Lisa Raitt: "I have this vision in my head of Mark Carney as the Pied Piper -- he's got the flute and he's whistling all these people across -- but in reality, don't forget, the Pied Piper, he attracted rats"
Want to see Canada's economy boom?
Listen to Francois Poirier. The TC Energy CEO has laid out a plan that Mark Carney should follow but probably won't.
https://t.co/N4fRVgkk0A
JAW-DROPPING
You won’t believe the amount of oil and the dollars we have spent to import oil from other countries, with no caps or carbon taxes.
Meanwhile, Canada has the 4th largest oil reserves in the world and we develop them w the best standards and best people in the world.
It will shock you👇
FACT: The carbon tax makes food more expensive for every Canadian family.
Right here in Okotoks, Alberta the Kielstra farm pays over $180,000 in carbon taxes to produce the food that families need.
Thank you to Member of Parliament, John Barlow, for highighting this.
'The economy is worse, crime is worse, public services are worse, affordability is worse — and there’s a whole galaxy of niche indicators, such as firearms incidents, refugee backlogs, even life expectancy, that are worse than they’ve ever been'
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PPC voters
Canada needs you.
Please consider voting Conservative.
I know its not exactly what you want -- but the alternative is much worse.
The 2-3% of you out there can get Pierre a majority. Lets do this. 🙏
This country has given me everything. Nowhere else would my story be possible.
I was born to a 16-year-old single mom, who put me up for adoption to two schoolteachers. They taught me that the promise of Canada was that anyone from anywhere can achieve anything.
This country kept that promise to me.
Now I want to restore that promise for all Canadians, so hard work again gets everyone a great life in a beautiful house on a safe street under our proud flag.
Let's put Canada first - for a change: https://t.co/US1RijukVK
At his request, I met with Prime Minister Mark Carney @MarkJCarney today. We had a very frank discussion in which I made it clear that Albertans will no longer tolerate the way we've been treated by the federal Liberals over the past 10 years.
I provided a specific list of demands the next Prime Minister, regardless of who that is, must address within the first six months of their term to avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis.
This includes:
• Guaranteeing Alberta full access to oil and gas corridors to the north, east, and west
• Repealing Bill C-69 (aka. “no new pipelines act”)
• Lifting the tanker ban off the BC coast
• Eliminating the oil and gas emissions cap, which is a production cap
• Scrapping the so-called Clean Electricity Regulations
• Ending the prohibition on single use plastics
• Abandoning the net-zero car mandate
• Returning oversight of the industrial carbon tax to the provinces
• Halting the federal censorship of energy companies
I also made it clear that Alberta, as owner of the resource, will not accept an export tax or restriction of Alberta’s oil and gas to the United States, and that our province is no longer agreeable to subsidizing other large provinces who are fully capable of funding themselves. Lastly, I made it clear that federal mismanagement of Jasper and Banff national parks resulted in last year’s tragic wildfire in Jasper and is endangering Banff, and the situation must be rectified immediately.
With the federal election about to be called, I encourage all Albertans to get involved in what is likely one of the most pivotal and important elections in our nation’s history, and to support the party and candidates that have consistently advocated for freeing Alberta from federal overreach and the repeated economic attacks our province has faced from Ottawa over the past 10 years.
We all know that if there are tariffs imposed by the U.S. then there would have to be a proportional response by our country.
However, when you have a dispute with your best friend and ally, it is entirely counterproductive to escalate matters by talking about retaliation, how tough we are and how we plan on hitting our friend back if they hit us.
It is a far wiser approach, and a much more Canadian one I might add, to diplomatically identify their concerns through face-to-face engagement and work with them on negotiating a win-win for both the U.S. and Canada.
The U.S. President is clearly concerned about border security, achieving energy dominance and strengthening the shared defence of our continent. Our two countries clearly have shared interests in all of these areas. So let’s start there and move forward with a mature discussion as friends should.
We need to lead with diplomacy rather than bravado, bluster and escalation. I will continue to do so.
True when I said it, true today.
“Canada is, and always has been, our country. And we want Canada to be a True North that is as strong and as free as it can be in every way that matters: the best country in the world. That’s why we’re here, that’s why we strive, that’s why we serve. Canada must reflect the true character of the Canadian people: honourable in our dealings, faithful to our commitments, loyal to our friends. By turns, a courageous warrior and a compassionate neighbour. It is our purpose that Canada must be great, it must be great for all Canadians, it must be a country of hope and an example to the world. And only when it is these things, when Canada is all that it can be, only then can we say that our work is done.”
First responders from across Calgary sounded our sirens tonight in support of the patients, families and staff at the Alberta Children's Hospital. Each year, we shine our lights on those whose holidays will be spent away from home, in hopes of lifting their spirits. 🎄🎅🚨 #yyc