Evidence of meeting #104 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was investments.
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Deputy Minister, Department of Industry
No, because the issue is that there's confidentiality with respect to individual firms, so all that we actually release—
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
With respect to Kinder Morgan, as you know, right now we're looking at our financial and legislative options, so in the estimates you will not find any allocation for that.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
We don't know how much money you've given to companies so far—
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Liberal
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Liberal
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Conservative
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
Yes, our official is making sure that we get you the correct number.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
So we don't know how much money you've spent on companies.
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
No, we do have the number. We're getting you that number.
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Conservative
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
You asked, and I appreciate your patience. I'd ask you to endeavour to be a bit more patient. We'll definitely get you that information. I just want to clarify the record: we do have that number. We'll get you that number.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
To clarify, you as the minister, in charge of signing off on this, don't know how much money you've spent on companies.
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
You asked for a specific number, and we'll get you that number momentarily.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
What about you, Mr. Knubley? You're in charge of this as well.
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
It's the same answer. It hasn't changed in the last three seconds.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
I guess, you know, trying to figure out how many jobs have been created—
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
We'll get you that information as well, absolutely. We'll get you the contributions and the jobs associated with that as well.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
So we don't know how much you're going to be spending on...?
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Liberal
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
What about in Kinder Morgan? That's not in the budget at all right now.
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Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON
As we mentioned, these are estimates, and they primarily reflect approved Treasury Board submissions since December of 2017. Therefore, there's no provision in this for Kinder Morgan.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
I'm at the end of my time, I think. Do we have an answer to that?