“I want the government to spend on projects in my riding, not other places. My riding deserves the money.”
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Natural Resources
In a debate on natural resources, the Conservative member pressed the government on critical minerals and accused them of not focusing enough on this key issue for Canada's future. The Liberal member touted new projects and investments in critical minerals that were announced. As per usual in oral questions, more time was spent on partisan sparring than substantive discussion of the actual natural resources topic at hand.