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Mr. Chair, let me do the minister's job for her. The number is 281,000 as of March 31. That is a record. Can the minister tell me what the average time is to process this claim?
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Mr. Chair, these are basic questions. How long does it take to process an asylum claim in our country? I would like just the amount of time.
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Mr. Chair, that number is way off. This number is right from her ministry. It is about four years to process the claim. In the four years to process a refugee claim, the Government of Canada provides a work permit, health care, legal fees, housing, dental care, eye care and prescriptions. Is that true, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, that was not the question. The question was this: Are these services provided to asylum seekers while they are waiting for their cases to be heard?
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Mr. Chair, what is the average cost per refugee per year?
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Mr. Chair, under the Liberal government, fraudulent refugee claims have skyrocketed, making it a backdoor entry to stay in Canada. The minister's predecessor himself has called this “gaming”. Does the minister agree that under the Liberals' watch, there has been gaming happening in our asylum system?
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Mr. Chair, the Liberal government is requesting over $800 million for an interim federal health program. This is up almost 15 times since 2017, and the asks keeps going up. Why?
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Mr. Chair, who is on the hook for this $800 million? Is it federal taxpayers or provincial taxpayers?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister think it is fair to add hundreds of thousands of asylum claimants, many of whom do not have valid claims, to Canada's already strained health care system?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister think it is right to pay asylum claimants social assistance payments for years when they might not have a valid claim in the system?
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Mr. Speaker, despite the Liberals' promising Canadians that they are capping immigration, here are the facts. They added over 500,000 more international students. They approved nearly 180,000 more temporary foreign workers. Now we have millions of people in our country with expired or expiring visas and no plan on how they will leave. The Liberals' mismanagement has put pressure on housing, health…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years, the Liberals have destroyed our immigration system. It used to work for newcomers, for Canadians and for our country, but the Liberals' radical policies have unleashed chaos. They ignored warnings from their own officials, skipped vetting on applications and allowed fraud and abuse in our TFW, international student and refugee programs. Now we have millions of people i…
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Mr. Speaker, surprise, surprise, the Liberals cannot give us a number. Now Trump's 50% tariffs on steel will shut down our plants across our country. Thousands of jobs are on the line. Layoffs have already started in Oxford. There is anxiety on our shop floors and at our kitchen tables. It is not just Trump's tariffs that are killing jobs; it is also the Liberal industrial carbon tax. If the Prime…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised elbows up, promised dollar-for-dollar tariffs on the U.S. and promised he would collect $20 billion in revenue, but in reality, he quietly dropped the tariffs on the U.S., practically to zero. Now Donald Trump is threatening to double tariffs on Canadian steel to 50%. This will destroy our industry and punish our workers. Since the Canadian tax revenue was …
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, I congratulate the Deputy Speaker on his new role. My colleague across mentioned public safety. I think he is right. It is an issue that we have been hearing about right across our country. Under their government, under their Liberal watch, we have seen violent crime, extortion and auto theft go up. That is unacceptable. Our Conservative team has brought forward bills to…
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Mr. Speaker, we have learned from the government's own immigration documents that nearly five million people will have their temporary visa expire next year. The Minister of Immigration was asked for his plan in committee yesterday, but he had no plan. Can the Prime Minister correct his minister and tell us his plan to enforce and ensure that nearly five million people will leave Canada when their…
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Mr. Speaker, again, there is no plan from the minister. After nine years of breaking our immigration system, his plan is to ask people nicely to leave. We are now staring at 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods, which will crush our Canadian workers and cripple our economy. We need a Canada first plan that fixes the immigration system and ensures that the five million people will leave when their vis…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, it has broken our immigration system. It ignored warnings from its own government officials, dropped security checks and even skipped vetting. This has caused chaos. We have seen the fastest population growth since the 1950s; the Liberals now admit that this has put pressure on housing, health care and jobs. We have seen the highest surg…
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Mr. Speaker, today, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists from across Canada and around the world celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights. Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas symbolize the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. The stories and traditions may vary, but their universal message continues to unite people from all walks of life. This is more impor…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Oxford County who state that after nine years of the Liberal government, homelessness is a growing crisis in communities right across our country. There are over 1,400 homeless encampments in Ontario alone. The petitioners are speaking particularly about the encampments that have become a visible and urgent is…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and chaos in our immigration system is also up. The Liberal-NDP government has broken our world-class immigration system with its reckless policies, and today's immigration flip-flop is a massive admission of its failures. The Prime Minister said that he “didn't get the balance quite right”. That is clearly …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are trying to be firefighters when they are the ones causing the fires in the first place. We had a consensus on immigration in this country, and the incompetent Prime Minister broke it. The Liberals ignored warnings from their own officials. They dropped police clearance certificates from their own background checks for temporary residents. They even told their own offic…
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Madam Speaker, I think all of us in this House share that we have to continue to fight for the taxpayer, because that money is given to us on trust, and the government has broken that trust. Once the documents are given to us, we are going to keep on fighting for Canadians just like we have for the last number of years. We are going to keep fighting to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget …
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Madam Speaker, that is the same entitled behaviour I was talking about in my speech. They just do not care. They have not released all the unredacted documents. They are not providing clarity to the committees. They are not even complying with the ruling from the Speaker. Something I want to highlight is that the government is also now under investigation by the RCMP. It is being investigated beca…
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Madam Speaker, they can heckle me all they want; it is fine. We are not going to be quiet on this side of the House, because we want the truth to come out. Government members can try to heckle and try to delay. They can do whatever they want. We will always fight for the taxpayer. In the new scandal we are talking about today, 400 million of Canadian taxpayers' hard-earned dollars have been misapp…
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Madam Speaker, it is always an absolute honour to rise in the chamber. My colleague from Saskatchewan's intervention was a great one. I think the topic is very important to all of us. When I was elected over a year and a half ago, I made a promise to my constituents, the people who put their trust in me, that every single day we will fight for their best interests. We will fight for their rights b…
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Madam Speaker, when we take the oath of office, our job is to make sure we fight for the rights and interests of our constituents. That is the oath I have taken. It is what I try to live by every single day when I am in this chamber. That is what I try to believe, and my Conservative colleagues, and I hope all colleagues, believe in that. At the end of the day, that is what this is all about. It i…
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Madam Speaker, the Auditor General has said that $400 million was misappropriated by the government and that 186 conflicts of interest occurred under the Liberals' watch. That was the Auditor General. They talk about independence and that was her ruling. The Speaker has also ruled. Is the member saying that the Speaker is not independent? Are the Liberals questioning the ruling of the Speaker? It …
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Madam Speaker, I strongly believe that we have to get to a point where we see all the documents before we move forward with our business. This could all end today if the government acted. It does not want to act. We can get back to our work if it stops hiding its documents. What we want is to make sure that we hold those who are responsible accountable and for the money that was wasted and given t…
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Madam Speaker, I was just at one of the farms in my riding. It is harvest season right now, and some of the families have been making immense sacrifices to get food on our tables. They do not get days off or time off. They are up early in the mornings; they are working late, until about midnight some days, harvesting. Then, when they bring home the harvest, they are getting to keep less money. The…
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Mr. Speaker, like with everything else, Liberals want a pat on the back for their own failures; that is their normal behaviour. They talk about a crisis that they have created, and now they want a pat on their own back. How does that make any sense? They dragged their feet on a foreign interference registry. That was under the current government's watch. It would have been a tangible solution, onc…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that is a great question to ask the Liberal government, which the NDP has been in partnership with for the last nine years. The New Democrats could have spoken to the Liberals, but they failed to do that. They failed to raise this when the NDP was in a coalition with the government. It is ironic that the NDP members are talking about a security clearance when their own former …
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is right. When the leader or members of our caucus have visited the GTA, including the member's own riding, we have heard horrific stories of folks being extorted. A 360% increase in extortion has happened under the Liberal government's watch. The Liberals have been in charge for nine years. We never had this problem under our former Conservative government. The Libe…
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Madam Speaker, the news we heard last week from the RCMP was extremely concerning and must be taken seriously. I want to be very clear when it comes to this: Any foreign interference from any country, including India, is unacceptable and must be stopped. Our government's first job is to ensure that Canadians stay safe and that their livelihoods are protected. No Canadian should feel unsafe living …
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Mr. Speaker, I always say that past behaviour predicts future behaviour. We have seen what the Liberals have done in nine years, which is nothing. They have let this issue simmer and get to a point where Canadians are now losing their lives. The member is right that the Liberals like to brag about their record, but it is a record of failure, and they will continue to distract however they can from…
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Mr. Speaker, this is the same grandstanding that we have seen from the Prime Minister, and now the Liberals have taken up acting classes themselves. When we have soft-on-crime policies, not only are we signalling it domestically, but we are also sending a message to international gangs terrorizing our communities. We are letting them know that we are a playground for foreign interference. The gove…
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Mr. Speaker, any person who pushes hate or has a criminal background should not be allowed in our country. Unlike what the government has done by granting ISIS terrorists citizenship, the Conservatives will make sure that our immigration system has the integrity to protect Canadians and not allow criminals into the country.
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Madam Speaker, it is the government that has divided Canadians and misled Canadians for the last nine years. The member opposite talks about the reliability of police certificates. I do not understand this. They may be useful or they may not be useful, but for a permanent resident application, they are a mandatory requirement. If they are not reliable, why are they a requirement for that program? …
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Madam Speaker, as Thanksgiving approaches, we have so much to be grateful for in Oxford, especially our incredible farmers who are working hard on the fall harvest. Oxford farmers are some of the toughest and best farmers in Canada. They are the backbone of our community, rising early and working late hours to ensure food makes its way from their fields to our forks. As the proud dairy capital of …
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Madam Speaker, we had a consensus on immigration. It was never a controversial topic. We had the best immigration system in the world; it was the envy of the world. It was a system that brought in the brightest and the best. It was a system that had integrity. It was a system that worked for newcomers and Canadians who have been here for generations. However, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP go…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have broken that Canadian dream for newcomers. They have created 99 problems, and they have not been able to fix a single one. They are pretending to be firefighters when they are the ones who are causing the fires. They have been in charge for the last nine years. That newcomer dream that the member spoke about is gone because of his party. When the Liberals are doing al…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' catch-and-release policies, like Bill C-75 and Bill C-5, have released criminals back on to the streets. It is a revolving door that they created. My constituents tell me every single day that because of the violent crime, they are not safe in their communities anymore. They are afraid to walk on their streets and go to the park with their families. That is not the Canad…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate all Paralympians who are competing today, representing our great country on that international stage. I understand that we share a very similar story, with our parents making the sacrifice so that we have a better life. The policies of the government have hurt them the most. If we look at the food bank usage, if we look at the jobless numbers that we are seeing today, a…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up, time is up, and now visits to Cambridge food banks are also up nearly 20%. The Liberals' carbon tax scam has forced our seniors and our families to rely on food banks for their survival. The NDP continue to prop up its political masters and deny Canadians the carbon tax election they so desperately want. Wh…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a tough act to follow after a great intervention from my colleague from Quebec. As a proud son of immigrants, I have seen that struggle at home personally. My parents chose Canada about 40 years ago. They came to this country a blue-collar, working-class family with not much in their pockets. My dad worked at the same factory for about 30 years. Growing up, I did not get …
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we will work to be partners with indigenous peoples and make sure that they feel heard, loud and clear. I understand why they do not want to go to an election. Just like Canadians, the NDP is broke. The NDP has no money. Just a few months away from receiving his pension, I can see the leader salivating. In six more months, he will get his pension, so the NDP…
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Madam Speaker, they have had nine years; all we hear is talk and no action. Here is a quote from the chief of the London Police Service: “Diverted safe supply is being resold into our community. It's being trafficked into [our] communities, and it is being used as currency in exchange for fentanyl, fuelling the drug trade.” They are funding organized crime. My very simple question for the governme…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and now time is up. The NDP leader claims to be a voice of opposition, but for the past two years he has sold out Canadians by supporting the Liberals, who are hiking the tax on our food and doubling housing costs, and who have unleashed crime and chaos on our streets. Following his media stunt, he refuses t…
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Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the chamber to talk about such an important issue, one we are seeing not only in my riding of Oxford but across this country. After nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, we are seeing a national drug opioid crisis across our country. Since 2015, we have lost 47,000 Canadians to opioid drug overdoses. Because of the government's radical drug poli…
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Madam Speaker, they are desperate. They are running scared, and when the election gets called, they will get a strong response from Canadians. Their reckless path, which raises taxes on our farmers, on our working class and on our families, will be rejected once and for all. If they want to go to the polls, we are ready. Let us do it now.
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