Discussion · Government Orders
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal
“We set up a new projects office, worked with premiers and Indigenous leaders, and already have half a trillion dollars in projects registered. Huge projects take time to build. They do not appear overnight, but thousands of things will be built in the next year.”
“Mr. Speaker, imagine this. The Prime Minister was elected 18 months ago with a new government and said we were going to have a new projects office, which was set up a few months later. We passed legislation and worked with premiers and indigenous leaders. A lot of collaboration took place. There are already half a trillion dollars’ worth of projects at the new office located in Calgary. The member opposite and Conservatives are asking where all the buildings are and where they were all built. We are talking about multi-billion-dollar projects. We do not just click our heels and they appear out of nowhere. It takes some time. Canadians understand that. The Conservatives are out in the wilderness, and they do not understand that fact. Does the Conservative Party not realize that it does take some time? I will give my personal guarantee that there will be thousands of things built within the next year by—”
Mr. Speaker, imagine this. The Prime Minister was elected 18 months ago with a new government and said we were going to have a new projects office, which was set up a few months later. We passed legislation and worked with premiers and indigenous leaders. A lot of collaboration took place. There are already half a trillion dollars’ worth of projects at the new office located in Calgary. The member opposite and Conservatives are asking where all the buildings are and where they were all built. We are talking about multi-billion-dollar projects. We do not just click our heels and they appear out of nowhere. It takes some time. Canadians understand that. The Conservatives are out in the wilderness, and they do not understand that fact. Does the Conservative Party not realize that it does take some time? I will give my personal guarantee that there will be thousands of things built within the next year by—