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Mr. Chair, I am not going to talk about hypothetical projects. If a project comes forward with a proponent that is supported by first nations, we will run it through the process, and if it meets the process, it will get designated.
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Mr. Chair, when we were in Saskatoon talking with the various premiers, we talked about many, many projects, including—
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Mr. Chair, we are not talking about hypothetical situations. We are talking about real projects coming—
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Mr. Chair, this is a new government. I am not—
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Mr. Chair, again, the hon. member is looking backwards. If the hon. member wants to see major projects built, we hope the Conservatives will support the one Canadian economy act and get building.
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Mr. Chair, the list is an ongoing list that is getting developed. As new projects come on, they will be added to the list.
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Mr. Chair, this government has been—
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Mr. Chair, let me tell the hon. member where I have been. I have been at organizations that have built roads, built ports, built transmission lines and built pipelines. We will do that. That is why I am here.
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Mr. Chair, at Ontario Teachers', we own roads, we own ports, we—
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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. 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, we are looking forward. We are very proud of the work that has been done in the LNG—
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Mr. Chair, again, we are looking forward. We have seen good development in the LNG sector, and with the one Canadian economy act, we will see even more. We are excited about it. We hope the member will join us.
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Mr. Chair, we look forward to watching the ribbon-cutting for LNG Canada later this month.
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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—
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Mr. Chair, I am not sure how that is relevant for moving forward. What we are focusing on is how we move forward.
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Mr. Chair, we are focused on moving forward. We are focused on building new projects of national interest. We are focused on ports, roads—
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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—
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Mr. Chair, there are very good opportunities for LNG. Canadian LNG is the best in the world.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Mr. Chair, Bill C-50 is the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act.
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Mr. Chair, the Sustainable Jobs Act will create good-paying Canadian jobs, not kill them. Workers in the—
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Mr. Chair, the Sustainable Jobs Act will create good-paying Canadian jobs, not kill them.
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Mr. Chair, the assertion the member is making is incorrect. The sustainable jobs program—
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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—
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Mr. Chair, what this government will do is pass the one Canadian economy act, which would grow our economy, create jobs—
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Mr. Chair, this is a new government with a new plan. We are proposing that we work on the one Canadian economy act—
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I have a hearing issue, so if you would like to pick on my ear, please go ahead. Mr. Chair, I have forgotten the question.
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Mr. Chair, this government is focused on passing the one Canadian economy act. That will help us grow our LNG.
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Mr. Chair, this government is focused on moving forward, not backward. This new government is proposing, with the support of all the premiers, to pass the one Canadian economy act. That will have us—
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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.
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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—
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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—
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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, 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—
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Mr. Chair, under the one Canadian economy act, the intention is that all the federal permits would be delivered within two years or less.
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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—
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Mr. Chair, over the last several weeks, I have been meeting with many of the CEOs of the largest mining companies in Canada. They are very supportive of the one Canadian economy act. They think it is how we will move forward. If the hon. member would like to see things move forward, he should support us in passing the bill.
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Mr. Chair, if they help us get the one Canadian economy act—
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Mr. Chair, we are working with local provincial governments. The goal is to have one project, one review, and all reviews would be done within two years or less—
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Mr. Chair, this history lesson is wonderful, but what we are focused on is moving forward. If we move forward by passing the one Canadian economy act, we will get things done in two years or less.
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Mr. Chair, the new Prime Minister has been clear: The current process takes far too long. That is why we are proposing the one Canadian economy act to speed things up. We have committed to getting approvals done within two years or less.
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Mr. Chair, what I understand is that there is a new Prime Minister, and the Conservatives' leader does not seem to be here anymore.
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Mr. Chair, under the new Liberal government, we have committed to getting approvals done within two years. That will provide the certainty to have proponents commit capital to get projects done. The Conservatives should be supporting the bill if that is what they are—
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Mr. Chair, the member seems to be quite confused. We did not launch the trade war on the softwood lumber industry. The Americans have launched five trade wars over the last 10 years.
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Mr. Chair, this government has been very clear. It will work hard under our one Canadian economy act to bring more jobs to Canadian steel and Canadian aluminum. That is the intention of this government.
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