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Tim Hodgson

Liberal on Major Projects Office

Replying to Shannon Stubbs (Conservative)
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals promised to get projects built faster. Instead, they built an expensive office but will not tell Canadians which companies help pay its staff who may influence decisions about those companies’ projects. Yesterday, the Minister of Energy dismissed questions about potential corporate conflicts as “conspiracy theories”, but what is suspicious is the refusal to disclose which corporate interests pay government employees and which projects they assess. With both public and private financing involved, Canadians deserve transparency, not secrecy. If there is nothing to hide, why will the minister not just name the companies?”

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Mr. Speaker, the exchange program has been in place for over a decade. It has been used by governments on both sides to build this country strong. The Major Projects Office is creating jobs, thousands and thousands of jobs, in Alberta, in British Columbia and all across this country. Rather than talk down the office that is creating those jobs, why do the Conservatives not help celebrate the hard-working men and women who are working in that office to build Canada strong?