“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?”

“Canada is losing factory and car-making jobs under the Liberal government, especially near my area. Their spending programs are not working, and our unemployment is too high. What good have these programs actually done for people?”

“Mr. Speaker, we are losing jobs in our country. We have lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs under the Liberal government. In the London region, which is close to Oxford county, we have had the highest number of manufacturing job losses. We have lost over 5,000 auto sector jobs, all under the Liberals’ watch and their reckless policies. The member listed off a lot of the programs and investments they have made, but these have actually led to the opposite effect. We have lost jobs, and we have the second-highest unemployment rate in the G7. Can the member tell us, other than handouts, what have people really gotten back from the so-called programs the Liberals keep announcing?”

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“Local manufacturers in my riding are worried about tariffs. The Prime Minister keeps delaying trade talks with the United States. I want to know if the member agrees that the Prime Minister should tell Canadians when these talks will end.”

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member from the Bloc for his excellent speech. This bill is about supporting the manufacturing sector. In London—Fanshawe, the manufacturing sector has brought up concerns to me regarding the tariffs. The Liberal government keeps delaying when the so-called negotiations by the Prime Minister will be finalized, the ones dealing with these tariffs between Canada and the U.S. Does the member from the Bloc agree that the Prime Minister should tell Canadians the specific date when these negotiations will be finalized?”