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Blake Richards

Member of Parliament
Conservative

Banff—Airdrie
Alberta
Voting Attendance: 67%
Expenses Last Quarter: $145,439.36

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Jun/6/23 7:39:20 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-47

Mr. Speaker, first, I would comment that only a Liberal would stand to say that increasing a tax, the carbon tax, is somehow going to be better for the economy. Only a Liberal would say that this is the way to a better economy, to tax people a bit more. That will solve all the problems that people face. That is the first thing that just astounds me, no matter how many times I hear it from that Liberal Party. Secondly, to his question, certainly, there are a lot of opportunities. I want to point out very clearly that there is a need for oil and gas in this world for many years to come yet, and we need to make sure that Canadian oil and gas is being used rather than that from some foreign dictatorship. There is obviously opportunity, as he has pointed out, in some of these new emerging sectors and technologies. The problem is that Liberals talk about putting money into things, but they also set themselves up as the gatekeepers. They make it so impossible for anyone to actually invest and do anything within any of these opportunities that Canada falls behind, as it has done with the opportunities we had in natural gas. We could have been providing the needs of clean energy in Europe right now, to displace the Russian energy, but no. This government has set up all the roadblocks it could possibly put in the way, and that is what it will do again with everything else. It continually makes itself the gatekeeper and makes it impossible to anyone to move ahead with these things.

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Context: House Hansard - 39 - Mar/2/22

Mr. Blake Richards (Banff—Airdrie, CPC)

Mar/2/22 2:46:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Prime Minister needs to realize is that one of the most effective tools against Russia right now would be to stop importing their unethical oil, which many of our allies are relying on. If only there were somewhere else in the world with abundant reserves of oil and natural gas that could replace it, somewhere that produces energy in an environmentally responsible way, in a way that respects human rights, and protects the world's peace and security. Canada can and should be the solution to the world's energy needs. Instead of leaving it to places like Russia and Saudi Arabia, will he finally step up and advocate for Canadian oil?

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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Mr. Blake Richards (Banff—Airdrie, CPC)

Feb/28/22 8:05:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the most effective tools that the world has at its disposal right now is to stop the imports of Russian oil and gas. I certainly will say that I do acknowledge and congratulate the government for stopping that from coming into Canada, but we also could, with our Canadian energy, be the replacement for that Russian oil and natural gas with our good, clean, environmentally responsible and friendly Canadian oil and gas. Had the Liberal government only recognized those benefits of our energy as the environmentally friendly energy that it is, the ability to grow our economy and create jobs here in Canada, and the way that our energy respects human rights and would enable peace and security in the world by stopping dictators like Vladimir Putin from being the source of energy instead, we would have a much safer place. We would have a much stronger ability to go after the Russians for what they are doing in Ukraine. Will the Liberal government finally get behind our oil and gas industry and stop preventing its success?

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