Mr. Speaker, 17 pipeline projects were approved under the Conservative government. I just want to make sure that is perfectly clear.
The job crisis in Alberta has only got worse with the announcement yesterday that Western Feedlots will be closing its gates next year, meaning another 85 Albertans are out of work.
It goes deeper. With Western's 100,000 head of cattle off the market, this will be devastating for Alberta's barley growers and its beef processors.
The main reason for the closure, according to Western Feedlots, is the impending NDP and Liberal carbon taxes.
When will the Liberal government admit that its job-killing carbon tax is an attack on—