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moved for leave to introduce C-272, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (supervised drug consumption sites). Mr. Speaker, today, I am introducing legislation to ban supervised drug consumption sites next to children. Fentanyl, meth, crack cocaine and heroin are the drugs being smoked, injected and snorted both inside and outside of supervised consumption sites across Canada. Ev…
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Madam Speaker, the member is talking about a different country altogether, versus the actual—
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Mr. Speaker, it was a great speech, even though I had to listen to the translation for half of it. I was surprised that the washing of the carcasses is still an issue in our trade agreement. I remember that before I was a parliamentarian here in 2019, that was a hot topic and basically a non-tariff barrier, so I am quite fascinated as to why it has not been resolved yet. I do not know what the Lib…
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Mr. Speaker, one thing I can never get over is that the Liberals, in the last two questions, took an opportunity, instead of talking about what Canada is going to offer and do for Canadians, attempted a gotcha moment and heckled us. Unfortunately, we are talking about a trade agreement that is going to enhance Canadians. I asked the member for Winnipeg North this morning if there is anything in th…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise for the ninth time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding the Liberal government repeal its soft-on-crime policies, which have fuelled a surge in crime throughout their communities. Since 2015, there has been a 54% increase in violent crime and a 75% increase in …
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Madam Speaker, my colleague has brought up a lot of good points about trade, but I am wondering whether, in the trade agreements, there is any commitment to get our own house in order as a nation. The member referred to the plant in Neepawa. The biggest limiting factor for that plant is the requirement to have veterinarians and to maintain the Canadian national standard. We can make all the promis…
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Mr. Speaker, this is the first study in Canada to use individual-level, linkable health data. That means, for the first time, we can see exactly what happened to the people who have used these sites. Every drug consumption site in Canada operates under an exemption granted by the federal health minister. If the research now says that closing a drug consumption site leads to more people getting lif…
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Mr. Speaker, a peer-reviewed study published yesterday in a world-leading scientific journal found that closing a supervised drug consumption site led to no increase in deaths and no increase in emergency room visits. In fact, after the drug site closed, users were more likely to access life-saving addiction treatment. Every single drug consumption site in Canada exists only because the health min…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise for the eighth time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. The residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal its soft-on-crime policies that have fuelled a surge in crime throughout their communities. Since 2015, there has been a 54% increase in violent crime and a 75% incr…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government declared a war on natural health products, not on opioids, fentanyl or drugs. No, it declared a war on vitamins and herbal medicines. The Liberals are targeting the mother who takes a supplement for her joints because she is waiting eight months to see a specialist. They are targeting the father who takes fish oil every morning because his doctor told him to wat…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to present a petition on behalf of constituents. I rise for the seventh time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal its soft-on-crime policies, which have fuelled a surge in crime throughout their communities. Si…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding individual from the community of Ste. Rose, Manitoba. Dr. David O'Hagan has dedicated 40 remarkable years to serving the people of Ste. Rose and the surrounding area as a physician. Originally from South Africa, Dr. O'Hagan chose rural Manitoba as his home, and he has never looked back. It is no secret that finding a doctor willing to plant roo…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal immigration minister falsely told the health committee that rejected asylum claimants lose the premium health benefits her government provides, but she was wrong. In fact, her own department had to correct her. Rejected claimants remain fully eligible for premium health benefits like physiotherapy and home care under the interim federal health program. A minister who does …
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Mr. Speaker, on October 2, the health minister's senior official told the health committee that no federal funds were used to buy crack pipes. On December 9, the same official corrected her testimony and revealed that federal funding can in fact be used to buy crack pipes. Then, on December 11, the health minister herself stated in the House that the government does not fund the purchase of crack …
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Needless to say, Mr. Speaker, the member did not answer my question. I guess he was unprepared for the question on crack pipes, on which we have a conflict of opinion. However, he did bring up another important issue. Why are the Liberals allowing minors to approach and use drugs at consumption sites?
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Mr. Speaker, I asked the immigration minister at health committee how many more patients our health care system could handle. She laughed and then said it was not a fair question for immigration. She said it was not a fair question, but six million Canadians do not have a doctor. People are dying waiting for care. Our system is at capacity, and she does not even know it. If the minister setting im…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to petition on behalf of the people of Riding Mountain. I rise for the sixth time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal its soft-on crime policies, which have fuelled a surge in crime throughout their communiti…
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Madam Speaker, let us talk about a two-tiered health care system, not the fictional version that the Liberals and the NDP dust off every election to scare Canadians but a real one that actually exists. There is a two-tiered health care system in Canada today, but it is one that the left-wing politicians suddenly refuse to touch. This two-tiered system has a name; it is called the interim federal h…
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Madam Speaker, again, I cannot believe what the member is asking of me. In the health committee right now, we have been analyzing this. The PBO came out with a report that found that the cost was going to be $150 billion a year. Then the Liberals started saying, “But we found a solution to this. Look at what we've done. We're going to fix this problem. We're going to fix these bogus claims. We're …
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Mr. Speaker, if the Liberals actually cared about genuine refugees, they would not force them to wait in the same health care lines as fake asylum claimants, and they would not force them to wait in the same backlog as claimants whom the government rejected, but they do, and they refuse to fix it. Will the health minister explain to those genuine refugees why rejected claimants are ahead of them o…
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Madam Speaker, that is an excellent question my colleague just asked, and I think that is the crux of the problem with the program. It is not fair to any one of us. It is not fair to the Canadians who pay into the system, and it is not fair to the refugees whom we are actually trying to service. That is what everybody is missing on this, especially on the Liberal side. I cannot for the life of me …
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Madam Speaker, I do not know what the relevance is of the speech—
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Madam Speaker, I am the shadow minister for health, so that is what I have been focusing on. The interim federal health program and the bogus claimants have had a devastating impact on our access to health care in Canada. As far as the technicalities of the question that the member asked go, I would refer that response to my colleague from Calgary who is the shadow minister for that department.
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Mr. Speaker, six million Canadians do not have a family doctor, and the average wait time to see a specialist is around 30 weeks, yet the Liberals keep rejected asylum claimants, people their own refugee board has rejected, fully enrolled in a program with premium health benefits, on the same wait-list as those Canadians. Does the health minister believe that the asylum claimants her own governmen…
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Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed that the interim federal health program will cost taxpayers over $1.5 billion a year. The Liberals expanded this program to provide deluxe health benefits like physiotherapy and home care to bogus asylum claimants whose phony claims have been rejected. Canadians are not entitled to them, but rejected asylum claimants are. Why are the Liberals …
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Mr. Speaker, while the Liberals defend deluxe health benefits for bogus asylum claimants, millions of Canadians are waiting in line for care. There are Canadians in this country who cannot get health care they need because the wait-list is too long. Ahead of them on that wait-list are people who filed fake refugee claims that were rejected by the government's own refugee board. Will the minister e…
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Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of a bill to recognize Ukrainian heritage month. I do so not only as a member of Parliament representing a vibrant region rooted rich in Ukrainian heritage, but also as a proud Canadian of Ukrainian descent myself, whose own story is tied to the same pioneer spirit that built so much of the Prairies. Canada is a nation built by people who were willing to star…
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Madam Speaker, the health minister approves these drug injection sites, and her own officials confirm that there is no age limit to use them. That means a minor from a nearby school could walk in and legally inject fentanyl under this Liberal policy. If the health minister does not think minors should be injecting drugs at these sites that she approved, why does the minister not stop them today?
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Madam Speaker, yesterday Health Canada officials revealed at committee that there are no age requirements at federally approved drug injection sites. In fact, Health Canada revealed that there is not even a requirement for ID. That means minors can legally use drugs in these consumption sites under Liberal law. The health minister approves supervised drug injection sites through the Controlled Dru…
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Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to present a petition on behalf of constituents. I rise for the fifth time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Since 2015, there has been a 54% increase in violent crime and a 75% increase in sexual assaults across Canada. Petitioners are deeply concerned by what they read in the local papers, includi…
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Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister promised fiscal responsibility. Instead, he delivered an $80-billion deficit. My question is very simple: Can the government tell Canadians how much they will pay in interest on the national debt this year?
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to present a petition on behalf of the citizens of Riding Mountain. I rise for the fourth time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal its soft-on-crime policies, which have fuelled a surge in crime throughout the…
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Madam Speaker, the member did not answer my question. I asked how much the interest on the national debt would cost Canadians this year. However, now we know why the Liberals will not say it out loud. It is because Canadians will pay more than $55 billion every year just to service the debt. This is an unbelievable amount. That is more money spent on interest than on health care transfers. Why is …
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that a country that cannot feed itself has few options. Statistics Canada data shows food inflation is up 6.2%. Canadians are facing pressure at the grocery store, and now it costs $17,600 a year to feed a family of four. In fact, since the Prime Minister took office, food prices are rising at double the rate of the United States. Right now, the Liberal fuel ta…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise for the third time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal its soft-on-crime policies, which have fuelled a surge in crime throughout their communities. Since 2015, there has been a 54% increase in violent crime and a 75% increas…
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Speaker, on October 2 the health minister's assistant deputy minister for controlled substances told the health committee that no federal funding was used to buy crack pipes. This week, the very same official was caught lying to committee when she revealed that Health Canada was in fact buying crack pipes with tax dollars. If an average Canadian lies on a government forum, they face real consequen…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to speak about an important piece of legislation, Bill C-234. First, I would like to take a moment to recognize my friend, a Conservative colleague and the member for Edmonton Manning, as the sponsor of this bill. His hard work, dedication and personal experience with living organ donation is truly inspiring. This bill supports a low-cost solution that ca…
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Mr. Speaker, for my second petition, I rise to present a petition on synthetic food dyes. Petitioners are concerned that synthetic food dyes are negatively impacting consumers' behaviour, memory and learning, especially among young children. That is why the petitioners are calling on the government to reform regulations that are permitting synthetic food dyes like red number 40, yellow number five…
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions today. I rise on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal its soft-on-crime policies, which have fuelled a surge in crime throughout their communities. Petitioners are deeply concerned by what they read in the local pape…
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Madam Speaker, the member clearly did not answer my question. I asked how many doctors this $97-million foreign credential recognition fund would get licensed. Does the government have any idea how many doctors would get licensed for $97 million?
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Madam Speaker, the budget included $97 million to establish a foreign credential recognition action fund. According to the budget, this fund would help address doctor shortages by supporting credential recognition of foreign-trained doctors. Given that there are at least 13,000 internationally trained doctors currently in Canada but not working as doctors, can the government tell us exactly how ma…
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Madam Speaker, right now we are at a point when we are spending more money in interest to repay our debt of over $50 billion a year than we are in health care transfers within our country. In my opinion, being the health critic, it is putting our health care system at risk. I wonder what my colleague would have to say about that.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise for the first time on behalf of the people of Dauphin, Manitoba, to present a petition on the rising rate of crime. Residents of Dauphin and the Parkland region are demanding that the Liberal government repeal the soft-on-crime policies that have fuelled the surge of crime throughout our communities. Since 2015, there has been a 54% increase in violent crime and a 75% increase …
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals spent more than $54 million on the vaccine injury support program. Global News reported that over $36 million of that money went to one consulting firm, Oxaro. However, out of the 3,300 claims from Canadians, more than 1,700 were still waiting for answers. Now that the government has cancelled Oxaro's contract, after admitting the program failed, how much money has the …
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Madam Speaker, here we go again with some more of the Prime Minister's speaking points. I really do not understand the parliamentary secretary's approach to this answer. It was a very simple question. Meanwhile, there are 1,700 people out there with serious injuries, and the government has decided not to answer anything. I will ask the question again. How much money has the government recovered fr…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a supplemental report from the Conservative members of the Standing Committee on Health. We welcome the report, the study on women's health; however, we believe that the report did not fully reflect all issues raised during the study. First, Canada's worsening shortage of doctors, nurses and health care professionals is denying women the timely care they need. With 6…
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Mr. Speaker, before I could finish my speech yesterday, I was talking about how the budget would fail to make any investments in treatment and recovery. Instead, the Liberals would continue with their failed policies and funding streams that enable drug use. The Minister of Health is approving supervised drug consumption sites across the country, including next to day cares, schools and playground…
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Mr. Speaker, did the member not hear what I just said? I had people coming up to me in communities begging for help. Meanwhile, the government, his government, is actually enabling drug addictions. It is not helping people. It is hurting people, harming people, thousands of people. He has done absolutely nothing about it, and the budget would do absolutely nothing to address that problem.
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Mr. Speaker, actually, I cannot understand it. I really do not understand why the government is so hell-bent on fuelling addictions. To see the despair in people's eyes, with people who are trapped in a system that our government is supporting, is absolutely heartbreaking. We were doing a community walk, and I was watching where addicts would gather at night and create fires. It was right on publi…
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Mr. Speaker, there are many things I do not support in this. One thing I did not foresee in the budget that is really quite troubling is the amount of debt that has been acquired by the government: $78 billion in deficit spending. That would be enough for not only my children, but my grandchildren and probably their children. That is probably the most devastating thing. I have a tough time looking…
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