Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said just this morning, the decision we took on the Trans Mountain pipeline was based on facts and evidence and on what is in the best interests of Canadians. Regardless of a change in government in British Columbia, or anywhere, the facts and

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, in response to paragraph (a), the criteria used to select approved projects are outlined in section 6 of the “Energy Innovation Program, Clean Energy Innovation Component: Request for Project Proposals, Applicants’ Guide”, which is made available to all applicants.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the expert panel of five individuals, including one from Alberta, have spent months consulting Canadians on what a world-class regulator would look like. There are 26 recommendations. The Government of Canada will now carefully assess these recommendations. As I sa

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we approved the pipeline. This is a federally approved pipeline that went through the most rigorous of all possible assessments. The approval of the National Energy Board and then the subsequent approval of the Government of Canada comes with 157 conditions. I shoul

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the approval of the Trans Mountain expansion project is only one of many decisions that the government has taken to acknowledge the leadership of the Province of Alberta in the energy sphere and the number of jobs that will be created by it. Even just today, the Pre

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, just last week I had the pleasure of visiting Calgary to announce multi-million dollar investments with the Government of Alberta and the private sector, which was way beyond the kind of investments that we saw in Alberta. That is the confidence we have in Alberta.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, Natural Resources Canada is not the federal lead on carbon pricing, but works in close collaboration with federal partners and provincial colleagues to assess the impacts of carbon pricing and to explore measures to minimize the potential impacts on Canada’s trade-ex

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the member knows that when we took office, there were a number of major infrastructure projects under review. We established a set of principles that would govern how they would be reviewed, and one of the important ones was that no proponent would be asked to go bac

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome the hon. member to the House. I know that she will do a terrific job for her constituents, as she has started to do already today. I want to assure her that the government is well aware of the contributions of Alberta and of Calgary as engine

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the member knows very well that the regulatory environment that he recommended and we inherited did not yield any pipeline construction to tidewater, not a single kilometre. We think that we can do better and that the regulatory system in Canada can be improved. We

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we approved the Trans Mountain expansion because we understand that the diversification of markets for Canadian oil and gas is vital for the future of the Alberta energy economy, and I am sure that all members on the other side of the House would agree with that. We

Natural Resources  —the pipeline expansion, and that will create 15,000 jobs, mostly for Albertans but also for British Columbians. We believe it is part of the important strategy of creating jobs while respecting the environment—

Natural Resources  —at the same time.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we on this side of the House continue to be proud of and impressed with the contribution of Alberta to the Canadian economy, principally in the energy sector. I was very happy to be in Alberta last week and, along with the provincial government and the private sect

National Energy Board  Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of being in Calgary last week, and while in Calgary I was announcing projects with the Government of Alberta to incent the industry, which is not only across Canada but around the world, to be innovative and creative. We have all the respect in the