Madam Speaker, this pipeline will get built if a Conservative government is elected, because we are going to get out of the way. Only one authority can approve or block the pipeline, and that authority is the federal government. Section 92A(1) of our Constitution clearly specifies that any project crossing an interprovincial border comes under exclusive federal jurisdiction. Under Bill C-5, the decision rests with the Prime Minister of Canada. If the Prime Minister wants a pipeline, it will happen; if not, it will not happen. This project is going to be extremely cost-effective and profitable without subsidies. All it needs is the green light.
The exclusive power to approve this pipeline is the Prime Minister's under the Constitution and the law. If he wants to green-light it, it will happen. If he wants to block it, he will block it.
As future prime minister, I will green-light this pipeline and allow Canadians to build a pipe to tidewater so that Canadians can be richer, our lives can be more affordable and our economy can be more sovereign.