Discussion · Oral Questions
Pierre Poilievre Conservative
“The government is buying more steel from an American company and allowing a major project to use steel from China. I want the Prime Minister to put Canadian workers first and use Canadian steel for projects in Canada.”
“Mr. Speaker, of course they deserve better from their American owner. Canadians deserve better than a Prime Minister who sends their tax dollars down to reward those same companies with purchases up 50% as a share of government purchases. We then have LNG phase two. It took the Liberals 10 years to get it going. Those steelworkers, who thought they might have a hope to supply the bones of that project, learned that the Prime Minister has sold them out and granted a permit for that steel to come from China. Why will he not put Canadians first, with Canadian steel in Canadian projects?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, of course they deserve better from their American owner. Canadians deserve better than a Prime Minister who sends their tax dollars down to reward those same companies with purchases up 50% as a share of government purchases. We then have LNG phase two. It took the Liberals 10 years to get it going. Those steelworkers, who thought they might have a hope to supply the bones of that project, learned that the Prime Minister has sold them out and granted a permit for that steel to come from China. Why will he not put Canadians first, with Canadian steel in Canadian projects?