Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says that half of Canada's oil needs to stay in the ground, and now he is backing that up with a production cap that the Parliamentary Budget Officer says will kill 54,000 jobs and gut $20 billion from our economy. This keep-it-in-the-ground agenda does not just kill paycheques; it also makes us more dependent on foreign oil. It weakens our economy and punishes Alberta families and Saskatchewan families that have built this country's energy sector.
I will ask the Prime Minister a simple yes or no question: Will he scrap his job-killing production cap and finally let Canadians restore energy independence?