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Peter Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster, NDP): Mr. Speaker, support among Conservatives is crumbling on Nexen. In today's paper:
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We should resist ownership by agencies of foreign governments. The decision must ultimately be capable of carrying the judgment of a majority of Canadians, and more than 60% of Canadians currently oppose what they know of this deal. |
Who was that? It was the Prime Minister's own mentor, former Reform Leader Preston Manning. He says that the NDP and Canadians are right on Nexen.
Why are Conservatives ignoring concerns about this sellout of Alberta's natural
resources?
Hon. Christian Paradis (Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture), CPC): Mr. Speaker, when it comes to foreign investment, we know that at the extreme end of the spectrum, the NDP will block everything. The NDP will block every proposed transaction in this country. On the other side we have the Liberals who will rubber-stamp each single form of investment in this country.
Fortunately, Canadians can count on their responsible government who is always
acting in their best interests. That being said, we always scrutinize the
transactions closely, and we will continue to do so.
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.