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With regard to the Department of National Defence and North American Aerospace Defense Command modernization: (a) how much of the $38.6 billion announced for the modernization has been spent to date, in total, and broken down by project; (b) of the 20 project timelines announced in June 2022, which ones are (i) on track for the completion of the definition phase or to be finished within the stated…
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With regard to Public Services and Procurement Canada, acting as the contracting agent for the Giant Mine remediation project: (a) what are the details of all contracts related to the Giant Mine overseen by Public Services and Procurement Canada, in this capacity, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the goods or services, (v) manner in which the contra…
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With regard to the Project Finance for Permanence initiatives and the $800 million announced by the Prime Minister in December 2022 to support up to four Indigenous-led conservation initiatives: (a) how much of the $800 million announced for the projects has been spent to date, in total and broken down by project; and (b) what are the details of all funding provided to date resulting from the $800…
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Mr. Speaker, this is not what Canadians expected, even the ones who would say, “Take our carbon tax dollars.” The carbon tax has not gone away, by the way, for all the Canadians watching. We are waiting to see what this new industrial carbon tax is going to be. We know what the Prime Minister has set as the standard to truly cause change. It is in his book. He has said it many times. It is going t…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a great question. Again, there is this mirage that the Quebec member spoke about. All of a sudden, this guy who is supposed to be a responsible spender of taxpayer dollars is not. I just mentioned how he is going to spend dramatically more than what the irresponsible Trudeau government already spent in the previous 10 years. Is that even possible? Yes, it is, because they are go…
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Mr. Speaker, I would argue that the platform the hon. member ran on was the one that was actually the Conservative platform. The thing of it is that Canadians are going to be watching whether the Prime Minister is actually going to follow through on this pro-Conservative, developing-the-economy type of language. We have already seen a few holes form, and his costume is wearing thin. I think what C…
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Mr. Speaker, we are the company we keep. The Prime Minister, who is desperately trying to rebrand himself and his Liberal government as being new, responsible, pro-energy and non-radical, picked the most radical and corrupt minister from the Trudeau government, who oversaw the most corruption and debt in Canadian history, to be in his Liberal cabinet. Solomon said, “A mirror reflects a man’s face,…
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Mr. Speaker, I hear heckling across the way from the member for Winnipeg, but the truth hurts, I guess. I will finish with this: A recent article called “[Prime Minister] poised to dethrone Trudeau as biggest spender in Canadian history” reads: under [the Prime Minister]'s plan, this year’s deficit will increase to a projected $62.4 billion while the combined deficits over the subsequent three yea…
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Mr. Speaker, I find it ironic that the member for Winnipeg North just got up and said our Canadian economy is on the rocks. Guess which government has been in power for the last 10 years. It is his government. The part that I think is more difficult for Canadians watching today is that they were sold a bill of goods. This was supposed to be a new prime minister and a new government, but the govern…
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Mr. Speaker, the member and I worked together on the former ethics committee. Would he agree that a closure motion is more of an autocratic type action, or is it democratic? I would like to clarify with the Liberal government whether it is autocratic in nature, or democratic, with this action?
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General released a scathing audit this week on the top arrive scam contractor, GC Strategies. This two-person company, under RCMP investigation, received a jaw-dropping $64 million from the Liberals. The old ministers responsible for this all got promoted by the Prime Minister and are sitting as ministers right there, right now. Canadians are incensed by these same old Lib…
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Mr. Speaker, that answer does not cut it for Canadians struggling to pay their bills in record numbers. These old Liberals have turned arrive scam into a master class in rewarding failure and corruption. The old ministers responsible for this scam are the same old ministers sitting over there as cabinet ministers right now. These same old ministers are ignoring the rules, allowing their insiders t…
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Mr. Speaker, last night, our Conservative motion passed demanding a budget from the Prime Minister this spring. After a decade of Liberal delay and decline in Northwest Territories, its economy is in trouble. Since 2015, mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction are down 16%, construction is down 43% and the energy sector is down 54%. Economist Graeme Clinton said that as the mines close over t…
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With regard to the Order in Council 2024-1112 authorizing Canada Post to transport prohibited firearms: (a) did the government consult (i) Canada Post, (ii) the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, prior to issuing the Order In Council, and, if so, on what date were they consulted and how were they consulted; (b) how is the government addressing the safety issues that Canada Post employees will face …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are wondering when the NDP will finally stop propping up the Liberal government, but I will get to my petition. The petition comes from the residents of Skeena—Bulkley Valley, who state that the government has attempted to ban and seize the hunting rifles and shotguns of millions of Canadians, that the targeting of farmers and hunters does not fight crime and that the govern…
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Mr. Speaker, even though it is factual what I said, their MP will not present the petition—
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With regard to Northern Affairs Canada: (a) what is the organizational chart of departments within Northern Affairs Canada; (b) what are the details of each department for the last three fiscal years, broken down by (i) department, (ii) year, (iii) number of full-time equivalent employees, (iv) budget; (c) what is the purpose of each department; (d) how many employees work remotely or from home on…
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Madam Speaker, in juxtaposition of what the government has been doing for the last nine years, including corruption and sending money offshore when Canadians desperately needed it here, a Conservative government, under the leader from Carleton, would bring it home and would change the way things are done. We would bring home the Canada that we all know and love. I just appreciate the Canadians out…
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Madam Speaker, the only party guilty of contempt in the House is that of the NDP-Liberals across the way, which refuses to put forward the documents, unredacted, regarding the green slush fund. That is what we are here talking about today. The Liberals need to do that. The Liberals need to be honest with Canadians and expose their own members who we are alleging are corrupt. From what we have seen…
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Madam Speaker, yes, I absolutely do believe that. I talk to Canadian taxpayers every day. They come into my office talking about how the CRA is going after them for small amounts of taxes the CRA believes they should have paid. They are stressed and in tears. That money is all going to fund this kind of garbage and this kind of program where Liberals are lining the pockets of their friends with hu…
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Madam Speaker, I am going to ask a question of the Canadians who are watching right now. The speech that I just made was about the green slush fund and how the current environment minister, before, during and after, has benefited from the green slush fund and is destroying our natural resource economy across the country. That was the topic I talked about at length. The member across did not ask me…
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Madam Speaker, we just did a bunch of interviews with loggers in Fort St. John who will be losing their jobs right before Christmas. They will be struggling to put food on the table for a Christmas meal, let alone buy their kids any toys. I would say that that is even worse than the money. Members can imagine somebody taking a person's wallet. That would be bad enough. The minister has come and ta…
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Madam Speaker, the member from the Bloc is also a sitting member of the INAN committee. I can tell him how first nations feel in my community; they feel absolutely disgusted by former actions of the current Prime Minister and the latest actions to shield a former minister who has been fraudulent in his claims about being indigenous. It is shameful, and in the next election, they are voting Conserv…
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Madam Speaker, that is a good question and is relevant to the subject at hand. For the Canadians watching out there, that is what a proper question to somebody across the way looks like. Instead of the Liberals' trying to obfuscate and cover up their scandals, there is a great question. The member is very aware of the scandal-ridden government, the green slush fund and the many efforts the governm…
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Madam Speaker, for Canadians out there, I will say that the motion we are talking about today is to have the former NDP-Liberal minister, who had to resign in shame, appear at the INAN committee to answer for the issues he has really been a part of, to clear his name. The article states that the MP for Edmonton Centre “‘will focus on clearing the allegations made against him,’ a spokesperson for […
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the 18th report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, presented on Monday, November 25, be concurred in. It is my honour to stand here today. I will be sharing my time with the member for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock. The Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs wants to embark on a study to see the appearance of the member of Parlia…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canadians are struggling. Taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and the government's time is up. Even the NDP leader admits that the Liberal government is greedy and anti-worker. He is right. The Liberals have proven themselves too weak and too selfish to fight for everyday Canadians, but the NDP has propped up the government at every …
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand in the chamber again today to talk about, once again, the green slush fund. I am going to focus on one particular individual and on how the green slush fund has been a win-win-win for the environment minister while it has been a lose-lose-lose for Canadian taxpayers. Specifically, my focus will be on how the Liberal environment minister, propped up by the NDP,…
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Madam Speaker, I am talking today about the green slush fund. The member across the way, who I respect as well, was one of the members who has constantly said in front of cameras that he has a problem with the Prime Minister and would like him to move over. We could talk about that today, too, if the member would like, because he is not asking questions about what I am talking about. Maybe we coul…
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the member across the way was asked a very clear question. The only answer he seems to have is a diatribe about the Conservative Party. I wish he would just simply—
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, you know as well as anybody that we often talk about different things when we are supposed to be focused on the particular topic at hand in this place, and you give us certain latitude. The member who is speaking goes on many rants, but he is far off topic. I am not sure what he is referencing that is on the table today.
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the member said the NDP has done so much work for our ridings. I was just at a committee meeting where we heard that we have lost thousands of forest workers because—
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Madam Speaker, just to be very clear, I was sitting right behind the member who was giving his speech. All he was doing was adjusting to actually find the piece of paper he was looking for. He found it, and he is ready to present it. That is from somebody who was close. I would challenge the clerk; we actually saw what was happening right in front of us. The member was looking for the document he …
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Madam Speaker, I was not allowed to finish. When I said “challenge”, I was going to challenge you to look at the video to see that he did not sit, because he did not actually sit. I was sitting right behind him and saw that he was looking for a paper and trying to find a document.
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Mr. Speaker, what we are here for specifically is the privilege motion, as she spoke about, and how it involved a minister who has since stepped down. However, the green slush fund, the whole scandal and the redacted documents involve another sitting minister, the Minister of Environment, who is still part of cabinet and the Prime Minister's close inner circle. The member just gave a great speech.…
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With regard to the Giant Mine remediation project: (a) how much of the over $800 million that Public Services and Procurement Canada has received for the project has been spent (i) internally, (ii) on outside contractors, (iii) on consultants; (b) what are the names of the consultants in (a)(iii) and their organizations; and (c) how much has been spent to date on the project, in total and broken d…
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With regard to the new General Purpose Sleeping Bag System (GPSBS) contracted by the Department of National Defence: (a) what are the details of the contract, including how much money was allocated for the (i) development, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) distribution, of the GPSBS; (b) which companies were contracted with regard to the GPSBS, broken down by the (i) contracting parties, (ii) value of the…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Certainly, parliamentary language is something about which the NDP pretends to care. The member has gone on a bit of a tirade with unparliamentary language. I wish he would get back to the subject at hand and proceed with parliamentary language, as he should.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member for South Shore—St. Margarets just brought up relevance to this debate, and now the member across the way is talking about the member for South Shore—St. Margarets. The focus should be on banking fees or Interac fees and I wish the member across the way would get back to the topic at hand.
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Madam Speaker, I give a shout-out to Kaylee Erickson, who was really behind this petition which reached almost 1,000 signatures. The petition says that the crime rate in Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies continues to rise and poses a significant threat to public safety and community well-being. Many residents in the cities of Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Prince George and surrounding comm…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and their time is up. The NDP-Liberal government is refusing to turn over documents to the RCMP showing that Liberal-appointed managers used the green slush fund to pay nearly $400 million to companies that they themselves owned. The Prime Minister is not worth the cost or the corruption. In northern B.C., r…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. You have ruled, Mr. Speaker, that the NDP-Liberals have violated a House order to turn over evidence to the police for a criminal investigation into the latest Liberal $400-million scandal, effectively obstructing justice. The Auditor General's findings were that Liberal appointees at Sustain…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague asked a question for those watching out there today. Many have heard about this. What is this green slush fund and why are we here today? The Liberal government is obstructing justice by refusing to turn over documents to the RCMP showing that Liberal-appointed managers used the green slush fund to pay nearly $400 million to companies that they owned. There is so much s…
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Madam Speaker, there is a bit of a discrepancy in what the member just said. Back when we were in government, when I was part of the 2011-15 government, we had some pretty good economic things going on in this country. We had natural resources in my riding, natural gas was being developed, forestry was going and we had a softwood lumber agreement within the first 80 days. Contrast that with the go…
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Madam Speaker, I can only speak to what happened in my riding when we were in government. When we formed a majority, when projects were on hold and money was not being spent, the gears of the economy started turning again. That was because of the leadership of Stephen Harper. We have not talked about forestry a lot today, but as I mentioned, within the first 80 days we had a softwood lumber agreem…
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Madam Speaker, we all remember the campaign in 2015 of sunny ways. I even had sunglasses made with “sunny ways” written on the side. We all knew it was a clever slogan, but we also knew that sunny ways would not last very long with the government. It was supposed to shine a light on things so there would be an open and accountable government. That went away pretty quickly. With some of the languag…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague pointed out that “a recording of a senior civil servant slammed the ‘outright incompetence’ of the [NDP-Liberal] government, which gave 390 million dollars' worth of contracts inappropriately.” The Auditor General found the SDTC gave $58 million to 10 ineligible projects that, on occasion, could not demonstrate an environmental benefit or development of green technology…
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Madam Speaker, I always get a kick out of the member accusing others of character assassination and then going on to do that exact thing himself. He is gaslighting Canadians. The bottom line is that the Liberals need to produce the documents. If they were to produce the documents unredacted, then this would all go away.
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Madam Speaker, maybe the member is misremembering, because the government never owned CNRL, so it could not have been sold by the Canadian government. Maybe that is the vision the New Democrats have, where governments own corporations. We have a different vision, where corporations and the workers who work—
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