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Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)

Jun/8/23 7:00:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on his presentation. To the comments by the previous questioners of the hon. member today, one thing that I think we fail to realize is that, while other politicians are saying the federal government has done a pretty decent job on some of this, the federal government has really only given them one option: here is the package; take it or leave it. With the position that most of the provinces are in, there are dollars coming their way, but they are not in a very good position these days after COVID and the other things the federal government has imposed on them, like the carbon tax. People who represent those provinces only have one option, and they are bound to take the money because the provinces are all in dire straits, just as the federal government put in by the Liberals is. I wonder if he could comment on the fact that there is only one option, and the provinces are not in a position to not take the dollars for some of these programs.

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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23

Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)

Jun/8/23 9:14:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague mentioned a number of the derailments we have had in Canada. She referred to Lac-Mégantic. I know she comes from the riding that has Churchill. From my farm leadership days and provincial legislature days, I understand there were a number of derailments there, with grain mainly, which is fortunate, I guess we could say, as it is not explosive. There have been some derailments in what used to be the Hudson Bay route, the route to Churchill that runs right through her riding. I know a number of things have been done. As a farm leader, I have watched a number of developments in the industry with regard to low-slung cars and aluminum cars to make the cars lighter. It is not so they can haul more, but so they can travel through the tenuous conditions in some of the more muskeggy areas of that particular track at slow speeds. She has referred to a number of areas with worker labour issues as well, and I appreciate that. I wonder if she can expand on what she thinks are the most important things needed to secure the line that runs through her constituency to Churchill.

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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23

Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)

Jun/8/23 10:15:23 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-33

Mr. Speaker, I want to refer back to something that my colleague mentioned in his speech about the position of Canadian railroads and the ability of our ports in relation to all of the other ports in the world. He said we are number 368 out of 370, I believe are the numbers that he used. He can correct me if that is not correct. We have the ability to repair lines and that sort of thing, as we saw from the November disaster that took place in the Rocky Mountains that basically isolated the west coast with regard to railroad travel. It was fixed within a week or two. Can the member elaborate a little more on what he thinks are some of the solutions to problems that could have been put into Bill C-33 that might have been used to get us back at least a bit closer to the top rather than being right at the bottom of all the ports in the world?

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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23

Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)

Jun/8/23 11:30:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member, particularly for his comments in regard to one of our major railroads, which of course, is headquartered in his riding, and the training facilities he spoke of. He opened his speech by talking about the plethora of different areas this is trying to cover, and I wonder if he could just expand a little more on the areas he was referring to in his opening comments, as to the number of different areas this bill is trying to cover and if he sees that as any kind of a detriment or not.

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