Discussion · Government Orders
Vincent Ho Conservative
“Liberal laws stop us from building pipelines to sell our energy, while the United States builds projects quickly. The government's new project office has not approved a single major project in a year. The Prime Minister cannot make good trade deals with the Americans when he refuses to build this infrastructure.”
“Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing Liberal rhetoric all day long about building major projects, but the Liberal Prime Minister likes to talk about Canada as an “energy superpower.” The reality is that the Liberals’ own anti-development laws have been blocking our ability to build a pipeline to move our own resources to market. Meanwhile, the United States is approving energy infrastructure at record speeds on its terms, not ours. Behind the Liberal illusions, the Enbridge CEO said, “the conditions don’t yet exist for that pipeline to be built.” The CEO of TC Energy said, “capital goes where it is welcome. And for too long, it hasn’t felt welcome here” with the Liberals. After a full year of their being in office, not a single major project has been approved by the Liberals’ $246-million Major Projects Office. How does the Liberal Prime Minister expect to negotiate lower tariffs or a better trade deal with the Americans when he refuses to build the very infrastructure that would give Canada unbreakable leverage abroad in the first place?”
Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing Liberal rhetoric all day long about building major projects, but the Liberal Prime Minister likes to talk about Canada as an “energy superpower.” The reality is that the Liberals’ own anti-development laws have been blocking our ability to build a pipeline to move our own resources to market. Meanwhile, the United States is approving energy infrastructure at record speeds on its terms, not ours. Behind the Liberal illusions, the Enbridge CEO said, “the conditions don’t yet exist for that pipeline to be built.” The CEO of TC Energy said, “capital goes where it is welcome. And for too long, it hasn’t felt welcome here” with the Liberals. After a full year of their being in office, not a single major project has been approved by the Liberals’ $246-million Major Projects Office. How does the Liberal Prime Minister expect to negotiate lower tariffs or a better trade deal with the Americans when he refuses to build the very infrastructure that would give Canada unbreakable leverage abroad in the first place?