Rhonda Kirkland

Mr. Speaker, let me correct the record. Conservatives do not want to end the electrification of future manufacturing and of vehicles. We simply would like the market to decide how that will go. On the other hand, I think we can have both. I think we can have oil and gas. I think we can have electrified vehicles, and we will move away. What I do not agree with— An hon. member: Oh, oh! Rhonda [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, it is interesting. We hear words like “appreciate,” “we understand,” and “we stand with our auto workers.” I suggest the Liberals stand with them in the unemployment lines, and that is unacceptable to Conservatives. We are not the government right now. We are the opposition. It is up to the Liberal Party of Canada and the Liberalto negotiate a deal to the betterment of [more]

Mr. Speaker, as always, it is an honour to rise this morning on behalf of my neighbours in Oshawa about a great concern that touches so many of our lives. I would like to take a brief moment, though, to thank those of this House, as well as those of the Christian community who joined us this morning at the 60th National Prayer Breakfast. I was honoured to be in attendance. In my community, the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of the work that our Conservative opposition has done on this plan. I would like my colleague, if he would, to summarize the difference between the Liberal plan and the Conservative plan.

Mr. Speaker, we could do what the Liberals are doing right now, which is sitting back, doing nothing and managing the decline that is happening. What we can do, instead of simply offering supports, new job training and all these things to manage this decline, is not sit on our laurels. We can present a plan. We can try to negotiate. Something that Unifor members across this country understand is [more]

Mr. Speaker, the basis of any successful negotiation strategy is figuring out what the person we are negotiating with needs, what they are looking for and what they want. Our country, as it currently is run, seems to be capitulating to everything that the U.S. wants. I suggest we look at negotiating: They are looking for this; we are looking for this. How can we make that work together to the [more]

Mr. Speaker, it would be awfully nice if we saw the Liberal government do something. I know first-hand that Unifor members love our Conservative auto strategy. Maybe it is time that they spoke with folks on the assembly line. Prime Minister Since 2015, auto production in Canada has been cut in half. It is down another 7.8% under the Liberal. At a time when unjustified American tariffs threaten [more]

Mr. Speaker, last week I was privileged to walk the line at the Oshawa GM assembly plant, speaking with auto workers directly. I could see first-hand the pride, skill and dedication that built Oshawa's auto industry. They are the ones paying the price for the Liberal government's inaction. Uncertainty is making it harder for them to plan their futures and count on stable livelihoods. We need to [more]

Minister of Industry Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, it would be awfully nice if the Liberal government would go to Washington and fight for Canadian auto workers. We cannot control what Donald Trump does, but we do know what we can control, and that is our policies here at home. Theand thecan certainly control their constant flip-flopping. Conservatives have a plan: Scrap rebates for foreign-made [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canada's auto exports have fallen to their lowest levels in years. More than 5,000 auto workers have already lost their jobs as shifts are cancelled and production lines, such as the third line in Oshawa, are shut down. In communities like mine, auto workers and their families know exactly what that means. When the auto industry suffers, entire communities feel it. Will the Liberals [more]

Is that my time? It goes by so quickly. Thank you, sir.