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Ottawa, ON – January 31, 2017 Today, Chris Warkentin, Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie–Mackenzie, called on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to publicly reject a plan to tax employer sponsored…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grande Prairie, AB – January 18, 2017 Chris Warkentin, Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie, expressed his concern following revelations that Canada's Ethics Commissioner has launched an…

Chris Warkentin, Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie–Mackenzie, renewed his call for the Liberals to repeal their harmful drywall tax after the Canadian International Trade Tribunal released its report condemning…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa – December 8, 2016 Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have announced that they will not support a Conservative Private Members Bill that would tighten bail conditions…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa – November 30, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected TransCanada’s Northern Gateway pipeline project, a proposal to transport oil from Alberta to British Columbia’s northern…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa – November 29, 2016 Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Government have chosen to delay the final announcement on the Northern Gateway pipeline, even though a decision…

Ottawa – November 24, 2016 Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government have announced a new infrastructure financing scheme that many people fear will sell off public assets to foreign billionaires…

Ottawa – November 23, 2016 On Monday, the Liberal Government announced that by 2030 all coal-fired power plants in Canada will be forced to cease operations. This means that provinces…

OTTAWA – November 15, 2016 In September, a tariff was levied on drywall coming from the U.S. to Western Canada, spiking prices anywhere from 105 to 276 per cent and…