David Bexte
Bow River, Alberta · Conservative · Canada
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to table the Conservatives' dissenting report to the flood damage report. Canadians do not need another report telling them that floods, fires, droughts and storms are costly. They see it when basements flood, roads wash out and communities are forced to evacuate.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians are less safe today than they were a decade ago. Violent crime has risen by 55% since 2015. Liberal weak-on-crime policies have left Canadians feeling less secure. Police need effective tools to stop dangerous criminals. With proper judicial authorization, lawful access is key to investigating serious crimes.”
“Mr. Speaker, the minister avoided the answer. Veterinarians and animal health technicians play a critical role in the Canadian agriculture system, and they are in short supply. Neither vets nor animal health techs are covered under the Canada student loan forgiveness program, unlike other professionals.”
“The Liberals promised to listen and make changes. Instead, they are ramming a contentious bill through Parliament. The Liberals are ignoring legitimate concerns raised by experts and Canadians. They should be embarrassed.”
“If finding a surety is difficult, the answer cannot be lowering the standards. The amendment focuses almost entirely on the circumstances of the accused, but what about victims, families and communities? The threads of the fabric of our communities are at risk.”
“I need to mention that after years of Liberal judicial appointments, the Liberals have established a culture in the judiciary to defer to the perpetrator. This is maybe not deliberate by every judge.”
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“Mr. Chair, this is intimate to transport. The ban is on Canadian territorial waters, internal waters on the west coast. This has impacted the economic circumstance of Canada. How much money has the country lost because we do not allow tankers on the northwest coast?”
“Mr. Chair, in the interest of transporting more product from the production of oil fields in Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C. and everywhere else, when will the Liberal government scrap the job-killing oil and gas production cap?”
“Mr. Chair, it has nothing to do with building a pipeline for four times the original cost. It has everything to do with the projects that were stalled and that did not happen because of the actions of the Liberal government. Again, can the minister tell us if there is any other G7 country that has this kind of an internal cap on production?”
“Mr. Chair, the TMX was four or five times the cost of the original private enterprise, but be that as it may, I will move on a bit. Can the minister tell Canadians if any other G7 country has imposed a cap on its own internal or external energy production, or is the Liberal government uniquely short-sighted?”
“Mr. Chair, this is a transport project. Quite obviously, everything related to the oil and gas industry is involved in transport. Investment has fled the country because of the production cap on oil and gas, so transportation is not happening. Does the minister know how much investment has fled the country?”
“Mr. Chair, I would like to again congratulate all members of the House for joining the 45th Parliament. I have some questions for the Minister of Transport. Can the minister tell Canadians how much investment has fled Canada since the production cap on oil and gas was announced?”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and extend my congratulations to the Brooks Bandits on being crowned the 2025 BCHL champions. This remarkable achievement is a true testament to the hard work, discipline and dedication that each player, coach and staff member has poured into this season. By winning the Fred Page Cup, they have not only earned a championship but have also inspired a community and raised the bar of excellence for Junior A hockey. The Bandits once again have shown what it means to lead with heart, play with pride and represent their community with excellence both on and off the ice. Congratulations to the Bandits. They have earned every moment of this victory. Go, Bandits.”
“Mr. Speaker, one of the axioms we have in the industry is that we always measure future behaviour by past performance. We have not been able to develop our energy infrastructure from coast to coast to coast, and there is a lack of corridors and pipelines. I wonder if the member could comment on how we will be able to develop our energy infrastructure from coast to coast to coast.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says that half of Canada's oil needs to stay in the ground, and now he is backing that up with a production cap that the Parliamentary Budget Officer says will kill 54,000 jobs and gut $20 billion from our economy. This keep-it-in-the-ground agenda does not just kill paycheques; it also makes us more dependent on foreign oil. It weakens our economy and punishes Alberta families and Saskatchewan families that have built this country's energy sector. I will ask the Prime Minister a simple yes or no question: Will he scrap his job-killing production cap and finally let Canadians restore energy independence?”
“Mr. Speaker, I am a little remiss in not thanking former MP Martin Shields for all his support and the duty and the service that he gave in the seat that I now occupy. I will pass on the wishes from the member. Let me be clear: I want a strong and united Canada. Albertans want a strong and united Canada. However, unity is not something that can be enforced from the top down; it has to be earned through respect, fairness and equal treatment. Right now, Alberta is not feeling much of that and is not seeing much of that. This House has the opportunity to forge a nation and bring it all together to show all the provinces what the promise of Canada is. If this House wants national unity, then it starts by giving western Canadians a reason to believe in that again.”
“Mr. Speaker, I take some offence to the member opposite's allusion to my patriotism. Canada is the country that my family came to by choice, for a future. It was very deliberate. It was Canada or Australia, and they chose Canada, and that is the blood that flows through my veins. I think the problem is that the government is failing on the promise to deliver to the people. We want a society that is good for everyone; we have compassion. We want a society that thrives and survives and develops, but the Liberal government has failed in that promise over the last nine years, and there is nothing in this current circumstance that shows otherwise.”
“At any moment, the government could lose the confidence of the House. When that moment comes, Canadians will remember who has stayed with them and who stood in their way. When the system stalls, the Bow River keeps flowing. When the government offers platitudes instead of a plan, the Bow keeps flowing. When it forgets who built this country, we remember, and we keep moving. I want to thank the people of Bow River for one of the strongest mandates in this nation. I am thankful to my family, my friends and my neighbours for trusting me with this duty. I will not let them down. I did not come here to rub shoulders with royalty. I came here to fight for the families, farmers and energy workers who built this country. I will keep fighting until the Liberal government gets the message, because that promise still lives, and I intend to keep it.”
“It was built by pioneers, sustained by families and defended by those willing to risk everything for the promise of freedom and prosperity. However, after a decade of mismanagement and division from the Liberal front bench, that promise is fading. Alberta separatism is no longer a fringe idea. I heard it at the doors more times than I can count. I can tell members plainly that Alberta staying in the Confederation is not up to me, and it is not up to the Liberal government. It is up to the people of Alberta, and Albertans know they have options. If the House continues to insult, abuse and neglect Alberta, if it refuses to treat our people and our industries with the respect they have earned, then the future of this country is not guaranteed. None of us should assume we will have this job here tomorrow.”
“Behind the pageantry and parades, he disrespected the Crown by using the King to deliver a tired and empty speech, meant to distract Canadians from a simple truth, which is that he is still stumbling forward on the heels of Justin Trudeau's failed record. I have a deep respect for our institutions, but what Canadians needed this week was not ceremonial flourishes. They needed substance, not sentiment. They needed solutions, not more speeches from elites in suits. They needed action for the people in coveralls, including the farmers, the builders and the rig hands, and for the parents wondering how to afford groceries and heat at the same time. Canadians are tired of being lectured. They are tired of being told everything is fine when they can see with their own eyes that it is not. This country has a proud and noble history.”
“We need paycheques we can raise a family on, homes we can actually afford and streets we feel safe walking down. We need less gatekeeping, less government and a whole lot more grit. I come from the part of Canada that feeds the country and fuels its economy, so I will speak plainly. Where I come from, words matter, but work and deeds matter more. I am here to fight for the honest worker, the family farmer, the rig hand, the rancher, the welder, the widow, the worshipper and every kid who still believes this country can be worth something. I come to the House with one of the strongest mandates in the nation. I earned it by promising to rip this place down to the studs and start rebuilding a country we can recognize again. This week, the Prime Minister showed he is here to do the opposite.”
“This week, the Prime Minister stood before the country and promised more of the same: a new housing bureaucracy, a new set of buzzwords instead of a budget, more red tape instead of results, and not a single word about oil and gas pipelines or the workers who drive our economy. (1215) Let us be honest with Canadians. We do not need to renew the consensus on immigration, the one that has fuelled the Liberal political ambition for a decade. We need to rebuild this country for Canadians. We do not need to gaslight working families into accepting out-of-control immigration while wages stagnate, house prices explode and services collapse. We need to restore common sense and put Canadians first in their own country. We do not need more empty promises.”
“It fuels an ecosystem and an economy, and it helps feed the world. It does not wait for permission. It flows where it needs to flow. If it has not been clear, I am not just talking about the river. I am talking about the people, because just like the Bow River, we move with purpose, and we are done with waiting for the rest of the country to catch up. We do not need a national strategy; we need Ottawa to get out of the way. I ran to represent the people who built this country and who are now watching it be dismantled by people who do not understand it and, worse, do not even like it.”
“It flows past churches that were left to burn. While politicians offer excuses instead of justice, the river flows past the homes of the veterans, seniors and families who have been forgotten by the system but not by me. The beautiful thing about the Bow is this: Even when the government grinds to a halt, it keeps flowing. When politicians hostile to Alberta try to strangle our economy, the Bow River keeps flowing. When bureaucrats in glass towers write the rules that cripple our farms, it keeps flowing. When unelected judges rewrite our rules and call it progress, it keeps flowing. When they shut down our churches, our rigs and our rodeos, it keeps flowing. The Bow does not care about trendy acronyms or performative politics. It cares about feeding cattle, watering crops and quenching the thirst of a working land.”
“I also want to recognize the young people watching today. In Alberta's grade 6 curriculum, students learn about our political system, and many are watching these proceedings live. One of those classes is taught by Dr. Brian Jackson of Lyalta, and these students are paying attention. They are learning not from sound bites but from how we carry ourselves in the House. The riding that sent me here is called Bow River. It is not just a place; it is a people, a home and a promise. Much like the people who rely on it, the Bow does not ask Ottawa's permission to flow. It carves through rocks, sustains life and cuts a path forward, whether or not anyone in this chamber notices. The Bow runs past oil wells that were shut down by people who have never set foot on a rig. It flows past farms that were taxed by bureaucrats who could not grow a weed.”
“Let me say this: I would not be here without the support of my wife Lorelei; my children Kyle, Keean, William and Annalise; my mother Nadine; and the rest of my extended family. I also want to thank the many people of Bow River, from Grassi Lakes to Tilley, from Gem to Beiseker, from Conrich to Siksika Nation, Arrowwood, Milo, Carmangay and Barnwell, and everywhere in between. They are my neighbours. They are who I aspire to be, and I hold this seat for them. I also owe a debt of gratitude to 4-H Alberta, a program and a community that shaped me early. I joined when I was nine years old, and it was there that I learned how to speak with confidence, work with purpose and serve my neighbours. It is where I first lived the motto I still carry with me today, which is to learn to do by doing.”
“He did not arrive on a student visa or as part of some bureaucratic temporary foreign worker program. No, Hubert Bexte came to Canada to build. He came to build a farm, a community, a country and, most importantly, a family. He paid back his own passage from Europe by labouring in Alberta's sugar beet fields, on the southern edge of the very riding I represent here today, with no welfare, no hotel rooms and no Liberal-sponsored welcome package. There was just sweat, sacrifice and a belief that what Canada could be was what we should aspire to be. I chose to raise my own four children in the Alberta countryside because that is where promise still lives. It lived with my great-grandfather's hands. It lived in my father's footsteps, and it now it lives in my children.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate you on taking the chair as Deputy Speaker. That is a fantastic thing, and it is well deserved. I rise in the House today with humility and purpose. I stand here with a promise. It is a promise that shaped my family across generations, which is that if we work hard, raise our family and love our country, we will be free to live in dignity and peace. I am the great-grandson of a pioneer who broke the untamed fields of what would become Alberta before there was power and pavement. I am also the son of a farmer who survived Communism with nothing but his hands, his family and the hope that Alberta would be a place where his children could speak freely, live safely and never bow to a state that hated them. My father did not come to Canada in 1953 for a handout.”