Ellis Ross

Slower phase-down, production first

The other end of this axis: Faster fossil phase-down

Excerpts repeat criticism of emissions caps and carbon taxes while praising competitors that increase production without such limits.

It was mentioned that with these new regulations and the legislation, the climate for investment is going to be huge, and you have evidence to back that up, but our major competitors—China, the United States and Russia—have no carbon tax and no emissions cap, and they're doing more with their oil and gas production, as opposed to Canada, where it's stalled. No new projects have been approved, so the economy is not going to improve.

Higher spending and more capability

The other end of this axis: Restrain spending and deployments

Excerpt criticizes lack of plan to defend borders due to weak economy and endorses building national defences.

Now we do not even have a plan to defend Canada's borders. If there were a plan, there would be no money for it because there is no economy. The idea that the Liberals took as their own from the Conservatives was to build our national defences, build pipelines, axe the carbon tax and negotiate with the U.

Expand production and export

The other end of this axis: Restrict new oil and gas

Excerpts repeatedly call for scrapping the energy production cap and building pipelines to non-US markets.

Will the Prime Minister scrap the job-killing and economy-killing energy production cap?

Provinces lead

The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads

Excerpts emphasize need for provincial consent and note exemptions only at federal level while provincial processes remain.

Speaker, national consensus will be required from all provinces for pipelines to be built in Canada. Will consensus be required by all federal ministers as well?

Lower taxes and tighter spending

The other end of this axis: Higher taxes and public spending

Excerpts repeatedly attack carbon taxes, deficits and hidden taxes while highlighting affordability harms.

The government printing money or producing deficits and, as a consequence, borrowing money to cover those deficits increases inflation. Does the member agree that increasing the government deficit and debt will increase affordability pressures, including grocery costs, which the Liberals promised to control?

Lower intake

The other end of this axis: Higher permanent intake

Excerpt endorses Conservative plan that includes cutting handouts to fraudulent asylum claimants.

We have identified more than $150 billion in savings by cutting wasteful bureaucracy, unnecessary consultants, foreign aid, handouts to fraudulent asylum claimants, corporate welfare and money-losing boondoggles like Alto rail. These savings would bring down debt, taxes and inflation and put more money back in the pockets of Canadians.