Mr. Chair, how many non-nationalized projects has the Liberal government completed to date?
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, how many non-nationalized projects has the Liberal government completed to date?
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, again, the hon. member seems to be looking backwards. We are looking forward. That is what Canadians elected us to do, to look forward and build Canada strong.
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, the same people who have been in cabinet for the last 10 years are in cabinet today.
How many crude oil pipelines have been proposed to the government since 2015?
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, I am confused; I think I am new.
The member keeps looking backwards. We have an opportunity to build new projects. We really hope members will get on board.
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, I am not sure where the minister has been for the last 10 years. Apparently, no bankers lost their jobs.
How many of the crude oil pipeline projects that were applied for since 2015 have been completed to date?
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, let me tell the hon. member where I have been. I have been at organizations that have built roads, built ports, built transmission lines and built pipelines. We will do that. That is why I am here.
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, if that were the case, the minister should be able to name them. Can he name them?
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, at Ontario Teachers', we own roads, we own ports, we—
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An hon. member
He said pipelines. What pipelines?
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Conservative
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, how many of these oil and gas pipelines are in the construction phase?
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, again, the hon. member seems to be looking backwards. We are about looking forward. This is a new government. We are here to talk about building. We are here—
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Conservative
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, Canada did not start on April 28. How many of these pipelines are at final investment decision phase?
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, the goal of this new government is to get Canada building. The goal of this government is to get the one Canadian economy act done. We hope—
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Conservative
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Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Mr. Chair, how many LNG export terminals did the government inherit from the Harper government in 2015?
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Liberal
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
The Assistant Deputy Chair Conservative John Nater
Order.
The hon. opposition leader has a point of order.
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Conservative
Andrew Scheer Conservative Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK
Mr. Chair, there is a lot of noise over there on the Liberal benches, and it is kind of hard to listen to the exchange, so I would ask the Liberals to settle down a bit so we can—
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
The Assistant Deputy Chair Conservative John Nater
Order. There is noise coming from both sides of the chamber. I would ask hon. members to please control themselves and we will have a little order.
The hon. minister has a few seconds left to address the question.
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Liberal
Tim Hodgson Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, we are looking forward. We are very proud of the work that has been done in the LNG—
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Conservative