Tamara Kronis

Expand production and export

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

Excerpts repeat support for Canadian energy, pipelines and resource development.

Conservatives will stand proudly for Canadian energy and the jobs and prosperity those industries create, particularly in communities like Nanaimo—Ladysmith, where over 20% of the workforce is dependent on the natural resource sector and trades. We call on the government to repeal job-killing laws like Bill C-69 and Bill C-48.

Provinces lead

The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads

Excerpts repeat emphasis on provincial responsibility and against Ottawa overreach.

Provincial jurisdiction also needs to be respected. Water management is primarily a provincial responsibility, and communities on Vancouver Island rightly expect collaboration, not intrusion, from Ottawa. It is incumbent upon the government to ensure that coordination does not turn into federal overreach, as it does in so many cases.

Lower taxes and tighter spending

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

Excerpts criticize failure to reduce taxes and call for redirecting spending to cut deficit.

I would have liked a commitment to redirect a portion of the roughly $8.4 billion we spend on foreign aid to be used back home to reduce the deficit and help Canadians with their bills. However, as I said at the outset, this motion is a good start, a welcomed move in the right direction.

Assertive alliances and sanctions

The other end of this axis: Alliance restraint

Excerpts criticize China for targeting Canadian workers with tariffs and call out government inaction.

China uses trade as a weapon and detains our citizens. Is it the Liberals' economic strategy to let China take our jobs, jail Canadians and punish our exporters while Canadian industries get left out in the cold?

Market supply and deregulation

The other end of this axis: Public supply and demand controls

Excerpts call for slashing red tape, more shovels in the ground and avoiding government bureaucracy in housing.

We do not have enough homes, and the answer is not buzzwords; it is builders. It is not another department, agency or czar; it is more shovels in the ground, in the hands of workers earning good wages to support their families. We must slash red tape, eliminate delays and confront any ideology that stands in the way of building. We must invest in skilled trades, in the very people whose hands will build the future.

Enforcement and sentencing

The other end of this axis: Prevention and restraint

Excerpts support three strikes law for violent repeat offenders and emphasize protecting the public over repeated chances.

If someone commits three serious violent crimes, crimes like murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery or sexual assault, they should forfeit the privilege of bail, probation, parole and house arrest and serve a minimum sentence of 10 years. Why three strikes? It is because Canadians believe in redemption.