#4 - Premiers Say It's Time to Build Canada Up
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Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
"It's time to build new trade and energy corridors working in partnership with the provinces, territories, and Indigenous peoples. It's time to build hundreds of thousands of not just good jobs, but good careers in the skilled trades. It's time to build Canada into an energy superpower in both clean and conventional energy." [Global News]
Tim Hodgson, Canada's Minister of Energy & Natural Resources
"Canada's natural resources are not only a cornerstone of our national identity - they are the foundation of our economy. Protecting and modernizing our resource industries in the face of tariffs and global uncertainty is critical to safeguarding Canadian jobs and communities and ensuring a prosperous and strong future." [Government of Canada]
David Eby, Premier of British Columbia
“If you’re not buying oil and gas from Canada and British Columbia, the alternative is Venezuela.” [CPAC]
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario
"It's time for us to build cross-Canada infrastructure within our borders so we can protect our energy security, find new markets for Canadian energy and resources and create new jobs and opportunities for Canadian workers." [Government of Ontario]
Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta
“The federal government must immediately drop the anti-resource development laws holding our economy back and work at all haste to approve multiple pipelines, rail expansions, and transmission lines going west, east, and north to diversify and grow our expert markets around the world.” [Western Standard]
François Legault, Premier of Quebec
“What do we do anyway? If there is or not some tariffs? We need to have diversification of market. So it includes working better with other provinces, but also with Europe, with other countries than U.S.” [CTV]
Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia
“A project like the Energy East could move resources from the west to the east and then onto Europe. It will open up incredible opportunities for our country.” [Global News]
Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba
“Well, yesterday we had this amazing announcement. Some $80 million being invested into the port of Churchill and the rail line that serves it, so that our mining products, our AG products, can get to the EU, can get to Brazil, we can help resupply Nunavut. This is a really smart investment… it's also about diversifying the markets that we can ship our goods to from here in Manitoba.” [CPAC]
Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan
“We all know the story behind Northern Gateway and Energy East. And, you know, those are two projects that I think we as Canadians should certainly become advocates for sooner rather than later. So that we are energy independent not only on a continental basis, but also ensuring that we have access to other markets…” [CPAC]