“I want my colleague to explain how this bill will help the people in his riding.”

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Madawaska—Restigouche, who is very involved in his community. How will the people of Madawaska—Restigouche benefit in concrete ways from Bill C-39, the building Canada strong act?”

“I want this bill to pass. It sets a one-year limit for federal permit decisions, which helps investors plan projects in northern New Brunswick. It also makes our local ports faster and more efficient, helping businesses in my area ship their goods to markets around the world.”

“Mr. Speaker, my riding is home to a number of projects and a great deal of momentum. The bill will provide a clear regulatory framework for people who want to invest in projects in northern New Brunswick. For example, responses about federal permits will be delivered within a year, providing predictability. When it comes to transport, we want to make our ports more efficient. New Brunswick has the port of Belledune and the port of Saint John. Goods from my riding, Madawaska—Restigouche, sail from those ports to reach various markets around the world. Modernizing port processes and procedures to make them more efficient will benefit our local businesses, which are already very active in international trade.”

“The Conservatives did not build pipelines to the west coast, but our government built the Trans Mountain pipeline. We are bringing in huge investments, and this bill helps with that. I want the member to support this bill.”

“Mr. Speaker, first of all, let us make it very clear. Under the 10 years of Stephen Harper, we actually saw zero inches of pipeline built going to the west coast through B.C. In the Trudeau era, the TMX was delivered. Now having said that, we have a new government and a new Prime Minister elected just last year. Over that year, they have attracted a great deal of investment. One needs to look at Toronto, where half a trillion dollars of investment is coming to Canada. This bill is an important aspect of that. While the member has not agreed, he should get on board, support the legislation and—”

“Our government made deals with other countries to bring in half a trillion dollars of investment. This bill helps make that happen and will build a stronger Canada. I want the member to say if he will support it.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister made a commitment to Canadians in the last election to build Canada strong and deal with issues like affordability and our health care system, not to mention the issue of crime and making our communities safer. However, building Canada strong means securing export markets. That is one of the reasons we now have 20-plus trade and security agreements since the Prime Minister was elected. It is the reason that in Toronto, just a couple of weeks back, the world came to Canada and made half a trillion dollars’ worth of investments. That is a historic amount of money because of the leadership of the Prime Minister and the drive from this government. The legislation before us today is going to help us put that into place. Will the member give a clear indication that he will support the—”

“The Prime Minister is working with provincial premiers and global investors to bring billions of dollars into Canada. For example, Saskatchewan is working with us to build artificial intelligence projects. We need this kind of teamwork to get things done.”

“Mr. Speaker, a great deal of discussion has been taking place with the Prime Minister and our premiers. A great deal of discussion is taking place with the Prime Minister and world investors. What we saw just recently in Toronto was the world coming to Canada to meet with our premiers and our Prime Minister. A half-trillion dollars is a historic amount of money. The member makes reference to AI. He could talk to Premier Moe about how Saskatchewan is moving forward in collaboration with Ottawa on AI development. A historic amount of money is flowing into the province of Saskatchewan to build up the AI data. Does the member not believe that it takes some collaboration to get things done too?”

“I want the House to pass this bill. It will help cities like Toronto and Vancouver build energy, infrastructure, and housing projects faster.”

“Mr. Speaker, it was good to see my colleague up on his feet today, although he certainly did not talk positively about Toronto. Given the fact that this member and I both share areas of the city of Toronto, we respect and acknowledge some of the challenges that have happened, but I would suggest that Bill C-39 is exactly the kind of bill that needs to come forward to help cities like Toronto, Vancouver and so on, so that we will be able to move things along faster. Many of the complaints and comments my colleague made were about that very issue of having to move things forward, whether energy, infrastructure or housing. All of those things are going to be happening much faster now, especially once, with the member’s help, we pass Bill C-39. I would like to have some additional comments on that.”

“The government should rarely step in to stop strikes. This bill uses the idea of the national interest to decide when to step in, and I think that makes sense. I want to know how the member thinks we should define the national interest.”

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Repentigny for his speech, which has made it very clear where the Bloc Québécois stands on the environmental aspects of Bill C-39. However, I would now like to ask him to speak to us about another area, namely labour relations and the right to strike, and more specifically the use of section 107. This type of recourse has always been exceptional and should remain that way even more so under Bill C-39. This bill introduces the concept of national interest, which, in my view, makes perfect sense. I would just like to hear the MP’s opinion and perhaps get his response on how this criterion of national interest should be defined.”