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The topic was natural resources. MPs talked about Canadian nationalism, building new pipelines, and investing in mining and clean technologies.

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Christine Normandin

Bloc Québécois
“The Prime Minister wants pipelines because he is a dirty oil nationalist. Quebeckers don't want them and shouldn't have to pay billions for them. The sovereign wealth fund is just a gimmick to finance oil companies. No matter how many maple leaves he puts on the pipelines, Quebec will never want them.”
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Christine Normandin

Bloc Québécois
“I'm against building a new pipeline. It won't make money. No company wants to build it. But the Prime Minister says he wants Canadian nationalism. So he puts billions of public dollars into a pipeline anyway. Why should Quebec pay for that?”
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