Mr. Speaker, I wondered for a few seconds if my colleague was joking and being ironic when he said that the government had declared war on the energy sector.
If it has, then it is certainly a gentle war, one that would no doubt leave the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development flabbergasted. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, the government invested $14 billion annually in the oil and gas industry. I would like to remind my colleague that it also purchased a pipeline.
If the government is looking to wage war on a natural resource sector, I encourage it to declare war on the softwood lumber sector. If that is what qualifies as waging war on a sector, then I am all for it, anytime.