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  • 05 October 2018
    2018-10-05
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SO-31 – Defying the Liberal Carbon Tax

In Parliament, Statements
Defying the Liberal Carbon Tax Mr. Bob Benzen (Calgary Heritage, CPC): Mr. Speaker, resistance is growing to the Prime Minister’s plan to risk our economy by having a federal carbon tax. Manitoba is the latest province to say it will no longer tolerate the Liberals’ intrusion into its policy making […]
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  • 28 September 2018
    2018-09-28
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QUESTION – Natural Resources

In Parliament, Questions
Offering PM some good advice Bob Benzen: Mr. Speaker, this summer the Prime Minister failed to get construction started on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. He could use legislation to deliver this pipeline, but instead he is content to claim helplessness in face of the forces lined up against it and […]
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  • 07 February 2018
    2018-02-07
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SPEECH – Bill C-50 – Canada Elections Act

In Parliament, Speeches
Bill C-50, Political Financing Rules Madam Speaker, today I will be sharing my time with the member for Edmonton-Griesbach. The Liberal Party’s campaign platform literature attributes a quote to its leader as follows, “sunlight is the world’s best disinfectant. Liberals will shed new light on the government”. That quote by […]
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  • 18 October 2017
    2017-10-18
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SO-31 – ‘City of Calgary’ Airplane

In Parliament, Statements
A ‘City of Calgary’ touchdown? Mr. Speaker, the “City of Calgary” is retiring. No, not my hard-working hometown, but rather a Boeing 747 airliner that has shared the city’s name since 1989. Calgary aviation enthusiasts have been lobbying KLM to bring the plane to its namesake city before it is […]
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  • 05 October 2017
    2017-10-05
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Question – Natural Resources

In Parliament, Questions
Liberals playing pipeline politics Mr. Bob Benzen: Mr. Speaker, the energy east pipeline has been cancelled, after the Liberals changed the rules for investors mid-process. Thousands of jobs and billions in revenue hinged on energy east, and those benefits will now evaporate due to the Liberals’ mismanagement. The Liberals’ failure […]
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  • 02 October 2017
    2017-10-02
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Question – Oil Tanker Moratorium

In Parliament, Questions
The Liberals’ oil contradiction Bob Benzen: Mr. Speaker, Canadian oil is extracted and transported under some of the safest and most environmentally strict regulations in the world. Therefore, preventing our Canadian oil from reaching customers in other countries only serves to proliferate the use of oil products extracted and transported in […]
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