Prime Minister of Canada

During Members’ Statements, Conservative member Blaine Calkins spoke about the Prime Minister, saying the government has not secured new trade deals with Europe or built pipelines to export Canadian energy there. He said trade agreements with European countries were completed under the previous Harper government, and criticized the government’s spending, debt, youth unemployment and a shrinking economy, calling on the Prime Minister to stop wasting money and export Canadian energy.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Blaine Calkins, Ponoka—Didsbury

Conservative
“The Prime Minister has failed to secure new trade deals or build needed pipelines to sell our energy to Europe. Under his government, our debt has grown, youth unemployment is high, and our economy is shrinking. He needs to stop wasting money and start exporting Canadian energy.”
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    “He is just another costly Liberal.”

    Said 6 times by 5 members since April 29.

    Every time it was said
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Mr. Speaker, despite his illusions and phony promises, the Prime Minister is no different from the last guy. He is just another costly Liberal. The true diplomatic work on trade with Europe was done long ago by the Harper government. Canada signed trade deals with 48 European countries under the CETA. The Prime Minister has not signed a single new trade deal. His most recent EU tour was just another photo op. The real barrier to selling to the European market is the Liberal government. The Prime Minister said a new pipeline was more probable than possible, but there is no start date, no route and no plan. He then promised to build at speeds never seen before. They have not been seen before because there is nothing to see. In fairness, I will list the Liberal accomplishments over the last 11 years. They have the largest deficit outside of COVID, the largest national debt on record, the highest youth unemployment in generations and the only shrinking economy in the G7. Our biggest accomplishment should be selling energy to our allies, not racking up half-a-million-dollar catering bills for the Prime Minister’s plane. It needs to be Canadian energy. He should end the illusions and export Canadian energy now.

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