Chris Lewis – MP – Essex

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MP - Essex

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Poor Border Policy and Now ‘Buy America. What Are Liberals doing? | Apr 8, 2021

Chris’ hard work on the border is paying off. The cross-border commerce issue finally made it onto the Government’s radar. Chris questioned the Minister of Foreign Affairs when he appeared before CAAM today. Here’s a highlight from their exchange. (see video below)

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Help Save Local Jobs – Please Support Petition E-3267 | Apr 8, 2021

The Government of Ontario has deemed the manufacturing and assembly sectors essential service. Business owners, their employees and customers, that hold a valid visa, must not be quarantined or pay hefty fines at the border, as a cost of doing business.

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Windsor Star: Windsor’s Neighbour Morphs into COVID-19 Hotzone | Apr 7, 2021

Just finished a meeting with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers about their plans to update the postal services they offer and make their vehicles more green.

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Meeting with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers | Apr 7, 2021

Just finished a meeting with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers about their plans to update the postal services they offer and make their vehicles more green.

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Celebrating National Caregiver Day! | Apr 6, 2021

It’s always important to recognize our devoted caregivers. Happy National Caregiver Day!

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Happy Easter Everyone! | Apr 4, 2021

Celebrating Easter this Weekend. He Risen!

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Ontario Recognizes Them as Essential, why not the Federal government? | Apr 1, 2021

Today in CAAM I spoke with the Minister for Trade and Small Business, reminding them that trade includes the people that go with the product. Law-abiding business owners and workers are facing lengthy quarantine and hefty fines. I also addressed petition e-3297.

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Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax Increases by 33% Today | Apr 1, 2021

Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax Increases by 33% Today… This is not an April Fools Joke.

MP Strahl Echoes Chris’s Questions on the Border | Apr 1, 2021

“I will ask again what Mr. Lewis asked, is there a plan… to stem the flow of jobs to the United States while we catch up on vaccinations, which we are so far behind the United States on?”

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Chris talks with CBC Tony Doucette on Enbridge Line 5 | Mar 31, 2021

“Line 5 has been in use for, quite frankly, decades and I think there’s a much greater chance of an oil catastrophe, an oil spill on 14,000 trucks, barges in our Great Lakes or we put it on trains,”

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Essential Businesses Need Border Mobility: Reko International Group Inc. | Mar 30, 2021

This state of the art advanced manufacturing building was looking to get the buy-in of an international customer for phase 2 and phase 3 of their current contract but the representative coming to check the work and negotiate was turned away at the border.

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QP: Manufacturers Need Immediate Action on the Border | Mar 26, 2021

“When is this government going to give clear and concise direction to CBSA and PHAC before more jobs and contracts are lost due to their inaction?”

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Conservatives will repeal Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax | Mar 26, 2021

Canada’s Conservatives will repeal Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax. We will protect the environment and fight the reality of climate change, but we won’t do it by making the poorest pay more. Our relentless focus will remain on securing jobs, securing the economy, and securing our future.

MP Lake Honouring his Son on World Autism Awareness Day |Mar 24, 2021

MP Lake gave a beautiful speech on Wednesday. “Jaden often needs help to navigate the world around him. Let’s face it – we all need help sometimes. But Jaden also has many things that the world needs right now.”

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Unanimous Support: August 1st is Emancipation Day | Mar 24, 2021

It was an honour to stand in the House with Parliamentarians from all parties to unanimously support formally recognizing August 1st as Emancipation Day in Canada.

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Removing Jail Time for Shooters but Criminalizing Airsoft | Mar 24, 2021

Bill C-21 could literally throw airsoft firearm and paintball owners in jail, Bill C-22 allows criminals and gangs to run free. Watch MP Fortin avoid the question.

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Border Clarity is Needed: MP Lewis speaks to recent petition | Mar 23, 2021

Business owners are losing contracts to U.S. suppliers because the situation at the border is completely chaotic. Business owners have no clarity as to whether they will be deemed ‘essential’ when they arrive at the border to conduct their cross-border transactions.

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Five Priorities: The Conservative Recovery Plan | Mar 20, 2021

Canada’s Conservatives got Canada through the last recession, and with Canada’s Recovery Plan, Canada’s Conservatives will get Canadians through this one too.

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Windsor Star: Manufacturers Intensify Campaign for Border Clarity | Mar 20, 2021

Over 1,000 signatures were contained in the first booklets handed over to Essex Conservative MP Chris Lewis to present to the House of Commons next week.

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Flashy Liberal Policy Helps to Drive out Cleaner Energy Products | Mar 20 2021

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) from this project would be some of the cleanest in the world, and would displace dirtier and more costly energy resources like coal, and LNG shipped all the way from the Gulf Coast.

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Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd Press Conference on Border Clarity | Mar 19, 2021

I received a petition from the Windsor-Essex Border Task Force. These business owners, their employees and their customers face quarantine and/or hefty fines every time they cross the border to transact business. Future contracts and jobs are at risk.

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Liberals Opposed anti-Weapon Smuggling Bill then Introduced C-22 | Mar 19, 2021

This year, the Trudeau Liberals voted against and defeated Bill C-238, a Conservative bill that would have imposed tougher sentences for criminals smuggling or who are found in possession of illegal firearms.

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Ortaliza: First Ever Canadian Urban Farm Store Opens in Kingsville | Mar 19, 2021

Ortaliza (or·ta·lee·za) is an Urban Farm Store located on Main St. in Kingsville. Every item sold by Ortaliza is grown within the urban farm store. It is the first of its kind in Canada.

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Today Marks 2 Years Since Canada’s Last Budget | Mar 19, 2021

Do you think it is competent for a country to go without any type of budget or accountability?… especially over two years? 2 years later and it’s still not balancing itself…

Studying How the Border is Impacting COVID-19 Job Loss | Mar 18, 2021

I asked the witnesses to comment on the impact on the border. Watch to the end to hear Aaron Henry’s troubling response. (Henry is the Senior Director, Natural Resources & Sustainable Growth, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.)

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Calling Top Liberal Advisors to Testify | Mar 17, 2021

The Kielburgers testified at the Ethics Committee that Ben Chin, a Senior Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office, had no role in setting up this program. However, documents released to the Finance Committee last summer prove otherwise.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! | Mar 16, 2021

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Everyone!

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Formally Announced as the Official Candidate for Essex Again | Mar 16, 2021

Getting ready in case Justin pulls the plug!

Thank you for all the support.

We Need a Plan to Safely re-open | Mar 16, 2021

Recently, the United Kingdom laid out a path with clear benchmarks to signal when phases of lockdown will end. Here in Canada, Canadians are frustrated with the Trudeau Liberal’s failure to effectively tackle the COVID-19 crisis.

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Rogers $16 Billion Bid for Shaw Jolts Canada’s Wireless Sector | Mar 15, 2021

Rogers Communications has signed a deal to buy Shaw Communications in a transaction valued at $26 billion, which would create Canada’s second largest cellular operator. The Competition Bureau has stated that it will be reviewing this deal.

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Trudeau Returns to Harper’s Non-Partisan Appointment Process for the Governor General | Mar 15, 2021

In 2012, Conservatives created a non-partisan appointment process to nominate Canada’s Governor General. Instead of using an effective, proven process, Justin Trudeau arrogantly snubbed the process and appointed his own candidate.

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Kingsville Passes Resolution Against the Municipal Handgun Ban | Mar 15, 2021

I am very proud of the decision by the Kingsville Town Council to pass this Resolution. To the best of my knowledge Kingsville is the first Municipality in Ontario to do so. I strongly encourage all Municipalities in Essex County and across the country to do the same.

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Addressing the Pandemic Caused Gap in Legal Aid Funding | Mar 12, 2021

Legal Aid took a serious hit in the pandemic. Courts were closed for months creating a significant backlog. I asked what conversations the Feds have had with the provinces with respect to the impact of the pandemic and how they intended to close the funding gap.

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QP: Ending Punitive Measures at the Border – Silence | Mar 12, 2021

Yesterday I asked a very direct and blunt question to the Liberal Government. The question was so upfront that nobody could answer it including the Minister of Public Safety’s Parliamentary Secretary who does Friday duty.

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We Need a Plan to Safely Re-open | Mar 11, 2021

Canada needs a plan to safely reopen the economy and get Canadians back to living normal lives!

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National Day of Observance for COVID-19: We Need a Plan to Re-open | Mar 11, 2021

The Hon. Erin O’Toole, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Official Opposition, issued a statement on the National Day of Observance for COVID-19.

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No Timeline for Clean Water | Mar 11, 2021

Yesterday, the Liberal government announced their re-commitment to lifting all long-term drinking water advisories on reserves – but refused to offer a timeline of completion. The announcement focused on the launch of a redesigned website, where Canadians can track ongoing construction projects.

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Advocating for Essex Employment and Business at Justice Committee | Mar 9, 2021

One factory and 200 jobs lost this week in Windsor-Essex…. Because we are losing so many jobs to the US and Mexico, I am seeing hemorrhaging and bleeding beyond belief…the conversation should be much larger than the horse racing industry….it has to be focussed on how we ensure a clear path forward for all Canadians

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Liberals and NDP push to extend Euthanasia to Mental Illness | Mar 9, 2021

“Tell Me to Stay.” “In the midst of these already challenging circumstances, the government has just announced their intention to expand euthanasia and assisted suicide to include Canadians whose sole condition is a mental illness.”

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Conservative Motion to Support Airline Customers and Companies | Mar 9, 2021

Conservatives have said from the start of the crisis that there would be some sectors that would be especially hard-hit. The Canadians who depend on industries like tourism, hospitality, and the charitable sector to provide for their families need support now.

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“Choose to Challenge” Chris’s Statement on International Women’s Day | Mar 8, 2021

“I have the honour of working alongside many gifted women on both sides of the House and in my Ottawa and constituency offic-es. I would like to especially acknowledge my Chief of Staff, Marnie Pouget. I was raised by a strong woman, am married to a strong, independent woman and am blessed with an amazing daughter who keeps this proud dad on his toes. I am who I am because each one of them challenge me to be my best.

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