Madam Speaker, let me start off by making very clear, for those who are following the debate, what we are witnessing again today from the official opposition. The starting point has to be that the Conservative Party of Canada, which has moved to the far right with the leader of the Conservative Party, has made the determination that it is better to be an opposition that solely focuses on the best interests of the Conservative Party of Canada, not the best interests of Canadians. This is once again what we are seeing taking place on the floor of the House of Commons.
My colleague and friend just amplified the game being played in a wonderful way so people can really understand it. The reality is, self-interest is the driving motivation of the Conservative Party.
A number of months ago, we had an election. Everyone, no doubt, recalls that. Canadians decided to vote for a Liberal government, headed by a Prime Minister who understands how an economy works. After all, it was Stephen Harper who appointed him as the Governor of the Bank of Canada. He was the governor of the Bank of England. He has an incredible track record in the private sector. He understands what it takes to make the economy work.
The memorandum of understanding that was signed off by the Prime Minister and the Premier of Alberta, I would suggest, is good for the environment, for the economy and for federalism. Once again the Prime Minister has demonstrated that the best way to get things done is by working, where we can, with the many different stakeholders to achieve results that will deliver for Canadians.
Even though he has been Prime Minister for eight months now, there are numerous examples of the Prime Minister being successful at what he committed to do for Canadians. An example would be Bill C-5. Bill C-5, which the Prime Minister and the Liberal government brought in last June and which is now law, talks about the importance of major projects.
Whether it is LNG in B.C., copper going into the prairie provinces, nuclear in Ontario, the port of Montreal in Quebec or, in the second allotment of major projects, things taking place in other regions of the country, these are all initiatives that have been achieved by the federal government and the Prime Minister working with the many different stakeholders, in particular, provinces and indigenous peoples. This is what we have witnessed by the Prime Minister.
Now we bring it to the province of Alberta. All of Canada benefits by it, but I will focus on Alberta. We have a memorandum of understanding that is very clear. Anyone can read the entire memorandum of understanding and, I believe, get a very clear picture. This picture includes consultation in working with indigenous peoples and with the Province of British Columbia. It talks about how it is important to get the private sector engaged on the issue. It enables the potential of a pipeline going from Alberta to the coast on the Pacific Ocean.
The Premier of Alberta is, by the way, a progressive conservative premier, and I highlight the word “conservative”. She and the Prime Minister, in good faith, have signed that memorandum of understanding. I can appreciate that everyone in Canada understands that and values that, in most part, except for the members of the Conservative Party who sit opposite here in the House of Commons.
For them, it was not a good day when the Prime Minister and the Premier of Alberta were onside, even though other premiers in the country are onside with that particular agreement. It is really quite unfortunate. It feeds into what my colleague talked about regarding the motivation of the Conservative Party. I sat in opposition for a part of the years that the leader of the Conservative Party was in government. In fact, the leader of the Conservative Party sat in the government benches for 10 years. Do we know how many miles of pipeline they built from Alberta to tidewater?
It was zero. My colleague from Waterloo is right on. It was zero.
Not one inch of pipeline over the 10 years the leader of the Conservative Party was in government. Why should we believe for a moment that the Conservatives actually know how to get it done? In fact, it took the Trudeau government, through TMX, to build a pipeline to coastal waters.