00:00Mr. Speaker, recent aggression by major powers towards the Arctic region
00:04have underlined the importance of Greenland and Denmark's sovereignty.
00:08This rhetoric isn't happening in a vacuum,
00:11and indeed, if left unchecked, threatens our NATO alliance and Canada's own Arctic sovereignty.
00:17Can the Minister of Foreign Affairs share with this House
00:19how our government is working with our allies
00:22to protect the territorial integrity of Greenland and defend Canada's sovereignty?
00:27The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs.
00:30Mr. Speaker, this week I will be travelling to Newke, Greenland
00:34to formally open the Canadian Consulate there.
00:39I will be meeting with my Danish and Greenlandic counterparts,
00:45where I will be reiterating the principles of state sovereignty,
00:48territorial integrity, and cooperation amongst Arctic states, including the Nordic Five.
00:54Here at home, we are investing more than $80 billion in Canada's defence and security,
01:01including Arctic security, and we will build Canada strong.
01:04The Honourable Member for Simcoe North.
01:09In 2016, Canadians built 2.3 million vehicles.
01:15Just last year, that number dropped to 1.2 million cars.
01:19And last week, more devastating news for Canadian auto families
01:22as General Motors lays off 1,200 employees.
01:25So when will this government stop telling people that it's eventually going to be okay
01:31and start delivering results for Canadian auto workers?
01:36The Honourable Minister of Industry.
01:38Mr. Speaker, of course, our hearts and minds are with the auto workers,
01:42and we're there for them.
01:43Again this morning, I was on the phone with Premier Ford and with Vic Fidelli,
01:48working on new opportunities to bring auto making even more to the country.
01:53That being said, what we never hear from the Conservatives
01:56is the fact that these auto workers are victims of the U.S. unjustified and unjustifiable tariffs.
02:04Why aren't they denouncing that?
02:06Why aren't we all working as one team Canada?
02:09That's what auto workers want.
02:11The Honourable Member for Simcoe North.
02:14Mr. Speaker, of course, we denounce those tariffs,
02:16but with all due respect to the Minister,
02:18she's had 10 years with her Liberal colleagues
02:20to protect the auto sector here in Canada.
02:24Now it's being reported that the government is going to reintroduce subsidies
02:28for Canadians to purchase electric vehicles.
02:31Really?
02:32Does the government really think that the way to save Canada's auto sector
02:37is to give taxpayers' money to Canadians to buy Chinese electric vehicles?
02:41The Honourable Minister of Industry.
02:46Mr. Speaker, what is clear from this government
02:50is that, notwithstanding the U.S. tariffs,
02:53we were able, after 10 years of creating 3,000 new jobs
02:59at the Windsor Nexstar plant, battery plant,
03:02which the Conservatives are against.
03:04Why being against 3,000 jobs in Windsor?
03:07And we were able also to create 4,000 jobs in St. Thomas
03:11in a Conservative writing.
03:14Why are they against it?
03:15Why aren't we all working together to make sure
03:18that we're tracking new investment in the auto sector?
03:21And meanwhile, we're working with the province of Ontario
03:24on a great auto strategy.
03:26Here, here.
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