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Madam Speaker, we are not hesitant to support a bill that would really protect Canadians. However, the problem is that the bill is very narrow in scope and flawed in terms of giving the ministers too much power. There is no balance between rights and protections. If the bill were amended according to what we suggest, we would like to see it discussed further. With the form it is in right now, we c…
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Madam Speaker, as I already pointed out, the bill would not really protect Canadians. It would only give the government and the ministers more power to intrude on the privacy of average Canadians. It is the secrecy in the bill that is problematic. We have reflected on this many times at the public safety and national security committee, and I am sure we will hear more presentations and discussions…
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Mr. Speaker, promises do not build homes, builders do. The Prime Minister promised Canadians 500,000 new homes per year; instead, he is delivering a new housing bureaucracy that will build just 4,000. It is another Liberal bait and switch. Housing starts are collapsing, down 49% in the GTA, 65% in Toronto. Even Vancouver is falling. Families are now spending 55% of their income just to keep a roof…
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With regard to the 10 properties from the Real Property Disposal Sector in the National Capital Region as claimed in the Auditor General of Canada's Report 3 titled “Current and Future Use of Federal Office Space”: (a) what is the specific address of each of these 10 properties; and (b) for each property, what is its current status in the disposal process?
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With regard to the 309 housing units built under the Federal Lands Initiative as mentioned in the Auditor General of Canada's Report 3 titled “Current and Future Use of Federal Office Space”: (a) what are the specific locations (address and municipality) where these 309 units were built; (b) which department, agency or Crown corporation owned each of the properties on which these units were built …
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With regard to the construction of the fighter squadron facilities in Cold Lake and Bagotville, as mentioned in paragraph 2.19 of the Auditor General of Canada's report titled “Delivering Canada's Future Fighter Jet Capability”: (a) what is the total amount spent on the construction of these facilities in Cold Lake and Bagotville to date; and (b) what are the details of all contracts, including (i…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' housing agency's May report confirms that housing starts in Vancouver dropped 10.4% from last year, despite the city receiving $115 million from the housing accelerator fund. In Richmond, housing projects are stalled, and families are facing record-high prices. When will the Liberal government admit its housing plan is failing and that Canadians are paying the cost for i…
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Madam Speaker, Canada is burning again. Over 200 wildfires are active right now. Many are out of control. In Manitoba, more than 17,000 people have been forced to flee. The entire city of Flin Flon has been evacuated. Thick smoke is choking towns and cities across the Prairies and drifting into the United States. Every year, the government says it has a plan, that there are lessons we will learn, …
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Mr. Speaker, the costly experiment on human lives that was initiated by the Liberal government in providing safe supply was a failure. In huge contrast to that regimen, our neighbouring cities, as I mentioned earlier, had only 1% of overdose deaths last year. That was because we took a very proactive approach to preventing drugs from coming into communities and offered people counselling. We also …
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member compared tariffs to the drug crisis. The drug crisis was not created by Trump or the tariffs. It was created by the wrong policies, which were adopted by the Liberal government over the past decade. It has nothing to do with Trump. The wrong approach was adopted by the Liberal government in the past decade.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise in the chamber for the first time, with deep humility and a profound sense of responsibility. It is an honour beyond words to represent the people of Richmond Centre—Marpole, a community I have called home for over three decades, a place that has given me opportunity, belonging and purpose. First, I thank the residents of my riding for placing their trust in me. They have given…
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Mr. Speaker, I acknowledge that this is a very complex question. We have to work together to find ways to address it. However, I also want to point out that repeating the same old approaches used in the past will not bring a different result. Doing the same thing again and again while expecting a different result is foolish, so I would urge the Liberal government to change its failed policies and …
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Mr. Speaker, since 2016, 50,000 Canadians have died due to drug overdoses, mostly from fentanyl. Mass fentanyl production is mass murder. Conservatives are proposing life sentences for those producing or distributing over 40 milligrams of fentanyl. How many more Canadians must die before the Prime Minister will treat mass production of fentanyl as mass murder and support life sentences for drug ki…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to sound the alarm on a national emergency that is devastating families across the country: the drug crisis. I listened carefully to the Speech from the Throne. I was disappointed and, frankly, alarmed that this crisis was barely acknowledged. Just 18 words were offered on a tragedy that has claimed 50,000 Canadian lives in the past decade. Fifty thousand Canadians have died fr…
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