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Oil and Gas Industry Mr. Speaker, last summer, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Canada and asked us to increase oil and gas exports to his country so that they could stop buying from Russia. The Prime Minister said no. The Prime Minister said that there has never been a strong business case for
December 1st, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Building a Green Prairie Economy Act Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise in this chamber to speak in favour of good legislation and against bad legislation. This evening I am doing the latter. Bill C-235 represents yet another top-down, Ottawa-knows-best approach to the western Canadian resource sector,
November 30th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Taxation Madam Speaker, according to Regina Food Bank CEO, John Bailey, food bank use in Saskatchewan is up 37% this year. More fully employed working families are turning to food banks just to make ends meet, and with winter on the way and home heating costs set to rise, the problem will
November 18th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Agriculture and Agri-Food Madam Speaker, in closing, I would like to share some insights about how the government seems to make announcements first and then figure out the details later. In a reply to my Order Paper question, Question No. 89, the government said that it did not even study how rationing f
November 17th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Agriculture and Agri-Food Madam Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to follow up on the Liberal government's proposed fertilizer policy, which I also raised in the House just before the summer break. On December 11, 2020, Environment and Climate Change Canada released a document entitled “A Hea
November 17th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party is in favour of a one-for-one policy when it comes to government spending. For every new dollar of government spending we should find one dollar of savings somewhere else. I do not think that is very difficult to do when one considers that the
November 17th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Mr. Speaker, my view is that it is the role of provincial governments to deliver and implement a lot of these programs. The federal government's focus should be on research into new treatments and technologies that can be used across the country and across the world. That is wher
November 17th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Mr. Speaker, the member's question is quite a bit beyond the scope of my intervention. There will always be violent crime, sadly enough, and there will always be earthquakes and car crashes. I hope there will always be first responders to help people when they are suffering some
November 17th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak this morning to Bill C-32, the fall economic statement implementation act. More specifically, I will be talking about a very exciting research institution that should have been mentioned in the fall economic statement but was not. The Canadian
November 17th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Government Spending Mr. Speaker, people in Regina—Wascana and Canadians across the country are having trouble making their mortgage payments. This week, the Bank of Canada increased lending rates by 50 basis points. That was the sixth consecutive rate hike this year. With housing becoming less and l
October 28th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims Madam Speaker, it is always a privilege and a pleasure to be able to rise in this House to speak on behalf of the constituents of Regina—Wascana. There have been many times when I have risen in this House to speak, but I would have to say there have been few on an issue as impor
October 26th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Taxation Mr. Speaker, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, a majority of Canadians pay more in carbon taxes than they get back from this government. That means the rising cost of groceries, home heating and filling the car up with gas will only get worse as this government proce
September 29th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the public order emergency declared in February 2022: (a) did any minister, including the Prime Minister, minister’s exempt staff, including Prime Minister’s Office's employees, or departmental official, brief, prior to 4:30 p.m. on February 14, 2022, any New Democ
September 20th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings program, of the $1.5 billion in funding to be delivered, since the program’s announcement on April 14, 2021: (a) what are the details of the projects approved to date, including the (i) name of each project approved, (ii)
June 15th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative
Agriculture and Agri-Food Mr. Speaker, Saskatchewan is the breadbasket of the world and leads the country in the production of wheat, canola and many other crops. That takes fertilizer, lots of fertilizer. Recently, the government announced its plan to make Canadian farmers ration fertilizer by 30%, causi
June 10th, 2022House debate
Michael KramConservative