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Mr. Speaker, this old cabinet minister has not answered the question. Premiers, police organizations and victims are pleading for tougher penalties for repeat violent offenders. Just last week, West Grey police rearrested a repeat violent offender for failing to comply with a release order and who was found in possession of fentanyl and prohibited weapons. The Prime Minister ran on a platform that…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising today on behalf of constituents in my riding who are petitioning the government about a common-sense idea. While the cellphone number known as *16 is used to contact the Canadian Coast Guard in the event of water-related emergencies, it is currently voluntary and only available in some regions of Canada. Therefore, the petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada …
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Madam Speaker, as I said countless times in my speech and in my previous response, I have nothing against Canadians who want the choice and can afford to buy an electric vehicle. I will not disagree that over the lifetime of the vehicle it can potentially save people money. I do not disagree with the argument of the potential climate benefits that EVs have over a gas-powered vehicle. My point is t…
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Madam Speaker, I fully agree with my colleague's point. This is what I tried to highlight. For rural Canadians, it is just not an option. He specifically targeted farmers and those driving pickup trucks. I have been driving a pickup truck since 1997. I am never going to own a vehicle other than a pickup truck as my primary vehicle, because it is essential for living on a small farm and getting aro…
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Madam Speaker, considering this is my first speech of any length during this Parliament, I just want to thank all the constituents of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound for giving me the privilege and honour of being re-elected for the third time to represent them. None of us get here without the incredible hard work of volunteers, supporters and family members, so I just want to thank all of them. Another thi…
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Madam Speaker, I am not going to disagree with the member that over its lifetime, for somebody who is able to buy the vehicle in the first place, it could save money. He is missing the whole point in my speech. The government is forcing people to make this decision, people who do not have the option to buy it in the first place. In ridings like my own, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, even if people buy the…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like my hon. colleague to expand a bit on the hypocrisy of this programming motion, considering the former minister of internal trade in the Liberal government, who is still in cabinet, just said on February 5 that within 30 days, interprovincial trade barriers would be eliminated. Mr. Poilievre tabled a blue seal proposal over two years ago, and now we are in a huge rush to p…
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Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his being elected to this august chamber. Second, I would like to thank him for his family's service in the Canadian Armed Forces, particularly his brother, who is still serving. My question is about housing. I am just wondering if the member has heard from any of the affordable housing organizations in his riding. I just got emails …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member on her re-election. She mentioned in her speech the lack of infrastructure in the north, in Nunavut, for our military. I would like her to share her opinion on the economic benefits, not just to the military but to the community in the north, when the federal government invests in military infrastructure.
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to present a petition initiated by the parents of a young man who was unfortunately killed by a drunk driver. The petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada to amend the Jordan rule to address critical gaps that risk undermining the principles of justice and fairness for victims of crime. The petitioners strongly ask that serious crimes, particularly those…
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Mr. Speaker, 100 years ago today, Albert Christian was born in Waterloo, Ontario. At age 17, he was in the local barbershop and overheard two older guys talking about heading to London, where they were going to enlist in the Canadian Army. Bert asked if he could tag along, which he did. Bert passed all the tests, exams and interviews and was enlisted, despite having lied about his age. He served i…
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Mr. Speaker, I have more of a comment. I have knocked on doors and reached out to my constituents on this issue. To be frank, there is no other issue I have received this much correspondence on in such a short period of time. I asked my constituents if they thought the government should comply with the will of Parliament and turn these documents over, and whether they thought, if any organization …
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Madam Speaker, I have two quick questions and a brief commentary. First off, during the study, did the committee look at the fact that the prescribed age of retirement of 60 is really no longer relevant? Just recently, at Remembrance Day, I met two serving members in my own neck of the woods. One just completed basic training at 54. Another one is serving at 58 and still continues to serve and is …
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know what I want to put as a question, necessarily, to the House leader of the NDP. We are here to debate a concurrence motion that I think is very important on an issue the NDP brought forward that we need to address, which is how we take care of our veterans, and especially this concern of marriage after the age of 60. I do not understand. I liked what the Bloc member who s…
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Mr. Speaker, the member has talked specifically about this program that we are debating today, SDTC, and about how it actually functioned for about 20 years with no issues. It is only in the last few years that some insider appointments by the current Liberal government have created this problem. Could he just elaborate on the damage the government has done to this program?
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the NDP member fully understands that he cannot refer to a person's presence in the chamber.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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With regard to the bare trust reporting requirements from which the government announced there would be an exemption for the 2023 tax year: (a) how was the $250,000 reporting requirement determined; (b) were any consultations held to determine the reporting requirement; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, what groups were consulted, how many people or groups were consulted, and where did cons…
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With regard to the AgriScience Program, Projects Component: (a) how many applications have been (i) received, (ii) approved, since the program’s inception; (b) how much funding has been awarded to date, in total and broken down by sector (beef, dairy, pork, etc.) and by province or territory; (c) what are the details of all funding provided through the component to date, including, for each instan…
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With regard to government information on the Canadian information and communication technology (ICT) sector: (a) how many Canadian registered companies, broken down by (i) size of the firm, (ii) revenue, (iii) sector, have been acquired by foreign entities each year since 2015; (b) what is the estimated GDP loss due to these acquisitions; (c) what is the estimated tax revenue loss due to these acq…
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Madam Speaker, I have two quick questions and a comment for the member opposite. He was expounding on the importance of the housing accelerator fund. It is supposed to be an equitable fund for all ridings across the country. First, I would like the member to name one Conservative-held riding in Ontario that got a single penny of the housing accelerator fund. Second, because he thinks this is such …
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Madam Speaker, I want to give my honourable colleague the opportunity to elaborate even further on why policies and legislation, anything that comes out of the House, should be metrics-based, should be built on results not on virtue signalling and not on putting more money into the government bureaucracy but on actually achieving things. Specifically, in this case, we are discussing the incredible…
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Madam Speaker, the member highlighted the concerns around transparency and representing our constituents. When I spoke to this parliamentary privilege motion, I could not believe the amount of feedback when I asked my constituents about just how frustrated they are with the government's unwillingness to comply with the will of this democratic chamber, of Parliament, in turning over the documents. …
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for pointing out throughout her speech the hypocrisy that exists with the government by spending money and not delivering results. Unfortunately, and it refutes the member for Winnipeg North's comment earlier about where we are in this country, the Stats Canada data just out today indicates that our per capita income has shrunk for six consecutive quarte…
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Madam Speaker, I have a simple comment for the member for Winnipeg North. I want to congratulate him. He has spoken over 300 times on this parliamentary question of privilege debate, which is 10 times more than, I believe, any other member in the House of Commons. He has contributed quite a lot to the debate. My question for the member is a question of fairness. Does he think that every member in …
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Madam Speaker, I have a very short question. The member was just talking about banning assault-style firearms. Could she point to the definition of that anywhere in legislation or anywhere in the Government of Canada, or even offer her own definition of what she means by that? I have been trying for over five years to get an answer to that question, and the government has none. It does not exist. …
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been consultations among the parties, and I believe if you were to seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, considering the government has stated that there is no prayer ban, the House call on the government to confirm that military chaplains, ahead of Remembrance Day ceremonies, have the right to offer …
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Madam Speaker, I just want to thank my colleague for highlighting the incredible service that so many veterans rendered to Canada and for tying it to what we are here to do as a democracy. It is important. I want to highlight his recognizing retired brigadier-general Hayter, a man who served in my regiment. One of my first tasks as a subaltern was to be his aide at a mess dinner. I cannot repeat s…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Considering that the government has stated there is no prayer ban, the House calls on the government to confirm that military—
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Madam Speaker, I have a quick comment that goes back to the question my colleague got from the Bloc member about when we are going to have the next confidence vote in this government. I just thought it would be important to put it on the record. We have actually had two since we came back this fall, and both times the Bloc Québécois and the NDP continued to prop up the Liberal government.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for providing such a clear explanation throughout her speech on why this parliamentary privilege motion is so important for Canadians, especially when it comes to fighting climate change. In my riding, a green hydrogen company was affected by this Liberal scandal that practically ended this federal program. Can my colleague elaborate on the negative impact…
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Mr. Speaker, I will ask the chamber's indulgence on my comment this morning. I woke up happy, I guess, as I do not even know what the right word would be, to see that the Royal Canadian Legion has chosen Maureen Anderson as this year's National Silver Cross Mother. Her family and she, personally, have made more sacrifices for this country than most people understand. She, herself, served in the Ro…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for a very passionate and reasonable take on the question of privilege that we have been debating for the last little while. I was shocked when I had the opportunity to speak to the motion last week. I wanted to understand what my constituents thought; ultimately, we are all here to represent Canadians right across this great nation. I sent an email asking…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to build on the question from our Bloc colleague to my Conservative colleague about the accusations of holding things up. My colleague got a question from the member for Winnipeg North, and I think if we check the records, the person who spoke more to this privilege motion in the House is the Liberal member from Winnipeg North. The Liberal Party was putting up speakers to this …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for raising the point that she has companies in her riding that are unfortunately being negatively impacted by this Liberal scandal. I have a company that is trying to do great work in green hydrogen, and it is still waiting. The company understood that if the projects were pre-approved, they were not going to be impacted. However, it is out a million doll…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for really bringing forth and talking about the accountability issue, because I think it is important. Actually, I would like his opinion, because I know I have no time for corruption regardless of the political party or who is in government. We have to do better here. He mentioned increasing the penalties for conflict of interest, accountability and ethic…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a great question because, unfortunately, I did have to cut off a page or two of my commentary. Here is some feedback I got from one of my constituents this morning. Eric said, “It is the equivalent to insider trading and should have similar punishment attached to it for all parties involved. “Government should be held to stricter rules than the general public and should never …
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Mr. Speaker, I do not support or stand for corruption, ever. I was not part of a former Conservative government. I will not speak to and cannot speak to any corruption. I do not have the background knowledge to speak to every single case. The Afghan detainee file is one, though, that I will speak to. That was not a case of corruption. There were allegations. There was parliamentary debate. An ad h…
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Mr. Speaker, I am not aware of any political games. As I highlighted clearly in my speech, I am speaking to the motion for the first time. The member who just asked me a question has already spent over an hour and a half speaking. He has given two speeches on the privilege motion. If anybody is playing games, it is him. He speaks 10 times more in the chamber than I do. I do not understand how it i…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to stand in debate to speak for the first time to the very important motion and question of parliamentary privilege before us. Just as a bit of background, why are we here today? What are we debating? Basically, due to whistle-blower testimony from public servants, the Auditor General found that there were irregularities in the awarding of government grants with Sust…
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Mr. Speaker, my kudos back to the member and the other four members; we all work together to help these former Afghan women MPs. It is an important cause we all believe in, and there is power when we can come to a consensus on things going forward. To get to the crux of her question, I am not aware of any other way to get this resolved quickly, unless the government turns over those documents. The…
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Mr. Speaker, I sat on a committee with the other member briefly in the past. I actually think lots of work is getting done in the committees. I get lots of work done every day in Ottawa when I am here. The reason we are not getting any further debate or issues dealt with in government business is wholeheartedly that the government refuses to comply with the Speaker's order. This could all be over …
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Mr. Speaker, in the second petition I have, the constituents of my riding point out that after nine years of the Liberal government, the economy is in terrible shape and there is crime, chaos and drugs in the street. They are calling upon the government to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget, stop the crime and immediately have a vote of non-confidence.
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Madam Speaker, it was kind of rich, I thought, that the parliamentary secretary talked about filibustering, when he has been up speaking on the very same motion and taking up time in the debate. I talk to my father and to so many other Canadians who are so worried about the lack of transparency and the waste of taxpayers' dollars. They just want to know where their money is. They are so tired of t…
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first petition, signed by a number of my constituents, supports my private member's bill, Bill C-377, which would allow parliamentarians to apply for a secret security clearance. They call upon the House to swiftly pass my bill to allow parliamentarians the ability to apply for a secret security clearance.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for laying out just how deep this corruption is and how implicated the current minister is. Because I think he understands more of the historical context of how far back this goes, to even the former minister of industry Navdeep Bains, and how the PCO and PMO were warned about these potential conflicts, I wonder if he could explain to Canadians just h…
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to note some of the testimony from one of the SDTC employees, who said at committee: ...I think the current government is more interested in protecting themselves and protecting the situation from being a public nightmare. They would rather protect wrongdoers and financial mismanagement than have to deal with a situation like SDTC in the public sphere. Could my colleague e…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for highlighting the importance of this question of privilege in this case of conflict of interest. I would simply like him to explain why transparency is so important to restoring public confidence in the use of limited taxpayer dollars.
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Mr. Speaker, my riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is facing a chronic homelessness situation. I had the privilege of sitting on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities committee when we were debating the introduction of the housing accelerator fund. I asked the minister and those testifying how much of this money would be g…
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Madam Speaker, I am proud to represent a rural riding that includes many in the Amish community. The Amish do not use electricity, phones or the Internet. They are pacifists, they do not vote and many are dual Canadian-U.S. citizens. In April 2021, I first asked the Liberal government how it was communicating border restrictions and requirements to Canadians like the Amish. I followed this up in F…
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