Chrystia Freeland

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, we just had an election. We have an opportunity today, all of us, to come together to build Canada and to say, yes, a few weeks ago we were knocking on doors and competing, but right now, our job—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, again, we are here to talk about transport and internal trade-related issues. I am delighted to answer questions about those. I do—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, I think I have been very clear. I think the mandate of this debate is very clear. We have been here for nearly four hours, and it actually has been great to hear some really good questions and give answers to them. I would be delighted to answer transport questions.

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, given the lateness of the hour, and given the importance of TMX, I humoured the members of the House by talking about that. The fact is, I am Minister of Transport and Internal Trade. I—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, again, it is a bit rich to hear Conservatives criticize the building of a pipeline. We got it built. The previous Conservative government did not. I am very proud of that pipeline. It is diversifying the Canadian economy today. It is giving us an alternative to the U.S. It is a nation-building project, and it is operating right now. It is making—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, as I said, I am here to answer transport questions and internal trade questions, but I will allow myself to talk about TMX. It is a nation-building project. I am proud to have been the minister who was on the job when we got that project done. That is already delivering. It has reduced the differential between Canadian oil and U.S. oil. Premier—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, I am here to answer questions about internal trade and transport, but since this is a question about the energy sector, I am going to allow myself to mention one project that I am very proud of and that I think all members of this House should be proud of. It is called TMX. During debate on the 2024 budget, I stood in this House and congratulated the skilled tradesmen who made the golden weld that—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, barriers to interprovincial trade and barriers to interprovincial trucking do not make sense. That is why we are working hard to get rid of them.

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Mr. Chair, I wonder if the member from Central Okanagan was listening to me earlier tonight. I spoke about how central transport and trucking are to our interprovincial trade barrier lifting work. I talked about the hackathon we are going to have. Maybe the member from Central Okanagan—

[Business of Supply, June 5th, 2025]

Again, Mr. Chair, I cannot resist offering a question in return, and that question to all members on the opposition benches is this: Will they support this essential legislation? I am prepared to—