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Mr. Speaker, it does sound like my hon. colleague supports this measure and she is going to support it, because this is what Canadians want in this moment. Why would we spend more time discussing a bill we know we are going to support? Canadians need it right now. She just talked about the many people in her riding, even families, who do not even qualify for this measure. She understands the envir…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to address the House today on this bill that is very important for all Canadians. This is especially important for those who sent us to the House to represent them. As we just came back from the break, we have had the opportunity to chat with many constituents who have spoken to us about the state of what we all know, the state of where finances are for Canadians. Many Ca…
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Mr. Speaker, I called it a very divisive tax because the Conservatives made sure that Canadians could not get the truth about this tax. This was money that was going into Canadians' pockets and we had to respond. We will continue to respond to the needs of Canadians when they ask us to because they elected us to do so. Maybe the Conservatives can stop obstructing and actually respond to the questi…
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate my colleague's question and I appreciate all the work he has done. I look forward to continuing to work with him. On the matter of food banks, I just told the House that we are increasing the amount that we give to food banks across Canada by $20 million in order to respond to this issue. As my colleague said, it is an issue that is heartbreaking. This is not a top…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the work my hon. colleague does for her constituents. I did talk about the national food security strategy that this bill proposes. I think the quicker we can pass this bill, the faster we can have discussions around the long-term plans addressing food insecurity in Canada and supply chains across the country. We saw what happened with COVID-19, and we know that we are vu…
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Madam Speaker, in the 2021 election, the then leader of the opposition ran under a platform that said, “We’ll finalize and improve the Clean Fuel Regulations to reduce carbon emissions from every litre of gasoline (and other liquid fuels) we burn.... This will generate emissions reductions at lower cost, and protect Canadian jobs”. Since the finalization of these regulations in 2022, they have dri…
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Mr. Speaker, I will comment on the fact that whether they are hypothetical or not, we should deal with them. This is what Bill C-16 is offering, which is that we deal with the issue at hand. It is a solution, and it is what I think the courts and Canadians would want us to do. I would put a question back to the member opposite: What would he propose that we do better in this situation?
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House again as the member of Parliament for London West. I want to wish all members a happy new year and wish my colleagues a very successful session as they return to represent those who sent them here. It is a great honour and opportunity for me to speak to Bill C-16, the protecting victims act, and the government's ongoing efforts to protect children…
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Mr. Speaker, this is something that a lot of people are talking about, especially parents. I am a mother. I have a teenage son who is navigating online. Many people want to talk about how this affects younger women and the conversations and education that are needed when we have our kids online. One of the questions the member asked was about what our stakeholders were saying. As I mentioned earli…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know the specific member's riding name, but the member does have a colleague who agrees with the scenario where mandatory minimum penalties, or MMPs, would be unconstitutional. That member said, “Conservatives have faced push-back because we want mandatory minimums for an offence for which the victim is serving a psychological life sentence. People will say that it failed in …
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Mr. Speaker, I ask the member opposite to consider the comments of his colleague from earlier. He said that we are “10 years too late to believe in Canada.” Does the member opposite agree with this statement?
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Madam Speaker, earlier today, the second report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security was tabled in the House, respecting the consideration of Bill C-12, an act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures. I am rising on a point of order to bri…
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Madam Speaker, I agree that my emotions may have got the best of me. I apologize to the member opposite. I agree that we should not use those words in the House. However, I have to say it is very misleading and very un-Canadian of the Conservatives. I will switch out those words to “misleading Canadians”.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague raised a lot of points of misinformation that the party opposite has been spewing on this really important bill. We made a promise to lost Canadians that we were going to restore this specific requirement to access their citizenship for their children and grandchildren. Many of us did that work. The member put those points of misinformation to the forefront and explaine…
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Madam Speaker, I imagine that the member opposite was here in the last Parliament. His party voted for the bill to pass. This is part of the misleading misinformation. They are trying to fearmonger, trying to get Canadians to think that we are doing something we are not doing. The Conservatives voted against our tough-on-crime bill. They have no plans to support our budget, which Canadians sent us…
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Madam Speaker, it is very sad to hear the comments by the member opposite. In the last Parliament, I spent many hours on the committee that was working on this bill. I met families that served Canada and that are impacted through this policy, which was implemented by Harper. In fact, I think this was the policy that made him lose his election. What does the member have to say to Canadian families …
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to respond to the question of privilege raised by the member for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes on October 25. First, I would like to clarify that I do not believe this issue is a matter of privilege that should take precedence over all other business in the House. That being said, I would like to inform the Chair that the question raised in the House on …
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Madam Speaker, I really enjoyed the speech by my friend and colleague from the Bloc Québécois. We have heard the Quebec government repeatedly call for tougher laws on bail. Does my Bloc Québécois colleague not think that we should encourage everyone here to send this bill to committee so that it can be discussed and passed as quickly as possible? First of all, the Quebec government has asked for t…
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Madam Speaker, many police associations have called for the rapid passage of this bill. In fact, the London Police Association said, “The Bail and Sentencing Reform Act represents a vital and long-overdue advancement. This is an essential step in creating a safer London that our members serve. Equipping them with much needed legislative supports, holding violent repeat offenders more accountable.”…
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated my colleague's speech. I know that he was not here during the previous Parliament when we had a great deal of debate on this bill. We had discussions with families that fall under this category. These are Canadian families that have served outside Canada. What does my colleague think about the fact that this matter has come back to the House a couple of times and …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been discussions amongst the parties, and if you seek it, I think you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House: a) when the House adjourns on Thursday, January 29, 2026, it shall stand adjourned until Monday, February 2, 2026, provided that, for the purposes…
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Mr. Speaker, on October 15, I had the pleasure of joining local partners to announce 42 affordable housing units. Forty-two Londoners will now have a place to call home. I want to thank the City of London and Indwell for their leadership and continued investment in the well-being of our communities. Build Canada Homes is a national strategy that will get housing built faster, smarter and more affo…
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Mr. Speaker, it is important for the new member to know that, in the House, he has privileges as a new member of Parliament. He can speak, and he can also ask the opposition why their members are repeating the same lines 120-some times during question period for 45 minutes. Perhaps the member wants to tell us why he feels Bill C-12 is really important for the people who elected him on April 28, as…
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Mr. Speaker, I have listened, over the last couple of weeks, to Conservatives talk about the importance of protecting our borders and the work that law enforcement does every single day. We are putting forward a bill that would do exactly that. I am curious to know how my hon. colleague opposite feels about the comments that his leader has made about the RCMP.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to rise on this bill and talk about what our government is working on. The Prime Minister has already outlined seven priorities for our government, and one of them is being able to attract the best talent in the world to help build our economy while keeping our immigration levels in a sustainable way. Today, I rise to speak on that and to support Bill C-12, the propose…
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Mr. Speaker, as I explained in my speech just now, we were asked to review our approach by stakeholders, and it was in light of the information they supplied that we split this bill. The spirit and idea of wanting to protect our borders are still there. Last week, as I was saying, I was in Windsor to echo the announcement by the Prime Minister regarding the hiring of 1,000 new officers to work at …
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Mr. Speaker, I can share a story with the member. I am sorry. I will address my colleague in French. What I wanted to say is that I had an opportunity a few weeks ago to speak with a member of the RCMP in my riding. He told me that he once worked in a community where there were no identified cases of fentanyl use. A week after a single package arrived, however, fentanyl was everywhere. By the time…
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure if the member opposite was listening to my speech. I do not think he was, because it looked like he was reading a question he prepared way before I made it. Maybe I can ask the member opposite why he is so intent on attacking our systems. Recently, he put forward a motion to deal with DEI, for example. Perhaps he can start with DEI on his side of the aisle. When he works…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a very good question. I have listened carefully to most of the speeches by the Bloc Québécois members, and I believe that they largely agree with us that we need to work to make this system better. I was in Windsor last week to announce additional measures to hire more border officers across Canada. The Prime Minister is very focused on that. I think that if my colleague has o…
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Mr. Speaker, I know the member was in the room when I was making my speech, because I saw him standing a couple of times with his notes. He had his notes prepared before I made my speech. In my speech, if he had listened intently, and in the answer I just gave to my colleague from the Bloc Québécois, I talked about the fact that we have increased the number of border agents. We are investing in hi…
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Mr. Speaker, this is an excellent question, because it dives deep into what I was talking about. The many systems in this country that we trust and believe in, like the immigration system, evolve with time, and we have to be willing to evolve with them. This bill addresses an issue that we have seen change over time. The member talked about the pandemic and different issues we have experienced, in…
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Mr. Speaker, I greatly appreciate my colleague's question. I also want to congratulate him on all the work he does for francophones outside Quebec. As a francophone outside Quebec, I greatly appreciate all of his work on that front. As I mentioned, on November 4, we will have very good news for Canadians. The Minister of Finance and National Revenue will bring down a generational budget, a discipl…
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Mr. Speaker, we believe in our public sector. As we said, this budget is going to spend less and invest more in Canada and invest more in Canadians. That means we have to review everything. We have to review our operations, everything that we do. I trust that the public sector is doing that work right now to review and to make sure we have the ability to invest in Canadians. I would think the memb…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his very good speech, which updated the House on the economic stance of Canada. He just mentioned that the opposition is perhaps not understanding. Is it that they are not understanding, or is it that they want to continue to mislead Canadians? The motion before us includes the former prime minister. Is it that they miss him? Do they really care about wha…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague knows perfectly well that the carbon tax did not apply in Quebec. For those who paid it, unfortunately, we had to return that money and remove the carbon tax for Canadians, because the issue became polarized thanks to the Conservatives, and they are still doing it today. They started with the carbon tax. Everything they touch becomes polarized. Now they want to polarize C…
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Mr. Speaker, I do withdraw that word and would replace it with “misleading”, as they are misleading Canadians through the many comments we have heard in the House. We know that Canadians want results. They want leadership that builds and not one that just continues to blame consistently. While Conservatives spend their time talking down Canada and Canadians, our government will continue to focus o…
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear that Prime Minister Trudeau is still part of their economic plan and their plan to government, even though it did not work in the last election. Perhaps the member opposite can tell us why he thinks that the child tax benefit is a waste of money? This is a tax credit that has lifted over 400,000 children out of poverty. Why does he think that investing in child care across…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Pickering—Brooklin for sharing her time with me. I am very happy to rise on this motion. First of all, let us address the elephant in the room. The Conservative Party has brought forward a motion that is, once again, heavy on slogans and light on substance. Canadians are tired of the noise. It is unfortunate to see that, with the few opposition days…
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Mr. Speaker, as I said in my comments, we acknowledge that inflation has hit Canadians. I acknowledged that housing costs and food costs have gone up, but that is not just in Canada. I know the Conservatives love to talk down Canada. Today, in question period, they used the same script. Maybe the same person writes the script. Perhaps they need to change that person, because they were given mislea…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the minister for this really important work. The member opposite just talked about how the Conservatives fully agree. That is a good thing. This is what Canadians want. Canadians elected us to pass legislation such as this in a quick and effective manner so that we can continue to serve Canadians. Conservatives have often voted against and even delayed bills that…
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Mr. Speaker, can the minister expand on who was involved in the codevelopment of this bill and why it was important to involve those people?
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Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties, and if you seek it, I think you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mr. Wilkinson, North Vancouver—Capilano, for Mr. Fergus, Hull—Aylmer.
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Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties, and if you seek it, I think you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mr. Wilkinson (North Vancouver-Capilano) for Mr. Fergus (Hull-Aylmer).
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Mr. Speaker, this week in London we announced a $3.5-million investment through FedDev Ontario delivered to TechAlliance to fuel local innovation and create opportunities across southern Ontario. This funding will support innovators like Deep Breathe in developing health solutions, Vessl Prosthetics in transforming prosthetics with cutting-edge design, PolyAnalytik in advancing materials science, …
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Madam Speaker, I listened intently to the member's comments, and he mentioned in the first part of his speech that many Canadians, especially people of colour, have been victims of hate crimes. I represent the riding of London West, where on June 6, 2021, a Muslim family, a family of colour originally from Pakistan, were just out for a walk and were murdered by someone simply because they were Mus…
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Madam Speaker, I think I talked about that in my speech, that we want to be able to provide operators the tools they need to be able to secure the networks for Canadians. I talked about the importance, especially in 2025, of making sure we do this in a timely manner. Perhaps the member can talk to his colleagues about why they want to grandstand in this debate when we are just asking that the bill…
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Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's very thoughtful speech. I wonder if my colleague sees what else this law can bring. Can we have tools in this bill that can help inform and educate our communities so that people understand how to protect themselves in cyberspace? Of course, the bill focuses on institutions, but I wonder if we can bring in tools to teach and educate people who …
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Madam Speaker, I would like to invite my colleague to join this very important discussion. It was important during the last Parliament, and it is even more important in 2025. It is important for small businesses in his community and in my community. It is important for our hospitals and our systems. It is important that we send the bill to committee and pass it.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague was asked the same question earlier, and I will give the same answer. We have already consulted the provinces, and we will continue to consult them. If my colleague wants to propose amendments, then he understand how important it is to send the bill to committee as soon as possible so that we can discuss it.
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Madam Speaker, I am sure the member opposite remembers the efforts on Bill C-26 before the election happened, which he and his colleagues spent two years calling for. He is saying we do not want to have the conversation, and I want to disagree with the member, because we put forward a bill. We put it forward in the last Parliament, and we are putting it forward again. We want to bring it to commit…
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