Routine Proceedings
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), and consistent with the policy on the tabling of treaties in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaty entitled “Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems”, done at Paris on January 29.
Read full speech →Oral Questions
Mr. Speaker, what the government will do is present the one Canadian economy bill to rapidly advance projects of national interest and build one Canadian economy, not 13. The bill would grow our economy and support our sovereignty to ensure that we build the strongest economy in the G7. I hope our colleagues across the aisle will support us.
Read full speech →Oral Questions
Mr. Speaker, we are going to support our conventional and renewable energy business by getting the one Canadian economy act passed. It would grow our conventional energy business. It would grow our renewable business. We hope that colleagues across the aisle will get on board.
Read full speech →Oral Questions
Mr. Speaker, mining is crucial to our economy, and Canada is facing American tariffs. We must support our mining workers. That is why we will speed up permitting of new mines by cutting red tape and approving projects within two years. This will create jobs for Canadians, grow our economy and provide more opportunity for mining workers in our country. We hope our members across the aisle will supp…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, hon. colleagues, it is an honour to rise in the House today, which is located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe peoples, to discuss the 2025-26 main estimates for the Department of Natural Resources. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge the firefighters, first responders, Canadian Armed Forces members and volunteers fighting wildfires and bravely serving Canadi…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we are in our fifth version of a trade war with the Americans on forest products. Every time, the government has addressed the situation. We are in the process of discussing these things with the Americans right now. It is an ongoing discussion being led by the Minister of Industry. The hon. member should address his question to the Minister of Industry.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we will always stand with forestry workers and defend the forestry sector. The Americans' current position hurts both Canadian and American businesses and increases the cost of wood products and homes in the United States. We will continue to work to resolve this issue with the Americans.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we have been planting trees for quite some time. We are continuing to plant trees. We will plant more trees.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, I will have to get an answer for the member. I am not familiar with that issue.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, my understanding is that the “build Canada homes” program is intended to use Canadian wood and Canadian-engineered wood products.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the premise of the one Canadian economy act is that, together with the premiers, indigenous peoples and proponents, we would have a two-year window for the approval process. That two-year window would give the private sector the certainty it needs to put money to work to build projects of national interest.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, in the global fight against climate change, we need to use all the tools we can get. Carbon capture technologies have an important role to play in reducing emissions, including in heavy industries like cement and steel. Carbon capture has been used around the world for a long time and works to reduce emissions. Our plan is clear: spur innovation in the energy sector, get projects built …
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, I think the member is referring to the Pathways Alliance. This project will deliver tremendous emissions reductions in Canada's conventional oil sector. Canada's new government supports this carbon capture project as a way to spur innovation in the energy sector, lower emissions and strengthen our economy. We will fight climate change while building the strongest economy in the G7. It i…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, in Saskatoon, the Prime Minister and the premiers came up with five criteria for developing projects of national interest. As those projects come forward, we will look at that opportunity and we will invest where it makes sense. I would like to draw the example of the natural gas industry, where a relatively small amount of—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, Canada's new government will build projects of national interest. If my colleague would like to rapidly advance major projects in Quebec or other places, I encourage him to support the one Canadian economy bill.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we are not here to look backward; we are here to look forward. We have agreed to a plan with the premiers about how to get new projects built, new projects of national interest. There are five criteria for doing it. I am happy to lay them out for the hon. member. We will build the strongest economy in the G7.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, this discussion about major projects is about so much more than just one type of project; it is about building the strongest economy in the G7 and protecting Canada's prosperity in the face of the U.S.-launched trade wars. I would encourage the member to get on board with the one Canadian economy act.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we can all think back to Mr. Trump in the White House explaining to other leaders that they do not have any cards. In that card game, we have some really good cards. When the President says they do not need our lumber, our potash, our uranium and our autos, we know what Mr. Trump is really saying: They need our lumber, they need our uranium, they need our potash and they need our autos.…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, in the private sector, I had the opportunity to build many projects with indigenous communities. The observation that I have is that when consultation is done well, it accelerates projects; it does not slow projects down. The company that I used to be involved with, Hydro One, was building more transmission lines in the province of Ontario than any other jurisdiction in North America. T…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, when we were together in Saskatoon with the Prime Minister and the premiers, we talked about many, many potential projects in the renewable space. I will highlight one in particular, the eastern energy partnership, which would involve up to 50 gigawatts, potentially, of offshore wind. That power would be used in conjunction with the incredible resources of Hydro-Québec and its dams, ess…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, that is not what the Prime Minister and the premiers seem to think. They got together, and they thought this was a great idea. They laid out the five criteria, which are in the act. That is how we will get projects built. That is how we will make Canada an energy superpower.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, critical minerals are a key part of this global challenge we are facing right now. We did not ask for the world's trading system to be changed. We did not ask for the end of the Bretton Woods era. We did not ask for a mercantilist world, but that is what we are in. The President of the United States seems to be very focused on critical minerals. We all watched what he did to Ukraine in …
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, there is money allocated in the main estimates to support capacity building on the part of first nations. We do that directly with particular first nations where there are critical mineral opportunities. We also do it in supporting a group called the First Nations Major Projects Coalition. It represents over 180 first nations. There are many specific critical mineral opportunities where…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, under the one Canadian economy act, we would be developing a major projects office. That major projects office would accelerate the process of getting critical mineral projects approved within a two-year time frame. We will also be negotiating bilateral agreements with each of the provinces so we can have “one project, one review” processes. These would all accelerate the development of…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we will introduce a bill to get major projects built in Canada. Our government will rapidly advance projects of national interest and approve them within two years. We will build the strongest low-cost, low-risk, low-carbon economy in the G7.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, what the government will do is pass the one Canadian economy act to grow our economy through delivering projects of national interest. We hope the members will get onside.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, for the last several weeks, we have been in conversations with many of the CEOs in the energy sector, both conventional and renewables, and they are quite supportive.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, I would be happy to give the member a copy of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition press release, on the day the bill was announced, supporting the government's initiatives.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we have been speaking with the Assembly of First Nations. I spoke with the chief of the Assembly of First Nations today. We also have a consultation process—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the First Nations Major Projects Coalition—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, again, the Conservatives are looking backwards. We are looking forward. We are trying to pass the one Canadian economy act to accelerate and speed up projects. We really hope, if they are so interested in seeing projects—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, I am not sure how that is relevant for moving forward. What we are focusing on is how we move forward.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, we are focused on moving forward. We are focused on building new projects of national interest. We are focused on ports, roads—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, again, we are looking backwards. We are trying to look forward. The one Canadian economy act would accelerate the development of projects of national interest. If the Conservatives want—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, there are very good opportunities for LNG. Canadian LNG is the best in the world.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the wildfires are a difficult situation today. We are going to give an update tomorrow. It is a very challenging situation. My thoughts are with all those impacted by wildfires. We will be there for Canadians. We have deployed the armed forces where the provinces have asked for them. We need to support our fellow Canadians. We have two threats right now to our way of life. We have clima…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the situation for our forest products industry is indeed challenging. As I have said in many of my comments, it is the canary in the coal mine. The forest products industry is currently on its fifth version of trade wars with the United States. We have contested this in adjudication, and we have won four times. They just keep coming back. We will support the forest products industry, bu…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, by passing the one Canadian economy act, we will build projects of major significance. We will support industries like the forest products industry. We will help them retool. We will provide them the liquidity support they need to deal with these unjustified tariffs. Since 2017, over $10 billion of duties have been collected against the forest products industry, an unjust and inappropri…
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, one of the things we are doing is funding first nations communities that are interested in increasing their ownership in the forest products industry. We have seen first nations ownership in the industry increase meaningfully over the last several years, and we will continue to support that opportunity.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, Bill C-50 is the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the Sustainable Jobs Act will create good-paying Canadian jobs, not kill them. Workers in the—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the Sustainable Jobs Act will create good-paying Canadian jobs, not kill them.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the assertion the member is making is incorrect. The sustainable jobs program—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, what this government is doing is focusing on getting this economy going again and retooling it and rebuilding it. We are focused on getting the one Canadian economy act. When we build these projects of national interest, it will put hundreds of thousands of Canadians to work. Good jobs, good pay—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, the member seems to be implying that by coming up with these sorts of numbers, it affects our ability to get projects done. I would like to let the member know I have built major projects throughout my career.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, I believe yesterday the value of natural gas closed on AECO-C at $1.01. Obviously, that is not how these projects work. They have long-term contracts and are set with suppliers, but we are focused on—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, he can do the math if he wants to tell me the amount of product that is sold in the long-term contract; we can figure that out. We are not focused on going back—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, what we believe is that the Prime Minister and the premiers got together in Saskatoon with a shared vision. What the Prime Minister has said is that consensus is better than not having consensus. We will pass the one Canadian economy act. We will get consensus—
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, under the one Canadian economy act, the intention is that all the federal permits would be delivered within two years or less.
Read full speech →Government Orders
Mr. Chair, today, it takes far too long; I think we have all admitted that. What the one Canadian economy act would do is speed things up dramatically. If that is what the members want, they should support us in—
Read full speech →