“Liberal policies and the carbon tax make Canadian energy uncompetitive and drive investment away. Will the minister cut all gas taxes for a year to help Canadians?”

“Mr. Speaker, for weeks now the Liberals have blamed external events for homegrown problems. For higher gasoline, they blame Iran. For higher diesel, they blame Iran. However, yesterday the CEO of Cenovus said it was not external events but Liberal policies that were making resource development and investment in Canada uncompetitive. He said the industrial carbon tax incents industry to invest outside Canada, so Liberal policies equal higher costs, more debt for Canadians and fleeing investors. Will the Minister of Energy instead give Canadians a break and cut all the gas taxes for the entire year?”

“The government promised to speed up pipeline and resource project approvals, but it has not approved any. When will the minister approve the next pipeline?”

“Mr. Speaker, CBC is reporting that the Liberals will change the rules for resource development and pipeline approvals to allegedly try to speed them up, but we have been here before. Last year they promised big projects at speeds never seen before. If the minister were right, we would have projects coming out of everywhere, but in that year, no project has been approved in the national interest and nothing has been fast-tracked. Not one anti-resource development law or tax has been removed. It is beginning to feel a little like Alice in Wonderland, in which the rule is, “pipeline tomorrow, pipeline yesterday, but never a pipeline today.” If that is not the case, will the minister tell us when the next pipeline will be approved?”