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Hon. Omar Alghabra

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Mississauga Centre
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $149,480.76

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Context: House Hansard - 168 - Mar/10/23
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/10/23 10:53:03 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have to express my disappointment with my colleague's take on the bill. I would say that he has said a couple of contradictory things. On the one hand, he said that the ports need to have a national lens. On the other, he opposes introducing representatives of the prairie provinces to the boards of the ports. On the one hand, he said that the ports need to be at arm's length from the government, which I agree with. However, on the other, his own leader is criticizing the government for policies that, by the way, the ports enacted under the Harper government. Therefore, he has made several contradictory statements. I would ask my colleague this: Will he really miss out on this opportunity for us to work together on strengthening the governance of ports? I welcome his ideas for amendments, but it would be prudent to send this bill to committee so that we, as members of Parliament, can work together on advancing the goal that we all agree on, which is making sure that our ports are more efficient and resilient.
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Context: House Hansard - 125 - Nov/4/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/4/22 12:08:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to assure my colleague and all Canadians that the issue of vessel traffic management on the gulf coast is very important to me and to our government. A few weeks ago, I was in Vancouver where I met with the port authority and stakeholders, including shippers and agriculture producers. Global and domestic supply issues are causing a complicated matter at the port. Soon, we will be tabling a bill in the House of Commons to modernize how we govern our ports. We have also announced an investment to digitize our supply chains to help the flow of goods and make them more efficient. Our government is acting. This will also relieve pressure on inflation.
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