Shannon Stubbs, Member of Parliament for Lakeland and Conservative Shadow Minister for Infrastructure (with responsibility for the Alberta MOU, Pipeline and Pathways Project), challenged the Liberals over rising food costs and barriers to Canadian energy exports, while supporting stronger protections against violent home invasions during the past two weeks.

In Question Period, Stubbs pressed the Carney Liberals on Food Banks Canada’s report of over 2.3 million visits in one month, including nearly 800,000 visits by children, with one in five clients employed.

“Working Canadians cannot afford to feed themselves or their families. Meanwhile, Liberal announcements keep piling up, but so do all the bills. Canadians cannot take another Liberal promise to the checkout counter.”

Stubbs also highlighted the pressure on Alberta families, citing a 156 per cent increase in provincial food-bank visits since 2019 and how higher fuel costs adds to expenses throughout the food supply chain, from farmers and truckers to stores and households, and renewed her call for federal diesel-tax relief.

She, once again, called on the Carney Liberals to remove federal diesel taxes until Canada Day 2027 and provide immediate relief to Canadians on essentials.

On energy development, Stubbs pressed the government in Question Period to support Bill C-264, Conservative MP David McKenzie’s legislation to repeal the federal Oil Tanker Moratorium Act. The bill would have removed the shipping ban that prevents large-scale crude-oil exports through northern British Columbia ports.

Stubbs joined Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, McKenzie, and Conservative Shadow Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Carol Anstey in a letter urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to support the bill and open new markets for Canadian energy and Strathcona Resources’ proposal to move up to 250,000 barrels of Canadian oil a day on existing railway tracks through Prince Rupert for export across the Pacific.

Stubbs emphasized the potential for private investment, jobs for energy, railway and port workers, business for Canadian suppliers, and more overseas customers for Canadian resources.

Conservatives supported a full repeal of the shipping ban and offered to work with Liberal MPs in committee on amendments that would allow the Prince Rupert proposal to move forward. However, the Carney Liberals defeated Bill C-264 at second reading on October 28, killing it before any work could be done.

Stubbs said the Liberals’ decision leaves a federal barrier in place despite the Prime Minister’s stated ambition to make Canada an energy superpower. She continues to advocate repealing and reforming anti-development laws, competitive taxes, predictable approvals, and the certainty private-sector proponents need to invest and build.

On public safety, Stubbs formally supported Bill C-293 by jointly seconding the legislation introduced by Michael Guglielmin, Conservative MP for Vaughan-Woodbridge.

Known as the Safe at Home Act, the bill would create a distinct Criminal Code offence for violent home invasions, with a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Across these priorities, Stubbs continues to call for practical measures that lower essential costs, remove barriers to Canadian investment and exports, and strengthen public safety. She will continue to press the government for results that deliver affordability, jobs, security, and greater Canadian self-reliance.