Fred Davies

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, despite the illusions with the Liberal, it is more cost, more carbon taxes and more of the same. Liberals blame $100 per barrel of oil for high gas prices, but in 2014, oil was also $100, and gas was $1.38 a litre. Today, it is $1.83. That is 45¢ more for the same global price. What has changed? Liberal policy has changed. Higher taxes, carbon taxes and GST on top of [more]

Mr. Speaker, the media panels have given up on this immigration minister. Bob Fife, the bureau chief of The Globe and Mail, called her performance “pathetic” and her “incompetent” twice in the same panel. Even CBC's David Cochrane said, “when they fall back on privacy, process and the passive voice, it's usually a sign of some trouble.” Prime Minister Immigration is a serious issue and theis [more]

I only have a few seconds left. Mr. Nankivell, Asahi Kasei is building a $1.7-billion EV battery ion separator plant in my riding. The project is now delayed because the market has softened and the project won't open on time. I'm interested in the relationship between Canada and Japan. It seems to me that Japanese investments are looking for a supply chain anchoring strategy. What do you think [more]

Do have any analysis or projections on what impact that would have on our GDP?

Why do you think the traditional energy sector was excluded from Canada-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership? This is despite the fact that Japan is heavily reliant on other sources of energy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is to Mr. Holmes. I'm going to pick up on what my colleague Mr. McKenzie was talking about at the end of his question. Japan is a massive importer of crude petroleum, having taken about $80.4 billion in 2023. Of its imports, 94% came from four Persian Gulf states: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. For obvious reasons there is a gap in these imports, which [more]

Please be brief because I have another question for you, Mr. Nankivell.