Lakeland Member of Parliament Shannon Stubbs has been reappointed by Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer as the conservative shadow minister for natural resources.
In a Nov. 29 news release, Stubbs says she is honoured to be reappointed and will once again lead the fight for the sector’s competitiveness.
“The livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers and families, and the future of thousands of communities across Canada depend on it,” Stubbs said in the release.
Stubbs will work closely with Cathy McLeod, a British Columbia member of parliament, who has been chosen as the shadow minister for Mining and Forestry and previously worked as the shadow minister for Indigenous Affairs.
"Forestry in British Columbia is collapsing, mining in the north is stalled - which is worrisome because mining is often the only private-sector source of jobs and government revenues," said Stubbs.
The reappointed shadow minister also called out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party in the media release, saying, “Bill C-69 stands in the way of developing a national energy corridor.”
“Canada’s natural resource sectors are in a crisis – and federal Liberal policies are a key cause,” Stubbs said.
During the federal election held in October, Albertans shut out the Liberals and coloured their real estate blue as the Conservatives took 33 of the province’s 34 seats – dotting just one part of Alberta’s land with the colour orange, an NDP representative.
“If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is serious about walking his talk on working with the Prairies, then he will instruct Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan to work collaboratively with the official opposition to address the national unity challenges his liberal government caused," Stubbs said.
