Discussion · Oral Questions
Kyle Seeback Conservative
“Our trade war with the United States has caused many factory closures and layoffs in Canada. The government promised to buy from Canadian businesses to fix this, but it bought fifty percent more from American companies instead, spending nearly eight billion dollars. I want the government to explain why.”
“Mr. Speaker, we have been in a trade war, and everyone knows this, with America, and there have been real consequences because of that: The Stellantis plant in Brampton closed, Paccar had major layoffs, Stelco now has layoffs, and hundreds of business across this country are laying off workers. The Liberals had a solution: Buy Canadian. What were the results? They bought American. They have increased the buying from American companies by a whopping 50%, in the middle of a trade war, to $7.8 billion. Why is that?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, we have been in a trade war, and everyone knows this, with America, and there have been real consequences because of that: The Stellantis plant in Brampton closed, Paccar had major layoffs, Stelco now has layoffs, and hundreds of business across this country are laying off workers. The Liberals had a solution: Buy Canadian. What were the results? They bought American. They have increased the buying from American companies by a whopping 50%, in the middle of a trade war, to $7.8 billion. Why is that?