Clifford Small at the Natural Resources Committee

On February 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2024 / 3:35 p.m.

Conservative

Clifford Small Conservative Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses and minister for coming today.

Offshore wind energy production in Europe has grown from 11,000 megawatts in 2013 to close on 40,000. That's in the North Atlantic nations, which Canada also is. You have the U.K., Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Sweden and Spain all producing wind energy, and Canada is not. You've had eight years to table this legislation. That's eight years of lost opportunity for the people of Atlantic Canada.

Is it because you want to do it right, or is it because you don't care about Atlantic Canada?

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