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Mr. Chair, I will have to get an answer for the member. I am not familiar with that issue.
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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.
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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.
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Mr. Chair, the Minister of Industry has spoken in the House about the ongoing negotiations around the softwood lumber situation. The hon. member will have an opportunity to debate that with the minister. It is a live, ongoing discussion; we are not going to talk about that in public.
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Mr. Chair, the Americans have put five unjust trade wars against the forestry industry. We have been working hard to do this. The Minister of Industry and—
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Mr. Chair, I am not sure that is relevant to my main estimates.
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Mr. Chair, the premise of the member's question seems to be that I am not familiar with how to get projects built. Let me assure the member that in my private sector life, I worked tirelessly in the forest products sector to build—
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Mr. Chair, I have worked in the forestry sector for years and know how important the sector is to families and communities across this country. The American tariffs on our softwood lumber industry hurt both our countries and are completely unjustified. As we fight the American tariffs, we will diversify trading partners and build resilience in our forestry sector to reduce reliance on the U.S.—
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Mr. Chair, again, the hon. member seems to be looking backwards. We are about looking forward. This is a new government. We are here to talk about building. We are here—
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's new government will get projects built, create high-paying jobs and bring prosperity to Canadians. That is why we presented the one Canadian economy bill, which would rapidly advance projects of national interest. If my Conservative colleagues want to get projects built, they should support the bill.
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Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows, we presented the one Canadian economy bill to rapidly advance projects of national interest and build one Canadian economy, not 13. This bill would grow the economy and support our sovereignty to ensure we build the strongest economy in the G7. Canada's new government will work with provinces, territories and indigenous partners to get projects built so Canad…
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Mr. Chair, over the next several days, we will be increasing the consultations. I have scheduled meetings with 180 different first nations.
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Mr. Chair, the rights holders are the first nations and indigenous governments. Those people are members of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition.
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Mr. Chair, we have been planting trees for quite some time. We are continuing to plant trees. We will plant more trees.
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Mr. Chair, I am not sure any of us are excited about the way the U.S. is running its country today.
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Mr. Chair, I am the Minister of Energy in Canada. I am focused on how we get Canada building again.
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Mr. Chair, again, the member seems to be confused that we are talking about hypothetical projects. The projects that will come forward are specific projects with the support of—
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Mr. Chair, in Saskatoon, the Prime Minister and the premiers got together and proposed five criteria for encouraging new projects of national interest. When the bill is passed, those five criteria will be used to get proponents to make proposals for projects of major interest.
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Mr. Chair, what the government will do is get the one Canadian economy act passed. That is how we will get projects built. If the members across the aisle would like to see—
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Mr. Chair, I cannot predict what the future offshore protected area will be, so I cannot answer that question.
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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—
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Mr. Chair, we are here today to talk about how the new government will get projects built—
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Mr. Chair, we will select the projects based on the five criteria that were worked out with the Prime Minister and the premiers. The five criteria are laid out in the proposed act.
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Mr. Chair, I did not hear exactly what—
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Mr. Chair, Canada has a number of fantastic technologies to reduce carbon and produce low-carbon fuels. We will continue to support that industry.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mr. Chair, through this consultation, we have been speaking with CEOs of mining companies and CEOs of energy companies, and they tell us that if we can deliver approvals within two years, that would—
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister has been very clear that the projects would be approved from the federal government's perspective within two years or less. He has given those KPIs to all of the ministers. We understand that is what—
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Mr. Chair, what will happen is that once the bill is passed, hopefully with the support of our colleagues, projects will be designated and they will be published.
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Mr. Chair, as soon as we get the one Canadian economy act done and the agreements negotiated with the Province of Ontario, we will get them done as quickly as possible.
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Mr. Chair, I assume that depends on the size of the rig. I have worked in the oil and gas industry. Every rig is different. This is a silly question.
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister and the premiers got together and unanimously agreed on the five criteria. We will run—
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Mr. Chair, if the hon. member would like to see these projects accelerated, we hope the Conservatives support the one Canadian economy bill, and we will get going on those projects.
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Mr. Chair, I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future. When we get this bill passed, we will have more rigs working in the offshore and we will make Newfoundland—
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Mr. Chair, the politicians do not pick the projects. The projects come up through a consultation between our government, the provincial governments, indigenous peoples and proponents. When those four groups come together to put a project together, it gets considered for national interest.
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Mr. Chair, the hon. member seems to be confused. The projects come after the bill is put in place. The bill would provide the certainty to unlock the conversations between—
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister and the premiers got together, and they laid out five criteria. I can go through the five criteria if the member would like.
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Mr. Chair, again, the hon. member is proposing some hypothetical—
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Mr. Chair, as soon as we get the one Canadian economy act passed, we will run it through the process and we will make that determination. We hope the members across the aisle will help us get that done so we can build the strongest economy in the G7.
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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.
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Mr. Chair, what the Prime Minister has said is that we are in a trade war. We did not ask for this trade war; the Americans declared it on us.
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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…
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Mr. Chair, at the first nations meeting 10 days ago, there was consensus to advance projects of national interest. Our government will work with the premiers, work with—
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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…
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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 …
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Mr. Chair, the goal of this new government is to get Canada building. The goal of this government is to get the one Canadian economy act done. We hope—
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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…
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