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House Hansard - 222

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23
Mr. Marc Dalton (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, CPC)
  • Sep/21/23 10:33:43 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-33 
Madam Speaker, the Liberals are waxing eloquent with this bill, but this would just make things worse. CP Rail says that, after four years, this is a whole bunch of nothing. I recently toured both the Port of Nanaimo and the Port Alberni port. What they need is not more bureaucracy, more things to stifle movement. They need help with the Canada Border Services Agency, to get some representation there so we can reduce the clog in traffic and the bulk of the ships within the Gulf Islands and the area around Vancouver. Will the Liberal member not recognize that this is not what industry is asking for and is not leading to efficiencies?
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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Sep/21/23 4:20:41 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-33 
Madam Speaker, I will put this to the member for Davenport: If this bill is so great, as she seems to think it is, why do key stakeholders, such as CP Rail, characterize it as a whole bunch of nothing? Why have other stakeholders, such as the Chamber of Shipping and the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, said that this would exacerbate supply chain issues because it would increase government regulation and red tape? Can the member explain how it is that the minister said that this would reduce the cost burden, in the face of a massive increase in red tape?
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