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Lib. (ON)
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2020-01-27 11:03 [p.427]
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 83(1), I wish to table a notice of a ways and means motion respecting an act to implement the agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States.
Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), I ask that an order of the day be designated for consideration of this motion.
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Lib. (ON)
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2020-01-27 14:40 [p.460]
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Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to defending the aluminum sector and its workers. We fought to have the U.S. tariffs on aluminum fully lifted. When the new NAFTA is ratified, we will have a guarantee that 70% of the aluminum in cars manufactured in the area covered by NAFTA will be sourced in North America. Currently, 0% of the aluminum in cars manufactured under NAFTA must be sourced in North America, so 70% is definitely better than 0%.
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Lib. (ON)
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2020-01-27 14:42 [p.460]
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Mr. Speaker, allow me to quote the Premier of Quebec, Mr. Legault, with whom I spoke this morning. He knows how important this agreement is to Canadians. In December, he said, "I believe the Bloc Québécois has to defend the interests of Quebeckers, and it is in the interest of Quebeckers for this agreement to be ratified and adopted."
It is a good deal for Quebec workers and businesses. I agree with Premier Legault.
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Lib. (ON)
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2020-01-27 14:43 [p.460]
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Mr. Speaker, we do indeed understand the implications of this agreement, which is a good agreement for Quebec and for Canada.
The new NAFTA is excellent for jobs in Canada and Quebec and for providing economic certainty. Jean Simard, president of the Aluminium Association of Canada, even said that the new NAFTA is the right way to go.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 10:02 [p.307]
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaty entitled “Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement Between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States”.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:23 [p.344]
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Mr. Speaker, I want to be very clear: this agreement puts an end to the existential threat that our country has been facing since Donald Trump threatened to tear up NAFTA. Our economy and our country were in real danger. We avoided this danger. All Canada has to do is ratify this modernized, updated agreement. Jeopardizing the ratification of the new NAFTA essentially amounts to putting partisan politics ahead of the national interest.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:25 [p.345]
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Mr. Speaker, I will tell the member what our Prime Minister will do and what he is already doing, and that is to get a modernized trade deal with the United States, our neighbour and most important partner, ratified. I must say that we are aware we are in a minority Parliament and that this is a grave historical responsibility of every member of this House.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:26 [p.345]
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Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to defending the aluminum sector and its workers. We fought to have the U.S. tariffs on aluminum fully lifted. Only Canada and Mexico have had these tariffs lifted.
When the new NAFTA is ratified, we will have a guarantee that 70% of the aluminum in cars manufactured in the area covered by NAFTA will be sourced in North America. The current percentage is zero.
We must ratify this agreement.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:28 [p.345]
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Mr. Speaker, this is very important. This is a historic moment for the entire House. It is important to talk about facts and reality.
The reality is that this modernized agreement will benefit the aluminum industry, Quebec and all Canadians.
This is not the time for partisan politics. It is the time to stand up for our national interest.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:31 [p.346]
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Mr. Speaker, let me give members a few of the reasons why the new NAFTA is a much better agreement for supporting the rules-based international order than the agreement it will replace.
One is that in the new NAFTA we have a much stronger state-to-state dispute settlement mechanism, formerly chapter 20, now chapter 31. Second, we have gotten rid of ISDS, which is inappropriate in our trade relationship with the United States. Third, we have maintained chapter 19.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:33 [p.346]
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Mr. Speaker, with regard to aluminum, let me tell members what our government has been successful in doing.
First of all, we have been successful in getting the section 232 tariffs on aluminum lifted. This is no small thing. Let us be clear: Canada is today the only major aluminum producer with tariff-free access to the U.S. market.
Second, in the new NAFTA, which will come into force with support from my friends across the aisle very soon I trust, the aluminum sector will benefit from an additional 70% content requirement.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:34 [p.346]
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Mr. Speaker, I met with the United Steelworkers today too. The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons was with me.
I visited the plant twice. We discussed Quebec aluminum. It was a constructive conversation, like all my conversations with unions from our excellent aluminum sector. Workers know that our government is committed to fighting for the aluminum sector and its workers.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-12 14:40 [p.347]
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Mr. Speaker, the new NAFTA is excellent for all of Canada's workers, including aluminum workers. Jean Simard, president and CEO of the Aluminium Association of Canada, said that the new NAFTA was the path to take. Aluminum workers themselves are saying that.
To jeopardize ratification of the new NAFTA is to put partisan politics ahead of our national interest. We are not doing that in our government.
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-09 14:33 [p.100]
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Mr. Speaker, through you, I would like to assure the members opposite and all Canadians that our government takes very seriously the economic challenges that the Canadian Prairies are facing. If I may, I would like to quote Premier Kenney, who said at lunchtime today that he believes a strong Alberta is essential for a strong Canada, and I would add a strong Manitoba and a strong Saskatchewan.
We will achieve that if all of us in this House—
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Lib. (ON)
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2019-12-09 14:51 [p.103]
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Mr. Speaker, let me assure the hon. member and all Canadians that, thanks very much to the Prime Minister's work, we have an excellent working relationship with our American neighbours. Let me say, in the lives of ordinary Canadians, there is perhaps no issue in our relationship with the United States that matters more than trade.
The Prime Minister raised the ratification of the new NAFTA and other trade issues in his meeting last week with the President and we have been working intensively, including having many conversations over the weekend and this morning with our American partners, on getting the deal finalized.
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