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During question period on natural resources, the Conservatives said the government’s policies and the carbon tax are making Canadian energy uncompetitive and driving investment away, citing the Cenovus CEO’s comments, and asked when the government will approve the next pipeline, noting a previous promise to speed up project approvals. The Liberal minister replied that major companies are investing in Canada, pointing to the Shell and Enbridge CEOs’ statements and billions in investment, and listed projects underway including the Taylor to Gordondale pipeline, an expansion of a major B.C. pipeline system, an $8 billion investment in Goose Bay, a wind farm, and power lines.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Jacob Mantle

Conservative

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“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?”
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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?

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Tim Hodgson

Liberal
“Companies are investing billions of dollars in Canada. The heads of Shell and Enbridge both say Canada is a great place to invest.”

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Mr. Speaker, maybe he should read about what the CEO of Shell said. The CEO of Shell said that Canada is the best place in the world to invest, and he just put $20 billion behind that statement. The CEO of Enbridge put $4 billion behind his statement, so maybe they should look a little harder in the paper.

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Jacob Mantle

Conservative
“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?”
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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?

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Tim Hodgson

Liberal
“The opposition is not listening. We are building major energy projects across the country, including pipelines, a wind farm, power lines, and other big investments.”

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Mr. Speaker, if the member took the cotton out of his ears, he would have heard there was a pipeline being built from Taylor to Gordondale. He would have heard there was an expansion of the largest pipeline system in British Columbia. He would have heard there was $8 billion being spent in Goose Bay. He would have heard there was $500 million being spent on a new wind farm in Nova Scotia. He would have heard about the new transmission line between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. I could keep going. They should listen a little more carefully.

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