Question Period - Tuesday, November 25, 2025

“Mr. Speaker, in his 28 trips, the Prime Minister has failed to reduce a single foreign tariff imposed on Canadians, but he has made gains for Brookfield. A few days after the Prime Minister's meeting with President Trump, the President signed an agreement to buy 80 billion dollars' worth of nuclear products from Brookfield. The Prime Minister is now spending $500 million on Europe's space program, which is located on Brookfield's campus. Every time the Prime Minister travels, Canadians get poorer and Brookfield, his company, gets richer. Why?”

“Mr. Speaker, since the Prime Minister was elected, promising to negotiate a win with the U.S., American tariffs on autos, aluminum and steel have doubled, and on Canadian lumber, they have tripled. Not a single American tariff has been reduced since he promised he would reduce them. Now he says, “Who cares?” I care about the 3,000 auto workers that I met on the picket line in Brampton who are out of a job. I care about the eight mills that have closed because the Prime Minister failed to deliver a deal. The workers on those lines, they care. Canadians care. Why does the Prime Minister not care?”

“Mr. Speaker, before the election, the Prime Minister promised elbows up. After, it was, “Who cares?” Before the election, the Prime Minister said the tariffs were an existential crisis. Now he says they are not a burning issue. Before the election, the Prime Minister promised to negotiate a win. After, he backed down to American tariffs. Those tariffs have now doubled on Canadian aluminum, autos and steel and tripled on Canadian lumber. Before the election, the Prime Minister promised the fastest-growing economy in the G7. After, he delivered the fastest-shrinking economy. Why is the Prime Minister before the election so different from the one after?”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister did make a mistake. He has made many mistakes. In fact, it has been nothing but mistakes when it comes to trade. Let us look at it. The Prime Minister promised that he would negotiate a win on softwood lumber. Now he says, “Who cares?” Well, Conservatives care. Within 80 days of former prime minister Stephen Harper taking office, he managed to eliminate American tariffs on softwood lumber and get refunds for them. The current Prime Minister has now had eight months, and those tariffs have now more than tripled. The Prime Minister asks, “Who cares?” I can say, on behalf of all the MPs on this side, we care about the jobs that are being lost in lumber towns. Why does he not?”

“Mr. Speaker, while Chinese, American, Indian and other tariffs have only gone up since the Prime Minister began his 28-trip journey around the world, he has not had a single, solitary win. In fact, the only wins he has had are for Brookfield. Just days after he met with the President, Trump signed on to $80 billion of nuclear purchases from Brookfield, and then he gave $500 million of our tax money to the European Space Agency, located on Brookfield's campus. Why is it that whenever the Prime Minister spends his time and our money, Canadians end up poorer and he and Brookfield end up richer?”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister arrived just a few days after Brookfield's CEO, lining up with the same interests that are not Canadian interests. Speaking of Canadian interests, the Prime Minister opposed the pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific, just as his Liberal predecessor blocked that same pipeline. On Thursday, he will make one of his grand announcements, waving around a meaningless so-called memorandum of understanding. If it is anything other than a public relations ploy, why will he not say on what date the construction will begin on a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific?”