Emergency Debate
Mr. Speaker, I think that I took pains throughout my speech to say that this was not remotely a surprise. Certainly, taking at once the decision that was made by the former administration, when the current President was vice-president, and then listening to the arguments that the current President made when he was a candidate, it should not remotely be a surprise that this was his decision on day …
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Madam Speaker, I will split my time with my colleague from Regina—Lewvan. I am grateful to participate in this emergency debate, which is of course of great national importance in general but also to the people I represent in particular. The new U.S. president's decision to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is not remotely surprising, but it is a short-sighted political move that igno…
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