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Ben Lobb

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Huron—Bruce
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $120,348.62

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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Ben Lobb
  • Apr/30/24 4:11:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would argue that, when the Conservatives were in government, Stephen Harper was the prime minister and Jim Flaherty was the finance minister, we were probably the most respectful of all the levels of provincial jurisdiction. We were so effective, we almost made the Bloc Québécois extinct. I remember that. It was almost wiped out. Why? It is because the residents of Quebec knew they had a prime minister and a finance minister that respected the Constitution and the areas of provincial jurisdiction. There were no problems. There were no issues in Quebec the entire time Stephen Harper was prime minister.
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Mr. Ben Lobb
  • Oct/30/23 1:46:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, it is important. Obviously, it has been over a decade since the act was reviewed, so that is great. However, the member sometimes gets mixed up on the trade deals. If we look back at the trade deals that have been approved in the last few years, they were all done by the Conservative Party. We took it right to the one-yard line. With the European trade deal, I know that the finance minister, who was the trade minister at the time, fumbled about 10 times before she got it into the end zone. The member for Abbotsford, Gerry Ritz and Stephen Harper are really the people who did 99% of the work. Yes, the Liberals bobbled the football into the end zone, and they get the touchdown, but the heavy lifting was done by our government in previous years.
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