Mr. Speaker, today is all about the Conservative fantasy: pipelines and “drill, baby, drill”. We need to refocus the debate on the facts. The federal Liberal government bought a pipeline called Trans Mountain. In 2017, it was supposed to cost about $7.4 billion. How much did it actually cost? It cost taxpayers $34 billion, which is six to seven times more than the project was supposed to cost. The Parliamentary Budget Officer told us that, if the government were to sell it tomorrow morning, it would lose money. Now the Conservatives are telling us that we need another pipeline. Do they enjoy losing Quebeckers' and Canadians' money? Is that what the Conservatives are telling us? Would a new pipeline serve a market in Asia? No, there is no such market. They do not want to say that in their speeches.
Where are those good Conservative stewards of the public purse now? A pipeline is not profitable, okay? It will not put money in Quebeckers' pockets.
I invite my colleague to answer this simple question. The other day, I asked a Conservative colleague if the money for this would be public or private. He told me that no public money would be invested. Why are they now saying the opposite?