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Mr. Chair, the member seems to be confused. Governments do not build offshore projects; private sector proponents do. When we pass the one Canadian economy act, we will facilitate the private sector to—
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Mr. Chair, I do not know the answer to that question.
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Mr. Chair, what is true is that when we pass the one Canadian economy act, we will bring certainty back to this process, and we will make it possible for more drilling to happen in the offshore of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Mr. Chair, in Saskatoon, I was with the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and they were quite supportive of the one Canadian economy act.
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Mr. Chair, projects of national interest will go through the one Canadian economy act. If they are in the national interest, they will get approved. We will build.
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Mr. Chair, the discussion around marine protected areas, I assume, happened two days ago at the discussion with the Minister of Environment. That question should have been asked there.
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Mr. Chair, under the one Canadian economy act, we would get major projects built. We are interested in making Canada a conventional and renewable energy—
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Mr. Chair, for a project to get through, one of the criteria is this: “have a high likelihood of successful execution”. To have a high likelihood of successful execution, we need a private sector proponent to put up the money. Those private sector proponents will ultimately be the deciders of—
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Mr. Chair, if there are no proponents for projects, the projects will not come forward; that is the fundamental basis on which the legislation works.
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Mr. Chair, assuming proponents bring projects forward, they will go to the designated minister, as the member says. They will use the criteria that was agreed by the Prime Minister—
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Mr. Chair, what I understand is that the projects that come forward for consideration will be supported by provinces, indigenous peoples and private sector proponents. That is how they will get to consideration of the major projects office.
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Mr. Chair, I have read the bill. These are the factors that the government will use. I am sorry, I disagree with the interpretation of the hon. member.
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Mr. Chair, the member will have an opportunity to debate the bill in the House. I am here to discuss the main estimates.
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Mr. Chair, this government supports the development of the nuclear energy industry in this country. It is clean energy. It will help us deliver on being an energy superpower. That is what we are committed to doing, and that is why we are passing the one Canadian economy act.
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Mr. Chair, I do not think that is actually correct. I believe OPG is using a Hitachi technology.
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Mr. Chair, that will be debated in the House, and the hon. member will have an opportunity to debate that in the House.
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Mr. Chair, she can ask that question in the House.
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Mr. Chair, the member will have an opportunity to debate that in the House.
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Mr. Chair, indigenous consultation is at the centre of the one Canadian economy bill. Our government will always respect indigenous rights and engage in robust consultations. The fourth criteria of the one Canadian economy bill is “advance the interests of Indigenous peoples”.
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Mr. Chair, today Canada faces two very real threats to our way of life: climate change and the American tariffs. We have to fight both head-on. That is why we will continue to reduce emissions across our economy and build energy—
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Mr. Chair, we are here to talk about the main estimates. I am not sure how that is relevant. What I would like to point out is that the First Nations Major Projects Coalition put out a press release the day that—
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Mr. Chair, I am aware that it exists, and I will certainly look at it after this meeting.
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Mr. Chair, as I said before, indigenous consultation is at the centre of the one Canadian economy bill. We are committed to indigenous consultation and to working on economic reconciliation with all first nations.
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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, indigenous peoples and the private sector to get projects—
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Mr. Chair, that seems like an issue around law enforcement, which is a very important issue, but it is not part of the main estimates.
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Mr. Chair, as I said, indigenous consultation is at the centre of the one Canadian economy act. We will be consulting with first nations. We take our duties to first nations extremely seriously.
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Mr. Chair, I disagree with that assertion. The member will have an opportunity to debate that in the House of Commons.
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Mr. Chair, the bill creates the framework; actual projects get consent. Our government is committed to building projects in an environmentally responsible way in consultation with indigenous peoples—
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Mr. Chair, I am a new minister. I am here to look forward. This is a new government. It is here to look forward. We are here to pass the one Canadian economy act and build new projects of national interest, which will—
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Mr. Chair, I am not sure what the assertion is. If the assertion here is that somehow I am not familiar with building major projects, I would like to tell the member that in my private sector life, we built many—
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Mr. Chair, I do not understand the question: 5% of what?
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Mr. Chair, again, the member seems to be looking backwards. This government, the new government, is focused on looking forward. That is why we are focused on the one Canadian economy act.
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Mr. Chair, Canada has a free trade agreement with the United States, which the United States has consistently violated. We are on our fifth version of that violation now. Every time, we have stood up for—
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Mr. Chair, I think I answered that question about 10 questions ago. Since 2017, it is $10 billion.
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Mr. Chair, the assertion is absurd. The United States has declared trade wars on us. We did not ask for this trade war; it was declared on us. The government is focused on winning. Part of winning is getting the—
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Mr. Chair, as a result of the unjust and unfair trade wars the United States has put on our forest process, too many mills have closed in British Columbia.
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Mr. Chair, the member seems to think I am not sensitive to the challenges in the industry. I grew up in a small logging town on the northern end of Vancouver Island. I am quite familiar with the hardships that are going on. The government is focused on dealing with those unfair trade wars. Part of dealing with those unfair—
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Mr. Chair, getting the one Canadian economy act passed will give us the ability to get projects going. We will focus on putting money to work in retooling and rebuilding our economy.
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Mr. Chair, I do not have that number at my fingertips, but I can get it for the member within a couple of seconds.
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Mr. Chair, as I said multiple times tonight, what the government will do is pass the one Canadian economy act. That will get this country building again. That will get projects built. If that is what you are interested in, we would appreciate your support in passing the bill.
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Mr. Chair, as we have indicated, the way the bill works is that there will be five criteria. Any project that meets those five criteria will be considered. At the same time, we are negotiating agreements with each province, so we will have one project—
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Mr. Chair, what we have been doing over the last several weeks is meeting with the leaders of the energy proponents all across this country, renewables and conventional. They are telling us that they are supportive of the one Canadian economy act and would like these members to support it.
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Mr. Chair, we are not going to negotiate in public. Our plan is to reduce Canada's emissions while building the strongest economy in the G7. This includes lowering emissions in the conventional energy sector by supporting technologies such as carbon capture and methane abatement.
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Mr. Chair, I am very familiar with those estimates, and yes, I agree.
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Mr. Chair, as I have said many times tonight, what this government will do is pass the one Canadian economy act. That is how we will get Canada building again.
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Mr. Chair, assuming that our colleagues help us pass the bill, we will absolutely consider any projects that come through. We will evaluate them against the criteria. We will negotiate with the provinces for one project, one review, and we will get the projects—
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Mr. Chair, that is still to be determined. We need the support of our members across the aisle to get the project done and get the bill done.
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Mr. Chair, I believe the Minister of Environment was here two days ago. I think that is a question for the Minister of Environment.
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