Jonathan Rowe

Mr. Speaker, I often hear Liberals in this House and across the country say that there should be separation of church and state, and that is their argument for this terrible bill. I am wondering if the member for Long Range Mountains could expand on that and how she feels there should be separation of church and state.

Mr. Speaker, the PC government of Newfoundland and Labrador was finally able to do what Liberal governments could not do. Despite years of Liberal anti-oil policies, they finally signed the deal for Bay du Nord. This will bring $6 billion of royalty revenue to the province, and 95% of its subsea work was guaranteed for the province, which is estimated at 31 million man-hours over its lifetime. To [more]

Thank you very much, Mr. Strickland, for talking about the Bay du Nord project. My father is part of the carpenters union in Newfoundland, Local 579. That announcement was big. The provincial PC government was able to strike a deal with Equinor and BP to build this project. That's going to bring $6 billion in revenue over its lifespan and additional investment in the floating dry dock, as you [more]

I did see as well that it's not just Newfoundland that is going to be affected. Do you think the increased number of high-paying, unionized jobs in the rest of Canada and Atlantic Canada by using Canadian steel, Canadian manufacturing and Canadian transportation would not just impact Newfoundland, but would impact the rest of Canada as well?

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Liberals voted against my bill that would allow Newfoundlanders and Labradorians access to the recreational food cod fishery seven days a week, like the rest of Atlantic Canada. Now they are fishing for excuses. They wrongfully stated that we never did any consultation, and they are spreading misinformation and imagining new fees. Why do one of these Newfoundlanders not [more]