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Indigenous Affairs I see that there is some scattered applause from Manitobans on the other side. Mr. Speaker, the member knows that this government has done whatever it can to send the signals to indigenous communities across the country that this will be a new era on meaningful nation-to-nation
February 22nd, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister has said many times, it is the responsibility of the Government of Canada to move our natural resources to tidewater sustainably. This is an objective end result that the former Conservatives could not achieve, not building one kilometre of pipe
February 18th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I have had the pleasure of consulting with the energy sector in Calgary, twice. The oil sector in Canada is leading the world in responsible practices in the development of new technologies. It was innovation that led to the development of the oil industry in Alber
February 18th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, over the last number of weeks, I have had the pleasure of having meaningful conversations with indigenous leaders, in Halifax, in Winnipeg, and only last week in Vancouver, in meetings with leaders from the north coast, the Okanagan, and the Vancouver area itself. Wh
February 18th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, the message we received from indigenous leaders from virtually every region of the country is that they want to be involved in responsible and meaningful ways as we develop the natural resource sector in Canada. That has not happened and these projects will not be bu
February 18th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, the government has a priority. It wants to move our natural resources to market. The previous government was unable to move natural resources to tidewater, because it continued to follow a process that failed and that did not have the confidence of the Canadian peopl
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has said many times that one of the major responsibilities of the Government of Canada is to get our natural resources to market sustainably. If we want to access these foreign markets, if we want to create more jobs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what we are in the process of doing. What we are doing is ensuring that all projects that are currently under review will be put through a number of different lenses. We know on this side of the House that we cannot have economic growth without envi
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, we have had many opinions expressed in the House about pipelines. We have one over here, we have a second one there, and a third one over there. We have mayors who are weighing in. We have premiers who are weighing in. The only way we are going to get a process that
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to learn that the members opposite see major resource projects as nation-building, as these should be, but the only way these are going to happen is if they carry the confidence of Canadians, not the failed process of the previous government that did
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I hosted our United States and Mexican energy counterparts in Winnipeg, where we signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding on climate change and energy collaboration. I will say that this MOU builds on the good work done by the previous government. It delivers
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources No, Mr. Speaker, but I need more. Had the previous government not spent so much time prejudging the National Energy Board, muzzling climate scientists, ignoring traditional knowledge, and finding ways to short-circuit the process, perhaps major resource projects would carry the
February 17th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I am glad for the question, because as the member knows, we will be modernizing the National Energy Board. We will be looking for advice from all members of the House in taking the regulatory system in Canada and improving it. I look forward to having conversations
February 16th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, it was legislative changes made by the other government that led to cabinet being asked to make important decisions on great national projects. A political decision is a decision for which politicians are held accountable. We will be held accountable after a process
February 16th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, we announced several weeks ago a new process that will lead to a better regulatory process for Canada. We know from experience over the last five and six years that that process has not carried the support of Canadians. Therefore, no projects have actually come to fr
February 16th, 2016House debate
Jim CarrLiberal