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The Liberal government rejected the Northern Gateway project through northern B.C., while Trans Canada chose not to carry on with Energy East, which would have run through Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.

“Those companies continue to invest in pipelines elsewhere in the world. Just not in Canada. I am confident that our plan will give Canada the best chance of having these kinds of projects succeed.”

Bill C-69 was recently amended by the Senate and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney applauded the changes. However, Scheer said the bill is unlikely to pass under Trudeau, which is why they would repeal it if the Conservatives took power.

The Conservative leader said his pipeline plan would allow projects to succeed in the short-term, but also shared his vision for a national energy corridor to achieve long-term goals.

A coast-to-coast corridor would move Canadian oil, gas, electricity, telecommunications and potentially anything else that runs along the ground across the country, he said.

Despite the plan being in its infancy, Scheer said a national corridor would positively affect Canadians for generations, and his party would take necessary steps to engage Indigenous communities and provinces.

“As we saw with the court ruling striking down the Trans Mountain decision in the fall, it’s clear that the government did not ensure there was dynamic consultations,” said Scheer, who would dedicate a personal representative to the minister on file to ensure consultations would be ongoing and address concerns when necessary.

He said Conservatives would make investments and incentives for further research and development in clean and renewable energy, while balancing environmental obligations and government responsibilities to taxpayers in terms of controlling costs for energy.

“We can do this, but only if we stop being a country of no and get back to being a country of yes. Yes to more responsible resource exploration. Yes to more pipeline construction. Yes to investments in world-class leading technology,” Scheer said.