“Mr. Speaker, if Canada wants to deal with the United States, we need leverage. Our leverage comes from our strengths, our energy, our critical minerals and our ability to supply the inputs that North American industry depends on. Conservatives believe we should be building that strength, developing our resources, expanding our capacity and creating the conditions for investment so that Canada can negotiate from a position of power, not weakness. I know that the riding I represent, London—Fanshawe, has a manufacturing sector that has had to deal with the U.S. tariffs. Repeatedly, the Prime Minister has said that by a certain date, he would deal with U.S. tariffs, especially last July, and then on repeated dates. I am wondering if the member from the Bloc can expand on the continuing issue of the tariffs that we have to deal with today.”
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Positioning 14%Reasoning 39%Claims 31%The ask 15%
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 26 wordsI think it is a shame that my colleague is asking me this question, even though I think it came from a place of good intentions.PositioningReasoning · 45 wordsI do not think it is a solution to say that, because of the tariffs, we are going to abandon all our economic sectors and throw ourselves headfirst into the oil industry.That is not Quebec’s strength.Quebec wants to move toward the energy transition.Claims · 11 wordsOur strength lies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from steel production.The ask · 27 wordsThe federal government should take that into account with, for example, a border carbon adjustment.It should consider the carbon footprint when evaluating bids for major projects.Claims · 45 wordsThe reality is that Quebec steel is made with hydroelectricity.1Unearned certaintyIt is about a hundred times less polluting than all the steel that exists elsewhere on the planet.2It cannot be compared to what is being done in countries like China, where they use coal.3Reasoning · 26 wordsThat could be a great strategy from the government: to really accelerate the energy transition in order to have greener infrastructure and support our steel sector.
