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Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the vote, with Greens voting in favour.
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Madam Speaker, I have no objection to Bill C-16, but this is only the first step. Now there is a Crown corporation. A Crown corporation is better than having a special operating agency, which is where Build Canada Homes started out. However, I do have some concerns regarding the minister's accountability and responsibility. The more independent the organization is, the less responsibility he bears…
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Madam Speaker, there was so much I agreed with in the speech the member gave. She referred to the fact that we should look at homes as homes and not as investments. If I am not quoting her accurately, I am sure she can correct me. The concept that Greens also bring to this is that we are building homes and communities. We are not just building homes for market purposes. We need to meet the needs o…
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Madam Speaker, I find it discouraging, as I am sure many members do, when the debates get overly partisan. I did not find the hon. member for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge to be particularly partisan in his comments. Also, in a weird show of solidarity with a former member, I would like to point out that poor Bev Oda has been vilified for years for something that was not her fault. It is her fault that…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this place to present a petition on behalf of many constituents and other people. This petition has over 800 signatories. The petitioners are concerned, as are so many Canadians, about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I will summarize the petition. The petitioners call on the Government of Canada to increase support for civilians, particularly the thousands …
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Madam Speaker, the hon. member for Vancouver East anticipated my question, because I was just asking where the accountability measures are in the bill. I wonder if she has noticed, as I have, that the responsible minister is not actually listed. The bill just says they may be “designated by the Governor in Council”. Where is the accountability?
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Madam Speaker, I confess that I have been struggling as to whether I vote for or against the bill. Of course, building homes for Canadians is a great goal. I would vote for that. I kept trying to figure out why it is that I am having trouble figuring out whether I would vote for it or against it. I guess it is because, when I really study the bill and think it through, it does absolutely nothing, …
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Madam Speaker, I know I cannot ask the member a question in response, but if he could show me the sections of the bill that talk about partnership, collaboration, working together and the things he just posed to me in the question, I would be fascinated to know where they are, because it is not that long a bill and they are not in here.
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Madam Speaker, for my friend from Edmonton Manning, I want to be clear. The act would not do anything. I am not saying the government will not do anything. The act is kind of pointless, because the Liberals created a special operating agency. I would agree that there is a titch more transparency when we shift from an agency operating under the Treasury Board to a Crown corporation, but not much. I…
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Madam Speaker, without intending to sound snarky or partisan, I guess the point of establishing yet another Crown corporation is to have an excuse for another set of press releases.
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Madam Speaker, I would say to my hon. colleague from Nanaimo—Ladysmith that I cannot speculate. I have known this minister a long time, so forgive me for trespassing into my personal history. I am terribly fond of him. I do not think it is the minister. I think it is the government.
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Madam Speaker, the hon. Minister of Justice will know that I have never seen a debate closure motion that I liked. I think time allocation is overused. I support Bill C‑16, although I regret that my amendments to extend coercive control to protect seniors from elder abuse were not accepted in this round. Perhaps I can use this opportunity to ask him, since the bill now contains a periodic review, …
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Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to have a chance to take the floor to ask a question of my colleague from Milton East—Halton Hills South. I am distressed. I certainly agree with all the sentiments. We need to make sure that we are acting to protect people from the crimes that we have talked about, including intimate partner violence. However, we are falling back on rhetoric in the absence of eviden…
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Mr. Speaker, children's lives could have been saved if we had better protection. I am wondering, despite the benefits of AI, why does this strategy land with more promotion than protection? When will the Prime Minister and the government consider the advice of Pope Leo XIV that AI needs to be “disarmed”?
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder how the slogan “AI for all” lands in Tumbler Ridge—
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Mr. Speaker, I started to put my question forward when I heard my riding addressed. I have been informed by colleagues that I stood up and began to address the question without having the microphone on. I know the hon. parliamentary secretary has answered, but may I repeat the first part of my question?
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Mr. Speaker, the first part of my question was this: I wonder how the slogan “artificial intelligence for all” lands in Tumbler Ridge, where seven families are now in court seeking redress for the loss of their children, who were not adequately protected. When will we see protection?
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Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the vote, and we are voting no.
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Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the vote, and will be voting in favour.
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Mr. Speaker, Greens agree to apply the vote and will be voting no.
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Mr. Speaker, today being June 3, we have hit the seventh anniversary of the tabling of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry. The petitioners call the attention of Parliament to the ongoing harm toward indigenous peoples and communities, through both historical and ongoing colonization and genocide. The petitioners point out that the legal and social change needed to address …
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Madam Speaker, my question concerns the Bloc Québécois's economic approach. It is clear that the Liberals, the former Conservatives and the current Conservative Party all think alike when it comes to the economy. It is always about economic growth, but without regard for the well-being of everyone. What do my colleague from Mirabel and the Bloc Québécois think of the circular economy or Kate Rawor…
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Mr. Speaker, to the point of order raised by the hon. member and the question of privilege raised by the hon. member for Vancouver East, having been in those discussions on the main estimates, and I know I do not need to reacquaint you, Mr. Speaker, I note the serious nature of those committee of the whole sessions. I am very troubled by what the hon. member for Vancouver East has detailed in what…
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Mr. Speaker, to my hon. colleague from North Vancouver—Capilano, it is bittersweet to see him leave this place. The only sweet part is knowing that he will be representing Canada so well as our ambassador to the European Union, a jurisdiction that has not forgotten climate change. Earlier today, I was meeting with a colleague from the German Greens who serves as a member of the European Parliament…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising at the hour of adjournment, or as we colloquially call it around here, the late show, to pursue a question I asked the Prime Minister but to which the response came from the hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs. The question I asked was on March 9 and was in relation to the events of February 28, when, illegally, the government of Israel and the government of the United States…
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate my hon. friend, the parliamentary secretary, for giving such a thoughtful answer. He is quite correct that I did not get out the last words, which were, will the Prime Minister belatedly condemn these actions? The actions have continued, as the parliamentary secretary indicated, from that horrible attack of February 28. We have now had the spreading of conflict in …
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Mr. Speaker, in the petition I am honoured to present today, petitioners note that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has pointed out that the impacts of climate change disproportionately hit those portions of the world that have contributed least to the problem in the global south. Particularly, the petitioners point out that the damage that will be done will also reverberate to Canada…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague from South Shore—St. Margarets for sharing her time with me. Unfortunately, I disagree with her last comment that we have time to debate the bill now. Given the gag order, enough time to debate the bill is exactly what we do not have. I want to speak to what is happening here. I am going to throw in Bill C-30, because I was not allowed to speak to it. We …
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Mr. Speaker, I will not concede it because it is not true. The reality is that the Conservatives have been more than obliging in helping the government pass lots of legislation, including Bill C-5, and including things I found astonishing. The reality is that now, with the new Liberal majority, we are seeing time allocation when it is not needed and pushing things through before they are properly …
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Mr. Speaker, I did vote for it, and I stand here as the only member of the opposition who voted for the Liberal budget, because not only was I given oral promises, but the commitment against putting forward investment tax credits for enhanced oil recovery was also in black and white and printed in the budget. That was reversed within 10 days of that vote, so yes, I would have voted against the bud…
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Mr. Speaker, I completely agree with my Bloc Québécois colleague. It is clear that this is, unfortunately, a real tragedy. I am very disappointed. It is now clear that, with the current policies, the Government of Canada can no longer meet the Paris Agreement targets. That will have a huge impact on Canada's security and the economy, as well as worldwide. We have a great challenge ahead of us and …
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Mr. Speaker, in 10 seconds, all I can say is that it makes no sense. I do not understand it. Someone needs to ask the Prime Minister why he is making these decisions.
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Mr. Speaker, I really enjoyed my colleague's speech. My question is about the last part of his speech, when he talked about the difference between a minority and a majority Parliament, from a democracy standpoint. Some citizens, some Quebeckers, do believe that it is better if the government has a majority. Why is a minority government better for democracy?
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for Edmonton Strathcona, not just for today's speech but for absolutely everything. I do not always get to put a question to her, and she is stalwart on so many issues that it would take my time in a question just to list them. My question is this: Is the member also struggling, as I am, to understand why we have now received a 331-page, part 2 budget…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a true honour, as always, to stand in this place, particularly with the petition I am presenting today, which concerns one of my constituents. I know I am just to present the petition, so with a tiny bit of latitude I would like to say that Robert Bateman's birthday was last week. He is one of Canada's most extraordinary wildlife artists. The petitioners from Saanich—Gulf Island…
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is a relatively new member of the House. I want to congratulate my colleague on her French. I think she has improved considerably. That is something I had to work on as well. My goal is still to become truly bilingual. Online streaming, as the member said, is a relatively new concept. Those of us who are older, and I will put myself in that category, did not grow up …
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Mr. Speaker, I also agree with what my colleague said about today's motion. It is a mystery to me. I do not understand why anyone would oppose this tax, which is already enshrined in Canadian law, when big foreign companies like Netflix and others do not pay taxes in Canada. At the same time, they are making over $2 billion or $3 billion in profit—
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Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to pursue a question I initially asked on February 12 of this year, and it is one about which, regardless of party, I think most people in this House are concerned. The question I asked related to knowing the concern we have in this place of foreign interference in elections and, particularly, the experience we have had on many issues that were brought to light by Madam…
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Mr. Speaker, in the minute I have left, first of all, I want to thank to the hon. representative of the government here in the House. This was very helpful. I think we need to, as Canadians, as settler culture people, understand how profoundly fortunate we are that indigenous rights and rights holders are protected under section 35 of the Constitution. With the honour of the Crown being at stake, …
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Mr. Chair, I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Vancouver East. I want to say that moments of tonight's discussions have been encouraging. After the horrors of the passage of Bill C-12 and international condemnation that it attacks refugee rights, it was so refreshing that some of the points I was going to make were made by the hon. member for Pierrefonds—Dollard on the long delays i…
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Mr. Chair, I consider myself at least bicoastal, having spent much of my life on Cape Breton Island. I also went to Dalhousie law school, so I am at least partially Haligonian. I hear a lot of concerns from my constituents. My constituency office is pretty much overwhelmed with people who need help as they are caught up in the long delays of trying to get processed by IRCC. It is not uncommon for …
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Mr. Chair, we know that we want to attract, as the minister has mentioned tonight, skilled and talented people, new Canadians who bring the talents and skills we need, but this is not just a compassion exercise. This is also a steep competition. It was recently pointed out in Policy Options magazine, just last month, that Canada risks discovering too late that the real consequences of a burdensome…
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Mr. Chair, another big concern for my constituents is the home care worker program. The home care worker immigration pilot, as the minister knows, was opened in March 2025 and closed soon thereafter. We understand from her department that it has been paused. When will it restart?
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Mr. Chair, it should not be so difficult when people are living in Canada as permanent residents and want to bring their parents here on a TRV to visit their grandchildren. Why is that so bottlenecked?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister believe there is a lack of financial resources to her department? Is it a lack of people power that makes this a grinding misery for so many people who either are here and wanting their permanent residency or are overseas and wanting to come here?
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Mr. Chair, as the minister hears from every corner of the House, there is deep concern that her department is not delivering for the safety and security of Canadians, but my concern is far more that we are not delivering on our own reputation for being compassionate and humanitarian people. Will the minister agree that much more needs to be done, and is there a timeline and a strategy to deliver o…
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Mr. Chair, with all due respect, it is not adequate. If the main estimates discussion tonight ends up being a cry for help, that this is not adequate, that should be taken to the cabinet table. It is not adequate.
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Mr. Speaker, Greens agree to apply the vote, thank the good lord, and vote yes.
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Mr. Speaker, later this afternoon we will hear the hon. member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie address the House one last time. I thank him. I salute him. He is a man of integrity and courage. My question is for the Minister of the Environment. Will she find the courage to fight for climate? Will she find the courage to fight for our future?
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Mr. Speaker, I am presenting an e-petition that has the signatures of just under 5,000 Canadians, raising an issue that seems pretty much a no-brainer. The death benefit from the Canadian pension plan has been frozen at the same level since 1998, at $2,500. Obviously, the cost of living and the cost of a funeral, the cost of dying, in this country have more than doubled since 1998. Since many Cana…
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