“The Prime Minister promised Alberta more pipelines but now oil companies don't want to pay. I want him to tell Danielle Smith that Quebeckers won't pay for them either.”
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Oil and Gas Industry
Members debated the government's plans related to the oil and gas industry. The Bloc Québécois accused the Liberals of planning to build new pipelines and relax pipeline approval regulations, while the Liberals claimed they are investing in both conventional and clean energy. The Bloc also raised concerns about a proposed sovereign wealth fund using public money for energy projects.
“I'm spending billions of taxpayer dollars on green programs and I want you to know how hard I'm working.”
“I want to pressure other Liberals to come out and say they won't use a public wealth fund to buy a pipeline. I want to make that very politically expensive.”
“I'm going to talk about how we're doing everything, and dodge the actual question about buying a pipeline.”
“The Prime Minister is up to something with pipelines and public money. People should be unhappy about this.”
“We want to use public money to get private money to build projects. We're willing to put public money on the line to get these projects done.”