Evidence of meeting #111 for Natural Resources in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was wells.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal George Chahal
Ms. Goodridge, we have a point of order.
Ms. Dabrusin, go ahead on the point of order.
Liberal
Julie Dabrusin Liberal Toronto—Danforth, ON
In my experience, the whole point of such a study would be to get the complete explanation. That is what we do. We bring the motion and we have the witnesses come, and then we get to hear from them. We would get to hear about about what was done by Alberta, but we'd also get to hear from Saskatchewan. We would get to hear from other provinces as the witnesses are proposed.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal George Chahal
Thank you, Ms. Dabrusin, for your point of order. Those are great points to make during debate, but I want to get everybody to focus on using....
I'll go to you, Mr. Dreeshen, on a point of order, and then I have Mr. Angus on a point of order.
Let's go to you, Mr. Dreeshen.
Conservative
Earl Dreeshen Conservative Red Deer—Mountain View, AB
Thank you.
I'll respond to Ms. Dabrusin's point.
If that is actually the case, then, that she gets rid of the preamble, it still goes into the “clean these wells in Alberta”, and there's talk about “these wells”, which of course relates to the ones that were talked about earlier. If she is saying that she wishes to remove that, then certainly that would help.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal George Chahal
Mr. Dreeshen, I gave you the leeway to hear your point of order, but once again, that's a point of debate. You are on the list. You're welcome to make all those points during your time for debate.
We'll go back to you, Mr. Angus, on a point of order.
NDP
Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
This is strictly a point of order. I've already spoken. I have nothing more to add on this. I'm looking forward to getting ahead.
The clock is ticking down. I'm concerned that my colleagues will talk the clock out. At 6:30, are we done this gong show, or...?
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative
October 23rd, 2024 / 6:25 p.m.
Conservative
Conservative
Laila Goodridge Conservative Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, AB
Well, it is fun to come to a new committee and learn new things.
Ms. Dabrusin is in fact the parliamentary secretary for natural resources. This motion did in fact come from her. That means that if the government didn't draft it and if the ministry of natural resources didn't draft it and she drafted it herself, it's concerning to me that someone who is in the role of parliamentary secretary for natural resources would put forward such a violent attack on my home province—
Conservative
Conservative
Laila Goodridge Conservative Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, AB
—and then needs a study to learn about something that she should be able to ask for a briefing on from the department and be able to get.
The problem comes back down to the fact that this Liberal government sees Alberta as a cash cow. They see Alberta continually as something to be whipped and then take the profits and run. They talk about emissions caps on a regular basis. They talk about all kinds of different things—
Liberal
Yvonne Jones Liberal Labrador, NL
I'd like to clarify for the record that this is not the intent of the government, and neither is it the opinion of the government. I want to put that on the record.
I also want to say that if the government did not appreciate and value Alberta, we never would have bought the TMX pipeline—
Conservative
Shannon Stubbs Conservative Lakeland, AB
It's not a pipeline for Alberta. It's a pipeline of national interest, according to—
Liberal
Conservative
Shannon Stubbs Conservative Lakeland, AB
It's not a pipeline for Alberta. It's a pipeline for Canada in the national interest, per your own approval—