Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we know when the Prime Minister wants a file to go his way by the effort he puts into it, such as with SNC-Lavalin, when he bent every rule to save jobs at one company. Surely Keystone XL workers deserve more than a quick chat. Canada is facing another energy crisis

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a good storyteller, but never fails to disappoint on results. For months, we have been calling on him to take action on Keystone XL. The end results are starkly clear. Now, the governor of Michigan wishes to cancel Enbridge's Line 5 easement, wh

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I am pleased that the government has allowed this reduced version of democracy to continue in these difficult times. Many of my constituents believe that our work here is fundamental, even in these times, to ensuring that our democratic traditions of responsible go

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I have heard, in several responses, about how much the government has done for the energy industry over the pandemic period and the price we received from our other oil suppliers around the world. Nevertheless, going forward we keep failing on all of these energy f

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague who is always a joy to work with on the natural resources committee, but I am going to question his virtuousness around planting trees. We have an industry that plants 600 million trees per year. It regularly plants three trees for every tree i

Post-Secondary Students  Madam Speaker, let me take this opportunity to salute Canada's post-secondary students. I am the father of two students who completed their university studies during this pandemic. I can see how our current times have affected studies, celebrations, mental health, careers and lif

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, Enbridge is spending $8 billion modernizing Line 3, Canada’s main oil transportation link to the U.S. since it was approved by President Obama in 2016. The final section to be upgraded is being challenged by the same activists that moved the new U.S. President to can

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, those are verbal assurances and verbal assurances leading to no results are not worth the salaries of the storytellers hired to write them. What Canada needs is action, not stories. Canadian energy workers are receiving an ongoing legacy of failure from the governm

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Brandon—Souris and look forward to his comments. In relation to the motion on the table today, when I look at the Canada-U.S. relationship I think it is important for us to look at what has happened along the wa

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I agree that we have progressed. I was 11 years old when that free trade agreement was signed, and the university I went to was paid for by the prosperity brought in by free trade. The health care we have enjoyed to this point in time has been purchased through the

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. The environmental arrangements between our two countries are going to lead to what is called carbon leakage. If we proceed in a direction in which have pressing environmental issues, but we have one standard, and the U.S. has

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, what people call subsidies these days is anything we offer at the end of the day. The oil and gas industy, the industry alone and not the employees, has contributed $600 billion over the last 18 years toward Canadian taxes. That is not a subsidy. If they whittle it

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have some questions regarding my colleague's comments, one of which was the previous U.S. president creating fears and anxieties in his riding, which were leading to trade disputes. I wonder if the member can extrapolate that feeling and think about what happen

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to ask my colleague questions about the file she is very engrossed in right now, which is air travel between our two nations. We know air travel does not happen on one side of the border only and that we are interconnected in our transportation networks. A

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to present three petitions in the House today. The first petition calls on the House of Commons to recognize the reduction of global net carbon emissions is a critical endeavour in our fight against climate change. As the government commit