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Mr. Speaker, the member is speaking about lost Canadians and the people who should not lose their citizenship. We supported that. I supported that in the previous Parliament. That was the whole purpose of the senator's Bill S-245. It was to fix that problem. That was a simple bill that came forward. Then that member and her party, along with members of the NDP, hijacked that private member's bill,…
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Mr. Speaker, in Saskatoon, winter temperatures often hit -30°C, so families need vehicles that actually work in the winter, but the Prime Minister, backed by his radical former environment minister, is doubling down on Justin Trudeau's plan to ban gas-powered cars and force Canadians to buy expensive EVs that do not stand up to the cold. His plan would hike car prices by $20,000 and leave families…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition today regarding recommendation 430 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, which would remove the “advancement of religion” as a recognized charitable purpose under the Income Tax Act. The petitioners recognize that religious charities in Canada provide vital services to society, including food banks, care for seniors, newcomer support…
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Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what the government is doing. It is attacking the auto sector. Our supposedly “elbows up” Prime Minister promised to get tough with the U.S., but these unjustified tariffs will kill 50,000 Canadian auto sector jobs. While he is bungling the trade talks, his self-imposed ban on gas-powered cars will gut another 40,000 jobs. The combination of these two failures will be …
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Mr. Chair, I will ask again. There are three million actual versus two and a half million planned. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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Mr. Chair, the number is 7.2%. What was the target percentage for this year?
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Mr. Chair, I beg to differ with the minister. I do not think she understands the question. There are three million non-permanent residents of Canada right now. What was the target for 2025?
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Mr. Chair, last year's annual immigration plan forecast that nearly 1.3 million non-permanent residents would leave Canada. How many have left so far this year?
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Mr. Chair, the government's entire immigration plan is based on temporary residents' leaving Canada voluntarily. How many non-permanent residents does the government expect to leave Canada in the next three years?
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Mr. Chair, in fact, Statistics Canada currently shows just over three million non-permanent residents in Canada as of March 31. That is a 10% increase over 2024. What is the government's target for 2025?
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Mr. Chair, you have exceeded the number because, according to StatsCan, we have over three million people. Your target was 2.5 million people. How are you going to achieve a 500,000 reduction in the balance of this year?
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Mr. Chair, the October annual report estimated the total Canadian population for 2025. Can the minister tell me whether that number was higher or lower than for 2024?
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Mr. Chair, how can you set immigration targets, Minister, if you do not know how many people have left the country?
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Mr. Chair, would the minister ever alter reports to remove data?
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Mr. Chair, they are actually increasing the population. Is that what the minister is saying?
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Mr. Chair, I can answer that. The report to Parliament in October had these population numbers, but now they do not, so I am wondering if the minister was trying to hide the data of the population numbers.
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Mr. Chair, I will help the minister. It was published in their report last fall, and it got a lot of coverage because it implied that the population of Canada was going to decrease. Therefore, the question is this: Are we on track to achieve that reduction in population?
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Mr. Chair, would the minister ever alter reports to remove data?
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Mr. Chair, in the minister's plan, what is the number of people who are supposed to leave in the next three years?
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Mr. Chair, how many of them have voluntarily left?
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Mr. Chair, just to help the minister, according to Statistics Canada, we are at 41.7 million people right now. That is 200,000 more people than at the end of last year, and 500,000 more people than the minister's plan. What is the minister doing to make sure that she achieves her plan for this year?
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Mr. Chair, the last report provided by the government actually included a number, and that is where I am getting it from: 41,232,000. Does the minister not know this number?
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Mr. Chair, I would like to know if the minister thinks she has any responsibility for the department prior to her time, or is it all just new since she came here?
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Mr. Chair, the minister said tonight, referring to the levels plan, “we have met and exceeded the target”. I want to dig into that a bit. By the way, I will be splitting my time three ways. What is the population of non-permanent residents expected to be at the end of 2025 according to the plan?
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Mr. Chair, let us go a different way. The same report predicted a net decrease of non-permanent residents of about 450,000 people. Is the minister on track to achieve this number for 2025?
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Mr. Chair, the actuals are higher. They are higher. How can that be achieving the plan? How is she going to achieve this plan by the end of the year?
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Mr. Chair, the number seems to be eluding the minister. I will help her. It is two and a half million. As of right now, Statistics Canada knows that number of non-permanent residents in Canada. Does the minister know how many are actually here right now?
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Mr. Chair, I will help the minister again. The number is just a bit over 3 million. It is three million compared to two and a half million, that is 500,000 people over. Does the minister acknowledge that is the current state, and that that is what she means when she says they have met those targets?
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Mr. Chair, could I get the answer to the question of how many non-permanent residents are expected to be in Canada at the end of 2025?
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Mr. Chair, I will advise the minister that, actually, her plan has more than one year in it. It has three years. Does she not know the number for the end of this year?
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Mr. Chair, we have the preamble, so that is great. Now, you can just move right into the number. What is the actual number of non-permanent residents in Canada right now?
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Mr. Chair, let us look at it a different way. The current population is 41.7 million according to Stats Canada, which is 200,000 higher than it was at the end of last year, 500,000 higher than the government's goal. Is the government on track to hit their population target for this year?
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's energy sector and economy continue to be held back by Liberal anti-energy laws, like the industrial carbon tax and Bill C-69, which blocks all new energy infrastructure. This is compounded by Justin Trudeau's energy production cap, which will kill 54,000 jobs and gut $20 billion from the Canadian economy. The new Prime Minister likes to market himself as the anti-Trudeau. Wel…
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Mr. Speaker, the government has been very good at spending enormous amounts of money and driving our debt through the roof. Fiscal mismanagement is a hallmark of the government. In the Speech from the Throne, there was talk of a 2% increase in spending, yet at the same time legislation was introduced that actually increased spending by 8%. What are the member's thoughts on that, and what is her co…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberal government has broken our borders. It brought in three million temporary residents who need to leave Canada in the next year, but it has no way to know if they will actually leave. Will they go back home? Will they stay here illegally? Will they cross over the U.S. border? By the way, the President-elect has made it very clear that there are no more f…
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Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring and returned with absolutely nothing, all while there are serious gaps in our immigration system. For example, there are over 260,000 unprocessed refugee claims right now in the system. The Liberals are paying out billions of dollars every year for hotels, food and medical costs for these claimants. They are even allowed to work…
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Madam Speaker, my dear mother was recently going through some old papers and found a poem from the late 1970s she had saved all these years. In those days, we had former prime minister Pierre Trudeau. I was shocked at the similarities between then and now. Here is the poem: The Prime Minister is my shepherd, I shall not work. He maketh me to lie down on park benches; He leadeth me beside still fac…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost. Taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up, time is up. Now they have broken Canada's immigration system. The Conservatives have learned that there are over three million people in Canada who need to leave by December of next year, and the government does not have a plan. When we pressed the minister on this at committee, he simp…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague gave a great speech. I think about all the scandals that have plagued the Liberal government over the years, such as the WE Charity, the recent other Randy fiasco and all these things that have happened. Could the member just take a minute to recount some of the ways we cannot trust the Liberal government to do anything?
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With regard to funding provided through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Settlement Program, the Resettlement Assistance Program, the Interim Housing Assistance Program, the International Migration Capacity Building Program or the Francophone Immigration Support Program for the fiscal years 2015-16 to 2023-24 to any corporation, non-profit organization or other third party that opera…
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With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Settlement Program, the Resettlement Assistance Program, the Interim Housing Assistance Program, the International Migration Capacity Building Program, and the Francophone Immigration Support Program, for the fiscal years 2015-16 to 2023-24, broken down by program and province or territory: (a) what organizations applied fo…
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With regard to a Statistics Canada report titled “Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022”, The Daily — Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022, and the report that there has been a 43% increase in the rates of level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults between 2015 and 2022: (a) does Public Safety Canada acknowledge that level 1, 2, and 3 sexual assaults have increased 43% in that time p…
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With regard to the project “Board of Education of School District No. 62 (Sooke)” under Health Canada's Substance Use and Addictions Program, broken down by participating elementary, middle and secondary schools: (a) what are the names of the schools; (b) what is the cost of the curriculum, broken down by subject, which is being taught to the students; (c) what are the total number of materials th…
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Madam Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North was here during previous speeches. Some of my Conservative colleagues talked about the KPIs of the CBC and the way CBC executives reduced the KPIs so they could achieve their goals and, therefore, get these incredible bonuses we have been talking about today. My colleagues did a great job of explaining how that is a level of incompetence at the CBC that…
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Mr. Speaker, I was disappointed I did not hear all 68 of the scandals from the member in his great speech, so I think it would be great to give the member a little more opportunity to maybe pick out another scandal or two, or maybe three or four, because I would love to hear a bit more of the scandals he has uncovered.
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Mr. Speaker, I wish a happy birthday to your father. I am sure he is excited to watch the proceedings here every day. Unfortunately, for me, this is not a happy occasion to be speaking in the House of Commons. It is my job to represent the electorate of Saskatoon West, to do things in their best interest and to put forward a positive vision of our great country. I can say to the people back home i…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a new one. It is very clear the Liberals are doing everything they can to avoid talking about the subject we are talking about today. They are trying so hard to hide behind other issues because they do not want to face the reality of the corruption in their party, in the government and among the people who are part of the government. I will play along a bit. Last week, we hear…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an interesting question but is completely off of today's subject. It is something I would have expected from the Liberals, but perhaps the NDP is also trying to hide something. I do not know what is going on here. It is a very interesting situation. The reality of it, though, is that the whole event that is going on, this whole discussion and debate, could end immediately if the…
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Mr. Speaker, it is sad that we see this happening over and over again. The example the member raised is a really good one. I thought it was interesting that the internal email thread basically said that if the Liberals released this information, it could be really bad for them, so they tried hard not to do it. I am sure that email thread has happened on many occasions, including this one. There ar…
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