“The Prime Minister keeps giving in to Donald Trump on trade without getting anything back. Did he ask Quebec and the provinces to give in to the United States too?”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister keeps granting concession after concession to Donald Trump. By July, the PM had already scrapped the digital services tax on U.S. tech giants. In August, he dropped Canada’s retaliatory tariffs. This week, he cancelled the levy on American online broadcasters, and he did all of this without getting anything in return. The Prime Minister met with Quebec and the provinces today, and rumour has it that he brought up their boycott of American alcohol. Did the Prime Minister ask them to follow his lead and grant further concessions?”

“The Prime Minister gave himself powers to pause laws for pipelines and to bring back banned pesticides. These choices help American companies instead of Canadians.”

“Mr. Speaker, for CUSMA, the Prime Minister’s concessions to the Americans go even further. Through Bill C-5, he has granted himself the power to suspend laws in order to build new pipelines. The big winners are the shareholders of oil companies, 60% of whom are American. Under Bill C-30, he is granting himself the power to re-approve banned pesticides. The big winner is Bayer, which sells Monsanto’s American seeds and pesticides. The Prime Minister is concentrating power in his own hands, but it is the Americans who are benefiting from it. Is that really his definition of Canada strong?”