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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives have tabled a dissenting report. The then minister of fisheries, the member for Beauséjour, came to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018 and talked about how massive the unit one redfish fishery would be. Some harvesters invested up to a million dollars, money they would have had to retire on, to prosecute this fishery. When the decision came down, coastal communities and f…
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Mr. Speaker, service medals represent the formal recognition of dedication, service and sacrifice by members of our Canadian Armed Forces, workers in emergency services, firefighters and other eligible public servants. These service medals have been taking longer and longer for people to receive. There are cases of folks passing away before they get their long-service medals. I thank the folks who…
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Mr. Speaker, I cannot believe what I heard yesterday. The housing minister blames skyrocketing housing costs on the war in Iran. Everyone knows this affordability crisis is due to 10 years of his government. Canadians are facing the worst food inflation and the only shrinking economy in the G7, yet the Prime Minister is pushing ahead with his industrial carbon tax and his fuel standard tax, which …
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Mr. Speaker, on January 27, Charlottetown police responded to a violent home invasion involving assault, an imitation firearm and a chemical irritant. Two individuals known to the victims were arrested. One of the accused is facing multiple charges, including, with no surprise, failure to comply with conditions of release and probation. The Liberal soft-on-crime principle of restraint continues to…
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Mr. Speaker, our small craft harbours are the Trans-Canada Highways of our fishing industry. For the last 20 years, the budget for small craft harbours' capital funding has remained at $90 million, and it needs to be doubled, at least. Petitioners call on the government to live up to its election promise to increase small craft harbour funding. I am presenting this petition on behalf of the coasta…
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Madam Speaker, we know that the Liberals are against oil and gas. It is very easy: If the Prime Minister and Liberal government supports the oil and gas industry, Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas is already at tidewater. There are no excuses. They would not have to blame it on another province or first nations. It could not possibly fail if we had the right regulations to support our offsho…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of constituents of mine in the Coast of Bays area who signed it. They want to be able to use mechanical scallop haulers. There is discrimination against elderly people and against people who have disabilities and other physical constraints. Rakes, with scallops and rocks, are very heavy to haul up, and this presents a safety danger. In addi…
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Mr. Speaker, we have some issue with the Prime Minister's conflict of interest with Brookfield. A lot of Canadians think that Brookfield properties are going to stand to gain a tremendous amount of money because of the housing crisis we have right now. A number of folks have come to me asking if it is it possible that the Liberals manufactured the crisis so their insider friends could actually ben…
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Mr. Speaker, we do not have another energy source on this planet that is proven and that has the infrastructure in place to replace petrochemicals and fossil fuels. It is just not feasible. I know that the Bloc Québécois is completely against oil and gas, but for the foreseeable future, that is where we are, and the world is not pulling away from it in a way that is going to make that party happy.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to stand here in this place as a member of Parliament representing Newfoundland and Labrador, and especially the riding that sent me here, now known as Central Newfoundland. I stand today to talk about Bill C-15, the budget implementation act, and the impacts it would have on ordinary Canadians, Newfoundlanders and the folks from Central Newfoundland, as well as t…
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Mr. Speaker, if there is anyone in the House who needs to apologize, it is the bigmouth from Winnipeg who is always spinning that false Liberal narrative. Fewer than 10% of schools in Canada can take advantage—
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Mr. Speaker, I am sorry. I will say, “an overused and extremely loud mouth from the other side”. The Liberals continue to tout the social programs they come out with that just do not work.
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Mr. Speaker, I apologize. I did not mean to say that someone was here. Maybe it is a figment of my imagination; who knows? I also heard the member for Labrador criticize his government's policy on bringing in ELOGs. It was refreshing to see the Liberals do not all agree with the ridiculous policies they have. My colleague was questioned about the consultations he had. We are consulting with our pe…
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Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand here today and second Bill C-237 for my colleague from Terra Nova—The Peninsulas. This piece of legislation has been long-awaited. The people of Newfoundland and Labrador have been crying out for better access to the recreational food fishery for codfish. It is a massive part of our culture and has been for hundreds of years, as my colleague from Terra Nova—The Pen…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of Captain Woodrow James Philpott of Cottlesville, Newfoundland and Labrador, who passed away peacefully on October 12, just 10 days shy of his 92nd birthday. Captain Philpott was a pillar of his community and a man of deep faith, integrity and compassion. He also took an active interest in local and provincial politics, always striving to make …
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Mr. Speaker, could we have a more heartless response than from the regional minister from Newfoundland and Labrador, where people are known to have good hearts? The minister knows full well that the school lunch program that they created is garbage. It has not fed one child in Canada. She also knows that there are hidden taxes—
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Mr. Speaker, could we have a more heartless response than from the regional minister from Newfoundland and Labrador, where folks are known to have good hearts? That minister knows full well that the school lunch program that they created has not fed one Canadian child and—
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Mr. Speaker, “Some N.L. residents finding it 'hard to survive' as grocery prices continue to rise” is a headline from the CBC today. They go on to say that the price of food in Newfoundland and Labrador is up 4% since last September. Beef leads the way, up 20%. The Liberal Prime Minister said he would be judged by the prices Canadians pay at the grocery store, so will he get his inflationary defic…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate premier-elect Tony Wakeham and the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador on their victory in last week's provincial election. I give a special thanks to all who put their names forward, regardless of political stripe. The willingness to be involved strengthens our democracy. After 10 costly years of a Liberal government that too often collaborated …
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Madam Speaker, after 10 years of the Liberal government, crime and chaos are exploding in rural Newfoundland. Not long ago, a couple of highway gas stations and convenience stores located about 30 kilometres apart, in Stoneville and in Birchy Bay, were hit with a pickup truck as the repeat offenders sought to take out the ATMs there. No charges were laid. The police have their hands tied by the Li…
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Mr. Speaker, I heard the parliamentary secretary for natural resources talk about how the Liberals want to make Canada a natural resources superpower. I wonder if he knows that Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas is already at tidewater? The Bay du Nord project is going to be the very last project in Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore, by the looks of it, because it will put us up against th…
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Mr. Speaker, I heard my colleague mention that it is time to act and that it is time to move forward. The really fast way to move forward is to start developing Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil and gas, which is already at tidewater and requires no pipelines. Of course, the emissions cap has us at a point of being about to develop our last project, which is Bay du Nord. For companies such …
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Madam Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague across the way as he gave his speech. I wonder if he realizes that his own province exports a tremendous amount of metallurgical coal. In fact, it is the largest export for British Columbia. All experts agree that converting coal burning to using natural gas reduces emissions by 50%. In Newfoundland and Labrador, we are up against our emissions ca…
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Madam Speaker, does the member of the Green Party know what her own carbon footprint is in travelling from British Columbia to this place in a year? How much of that could she save? Would she consider travelling by horseback or even walking from British Columbia to here?
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Mr. Speaker, I heard my colleague from across the way speaking proudly about his fresh, shiny new Prime Minister and the required regulatory process that he is so very proud of: the emissions caps. Here is what the emissions caps have done: The emissions caps have pretty much identified Bay du Nord as our last offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador, because we are getting up against our…
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With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, excluding the Canadian Coast Guard, since January 1, 2021: (a) what was the total value of all consulting contracts signed in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022, (iii) 2023, (iv) 2024, (v) 2025 to date; and (b) what are the details of all consulting contracts, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) initial value of the contract, (iv) current v…
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With regard to Canadian fish stock assessments and stock advisory committees on commercial species, broken down by specific species: (a) what organizations, stakeholders, First Nations and environmental non-governmental organizations have observer status; (b) what organizations, stakeholders, First Nations and environmental non-governmental organizations have stakeholder status; (c) what is total …
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With regard to small craft harbours, since 2022: (a) which small craft harbours have applied for funding across Canada; (b) what are the details of each application, including the name of the harbour, the location, the scope and the budget; (c) what is the landed value of catch for each harbour in (b); (d) which harbours had projects approved and what is the scope and amount of federal funding for…
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With regard to Marine Protected Areas, National Marine Conservation Areas and any other form of ocean protected areas that are now fully protected or at some stage of planning and to be considered part of the 30% by 2030 that Canada agreed to protect in compliance with the 15th Conference of the Parties Biodiversity Convention: (a) what are the details of all existing maps which show ocean protect…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's four weeks in Parliament were filled with broken Liberal promises: a broken promise on spending, a broken promise on tax cuts, a broken promise on consultants, a broken promise on defence and a broken promise on being elbows up with the U.S. Canada's fiscal watchdog confirmed a massive broken Liberal promise, the so-called tax cut. The Parliamentary Budget Officer…
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise as the member representing the newly named riding of Central Newfoundland, formerly known as Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame. I am truly grateful for those who supported me, put their trust in me and sent me to this place again to bring their thoughts, concerns and worries to this place. I owe a world of gratitude to all those who helped on my campaign. We had …
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Madam Speaker, if folks in certain regions have more of an acceptance of EVs, if there is more demand, and if they like them more, then they can buy them. The member spoke about choice. It is their choice, but if they do not work in other regions, and folks do not want to buy them, they should not be forced to buy them and forced into poverty. It is all about choice. This is democracy and capitali…
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Madam Speaker, I think it is just completely wrong for the Liberal federal government to meddle in a free economy by creating mandates like this to force people. Whether they like it or not, everyone is going to pay if this mandate is followed through with because all vehicles will get more expensive.
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Madam Speaker, what I really believe in is moving towards natural gas away from either diesel, coal or any type of heavier fuel. If we want to solve the emissions problem in this world, natural gas is the way to go. The member knows it, and I wish that Quebec would get in on the game and start producing some natural gas.
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Madam Speaker, I do not have the exact stats on how many homes have greater than a 200-amp service, but I suspect there are a lot that do not. I really could not make a stab at that, but the cost to upgrade for those who need to go to 200 amps is atrocious. It is another cost. Once consumers are forced down that pathway, it is not just the cost of the vehicle. It is also the cost they will incur a…
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Mr. Speaker, I heard the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister talk quite a bit about trade. One group of products being hit hard right now by tariffs is Canadian seafood. Lobster, of course, is a very important seafood export of the member's province and of mine as well. Since March, there has been a 25% tariff placed on Canadian seafood by China. It seems as though seafood and the seafoo…
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Mr. Speaker, fishermen and farmers feed families. This season, Chinese tariffs on harvests from the land and the sea are impacting the livelihood of those who depend on markets in China. These tariffs are a direct result of the Liberal government's bungling of trade relations with China. The tariffs range from 25% on lobsters to 100% on canola. My question for the Minister of International Trade i…
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Mr. Speaker, it is time for the minister to go to sea in a gale wind on a fishing boat or to get some dirt under his nails on a farm with our hard-working farmers. Clearly he has no respect for the people who toil to feed their family and everybody else's family, and who play such a crucial role in food security for Canada. Will the minister get relief from Chinese tariffs, or are fishermen and fa…
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Mr. Speaker, it has been 33 years, as of June 6, since that convention came into effect, and that is where the 30 by 30 was spawned from, as we say when we are talking about fish in the sea. We have protected 15% of our oceans in the last 33 years under that convention. How does the minister expect to protect another 15% in just four and a half years?
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Mr. Speaker, has the minister's department done a cost-benefit analysis on the 30 by 30? What will be the cost to industries that depend on our oceans, and what will be the benefit to coastal communities if 30% of our oceans are marine parks?
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Mr. Speaker, again, I would ask the Minister of Environment, how long has it been since the UN Convention on Biological Diversity came into effect? I think she should know that, as the Minister of Environment. It is very important.
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Mr. Speaker, how many square kilometres does that equate to?
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Mr. Speaker, on a point or order, I think she has had enough time. She is running the clock.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague what percentage of Canada's oceans are protected right now.
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to share my time with the member for Leduc—Wetaskiwin and the member for Calgary Heritage this evening. I wonder if the hon. minister would like Canada to be a world leader in oceans protection as Norway and Iceland are.
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, my hon. colleague is the Minister of the Environment right now, who is leading the charge on 30 by 30. What percentage of Norway's and Iceland's oceans does she think is protected right now, because she indicated she would like Canada to be a world leader like Norway and Iceland?
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Mr. Speaker, how many years has the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity been in effect?
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Madam Speaker, this year's northern-cod assessment places the stock just a fraction below the healthy zone. With all those seeking increased quota, one sector stands out in terms of its historical access and adjacency to the resource. Those are the inshore harvesters of the northeast coast of Newfoundland in areas 3K and 3L. Given that these harvesters had little increase in their share of quota l…
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Madam Speaker, inshore operators along the northeast coast are seeing heavy predation on their crab stocks by cod. This has impacted their crab quotas and will worsen as the cod stock grows. Plant workers and fish harvesters in this adjacent area must benefit from the growth of the cod stock, which is placing livelihoods that are now dependent on crab in peril. Will the minister not yield to high-…
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary to the House leader just talked about how Canadians are tuned in. If they are tuned in, they are watching a rerun of a 10-year-old show, the same show from the same guy, who is bawling and blaring over there, never giving his colleagues a chance to speak. The member spoke about the election. He was wondering what we heard at the doors. I will tell members…
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