Work In Parliament

In the just-ended Parliament (44th Parliament), Greg was a member of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, an important policy area right now with unsustainable numbers of government approved immigration levels, and admittedly unknown-to-the-government numbers of temporary residents, persons whose visitor permits have expired but have not left the country, and those who came to Canada on student visas but stayed illegally. This casual approach to managing immigration puts pressure on infrastructure such as housing, health care, jobs and education. Slow processing and sometimes impossible requirements (such as accessing biometrics in war-torn countries) also puts refugees at risk of harm as they wait in countries like Afghanistan or Sudan for paperwork to be processed while they live in danger. Immigration is important to Canada. It built our country. But this government has managed it so badly that many Canadians are losing faith in responsible immigration.

Greg previously served on the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee where he took - and continues to take - a strong interest in policy that balances environmental protection with consumer interests and the prosperity of Canada's responsible energy industry. That focus includes work in advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), hydrogen, nuclear energy, and the Canadian-made technology that achieves emissions reductions in the traditional oil and gas industry along with other industries (such as cement). There is also exciting new technology being developed - much of it here in Alberta - that turns waste carbon into useful industrial and consumer products. Greg believes we can find an appropriate balance that meets Canada's goals - and global goals - in emissions control, while providing reliable, clean energy to power our world.

In the previous (43rd) Parliament, Greg served as the Conservative Shadow Minister for Natural Resources & Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), the Deputy Shadow Minister for National Revenue (tax policy issues); was the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources; and served on the Justice and Human Rights Committee.

Greg takes an active interest in financial policies and often asks questions to Ministers in the House on issues including government waste, the accumulation of excess deficits and debt, high and poorly designed taxation, badly structured, costly programs that don’t meet goals, slush funds and sole-sourced contracts that enrich government’s friends at taxpayers’ expense, and the never-ending spending that has directly led to high inflation and high interest rates that have crippled all Canadians with an unsustainable affordability crisis.

Greg often participates in both the Natural Resources and Finance committee meetings where he speaks out on issues relating to responsible energy production, environmental sustainability, and on government spending and waste, tax policy, debt and deficit, and the nation’s financial strategy.