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Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we will not follow the failed process of the Harper era that led to large energy infrastructure projects being challenged in the courts because they failed to put in place meaningful consultation that allows us to fully discharge our duty to consult with indigenous c

June 4th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is completely wrong. In the review process of this project, we are ensuring that we are adequately discharging our duty to consult with indigenous communities on a number of outstanding issues that have arisen because of the actions of the Manitoba go

June 3rd, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the purpose of Bill C-69 is to replace a broken system that we inherited from the Harper government. Bill C-69 will allow good projects to move forward. It will allow Canadians to participate in the regulatory process. It will allow us to protect other environments.

June 3rd, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we are building pipelines. Enbridge Line 3, which we gave approval to, is almost complete on the Canadian side. We are advocating for the Keystone XL pipeline with the United States. We are moving forward on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in the right way. If

May 15th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Mining Industry  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his hard work. The mining sector supports over 600,000 good middle-class jobs across the country. It is the second-largest private sector employer of indigenous peoples in Canada. Our government stands behind this sector. That is why we ext

May 14th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member on the opposition side and his party were really serious on moving forward on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in the right way, they would not have voted to shut down the consultation process and kill this project and the process that we have

May 14th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, ever since the Federal Court of Appeal decision of August 2018, we have been working hard to fix the process that was put in place by the previous government, which led to a number of projects being challenged in the courts. We are engaged in a meaningful conversati

May 14th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member and his party were really serious about moving forward on the Trans Mountain pipeline process in the right way, they would not have voted to de-fund and kill a process that will get us to a decision. We are moving forward on this process with mea

May 7th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is absolutely wrong. We are building pipelines here. Enbridge Line 3, which we gave approval to, is almost complete on the Canadian side. We are the government that gave approval to the Nova Gas line, which is already completed. If the members opposi

May 6th, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we have put in place a process to consult with indigenous communities to move forward on the Trans Mountain expansion in the right way. We have said that once the consultations are complete, a decision will be made by June 18. However, it is interesting to note tha

May 2nd, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the hon. Leader of the Opposition is absolutely wrong. We are the government that gave approval to the Nova Gas line, which has been completed. We are the government that approved Enbridge Line 3, which is almost completed on the Canadian side. We have advocated wit

May 2nd, 2019House debate

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, I can highlight a number of things. Some are related to my ministry, and some are not. For example, there is the $2-billion rural infrastructure fund that allows roads to be constructed in the rural communities, or the $2-billion trades corridor fund tha

April 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources committee  I look forward to meeting with the association tomorrow. We have been working very closely with the petrochemical industry as well. I was back home in Alberta last week announcing $49 million that is going to generate $4.5 billion of new investment in Alberta's economy. It is in

April 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources committee  I would have to get back to you on that question.

April 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Amarjeet SohiLiberal

Natural Resources committee  I would say one of the ways of being open and responsive is to listen to your partners in a sincere way. They made a sincere request to us for an extension and we responded. I think our responding to the request that indigenous communities made to us shows our commitment.

April 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Amarjeet SohiLiberal