Stubbs Fights for Canadian Workers, Canadian Competitiveness, and Canadian Energy & Natural Resources

Shannon Stubbs, Member of Parliament for Lakeland and the Conservative Shadow Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, continued fighting in Ottawa for Canadian workers, lower costs, and an affordable, self-sufficient, sovereign, and secure Canadian natural resources sector.

 

In the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Stubbs spoke with multiple expert critical minerals witnesses about the decade of Liberal anti-development laws that block Canada’s critical minerals development and exports, and makes Canada less competitive globally, especially against hostile, authoritarian adversaries.

 

On October 20th, Stubbs asked expert witnesses about how red tape, bureaucratic delays, and uncertainty in Canada’s regulatory system drive investment, innovation, and jobs to other countries. She said:

 

“The same government several years ago announced a so-called critical mineral strategy, but as you’ve pointed out, Canada has fallen far behind major global mining competitors and we’re in a race to get to global markets. Do you have comments on the disproportionate red tape or timelines that proponents face in Canada, say, compared to the United States or other major global mining competitors?”

 

On October 23rd, Stubbs spoke with Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, an expert on natural resources, about how Liberal anti-development laws are preventing Canadian companies from competing globally.

Stubbs said:

 

“It’s key that our own domestic government will take off these anti-development laws and costs so that our own developers can compete. And especially on this issue where Canada can play such a crucial geopolitical role and it is all tied to both our critical mineral, rare earth metal, and core commodity development.”

 

Stubbs also responded to ConocoPhillips’ announcement of layoffs at its Canadian operations, saying it’s another blow to workers caused by the Liberals’ anti-energy agenda. Stubbs said:

 

“Just weeks before Christmas, workers in Calgary, Northern Alberta, and British Columbia will have to go home and tell their families that they’ve lost their jobs … This is the direct result of Liberal anti-energy policies that continue to drive out companies that did believe in Canada and Canadian workers, and did make big investments and long-term plans here, but have been forced to cut losses, losses in human jobs, and go to other more welcoming jurisdictions.”

 

Following the Prime Minister’s word salad monologue to university students in Ottawa, Stubbs pushed back on his comments, argued that young Canadians have sacrificed enough:

 

“Did you hear what Prime Minister Mark Carney told a room full of students the other night? He said that they would have to make sacrifices. Is he serious? Mark Carney, the 60-year-old multimillionaire banker and globalist big corporate CEO told a room full of struggling students that they are the ones who need to sacrifice more? … Young Canadians, who are the future and who will continue to build this country long after I’m gone, have sacrificed enough.”

 

On Mark Carney’s failure to secure Canadians a trade deal by his own deadline of July 21st, Stubbs said:

 

“Mark Carney told Canadians he was the man with the plan and that he would negotiate a win with President Trump and get a deal for Canada by July 21st. Well, now it’s October and Canadians have just been painfully reminded that Canada still has no deal with our next door neighbor, historically our biggest ally, and still our largest trading partner … The Liberals made you a promise and they have failed … Only Conservatives will bring jobs and powerful paychecks home for Canadian workers and industries to put Canada first for a change.”

 

On October 20th, Stubbs voted in favour of a common sense Conservative motion that called on the Liberals to recognize that deficits drive investment and jobs down and the cost of living up. On October 28th, Stubbs voted in favour of a successful Conservative amendment to order the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff and the CEO of Brookfield to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to answer questions on the Prime Minister’s conflicts of interests.

 

Stubbs remains committed to fighting for Lakeland residents and communities, and for Canadians across the country. She will continue to work with her Conservative colleagues to fight to lower taxes and the cost of living, strengthen public safety, and unleash Canada’s natural resources to make Canada strong, united, secure and self-reliant.