Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre committed to boosting Canada’s oil and gas sector during a visit to St. John’s on Tuesday morning as part of his Atlantic swing on the campaign trail.
Poilievre began his visit with a stop at Olympic Construction where he focused on Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore.
“I support Newfoundland and Labrador’s plan to double production of oil and gas,” he said, adding he will grant rapid permits to a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Placentia Bay to ship more oil to Europe and “break European dependence on [Vladimir] Putin.”
In Newfoundland and Labrador, this includes more offshore oil drilling, which he claims Liberal Leader Mark Carney will prevent.
“He wants to keep it in the ground and that includes under the ocean …