Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, one of the things we have been very clear on is that with the purchase of the Trans Mountain expansion project, any agreements that were in place with the current company, Kinder Morgan, will be honoured by our government. As I said in my remarks, through this who

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, for the hon. member, I would suggest that by not supporting the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline, the New Democrats are indeed taking away opportunities from the very communities that have signed those agreements. As we have said, this has been the largest consu

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the sanctimony of the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley is quite something. Before I begin my remarks today and speak to the motion by the hon. member for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, I want to take a moment to congratulate him on the passage of his private me

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I will once again remind the official opposition that the northern gateway pipeline was thrown out by the courts for insufficient consultation with indigenous peoples and communities. The Trans Mountain expansion project is in the national interest. It means thou

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, this is about getting our resources to new markets so that we are not sending 98% of our oil exports only to the U.S. Let us talk about the pipelines that have been approved, many of them in Alberta: expanded export capacity for the Alberta Clipper, the Nova Gas p

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives on how to promote energy in this country. What we are doing is investing to protect thousands of jobs in Alberta, British Columbia, and across the country. During 10 years, the Conservatives' rigid ideology failed to

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, we are taking a balanced approach to grow the economy and create jobs. The Harper Conservatives just could not get the balance right. Let us listen to what people are saying. Katie Bays, an analyst with Height Securities in Washington, said, “We think obviousl

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I have an excellent quote as well. The Suncor CEO said, “I don't think...I've [ever] had a higher degree of confidence that these lines are going to be built.” The Conservatives continue to focus on ownership, and we will continue to focus on workers. Our approach

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, the Conservatives had 10 years to build a new pipeline to ship Canada's resources to new markets. They built zero. The Conservatives had 10 years to consult indigenous and local communities. They ignored them. The Conservatives had 10 years to rally the country aro

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I will once again say that this is an absurd comparison. Suggesting that political interference was somehow the answer lies at the heart of the Conservative Party's failure on pipelines. It is shocking that the Conservatives cannot tell the difference between a pro

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I am proud to say that all the east coast MPs on this side of the House work very hard to ensure that they have all the information and provide that information back to their constituents. As I said a moment ago, had the energy east proposal not been withdrawn by

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the safety and security of the public in energy infrastructure is a priority for this government. Unlike the Harper Conservatives, who labelled environmental groups as foreign-funded radicals, we accept a diversity of views and opinions. However, we expect people to

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the member opposite that we took additional time and steps to review the process to make it more rigorous. We extended consultation to ensure we were meeting and indeed exceeding our duty to consult indigenous peoples. That is something the Har

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the previous government spent 10 years pitting the environment and the economy against each other. It pitted us against each other. It polarized us. That is not who we are. The majority of Canadians support this project. The majority of Canadians understand that we

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the party opposite on how to support a pipeline and actually get one built. Let us be clear, the permit for the northern gateway project was quashed by the court because of the absolute failure on the part of the Harper Conservatives—