Greg McLean
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Greg McLean had a career in finance spanning over 20 years. He worked as a financial advisor and portfolio manager. He is reportedly the founder and managing director of Criterium Group, a corporate finance and merchant banking firm. According to his disclosures to the Ethics Commissioner, he has held interests in Criterium Merchant Capital Inc. and has also declared various publicly traded securities.
Key Relationships & Connections
As a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party, Greg McLean is part of the national caucus. Under leader Pierre Poilievre, he has served as the Shadow Minister for Treasury Board. Previously, under former leader Erin O'Toole, he was the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources. McLean was also reportedly among the Conservative MPs who signed a letter calling for a leadership review of Erin O'Toole in 2022, which ultimately led to O'Toole's removal as party leader.
Public Controversies
Greg McLean faced public scrutiny in 2021 after reports revealed he had hired his sister to work in his constituency office. While hiring certain family members was permitted under House of Commons rules at the time, the practice was criticized by some as a form of nepotism. The rules regarding the hiring of family members by MPs have since been tightened. In 2023, McLean's expense claims also drew media attention. Reports highlighted that he had claimed significant amounts for per diems, which are meant to cover meal and incidental costs while in Ottawa. The claims were made during periods when the House of Commons was sitting in a hybrid format or not sitting at all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. McLean stated that the expenses were permissible under the rules for MPs who must maintain a secondary residence in the National Capital Region.
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Mr. Chair, TMX took five years and went over budget five times, by $28 billion Canadian taxpayer dollars, to triple the size of a pipe on a pathway that already had a pipeline. That means no new pipe and no new land. Where did the $28 billion go?
Mr. Chair, it takes five, six or seven years. These tracks keep getting longer, and the minister does not seem to recognize that this is the problem. Is that timeline shorter than it is in the United States?
Mr. Chair, is it the minister's view that investment in Canada's resource sector has increased or decreased since 2015?
Mr. Chair, that is interesting, because most global CEOs are investing in the U.S. and Mexico, including in infrastructure, where it takes about one-third of the time to get a project built than it does here in Canada. Does the minister believe legislation like the Impact Assessment Act has made it easier or harder to build major projects in Canada?
Mr. Chair, attracting private investment and advancing major projects is critical to economic growth and government revenues. Will the minister agree with that?
Mr. Chair, can the minister tell us how long it took for the government to get the TMX pipeline built?
Mr. Chair, Shell made an acquisition, not an investment. I will make the minister cite that difference. How much private sector capital has left Canada for U.S. projects over the past five years?
Mr. Chair, it took five years for TMX to get built, and it was $28 billion over budget. The Liberals just announced a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Alberta to build a pipeline that is going to be a projected deliverable seven years from now. Why is that going to take so long if there is an energy emergency around the world?
Mr. Chair, does the minister know how long it actually takes, on average, to approve a major energy or infrastructure project in Canada?
Mr. Speaker, if I have said something that upset my colleague, I apologize, because I know they are working hard, but as I said in my speech, I think it is very clear that we need to measure these outcomes. At this point in time, we have signatures on letters of intent and everything. I am saying that the Liberals should bring these paths forward to the House of Commons. Let us pass all these
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his long question. I think I got the gist of it. It is important to have support for stakeholders in the Canadian economy right now. I wonder how the federal government will measure success when we are losing so many jobs to the United States. It is important to keep jobs here in Canada. What measures will the government put in place to mitigate the effects
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, it is very important. The government talks about training people, but it does not talk about how that is actually going to fit into the economy. I know themade an announcement while we were not sitting in the House of Commons last week about building our electricity system across Canada. Talking about the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, we know they