“Madam Speaker, someone mentioned rigour and transparency earlier in the debate. I must admit that I am hearing a lot of rhetoric today. Some folks are trying to simply persuade people, rather than using real ideas to convince them. Yes, some Quebeckers and Canadians are struggling to make ends meet, and I would like to see some solutions brought forward. A $25-billion sovereign wealth fund has been proposed. This is a debt that will be used to finance other major projects, with all decisions being made behind closed doors, without any input from the public. These include pipelines, which entail huge debts and do nothing to reduce our carbon footprint. We know there is no official definition of the term, but I would like to know whether my colleague agrees that these are inflationary measures.”
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 23 wordscountries that have a sovereign wealth fund are based on wealth.1They are not based on debt, as the Liberal government is attempting.Procedure · 7 wordsThe member’s question was also about pipelines.2ProcedureClaims · 28 wordsEvery single day, Canada imports 550,000 barrels of oil.4We have the third-largest accessible oil reserves on this planet, 5yet we continue to import oil from other nations.3Reasoning · 25 wordsThe lost opportunity, our not optimizing our full potential and not developing our natural resources, is one of the reasons we are in this recession.Claims · 21 wordsWe are trying to solve the problem using creative deals like creating a sovereign debt fund and pretending it is wealth.Reasoning · 8 wordsIt is not going to solve the problem.
