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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 20 wordsI rise today with pride and with purpose to speak in support of Bill C-28, the Canadian space launch act.Procedure Anecdote · 51 wordsAs a proud Nova Scotian, the member of Parliament for Sydney—Glace Bay and someone who has previously had the honour of representing Cape Breton—Canso, I know this project. I know the people behind it. I know the communities that have believed in it and I know exactly what is at stake, AnecdotePartly on pointReasoning · 31 wordsbecause this is not just a bill, but a decision. It is a decision about whether Canada will be a country that launches or a country that watches from the sidelines. Claims · 66 wordsBill C-28 is about whether Canada becomes a sovereign, space-faring nation, one that launches from its own soil, builds its own capabilities and competes in one of the fastest-growing sectors on earth or whether we continue to rely on others. Right now, despite all of our talent, all of our innovation and all of our history, Canada is the only G7 country without domestic launch capability.1 Positioning · 20 wordsThis is not a position we should accept, and it is not a position Nova Scotia is willing to accept.Positioning Claims · 40 wordsI was proud to stand alongside the Minister of Justice and the CEO of the Maritime Launch Services when we announced the Canada-U.S. Technological Safeguards Agreement. That agreement cleared the path, and it made commercial space launch in Canada possible, Reasoning · 5 wordsbut possibility is not enough. Claims · 32 wordsBill C-28 would turn the possibility into reality. It would provide a legal and regulatory framework, and the certainty that allows companies to invest, to build and to launch from Canadian soil. Reasoning · 13 wordsWithout it, the opportunity does not disappear, but it simply goes somewhere else. The ask · 10 wordsI hope colleagues across the aisle will support the bill, Positioning · 39 wordsbut if they do not, they should be prepared to explain some things to Nova Scotians. Why is it that the federal Conservatives keep opposing the very projects that the Progressive Conservative governments in Nova Scotia are proudly championing?Positioning Procedure · 8 wordsLet us be very clear about the facts.Procedure Claims · 49 wordsA Progressive Conservative premier supports the project. A Progressive Conservative finance minister supports the project. A Progressive Conservative minister of economics supports this project. They have said so publicly. They have invested in it, and they are building it. However, federal Conservatives stand in this House and question it. Positioning · 6 wordsThis just does not add up.Positioning Claims · 66 wordsPremier Tim Houston has been clear. Nova Scotia is proud to be home to Canada’s first commercial spaceport, 3and its government did not just say that; it backed that up with real investment, real policy and real leadership. It understands exactly what this project represents. It is jobs, growth, opportunity and a future. This is not an isolated case. Nova Scotians have seen this pattern before.Partly on point Procedure · 4 wordsHere are three examples.Procedure Claims · 17 wordsOffshore wind, developed in partnership with the same Progressive Conservative government, was opposed by the federal Conservatives.Off point Procedure · 4 wordsIt was mentioned today.Procedure Claims · 34 wordsThe Mersey River Wind project, a $206-million investment powering 50,000 homes, was opposed by the federal Conservatives.2Off point Now, a spaceport supported by a Progressive Conservative premier is questioned once again by the federal Conservatives. Positioning · 24 wordsNova Scotians to whom I talk are asking a very simple question: Why does the federal Conservative Party keep saying “no” to Nova Scotia?PositioningPartly on point Procedure · 4 wordsHere is the reality.ProcedureUnearned certainty Claims · 41 wordsThis is not theoretical. It is not hypothetical. This is happening right now in Nova Scotia. On November 20, 2025, a rocket launched from Nova Scotia, from Canadian soil, for the first time in 27 years.4 A rocket has already launched, Procedure · 10 wordsso let us be honest about what this debate is.Procedure Claims · 12 wordsThis is not about whether the industry could exist; it already does. Reasoning · 11 wordsThe question is whether Canada will lead it or lose it. Claims · 34 wordsThis is about investment in Canadian industry, workers and communities that have been told too many times to wait their turn. It is about creating good-paying jobs during construction and in the long term, Procedure · 7 wordsbut it is much more than that.Procedure Reasoning · 29 wordsIt is about people. It is about whether young Canadians can build careers in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, robotics and innovation without having to leave Nova Scotia to do it. Claims · 42 wordsFor far too long, the story in Atlantic Canada has been about out-migration, young people leaving for opportunities somewhere else. Bill C-28 is about changing that story. It is about building something new, something that has never existed in this country before. Reasoning · 49 wordsThat requires vision, leadership and investment before the finish line, because that is how industries are built. We do not wait until an industry is complete to support it; we support it so it can exist. It is not a flaw in the policy, but that is the policy. Claims · 35 wordsCanada has a proud history in space. We built the Canadarm. We sent astronauts into orbit. We are part of lunar missions. Jeremy Hansen is part of the Artemis program to return to the moon.5 Positioning · 12 wordsWe have the talent. We have the innovation. We have the credibility.Positioning Claims · 22 wordsWhen it comes to launching from our own country, we rely on others right now, on foreign infrastructure and on foreign timelines. Reasoning · 43 wordsStrong partners matter, but so does standing on our own two feet. A country like Canada should not have to ask for permission to launch its satellites. That gap, quite frankly, needs to be closed, and Nova Scotia is where we close it. Claims · 110 wordsNova Scotia is uniquely positioned for this with its geography, its coastal location and its Atlantic launch trajectory. These are not theoretical advantages. These are real competitive advantages in the global space economy. This is why Maritime Launch Services chose Canso. This is why international partners from Europe to Asia are already lining up for Nova Scotia.6 This is why this is not just a regional project, but a national asset rooted in my province of Nova Scotia, serving all of Canada. The project also represents partnership with the municipalities involved, in particular Guysborough County, indigenous communities engaged in this economic opportunity, workers, tradespeople, engineers and innovators across this country. Positioning · 42 wordsThis is what building a nation looks like. It is ambitious, forward-looking and grounded in real communities in Nova Scotia. Again, I ask what the alternative is. Is it to step back, to hesitate or to let other countries take the lead?Positioning Procedure · 9 wordsThis is what is at stake without Bill C-28: ProcedureClaims · 46 wordsInvestments, jobs and opportunities go elsewhere, and Canada falls behind. Nova Scotia is not asking for permission to build the future. We are already building it. A rocket has already launched. The infrastructure is being built. The partnerships are in place and the momentum is real. Positioning · 22 wordsThe only question is whether the House will match that ambition. The federal Conservatives can continue to say no to Nova Scotia, PositioningClaims · 68 wordsbut our government and in fact the Progressive Conservative provincial government in Nova Scotia are saying yes to jobs, innovation, economic growth, Canadian sovereignty and a country that builds. Bill C-28 would make Canada a space-faring nation. It would strengthen our sovereignty. It would create real opportunity for Canadians and send a clear message to Canadians and to the world: Canada is not standing on the sidelines anymore. Positioning · 11 wordsWe are stepping forward, we are building and we are launching.Positioning
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