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Mr. Speaker, Canada's auto industry is in crisis. Since the Liberal government took office, production is down 50%, exports are down 50%, and thousands of jobs are gone. The Liberal Prime Minister thinks we should surrender, but Conservatives say we should act. We put forward a new auto pact, with real solutions to make it easier to build and buy Canadian, restore free trade and protect blue-colla…
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Mr. Speaker, every G7 country faces global headwinds, yet only one is choosing to make inflation worse through domestic policy. Canada now leads the G7 in food price inflation, carries the only shrinking G7 economy and faces fuel costs nearly 20% higher than the United States, because the Liberal government is adding an industrial carbon tax and a fuel standard tax that will reach 17¢ per litre. I…
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Mr. Speaker, Unifor has been approaching a lot of members of Parliament, and its theme has been, “Buy Canadian, sell here and build here.” That is our policy. Why does my colleague think the Liberals are fighting it?
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise on behalf of the citizens of Cambridge. I am still getting numerous calls and emails from hundreds of people. They are calling on the Government of Canada to withdraw Bill C-9 and to protect religious freedoms, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts, and prevent government intrusion into their faith.
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Mr. Speaker, copper theft is not an innocent crime. When vandals target essential infrastructure such as cell towers and power transformers, they are not just breaking the law; they are also putting human lives at risk. Copper theft literally leaves people in the dark and stranded when they need help the most. Last year in the Cambridge area alone, there were at least 15 cell service outages linke…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the response from the member opposite, but there is more we can be doing. With Bell Canada designating Cambridge as a hot spot for copper theft, it is a real and ongoing risk for people in my community who depend on reliable power and cell service, especially during emergencies. The experts are clear: We need tougher penalties for thieves and vandals, deterrence for repea…
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-271, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (scrap metal trafficking and essential infrastructure protection). Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to introduce my private member's bill, the protecting Canada's essential infrastructure metals act. This legislation would take concrete steps to crack down on out-of-control metal theft and vandalism in communities across the c…
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Mr. Speaker, a community member wrote to me about what they are seeing every day. They are seeing frail seniors standing outside grocery stores begging for help and Canadians lining up at food banks after a lifetime of work. The National Institute on Ageing states that one in five Canadians over 50 is now living at the poverty line. Many cannot afford groceries, heating their homes, essential good…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of Bill C-246, the ending sentence reductions for sexual predators act, which is legislation rooted in dignity, accountability and respect for people who have survived sexual violence. Sexual crimes are among the most serious violations a person can experience. The harm reaches far beyond the moment of the offence. The effect goes beyond the physical. …
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Mr. Speaker, I have received petitions from thousands of people in my community of Cambridge who are deeply concerned about Bill C-9. It is not misinformation when Canadians took the time to write, call and sign petitions because they want their voices heard in this place, yet today the government is not only advancing legislation that many believe threatens freedom of expression and religious fre…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House today on behalf of the citizens of Cambridge, who are asking that Bill C-9 be withdrawn to protect religious freedoms, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts and prevent government intrusion into their faith.
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Mr. Speaker, in recognition of International Women's Day, I rise to speak not only as a member of Parliament but as a mother to two daughters and a grandmother to five granddaughters. Watching the women in my family grow has taught me that strength does not look the same in every season of life. Sometimes it is bold and confident. At other times, it is quiet, steady and carried through long days a…
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Mr. Speaker, after months of pressure from Conservatives, the government is finally slamming the brakes on its ideological electric vehicle mandate, but the new EV rebate scheme will not protect Canadian auto workers. It is just going to subsidize Tesla and send taxpayer money straight across the border. The government has gone from saying “elbows up” to selling out. It is driving other countries'…
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Mr. Speaker, we are here today to talk about Canada's auto industry. For my community, this discussion is about far more than numbers on a spreadsheet, statistics in a report or words delivered here in Parliament. It is about livelihoods, families and the future of a sector that has shaped who we are. In Cambridge and North Dumfries, the auto industry is a huge part of who we are. The paycheques e…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise on behalf of the citizens of Cambridge to table a petition to withdraw Bill C-9 and requesting that this government uphold and protect freedom of religion and freedom of speech, as these fundamental rights must be preserved. Bill C-9 would allow the state to prosecute those who express deeply held religious beliefs the government finds offensive. Citizens ask t…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today on behalf of the citizens of Cambridge to table a petition to withdraw Bill C-9. Petitioners request that the government uphold and protect freedom of religion and freedom of speech as these fundamental rights must be preserved.
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Mr. Speaker, the grocery inflation crisis is tearing apart families and tearing apart our communities. I received a letter from a senior citizen in Cambridge whose son had to move back home because he could not afford the cost of living. He wants to get married but cannot even move out of his mom's home to buy his own, start a family, have children and be able to feed them. With the cost of lettuc…
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Mr. Speaker, after a decade of Liberal government, Canada has gone from having the strongest middle class in the G7 to having the highest food inflation in the G7. A full-time job used to put food on the table; now it does not even guarantee a full cart of groceries. The government keeps claiming it is helping, yet food inflation has doubled since the Prime Minister took office. Canadians are stil…
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Mr. Speaker, rebates do not fix problems; they confirm them. The Liberal government is offering rebates as it has run out of answers. Canadians are being forced to pay $12 billion more in inflationary deficits because grocery inflation spiralled out of control with the Liberal government. Families in my community are demanding lower prices for food. Experts are clear: Food costs more because of en…
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Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present a petition on behalf of Canadians in regard to Bill C-9. The petition calls on Parliament to support people of all faiths so they can live according to their beliefs without discrimination or government interference. People who signed the petition are calling on the government to uphold and protect freedom of religion and freedom of speech, which are fundament…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague's speech was very compassionate. The rise in the cost of food is also an issue in my riding and in my community. People want government to prioritize lowering these costs. They are struggling and cannot put food on the table to feed their families. I am wondering if my colleague could share how food insecurity is affecting her community, especially mothers, and the diffic…
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of Canadians who call on the government to withdraw Bill C-9. Canadians feel that religion is under attack, and they ask the government to respect and protect religious freedom and freedom of speech as fundamental rights that Canadians expect Parliament to uphold, as the state has no place in the religious texts or teachings of any faith …
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Mr. Speaker, the member has spoken about the people who want real solutions. How do the problems of porous borders and broken trust, like drug trafficking, the potential for consumption sites near schools, gun smuggling and irregular migration, show up in her community, and what does that mean for families and local safety?
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Mr. Speaker, no one expected the verdict to be this tragic when judging the Prime Minister by prices at the grocery store. I heard from an 82-year-old woman who was forced to leave her hometown of Cambridge and her family just to afford groceries and rent. Lacy, a single mom from Cambridge, told local media she spends her days asking where the sale is, clipping coupons and skipping meals, just to …
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Mr. Speaker, their programs do not feed seniors. When the Liberals claim their taxes are imaginary, I think of a senior woman in my community, one who told me she can barely afford to eat and that some days she wishes she simply would not wake up, because living with this indignity is harder than dying. That is what 10 years of soaring food prices and punishing taxes have done to Canadians: not im…
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Mr. Speaker, prices at the grocery store were how the Prime Minister was to be judged. From Trudeau's crisis to the rebranded, not-so-new Liberal cabinet, Canadians are seeing costs go from bad to worse. Today's food price report shows that Canadians are bracing for the largest grocery increase in years, nearly $1,000 more. Under a decade of the Liberals, families have gone from spending $159 a we…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague spoke about the pressure seniors are under, but one thing we are both hearing about is the fear. Could she share what seniors in her riding are telling her about the choices they have to make now and how even basic dignity is becoming unaffordable?
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Mr. Speaker, the annual hunger report from Feed Ontario came out today, and it shows just how hard life in Canada has become. For the ninth year in a row, food bank use has increased. More than one million Ontarians visited a food bank, for a total of 8.7 million visits, in the last year, the highest level ever recorded. These are not conspiracies; these are facts. The more the Liberals spend, the…
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Mr. Speaker, I agree that things are getting tough for everyone. Just today I heard about two more businesses closing in my community because of tariffs and the rising cost of doing business in Canada. These are the facts of the past 10 years of Liberal mismanagement, and it is not going to get better with this budget. Since January, $61 billion has left Canada, and domestic investors are pouring …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are living through some of the most challenging times in recent memory. Families are struggling to make ends meet, young people are losing hope for stable careers, and businesses are facing an economy of uncertainty. A housing crisis is pricing out an entire generation, youth unemployment is climbing and productivity, the engine of our prosperity, is in decline. The Prime Mi…
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Mr. Speaker, all we hear are paper promises all the time. The budget removes over $4 billion from Veterans Affairs over the next four years, while veterans continue to face long wait times for disability claims and experience gaps in mental health support and delays in accessing services. That is not my opinion; it is in black and white in the budget. Veterans do not need talking points; they need…
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Mr. Speaker, it is really sad to hear that in my community, the fridges are not full as my grandmother's once was. What the budget is bringing is more debt, higher taxes and less hope. Families in Cambridge are already skipping meals so their kids can eat. Demand at the Cambridge Food Bank is up 114%, and there are 1,000 new families turning to it for the first time, including people who have full…
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Mr. Speaker, the alarming rise in scams targeting seniors is a growing concern in our communities, with a 300% increase in money being lost to scams since 2020. Across the country, criminals are preying on trust and vulnerability, and seniors are losing their life savings, money they worked for decades to earn. In Cambridge and North Dumfries, I have heard heartbreaking stories of individuals who …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government is the costliest in Canadian history, and hard-working families are paying the price. In my community, people tell me they are working hard and saving up, but they are still walking out of the grocery store with half a cart for twice the price. Demand at the Cambridge Food Bank is up 114%, and 1,000 new families are turning to it for the first time. The culprit …
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Mr. Speaker, the best program is a well-paying job with low inflation, yet after 10 years of Liberal government, Canadians have neither. The same government that created this mess now wants applause for pretending to fix it, but more government and more taxes only mean more inflation for Canadians. Food prices have climbed nearly 40% faster here than in the U.S. and faster than wages can keep up. …
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Mr. Speaker, what does the member feel that Canadians feel about the government prioritizing debt payments to make bankers and bondholders rich instead of addressing the crisis in our health care system?
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Mr. Speaker, crime is escalating, and families and workers in my community are paying the price. In Cambridge, families sleeping in their beds and workers in retail and service jobs are now facing violent criminals. Just this week, there was a smash-and-grab at a Canadian Tire, an armed jewellery store robbery at the Cambridge Centre and gunshots fired at a family home. Imagine being a retail work…
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Mr. Speaker, this budget means that Canadians will pay more in interest on the national debt than the federal government will transfer for health care and than the government collects in GST. It is as though every dollar collected from GST revenue will go to interest payments, not to doctors and nurses. How do you think Canadians feel about the government prioritizing debt payments—
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Madam Speaker, when hundreds of thousands speak out through petitions, letters and social media, it is clear they want action, and when so many speak with such clarity and consistency, we owe it to them to listen. For months and years, Canadians from coast to coast to coast have been raising the alarm about the government's heavy-handed approach to natural health products. Whether vitamins, probio…
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Mr. Speaker, this budget is a booby-trapped blueprint that burdens the next generation with back-breaking bills and broken balances. While the Prime Minister boasts and brags, young Canadians are being buried beneath a $78-billion deficit bombshell. That is not just a blunder; it is a brazen breach of trust. He blurted he would bring down spending, but instead his first budget ballooned by $90 bil…
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Mr. Speaker, the member generously offered to accept our comments and suggestions. Just recently, Bill C-3 was passed, and there were a lot of comments and suggestions made at committee that were reversed. Why should we trust that our suggestions and comments will be moved forward?
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Madam Speaker, first the Liberals made it unaffordable to feed kids; now they want applause for feeding them. Canadians used to line up at the grocery store. Today, they line up by the millions at food banks. Under the Liberals, Canadians are working full-time and eating part-time, because paycheques shrink while grocery bills balloon. Eighty-two per cent of Canadian households say they do not hav…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned the frustration victims feel when the same offenders are released again and again, as well as the terrible tragedies that are happening from it. Could she share more on how the revolving door justice system erodes public confidence, overwhelms our police forces and puts victims at greater risk?
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government brags every day about all the money it spends, but that is not the government's money. That is the paycheques of hard-working Canadians. That is the money that families could be spending to put food on the table. Instead, the Prime Minister uses it to feed his endless bureaucracy, which snuck in a hidden industrial carbon tax on fertilizer and farm equipment tha…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals keep saying that everything is great, but the only thing growing faster than their debt is the food bank line while they play hide-and-seek on taxes. Taxing farmers with a hidden industrial carbon tax, while 2.2 million people visit the food bank every single month, is insanity. This is while 20% of them work full time, and 33% are children. Anyone but the Liberals can se…
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Mr. Speaker, during constituency week, I had the privilege of joining a ride-along with the south division police in Cambridge. I have always respected the work our frontline officers do, but seeing their focus and professionalism first-hand was a powerful reminder of the challenges they face every single day. That night, officers were on alert for Kevin Koehler, a violent repeat offender released…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a privilege to rise on behalf of the people of Cambridge and North Dumfries in this place, especially to discuss an issue as important as our Canadian borders and keeping people safe. Everyone watching at home might remember that this is not my first time in the House talking about border security. A few weeks ago, I spoke about Bill C-2, which was introduced by the gover…
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite really needs to look in his own backyard and at his own government. Today, at the public safety and national security committee, the public safety minister doubled down on calling the RCMP racist. If that member wants to be serious about supporting police officers, then maybe the Liberals should back up that tough talk by voting for our Conservative legislation, wh…
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Mr. Speaker, there is a lot that is happening right now that is nothing more than a smokescreen for our current government. The things she mentioned are no different than hiring 1,000 CBSA officers when the agency can barely deal with losses through attrition. When we open the Gordie Howe bridge next year, the shifting of personnel will leave a massive hole in the system. Plus, there is no trainin…
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Mr. Speaker, I think the Liberals are running out of policies to steal from the Conservatives. It is deeply disheartening to see the Liberals not put up any speakers to defend their own bill, despite the fact that they are supposedly so proud of it. Even with the changes we forced the government to make, the bill still has deep flaws, as I outlined in my speech. I look forward to working with my c…
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