{"id":436617,"date":"2025-12-10T00:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436617\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:08:22","slug":"liberals-defeat-poilievre-pipeline-motion-insist-they-back-future-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436617\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals defeat Poilievre pipeline motion, insist they back future project"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Liberals<\/a> on Tuesday defeated a motion by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre<\/a> that he had said was seeking to affirm their support for a new pipeline to the West Coast, which the government insisted does not mean it doesn\u2019t back such a project.<\/p>\n

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The motion used partial language from the memorandum of understanding signed between Ottawa and Alberta<\/a> last month that sets the stage for a bitumen pipeline that will increase oil exports to Asia from a yet-unnamed deep-water port in B.C.<\/p>\n

It specifically cited a federal commitment in the memorandum to \u201cenable\u201d a new pipeline, \u201cincluding if necessary through an appropriate adjustment\u201d of the northern British Columbia oil tanker ban<\/a> \u2014 language that has been opposed by Coastal First Nations and the B.C. government.<\/p>\n

The motion called for \u201cwhile respecting the duty to consult Indigenous Peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Liberals said Tuesday they will vote against the motion, accusing Poilievre of seeking division and \u201cplaying games.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadians see the motion before us today for what it is: it\u2019s a cynical ploy to divide us, it\u2019s a cheap political stunt,\u201d Energy Minister Tim Hodgson told reporters before the vote.<\/p>\n

The motion is not legislation and would not automatically authorize any specific project.<\/p>\n

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Conservatives on Tuesday amended the motion \u201cin the spirit of collaboration\u201d to add more language from the MOU on \u201cmeaningful\u201d Indigenous consultation and \u201cengaging with British Columbia immediately in a trilateral discussion on the pipeline project.\u201d It also adds points on pursuing carbon capture and storage.<\/p>\n

The amendment was also defeated Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

Poilievre mentioned those points while challenging Prime Minister Mark Carney to vote for the motion in question period Tuesday, without acknowledging the motion had been updated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI took the wording for the motion right out of his deal, and if he votes against the motion, he\u2019s voting against the pipeline to the Pacific, he\u2019s voting against consultation with the First Nations people and the British Columbia government, and he\u2019s even voting against his own beloved carbon capture and storage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Carney said the Conservatives should put forward the entire memorandum as a motion for a vote, which the Liberals would support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe memorandum of understanding is not something that you can pick and choose from,\u201d he said in French.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to eat the entire meal, not just the appetizer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NDP, Bloc Quebecois and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May joined the Liberals in voting against the Conservative motion and amendment, saying they oppose a new pipeline in general.<\/p>\n

A recorded vote was held for the amendment, and all parties applied the same results to the original motion.<\/p>\n

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Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, who is Cree, called the motion \u201can immature waste of parliamentary time\u201d and \u201can insult toward Indigenous peoples\u201d while speaking to reporters alongside Hodgson and other ministers earlier Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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She noted the MOU commits both Ottawa and Alberta to consult with and seek consent from B.C. and First Nations on a future pipeline, something she said will ensure \u201crespect\u201d and \u201cequity\u201d among all communities and stakeholders impacted by such a project.<\/p>\n

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Ministers also highlighted the memorandum\u2019s commitments on pursing carbon capture and renewable energy projects as well as updates to the industrial carbon price, which the Conservative motion does not mention.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis motion doesn\u2019t reflect the full agreement \u2026 and this motion refuses to talk about climate change and any kind of commitment to get to net-zero (emissions),\u201d\u00a0Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a party, we are united in wanting to make sure that we continue to build Canada, that we build it well, that we take into account climate change in the work that we do, and that we respect Indigenous rightsholders. Our party is united on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a separate press conference, Alberta MP Eleanor Olszewski, the federal minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, insisted she was not sending mixed messages by voting against the Conservative motion while voicing support for a pipeline.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think it sends a mixed message at all,\u201d she said. \u201cMy constituents understand that the prime minister and the premier of Alberta has already signed a memorandum of understanding \u2026 and they also understand that this is a little bit of a stunt pulled by the Conservatives at Christmas time. It\u2019s really an unnecessary and redundant motion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The oil tanker ban on the northern B.C. coast, which was first promised by Trudeau in 2015, has been blamed for killing the Northern Gateway and Eagle Spirit pipeline projects from the Alberta oilsands to northwestern B.C.<\/p>\n

Federal Conservatives and successive Alberta governments have called on the 2019 federal law to be repealed, arguing it constrains the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n

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The B.C. government and Coastal First Nations signed a proclamation last month committing to uphold the tanker ban<\/a>, and the Assembly of First Nations voted unanimously<\/a> at last week\u2019s annual meeting to reject any changes to the law.<\/p>\n

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