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I care about the hard-working Albertans who are unemployed and struggling to make ends meet.
I am fighting for Alberta and for oil and gas, which means I am fighting for a strong Canada— because a strong Alberta means a strong Canada.
In 2014, nine of every 10 full-time jobs created in Canada were made in Alberta, offering opportunities to everyone across the country and the world, driven by a thriving energy sector.
In 2018, Canada's oil and gas sector still contributed seven times that of the auto manufacturing sector and 15 times that of the aerospace sector to Canada's GDP, even after the colossal drop in investment and activity. No Albertan and no Conservative wants to stand in the way of any other Canadian province, territory or industry. We want all to thrive. However, the attacks by the Liberals on oil and gas, their anti-resource, anti-business Bill C-69, their oil shipping ban Bill C-48, the northern drilling ban, the Liberal fuel standard, layers of new taxes, red-tape, and ongoing and escalating uncertainty are attacks on all of Canada's economy.
It should be unthinkable for a sitting Prime Minister to attack the lifeblood and the primary industries of any Canadian province. Can we imagine a Prime Minister saying he was going to stand up to big auto in Ontario or big manufacturing in Quebec? Canadians would be rightfully outraged and so would Conservatives.
Over $200 billion in oil and gas projects have been cancelled or stalled under the Liberals, and 200,000 Canadian oil and gas workers lost their jobs under these Liberals before COVID-19. The flight of capital under the Liberals is the biggest loss of energy investment and jobs in any comparable time frame in more than seven decades.
When the Frontier oil sands mine was cancelled it was the 11th major multi-billion dollar mega oil and gas project to be withdrawn, and the latest in the list of 18 companies that have cancelled or frozen their Canadian energy assets since the Liberals formed government. To put it in context, these numbers are equivalent to Canada having lost both the entire automotive and aerospace sectors combined in Canada. That should rightfully be considered a national economic catastrophe and a severe crisis by every member of every party in this House of Commons, and it has been going on in Alberta for years.
Business bankruptcies in Alberta were up 28% between August 2017 and August 2018. Business insolvencies in Alberta have skyrocketed by more than 70% from their 2015 lows, compared to a 13.5% decrease on average for the country as a whole over the same time period. Real estate vacancies and food bank use are both at record highs.
Albertans wonder why oil and gas job losses and all the related social consequences, such as suicides, family breakdowns and crime, do not seem to be occupying the permanent attention of national media and commentators. The triple-whammy of COVID-19, the Saudi-Russian over supply of oil, and the lack of export options for Canadian oil and gas just adds to an already existing pattern of crisis and it has been escalating since 2015.
Make no mistake, Canada's oil and gas is produced with the highest environmental and social standards in the world, literally second to none, ranking 25th on the Environmental Performance Index, compared to places like Nigeria that came in at 100 or Saudi Arabia at 86 out of 180 countries. This is what is so crazy about what the Liberals are doing.
Canadian oil sands producers lead the way. They have reduced emissions per barrel by 32% since 1990 compared to resources of similar kind around the world. They are the biggest private sector Canadian investors in clean tech in Canada and world leaders in R&D and innovation. Canadian energy and the oil sands can be the future, not the sunset, and it should be for Canada and for the world.
A strong Alberta means a strong Canada.
Will you join me in standing up for Alberta?
Shannon Stubbs
Member of Parliament for Lakeland Alberta
I care about the hard-working Albertans who are unemployed and struggling to make ends meet.
I am fighting for Alberta and for oil and gas, which means I am fighting for a strong Canada— because a strong Alberta means a strong Canada.
In 2014, nine of every 10 full-time jobs created in Canada were made in Alberta, offering opportunities to everyone across the country and the world, driven by a thriving energy sector.
In 2018, Canada's oil and gas sector still contributed seven times that of the auto manufacturing sector and 15 times that of the aerospace sector to Canada's GDP, even after the colossal drop in investment and activity. No Albertan and no Conservative wants to stand in the way of any other Canadian province, territory or industry. We want all to thrive. However, the attacks by the Liberals on oil and gas, their anti-resource, anti-business Bill C-69, their oil shipping ban Bill C-48, the northern drilling ban, the Liberal fuel standard, layers of new taxes, red-tape, and ongoing and escalating uncertainty are attacks on all of Canada's economy.
It should be unthinkable for a sitting Prime Minister to attack the lifeblood and the primary industries of any Canadian province. Can we imagine a Prime Minister saying he was going to stand up to big auto in Ontario or big manufacturing in Quebec? Canadians would be rightfully outraged and so would Conservatives.
Over $200 billion in oil and gas projects have been cancelled or stalled under the Liberals, and 200,000 Canadian oil and gas workers lost their jobs under these Liberals before COVID-19. The flight of capital under the Liberals is the biggest loss of energy investment and jobs in any comparable time frame in more than seven decades.
When the Frontier oil sands mine was cancelled it was the 11th major multi-billion dollar mega oil and gas project to be withdrawn, and the latest in the list of 18 companies that have cancelled or frozen their Canadian energy assets since the Liberals formed government. To put it in context, these numbers are equivalent to Canada having lost both the entire automotive and aerospace sectors combined in Canada. That should rightfully be considered a national economic catastrophe and a severe crisis by every member of every party in this House of Commons, and it has been going on in Alberta for years.
Business bankruptcies in Alberta were up 28% between August 2017 and August 2018. Business insolvencies in Alberta have skyrocketed by more than 70% from their 2015 lows, compared to a 13.5% decrease on average for the country as a whole over the same time period. Real estate vacancies and food bank use are both at record highs.
Albertans wonder why oil and gas job losses and all the related social consequences, such as suicides, family breakdowns and crime, do not seem to be occupying the permanent attention of national media and commentators. The triple-whammy of COVID-19, the Saudi-Russian over supply of oil, and the lack of export options for Canadian oil and gas just adds to an already existing pattern of crisis and it has been escalating since 2015.
Make no mistake, Canada's oil and gas is produced with the highest environmental and social standards in the world, literally second to none, ranking 25th on the Environmental Performance Index, compared to places like Nigeria that came in at 100 or Saudi Arabia at 86 out of 180 countries. This is what is so crazy about what the Liberals are doing.
Canadian oil sands producers lead the way. They have reduced emissions per barrel by 32% since 1990 compared to resources of similar kind around the world. They are the biggest private sector Canadian investors in clean tech in Canada and world leaders in R&D and innovation. Canadian energy and the oil sands can be the future, not the sunset, and it should be for Canada and for the world.
A strong Alberta means a strong Canada.
Will you join me in standing up for Alberta?
Shannon Stubbs
Member of Parliament for Lakeland Alberta