Mike Lake

[Business of Supply, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, does the minister realize that both of the quotes I just read came from her own Prime Minister? They are from the same person.

[Business of Supply, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, when the minister hears such disparate comments, does she realize how hard it is going to be to achieve consensus in this country around pipelines?

[Business of Supply, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, one of the minister's cabinet colleagues has strongly expressed a contrary opinion, saying, “Maybe as much as half of oil reserves, proven reserves, need to stay in the ground if we are going to get where we are.”

Does the minister agree with her cabinet colleague?

[Business of Supply, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the quote was, “we should be using it all the time ourselves because we are going to use what I call conventional oil and gas for the rest of my life and beyond.”

Does the minister agree with those statements?

[Business of Supply, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, recently, a commentator in Alberta had this to say: “If you look out east, I'll take Quebec. They import about 365,000 barrels a day of oil. All of it is coming from abroad. Seventy per cent of that is coming from the U.S., so we have an opportunity to displace there.” He went on to say, “we should be using it all the time ourselves because we are going to use what I call conventional oil and gas for the rest of my life and beyond.”

I am wondering if the minister agrees with these statements.

[Oil and Gas Industry, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister went on to say, “we've got this resource. At a minimum, we should be using it all the time ourselves, because we're going to use what I call conventional oil and gas for the rest of my life and beyond.” He said that in Edmonton when he was trying to get elected, but he has a history of saying that we should leave oil and gas in the ground.

When will the government finally repeal Bill C-69 to create the conditions that will actually allow us to take advantage of this massive opportunity so it is realized?

[Oil and Gas Industry, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister has a plan, we would sure love to hear it here in Parliament.

On the eve of the election in which he was trying to get elected, the Prime Minister went on an Oilers radio show in Edmonton and was asked about oil. He said, “There's a massive opportunity...if you look at out east, [particularly in] Quebec, they import about 365,000 barrels a day.... Seventy per cent of that is coming from the U.S., so we've got an opportunity to displace there.”

The Prime Minister has a Quebec minister who is now looking at me in complete disagreement with those statements, but even the Prime Minister has said, “as much as half of oil reserves, proven oil reserves, need to stay in the ground”.

Which of the Prime Minister's positions should we believe?

[Edmonton Oilers, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, 30 years ago this week, ink hardly dry on my University of Alberta business degree, I started selling season tickets for the Edmonton Oilers hockey club.

Those were difficult years, post-dynasty in a tough Canadian economy, and our small Edmonton market was in imminent danger of losing our NHL team to a wealthy U.S. buyer, but then something magical happened. Edmontonians stepped up in spectacular fashion, cobbling together complicated season ticket-sharing schemes with their friends, family and neighbours to, in mere months, double our season ticket base to save the Oilers from the American threat.

Over my 10 years there, and for 20 more years since, the Oilers fan base has never wavered in its support. In recent years, Oilers fans have been rewarded with one of the most exciting teams in the history of our great game. Today, the Oilers stand once again on the edge of glory, an entire nation cheering them on.

I know that all members of this House, rarely united on anything, can unite behind this remarkable Oilers team. At this one critical moment in history, it is undoubtedly Canada's team. Bring it home, boys.

[Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply, May 28th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, maybe lost in all the noise emanating from down south during the election campaign was a real movement for change, a change back to a common-sense fiscal conservatism that we had in this country from 2006 to 2015, with two million more Canadians voting in our direction and voting for that type of change.

In 2015, we had the strongest middle class in the world and a balanced budget. One of the constants during that time, from 2006 to 2015, was a regular budget every single year in the spring. I remember that the Leader of the Opposition and I were both re-elected in 2011, he for the fourth time. The election day was May 2, 2011, and on June 6, Jim Flaherty put forward a budget. We voted on that budget on June 13.

As we moved out of not only a global economic recession but an absolute, global economic meltdown during that time, how important was that regular spring budget to keeping us on track as a country?

[Syria, December 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I just want to clarify what your ruling is going to be moving forward. Are we to expect now that if somebody says no before a word is spoken on a point of order, you are going to stand up and shut down that member from speaking, regardless of which party it is, from now on? Is that the precedent?