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Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, let us go through the numbers yet again. For a family of four in Alberta, it is $1,800; in Manitoba, it is $1,200; in Ontario, it is $1,120; in Saskatchewan, it is $1,504; in New Brunswick, it is $760; in Nova Scotia, it is $824; in PEI, it is $880; and in Newfoundland and Labrador, it is $1,192 a year.

June 18th, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Carbon Pricing  Madam Speaker, let me repeat the numbers because the numbers bear repeating. It is $1,800 a year for a family of four in Alberta, $1,200 a year in Manitoba, $1,120 in Ontario, $1,504 in Saskatchewan, $760 a year in New Brunswick, $824 a year in Nova Scotia, $880 a year in P.E.I., and it is $1,192 for a family of four in Newfoundland and Labrador.

June 14th, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Labour  Mr. Speaker, I will make sure that both sides remain at the table and that they are fully supported by our federal mediation and conciliation service, which has a 96% success rate in preventing work stoppages and strikes. We stand with them. They are well supported at the table.

June 12th, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Labour  Mr. Speaker, we are aware of the situation. We will stay on top of it and we will keep the member informed.

June 10th, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Labour  Mr. Speaker, as members are aware, Canadian airlines are private sector companies. The government does not regulate wages in companies, aside from setting a minimum wage. Employers must pay their workers no less than the minimum wage for all hours of work performed, which is protected under the Canada Labour Code.

May 28th, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, there is $1,192 for a family of four in Newfoundland and Labrador, $760 for a family of four in New Brunswick, $824 in Nova Scotia, $880 in PEI, $1,120 in Ontario, $1,200 in Manitoba and $1,800 in Alberta. These are not phony benefits. This is not chicken feed, as has been described by the other side.

May 3rd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Mental Health and Addictions  Mr. Speaker, there are right ways to go about things, and then there are explosive, dramatic and catastrophic ways to go about things. In talking about using the notwithstanding clause, the Leader of the Opposition's response was, “All of my proposals are constitutional, and we will make them constitutional using whatever tools the Constitution allows me to use to make them constitutional.

May 3rd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Labour  Mr. Speaker, what is happening right now is a cooling-off period. It is a normal part of the collective bargaining process. Our facilitators and conciliators remain closely with both parties at the table. We remain committed on this side, as I know the hon. member is, to making sure that they remain at the table.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member knows I love Argentia and I like taking people to Argentia. The energy transition is going to be complicated, as the hon. member knows, and I am very proud of my province in the fact that as we continue in one energy sector, we are working in another energy sector.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I honestly cannot wait to vote against those amendments, in the same way I could not wait to say no to 20,000 amendments that that party put forward to try to block this piece of legislation. That is not practical investing. That is not investing in the future. That is hoodwinking.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would say to the hon. member that it is oil and gas. I do not know whether that is such a difficult answer to say, but it is oil and gas, and proudly so. In fact if we look at wind turbines, they take an awful lot of copper, about 60,000 pounds, so there is a lot of mining involved not just in this country but around the world.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I fail to see the logic of the hon. member's question. It seems to lean on whether or not oil and gas or renewables are treated the same. Let me assure her that the piece of legislation before us is such a fundamentally sound piece of legislation in the Atlantic accord and has built such a proud and prosperous industry off the shores of my home province that asking me to extend that jurisdiction, which is respectful of provincial jurisdiction, is something that I would think most members of the House would abide by.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the ITCs are something new, which actually builds the argument for what we are talking about with this piece of legislation. Why would we create something new when what we have works so well? Investment tax credits are new to this country. In particular, I am very proud to say that some of the ITCs are dependent and would only be activated, in other words, investors and companies would only realize them, if investors make sure that union wages are paid or union members are hired.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  moved that Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada—Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the third time and passed.

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal

May 2nd, 2024House debate

Seamus O'ReganLiberal