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Madam Speaker, my colleague said that in the last year and a half people have come to the realization that they cannot trust the government. I would bring to mind a bill that came before this House on the environment in the current government's first year. That bill talked about giving more power to the minister and giving power to an outside governing body. When I asked the member speaking about …
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Madam Speaker, I want to say that I appreciate what the member said with respect to the increased use of French in western Canada. I grew up in approximately the same time frame as he did, and it bothers me that I so often have to say the following words: “I am sorry. I do not speak French. Please speak to me in English.” Today the language is much more used across our nation and in our schools. M…
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate what the member had to say about this issue. I actually question the motivation on the other side. I am a little harsher on this than perhaps he is, mostly because of what I hear from my constituents. I want to mention that, very early on in the government's existence, it brought forward a bill around an environmental framework. The Liberals just brought it to the House…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. When the member for Calgary Nose Hill indicated that it was a quote, that has happened in the House before, and in that circumstance you ruled that in light of the fact that it was within a quote, it needed—
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With regard to government assistance available to clients of the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: (a) what is the duration of the program from a client’s date of arrival in Canada to its end; (b) what are the criteria for determining the duration of the program for each client; (c) what are the criteria required for extending the duration of th…
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No, it is not debate. It is a comparison of his behaviour. Mr. Speaker, you need to go back and look at whether this was done in the past, because it happened in the House where you made a different ruling on this same issue.
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Mr. Speaker, we just heard from the member for Nunavut about the incredible disappointment over what happened with this fund. There were so many things the money could have been spent on properly. I would like my colleague to talk about our young people, who, of course, are concerned about the environment, having a home and being able to afford to go to school, all those dynamics. The Minister of …
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated what my colleague had to say today. He expressed concerns about a number of different scenarios where the government has behaved as it is now with the green slush fund. I wonder if he has anything to say to young Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet while going to school or trying to buy a home. With all of the challenges they are facing, they are very c…
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Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to rise this evening on behalf of Saskatchewan's small businesses, communities and people against the NDP-Liberal government's greedy carbon tax. Canadians are rightly fed up with the Prime Minister and his cruel tax. I hear it at each opportunity I have to meet with people as I travel throughout my riding. Their frustrations, despair and desire for a…
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Mr. Speaker, my province is known globally for its environmental stewardship and innovation, and we made a difference at the last COP convention. Much of our stewardship and innovation was practised and perfected long before the Prime Minister took power or before the carbon tax was even on the table. We are consistently ahead of the curve and have made the investments and sacrifices to show for i…
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated when my colleague talked about the concerns of young people in this country, their desperation, despondency and feelings of hopelessness. They are concerned about having a home, and the cost of everything is so expensive. There is one thing I am hearing a lot that maybe the member can speak to. He mentioned briefly the Minister of Environment. The younger generati…
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Mr. Speaker, Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline whose moral teachings are truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. The Chinese government perceives religion as a threat to its state atheism, especially Falun Gong, whose popularity has grown since it was founded in 1992. Since 1999, the Chinese government has persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in the thousands, perhaps even …
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Mr. Speaker, what we are requesting and what we expect is for the government do the right thing and hand over those documents.
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Mr. Speaker, the one playing games is the person across the floor.
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Mr. Speaker, the member across the floor is playing games. That is the bottom line. Here is the thing. Who is in contempt of court? It is the NDP-Liberal coalition. It is time to give those papers to the House and the RCMP. The Liberals should do their job.
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Mr. Speaker, here is what I would say: Somebody needs to write a book, or at least document, maybe do a movie someday, I do not know. I do not think the Liberals have any item of business in this House that is not somehow impacted by their choices to focus on self and those that support them, rather than do what is best for Canadians. I can hardly wait until we have the opportunity to change gover…
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment continually chides people about the need for the carbon tax and the reason the carbon tax has to go up and up, to the point where it is basically debilitating Canadians in being able to function in their homes and run their businesses. All of the things that Canadians need to do are being impacted by this carbon tax, yet this individual has personally g…
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Mr. Speaker, it was the Conservative government that created the first Federal Accountability Act. Can members imagine where we would be today if it had not put the things in place that it did? Those things apply as much to Conservatives, when we form government, as anyone who has that privilege and responsibility. I am very proud of the leader of my party, who has made it clear that “prime minist…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today to the SDTC scandal. The organization had a key mandate. It was federally funded, non-profit and approved to disburse over $100 million in funds annually to clean-technology companies. Sustainable Development Technology Canada was established in 2001 by the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act to fund…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not care who gives money where; they do not have a right to break the law.
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We will get into that. Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's words absolutely ring true today. After nine years of scandal, corruption and Liberal entitlement, the business of the House has been put on hold to discuss this scandal of monumental proportions and to request and demand what should be done by the government, which is to simply release those documents, as the government has been required to…
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Mr. Speaker, the member and I both come from provinces where protecting our environment is top of mind and crucial because of the makeup of our provinces. The government insists that its members are the ones who care about the environment; however, there is a fund specifically set up to help with that, and the tax dollars the government is collecting, in carbon tax supposedly, are being abused in …
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Mr. Speaker, how terrible that the member is willing to use a narrative that is false when it comes to Jasper, just to make his point that is not accurate. The PBO has confirmed again what Canadians from all 10 provinces know: The carbon tax continues to drive up the cost of gas, groceries and heating and that is only the thin edge of the wedge. Middle-class Canadians are losing ground. Those wish…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and the government's time is up. Once again, the Parliamentary Budget Officer has confirmed that the carbon tax costs Canadians more than they get back. Saskatchewan families will pay more than $2,000 when the costly coalition quadruples the carbon tax. The Prime Minister knows that Canadians have had enough of …
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Madam Speaker, yes, we have the privilege and the responsibility in this place to call for those documents, to demand those documents. That is what we are doing here in requiring the government to stop digging in its heels and pretending that it does not have to respond the way every other government has needed to respond in these kinds of circumstances. I am sorry, but there is no way that we sho…
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It is awesome, is it not? However, Madam Speaker, I can guarantee everyone in the House that, when one of my kids was out of line, I did not let them try to redirect. The current government is in power, and I can assure the member across the floor that every Canadian is hypersensitive to and hyperaware of the shenanigans of the government. I know that, in this place, we cannot say people lie. I st…
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Madam Speaker, I really appreciate the comments and the question. The truth of the matter is, if we do not hold these people to account, Canadians will suffer even more than they already are.
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Madam Speaker, that question was already asked, and my fellow colleague who serves as our shadow minister for defence gave a very accurate response. When it comes to our armed forces, members can believe that it is very important in my heart and mind as well. Let us face the facts: An election was run on that issue, and we won.
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Madam Speaker, I apologize to some degree for, perhaps, not focusing as much on the green slush fund as I should have done. It is a story unto itself that just shows the depth of inappropriateness. I do not know the words to use to describe what these people are willing to do to fill their own pockets and the pockets of those who are part of their elite group. It is inappropriate. We need to do wh…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. The Liberals' $60-million arrive scam exposed contracting fraud on taxpayers, called “bait and switch”. High-priced consultants overbilled, under-delivered and sometimes did not even do the work. High-priced consultants lined their pockets while taxpayers were paying the bills. Canada's con…
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Madam Speaker, I will begin my intervention with a quote: “It’s hard not to feel disappointed in your government when every day there is a new scandal.” These are the prophetic words of the hon. member for Papineau, our current Prime Minister of Canada, and how true those words ring today. After nine years of scandal, corruption and Liberal entitlement, the business of the House has been put on ho…
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP-Liberal coalition has failed Saskatchewan. Scott Moe is right. Besides the heavy cost of the carbon tax on consumers, the NDP-Liberal carbon tax will be costing Saskatchewan's health and education systems $380 million by 2030. That is money that could be used to get more teachers, doctors and nurses in our province. The NDP is delusional if it does not end its costly coalition…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. I am proud of our Premier Scott Moe for standing up to the NDP and Liberals as they attack Saskatchewan, stripping $6 billion out of our economy over the next six years and reducing our GDP by 1.5%. I agree with Moe. This NDP-Liberal coalition must go. The Prime Minister knows that his carbon tax…
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Madam Speaker, I come from those prairies where that grain is grown and needs to be shipped. We are very landlocked, and the ports are incredibly important to us. Everyone who runs a small business or any kind of agriculture business, anything in our province that needs the ports, is looking at the bill and saying it would be new reporting requirements, increased red tape and regulatory burdens, a…
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With regard to Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) released data regarding "provisional deaths and excess mortality in Canada" which reported "significant excess mortality starting in January 2022" especially “among individuals younger than 45” and the Privy Council Office’s (PCO) use of “Winning Communication Strategies” to “not shake public confidence” (ATIP, May 2021): (a) why did StatCan wait until …
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With regard to government approval of the mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines (heterologous vaccination): (a) what data did the manufacturers of the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have with respect to mixing their products with other COVID-19 vaccine products; (b) in mid-2021, when Health Canada (HC), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the National Advisory Commi…
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With respect to Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP): (a) how many claims have been filed to the program from December 8, 2020, to present day, broken down by age group; (b) how many of those claims have been approved, broken down by age group; (c) of the approved claims, what have been the diagnoses and their frequencies, broken down by age group, date approved, and the corresponding CO…
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With regard to the COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force (TTF) who oversaw submissions for grant funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)’s Strategic Innovation Fund: (a) in total, how many projects were considered for funding; (b) with respect to the projects which were funded, (i) how many received funding, (ii) how much funding was allocated per project, (iii) which dr…
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Madam Speaker, today, I stand to congratulate a young man in my riding of Yorkton—Melville. Jake Soltys, a grade 11 student from Sturgis Composite School, wrote a Remembrance Day poem that pays homage to our fallen heroes, entitled A Tribute to the Brave. Jake's poem won at the local, zone, district and provincial levels. He then went on to receive first place on the national level, winning a priz…
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With regard to Health Canada (HC), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) and any communications in 2020 or 2021 regarding mask exemptions, COVID-19 vaccines, medications to treat COVID-19, or any other public health messaging about COVID-19: (a) did (i) the Minister of Health, (ii) the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Steven Lucas, (iii) th…
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Madam Speaker, what I heard from the member across the way is that this recommendation is not worth the effort, that it is not enough for Canadians and that it is meagre, yet he was fine with giving a significant rebate to people in Atlantic Canada. Here we are with an opportunity to spread that across the country, and he is not willing. We know that in Alberta the gas tax had been lowered, which …
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Mr. Speaker, we hear the Liberals all the time on the other side of the floor claim they are investing in Canadians, and we know at this point they are running out of Canadians' money, printing it and borrowing it. Whatever we had is pretty well gone. They are taxing it as well. Could you explain to the Liberals the true definition of investment in Canadians?
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Madam Speaker, I have a petition today from 114 individuals who want the House of Commons to consider the following. After eight years, it is clear that the Prime Minister is not worth the cost, crime or corruption. The Prime Minister and the NDP-Liberal government fail to take responsibility for their failures, which have increased the cost of everything. Crime, chaos, drugs and disorder are fill…
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With regard to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and its funding of the study titled “Impact of population mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated subpopulations on infectious disease dynamics: implications for SARS-CoV-2 transmission”: (a) to what funding opportunity stream, and what application criteria, did Fisman et al. submit their grant application and receive funding appr…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians cannot wait for a Conservative government to restore all the rights and freedoms that the government has destroyed. After nine years, the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister has driven two million people to food banks. With record-smashing demand and donations drying up, the CEO of Food Banks Canada says that food banks are becoming unsustainable. Knowing Canadians are suffering, the…
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With regard to Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, National Advisory Committee on Immunization and Privy Council communications in 2022: (a) were there communications between any of the entities or their personnel with the Ottawa Police Services Board or Ottawa Police Services personnel or the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, was any of th…
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Madam Speaker, a generation of young people has become acutely aware of the fact that the government has put their future at risk. I would like to ask the member this. In light of the fact of all this spending that people hope is for real, what has the government done to create funding to be available? How many of its consultants has it fired and how much money has it set aside now of real money t…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday’s budget just offered more of the same after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government. It was the worst news possible for Canadians struggling to buy food, heat their homes and save for a down payment. The Prime Minister just will not listen to Canadians. He will not stop adding to his inflationary deficits that balloon interest rates. He will not stop putting social program…
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Madam Speaker, I will follow up that question with some facts about Saskatchewan. Its provincial government is deeply engaged in assisting, as an example, its seniors get the medications they need if they do not have their own third party plan. My mother is a senior. This program would not be sufficient and would be far more expensive than the care we have. There is a possibility that third party …
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