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Speaking up for Line 3 in Parliament
Having lost Keystone XL to US political intervention, it is important to
make sure the Government is on top of risks to Enbridge's Line 5 and Line
3. On February 4, I asked two questions of Natural Resources Minister
Seamus O'Regan. Click on the video to see his (non) answers.

Mr. Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC): Mr. Speaker, Enbridge is spending
$8 billion modernizing Line 3, Canada’s main oil transportation link to the U.S.
since it was approved by President Obama in 2016. The final section to be
upgraded is being challenged by the same activists that moved the new U.S.
President to cancel Keystone XL. The Prime Minister recently spoke with the
U.S. administration about energy security without any specifics. Before more

environmentally destructive policies are decided in a void of real information, will
the Prime Minister commit to getting specific on pipelines with the U.S.
administration?

Mr. Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC): Mr. Speaker, these are verbal
assurances and verbal assurances leading to no results are not worth the
salaries of the storytellers hired to write them. What Canada needs is action, not
stories. Canadian energy workers are receiving an ongoing legacy of failure
from the government: Northern Gateway, Energy East, Trans Mountain, Teck
Frontier, Keystone XL and now Enbridge Line 3 and Line 5. When will the
government stand up for the people it claims to represent and take action to
protect their jobs?

Advancing the Critical Canada-US Relationship
With a new President in the White House, and critical Canadian
infrastructure at risk, the Conservatives used an Opposition Day to ask for
a special committee on one of the most important pillars of our recovery:
the economic relationship between Canada and the United States. Here is
a short excerpt from my remarks; click on the image to see the entire
speech and the following Questions and Answers from other MPs (about
15 minutes):

The main point is that this relationship between our countries is often
exemplified by the relationship between our two leaders, and not just a
relationship to have dinner together but a relationship where they actually show

up and solve common issues together with the facts on the table, but that is not
happening any more. What we need are some serious people to sit down and
get this job done.

While a lot of what I have said so far has dealt with energy, I am going to
discuss it further because we have a great energy trade between our two
countries. We ship a lot of product, a lot of raw natural resource from western
Canada, into the United States, and a lot of it is processed there. Some of it is
used in the United States, but a good portion of that energy comes back into
Canadian markets. That is the result of the free trading relationship between our
two countries. That is the way we built it, and that is the way we prospered.
However, to suggest that Canada by itself is energy secure in petroleum
products is not looking at the entire situation. If our supply of hydrocarbon
resources from the United States were cut off in eastern Canada, we would
suffer. We are an energy-rich country that suffers at some ends of the country.
We need to integrate that and make sure that we continue to prosper together
with the United States, and make sure that no parts of our country get cut off.

Results of My Constituency Survey on Energy
Issues
This survey of constituents was held in December and January.

1. Canada should aggressively pursue nuclear energy as a low emissions
alternative for use here at home and export abroad:

    Yes: 63%

    No: 25%

Not sure: 13%

2. Canada should immediately repeal the Canadian Oil Tanker Ban on BC's
coast to facilitate export of Canadian products.

    Yes: 87%

    No: 7%

    Not sure: 7%

3. Capturing carbon to make useful products is a good initiative worth
investing tax seed money to get up and running.

    Yes: 75%

    No: 6%

    Not sure: 19%

Coming Up
Facebook Live Event: February 24

The next regularly scheduled Q&A is February 24 at 6 PM. Submit a question in
advance, if you wish, to my e-mail: Greg.McLean@parl.gc.ca or join us live
and send your question in the comments section. Previous Facebook Live
events are also posted on my website in addition to previous newsletters and
constituency mailers.

My Interview with Congressman John Curtis
I sat down with Utah Republican Congressman John Curtis to talk about the
environmental implications of cancelling the Keystone project. Click to watch -
about 5 minutes.

An Update on Vaccine Procurement in Canada
My colleague MP Ron Liepert (Calgary Signal Hill) wrote an excellent summary
of where Canada stands with respect to vaccine procurement, as of this week. I
have posted it on my website.

Please get in touch if there's anything my office can do for you.
Greg McLean, MP
Calgary Centre
403 244-1880
Greg.McLean@parl.gc.ca
GregMcLeanMP.ca