Parliamentary Speeches

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, the majority of my speaking time was spent explaining why. The evidence mounted even before the Speaker had taken the Speaker's chair. It is not a crime for somebody who has a very robust partisan political history to get elected. Many of us do. The issue is that the Speaker has continued his aggressive partisan behaviour throughout his time in the House of Commons, and everybody kn…

Government Orders

I will tell you.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I move: That the Speaker's ongoing and repetitive partisan conduct outside of the Chamber is a betrayal of the traditions and expectations of his office and a breach of the trust required to discharge his duties and responsibilities, all of which this House judges to be a serious contempt and, therefore, declares that the office of Speaker shall be vacated effective immediately before…

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, it is absolutely clear that nearly half of the members of the House have already called for the Speaker to step down. Last time, following the video and all of the evidence that was provided to the NDP, the New Democrats said, yes, what the Speaker did was wrong, and, based on the information, they believed that the Speaker just did not know what his role should be. However, they di…

Routine Proceedings

Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a question of privilege, and I regret having to do that. I am raising this question of privilege today on yet another instance of public display of partisanship on the part of our Speaker, following the promotion of a Liberal Party of Canada event with the Speaker as a featured guest, combined with very partisan, inflammatory language bashing the official opposition, th…

Routine Proceedings

Madam Speaker, we would request a vote.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, it has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The bill before us is a combination of the worst features of Liberal budgets over the past nine years. It is more out-of-control spending, more massive deficits, higher debt, higher interest payments and more waste. After nine years of Liberal budgets, everyon…

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order to ask for unanimous consent from the House for a take-note debate on the drug decriminalization policy and toxic drug overdoses to be held later today.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. In the past, you have ruled that false titles for individual members must not be used in the House, and you have ruled that those need to be immediately withdrawn. Today, during question period, the member for Milton used a false title. You ruled, correctly, as you have consistently, that the member needed to withdraw that immediately. The member for Milton…

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the member for North Island—Powell River did not immediately withdraw her comments, and she was sanctioned for the remainder of the day. There is an inconsistency in the rulings in the House. That member was not offered a half an hour to decide whether they would withdraw. For the benefit for the House, what will your rulings be, henceforth?

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to immediately adopt Bill C-234, as concurred in at third reading in the House.

Routine Proceedings

With regard to federal funding for the Stornoway residence, between January 1, 2011 and November 4, 2015: how much federal funding has been provided to pay for food expenses for the Leader of the Official Opposition, broken down by year and use of funding?

Routine Proceedings

With regard to federal funding for the Prime Minister's residences, since January 1, 2016: how much federal funding has been provided to pay for food expenses for the Prime Minister, his family and his guests, broken down by year and use of funding?

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, Conservatives would ask for a recorded division.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to move the following motion: That, on Divisions Nos. 683 and 684, the votes of the members for York—Simcoe and Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies in favour of the motion be struck from the record.

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Madam Speaker, we would request a recorded division.

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Mr. Speaker, we would request a recorded division. Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:

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Madam Speaker, we would request a recorded division.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, my riding name is Grande Prairie—Mackenzie now, but when I was first elected it was the riding of Peace River. When I was running for the nomination in that riding, a larger riding than the one I currently represent, I called my predecessor's predecessor. It was a guy by the name of Albert Cooper. It was a bit of a cold call because I did not know Albert. I knew my parents had met him…

Oral Questions

Look over there.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, look over there.

Routine Proceedings

With regard to the replacement of the structure at Rideau Hall known as "the Barn": (a) what were the total expenditures related to the completion of the Barn; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by the amount spent on (i) labour, (ii) materials, (iii) design, (iv) consultants, (v) other expenses, broken down by type; (c) what are the details of all contracts signed in relation to the project, includ…

Routine Proceedings

With regard to claims by the Prime Minister that senators appointed by him are independent: (a) what are the details of all messages sent by the Prime Minister, any minister, or any ministerial staff to Senator Marc Gold since January 1, 2023, including, for each, the (i) sender (ii) type of message (e-mail, text, letter), (iii) title, (iv) summary of the contents, (v) date; (b) what are the detai…

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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.

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Mr. Speaker, we will request a recorded division.

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Madam Speaker, I would request a recorded division.

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Mr. Speaker, it would be a good time for us to have a vote.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister spent the weekend pressuring Liberal senators, demanding that they kill our Conservative bill that would axe the carbon tax for Canadian farmers. Yesterday, those senators bowed to their political master. They used every dirty trick in the book to gut the bill. The truth is that the Liberals are not hurting us. They are hurting hungry Canadians who cannot afford hig…

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, that is the most ridiculous answer I have heard in the House today. There is only one group in the House trying to take away from those who are most vulnerable. When will the Liberals finally understand that if we tax the farmers who grow the food and the truckers who ship the food, it is eventually going to cost more for Canadians to buy the food? When will the Prime Minister set asi…

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree to apply the vote, with the Conservatives voting yes.

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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree to apply the vote, with the Conservatives voting yes.

Routine Proceedings

With regard to the carbon tax or price on carbon, during the 2022-23 fiscal year: (a) what were the annual costs to administer the (i) collection of the carbon tax, (ii) rebate program; and (b) how many employees or full-time equivalents were assigned to work on the (i) collection of the carbon tax, (ii) rebate program?

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agrees to apply the vote, with Conservatives voting yes.

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What? That's all you've been doing for the last eight years.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, today in question period, the House leader of the government stood in her place and accused members on this side of being supporters of Putin's Russian regime in the current war; the current genocidal, illegal invasion into Ukraine. As a Ukrainian descendant, it is unbelievable to me that the member, having had a personal conversation with the member who made the accusation about the …

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I think it is important for us to consider what has just happened in this House. A member, the chief opposition whip, brought forward very compelling proof, with video evidence—

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, the point is this. You have made a great effort in your public comments to state you want to bring decorum to this House, which has been fundamentally undermined by the way in which this whole thing has unravelled. The chief opposition whip was unable to express the evidence being put before you. The member from the Liberal Party stood up and said that he was innocent of using the ges…

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I rise on another point of order. I do appreciate your ruling in that way. I believe there is an additional point of order on the number of times that my colleague has been interrupted during her speech, which clearly has to do with the price of food in Canada today, one of the underlying reasons. I would like the Speaker to rule on when it becomes harassment in the House to have co…

Statements by Members

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would usually ask if this was a filibuster, but for the purposes of planning, I wonder if the Speaker might indicate to the House how long he expects to continue.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, it is customary that on Thursdays we ask the government what it has planned for next week, but next week is a constituency week. I know members of Parliament will be heading back to their ridings and will have the opportunity to celebrate with their loved ones on Monday, followed by constituency work throughout the rest of the week. Could the House leader tell the House what the gover…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate your desire to take full responsibility for this entire event, but those of us who asked for guests to be able to attend Friday's proceedings know that we were required to give notice of the individuals for whom we were asking permission. They went through a process. Emails were sent to those individuals. You, Mr. Speaker, were not standing at the door of the parliamentar…

Statements by Members

Mr. Speaker, after eight years of this Prime Minister, Canadians are losing hope. Millions are lining up at food banks every month. Canadians are paying thousands more for gas, groceries and home heating because of the Liberal carbon tax. Families can no longer afford their mortgages because out-of-control government borrowing has driven up interest rates. Our streets are unsafe and our once quiet…

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, as it is Thursday, we would ask the House leader on the government side if he could inform us as to what the Liberals have for their agenda next week. Specifically, the Conservatives would like to know if the Liberals have a plan to address the higher deficits, the higher inflation and the higher interest rates they have caused, which are causing people across this country to be worri…

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, we have this member here.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded division.

Government Orders

Mr. Chair, on a point of order, on May 4, the Speaker asked me to withdraw a comment. I would like to withdraw it and apologize for any inconvenience that I caused the Speaker.

Oral Questions

He's lying.

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, there have been ongoing demands today for the hon. members in the Liberal caucus to withdraw the comments they made about the member for Wellington—Halton Hills. They continually said that he was briefed about this two years ago and that he did not inform his family, the Conservative caucus or anybody about it. It is unconscionable, and the members across the way should be gentlemen, …

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, we do not consent.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, these non-answers from the Liberals are getting tiresome. When will the Liberals finally understand that Canadians cannot afford a vacation? They cannot afford the luxuries that the Liberals take for granted. Unfortunately, they cannot afford the essentials either, like heating their homes and buying food. When will the Liberal Party get a clue and cancel the carbon tax?