Mr. Speaker, I think the President watched the throne speech and was probably glad that the government said it was not going to change much.
The Canadian economy will continue to be weak, thanks to the government's disastrous policies. Taxes will go up. The red tape threatening our businesses will stay in place, because there is nothing in the throne speech that addresses these issues.
I do not think there is anything in the Speech from the Throne that would have signalled to the U.S. administration that the Canadian government was going to do the things that would make our country stronger, the things that would put pressure on the U.S. administration. The thing that will put the most amount of pressure on the U.S. administration to drop tariffs is American investors asking the president to make it easier to invest in Canada. When those investors are looking, never mind at tariffs but at Canadian policies, they will wonder what the point of investing in Canada is if they are paying higher taxes and cannot get their projects built. They will not be going to Washington to lobby for easier access to the Canadian market, because the policies of the government have sent the signal to them that they will not get that return on investment here in Canada.
What will actually make Canada deal with the U.S. from a position of strength is when we lower taxes, speed up our approvals process and get big projects built again so American investors go to Washington and demand an end, from their own president, to the tariffs that are blocking them from the Canadian market. That is the recipe for success.