M. Peter Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster, NPD): Monsieur le Président, la panique des conservateurs dans le dossier Keystone est devenue un problème à la veille du discours sur l'état de l'Union du président Obama.
Il s'agit maintenant d'un important irritant pour nos relations avec notre principal partenaire commercial, provoqué par les conservateurs. Avec Keystone, les conservateurs n'ont aucune intention de favoriser la création d'emplois à long terme au Canada.
Pourquoi veulent-ils exporter 40 000 emplois bien payés aux États-Unis?
Hon. Joe Oliver (Minister of Natural Resources, CPC): Mr. Speaker, it amazes me how much the member opposite misunderstands the benefits to Canada of this great project which will create tens of thousands of jobs in this country and billions of dollars of economic activity.
The vast majority of Americans are in favour of this project. The majority of senators, the majority of congressmen and every one of the governors of the states to which this project will go are also in favour.
This is an excellent project for both our countries. The member opposite should get on the side of Canadian workers.
Mr. Peter Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster, NDP): Mr. Speaker, we are on the side of Canadian workers all right. We do not believe in shipping jobs out of the country.
The NDP believes in projects that are in the best interests of our communities, our environment and our economy.
Conservatives are panicking on Keystone XL just as President Obama is about to deliver his state of the union address. Even the Minister of Finance admits Keystone will send tens of thousands of jobs south of the border.
Conservatives are spending millions of taxpayers dollars promoting this project. Why do Conservatives always want value-added jobs to be in some other country than Canada?
Hon. Joe Oliver (Minister of Natural Resources, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the U.S. State Department has said that this project will not have a negative impact on the environment, and in fact, this pipeline would be safer than existing pipelines.
As to this preposterous allegation of exporting jobs, the fact is, jobs will be created in Canada in the tens of thousands. That is something that the unions in this country understand and support.
The member opposite should speak to the construction union workers who are very upset with their alleged supporters. This is not a position which will garner support among Canadians.
NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.