricing system that would charge big polluters.

He claims that a carbon tax would make life less bearable for consumers, while liberals argue that Poylor never mentions the refunds that would be sent to offset the costs.

Reporters have also requested an opinion from Poylor's office.

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