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Put Canada First & Build!
Canada needs to be a country that can build again; infrastructure, national energy projects, ports, irrigation, damns, military...

Damien C. Kurek
Feb 193 min read
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Liberals Deny Canadians a Choice on the Carbon Tax
On April 1st, the Liberal-NDP costly coalition will raise the carbon tax by a whopping 23 percent, the next step in their plan to increase i

Damien C. Kurek
Mar 27, 20242 min read
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All Talk and No Action
With the new year well underway, the temperature dropping, prices continuing to rise, and another “Trudeau vacation scandal,” Canadians...

Damien C. Kurek
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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A Realistic View of Clean Energy
This week, I thought it would be important to discuss the prominence of our oil and gas industry and the investments they make in energy div

Damien C. Kurek
Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Carbon Tax 2.0: Making Your Life More Expensive
Canada’s Conservatives have spent a lot of time talking about the carbon tax, its effect on the cost of living, and how it is ineffective at

Damien C. Kurek
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Advocating for Rural
Almost a month ago now, MP Shannon Stubbs, Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development and Rural Broadband, and myself, as the Deputy Sha

Damien C. Kurek
Oct 11, 20223 min read
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Budget 2022: Gov Spends More, Canadians Get Less
The new Liberal-NDP Coalition recently tabled Budget 2022 entitled, “A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable.”...

Damien C. Kurek
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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Rising Costs Continue to Burden Canadians
In this week’s column, I believe it is deeply important to address the affordability crisis Canada is facing. After six years of Liberal...

Damien C. Kurek
Feb 16, 20223 min read
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Knowing the Source
Among the challenges our world faces, there is very real threat of a further Russian invasion in Ukraine has rapidly increased in...

Damien C. Kurek
Feb 2, 20222 min read
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The State of the Country
Since the beginning of the pandemic, inflation has risen to multi-decade highs. This is an overwhelming issue for Canadians from coast to...

Damien C. Kurek
Dec 6, 20212 min read
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The Economy of Rural Canada
Rural Canada is an essential part of Canada’s future. It’s an honour to be appointed Deputy Shadow Minister of Rural Economic Development...

Damien C. Kurek
Nov 22, 20213 min read
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Three Issues: Extremists. Caps. Results.
Since my last column, there has been a host of concerns that have flooded the Canadian political scene that have a specific impact on the...

Damien C. Kurek
Nov 9, 20212 min read
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The Return of Parliament: Ensuring You are Heard
The need to mitigate the devastating effects of activist policies, including the cancellation of Keystone XL and the need to lay the...

Damien C. Kurek
Jan 27, 20212 min read
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Vague, Expensive, & Ottawa Knows Best
This past week, Parliament finally reopened with the Governor General delivering a Speech from the Throne. Although Canadians were...

Damien C. Kurek
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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Recession Fears Plague Economy
This past week we saw the price of oil fall to over 20%, the largest single-day decline since 1991. The rapid decrease in oil prices was...

Damien C. Kurek
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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Critical Teck Resources Project Cancelled
CAMROSE, AB – The proposed Teck Frontier Project, that would have brought nearly 10,000 jobs into the struggling Alberta economy, was...

Press Release
Feb 10, 20202 min read
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Back in Session
It is an honour to be able to fight for the interests of Battle River-Crowfoot in Ottawa. Over the last number of weeks, I have been busy...

Damien C. Kurek
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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MP Kurek Appointed Deputy Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development
CAMROSE, AB – Member of Parliament for Battle River-Crowfoot, Damien Kurek, has been appointed as the Deputy Shadow Minister for Rural...

Press Release
Jan 6, 20201 min read
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New Year’s Reflection
There is much to reflect on as we begin 2020. Conservatives across the country reduced the once-held Liberal majority to a minority...

Damien C. Kurek
Dec 19, 20192 min read
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Throne Speech Misses the Mark in Minority Parliament
On December 5, 2019 the Governor General delivered the Speech from the Throne laying out the minority Liberal Government’s plan for...

Damien C. Kurek
Nov 27, 20192 min read
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