Western Standard - March 08, 2024


Sask United leader Nadine Wilson was kicked out of the legislature


Episode Stats

Length

3 minutes

Words per Minute

135.67451

Word Count

528

Sentence Count

41

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is a province rich in God-given natural resources, sitting on a gold mine of affordable and reliable energy. Yet, the Saskatchewan Party government wants to shut down coal, shut down natural gas, and is dumping billions into failed green projects.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Mr. Speaker, the SAS Party's new mantra is build and protect after they realized there
00:00:08.880 wasn't any growth and it wasn't working for anyone. Their net zero by 2050 agenda definitely
00:00:15.240 isn't build and protect. It's more like wreck and neglect. The Saskatchewan people are blessed
00:00:23.620 with a province rich in God-given natural resources, sitting on a gold mine of affordable
00:00:29.320 and reliable energy, not just for Saskatchewan, but for all our neighbours as well. Yet this
00:00:36.200 Saskatchewan Party government wants to shut down coal, shut down natural gas and is dumping
00:00:44.600 billions into failed green projects. Can this government find their feet, stand before this
00:00:51.500 assembly and the Saskatchewan people, and reject this destructive policy of net zero by 2050?
00:00:58.380 Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I just want to perhaps correct the member opposite. It's
00:01:10.340 really the government of Canada, the Liberal government, supported by the NDP, Mr. Speaker,
00:01:15.260 who want to shut down coal, who want to shut down natural gas, Mr. Speaker, and who want
00:01:22.100 to put this province in a position where we saw just a couple of months ago in Alberta where we
00:01:27.100 frankly had to have all of the above solution, Mr. Speaker, to help out our neighbours to the West
00:01:32.800 who had an emergency situation, Mr. Speaker, where people nearly didn't have heat to heat their homes
00:01:38.280 in the middle of the wintertime, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is correct in one
00:01:43.000 thing. We are abundantly blessed with resources in this province, Mr. Speaker, and that's why we're
00:01:47.980 working so hard to be a part of the nuclear fuel cycle, Mr. Speaker. That's why when you look at
00:01:53.160 companies like Cameco and Arano, Mr. Speaker, we sit on the second largest reserve of uranium in the
00:01:58.740 world, Mr. Speaker. That's why when we go to conferences like COP and we go to conferences
00:02:03.060 like the Global Nuclear Expo, Mr. Speaker, the eyes of the world are on Saskatchewan.
00:02:09.760 I recognize the member from Saskatchewan River.
00:02:12.160 Mr. Speaker, I am tired of the misdirection and the double-speak from the Sask Party government.
00:02:21.400 The member from Cypress Hill stood up and led us to believe that the Sask Party government is pro-coal
00:02:26.920 and pro-natural gas. Mr. Speaker, this government's stated objective in their published documents
00:02:33.800 is to kill, to kill our coal and natural gas with net zero by 2050 and replace it with wind
00:02:42.140 solar, which they know won't work. Are they just plain ignorant? Or are they straight-up gaslighting
00:02:52.380 and lying to the public about their agenda?
00:03:00.180 I ask the member from Saskatchewan River to withdraw and apologize for an inflammatory and unparallementary
00:03:07.360 language.
00:03:09.220 I will not apologize for this.
00:03:11.940 I ask the member one more time to withdraw and apologize.
00:03:18.820 I will not apologize for their lying.
00:03:25.120 One last time. Will the member withdraw and apologize?
00:03:36.620 Ms. Nadine Wilson, I hereby name you for disregarding the authority of the chair.
00:03:42.420 Pursuant to Rule 57-2, the member is suspended from the service of the assembly for the remainder
00:03:48.580 of the sitting day. I ask the Sergeant Orange to remove the member.
00:03:52.000 You don't want to hold it.