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1,397 speeches by François-Philippe Champagne — Page 10 of 28
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Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, the government will present its budget on November 4. That is when we will see the Conservatives' true colours. Will they support a plan to make generational investments in the Canadian economy? Will they be there to support Canadian families? Will they be there to support the Canadian economy? Will they be there to support Canadian workers? The last time we introdu…
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Mr. Speaker, what young Canadians in general want is to be able to live affordably in Canada, be able to buy a home, have affordable housing and build a resilient economy for the future. On this side of the House, we have always understood that the best thing we can do is build a strong economy for all Canadians. On this side of the House, I can say that the Liberals will work together to build th…
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Mr. Speaker, we listen to Canadians, something the Conservatives may want to do a bit more of. What Canadians have told us is that affordability is their first concern. The second is housing, and the third is the economy. What have we done while their leader was away? The first thing we did was reduce taxes for 22 million Canadians. Everyone got a raise on Canada Day. The second thing was to remov…
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Mr. Speaker, I find my colleague's question somewhat surprising. We listened not only to Conservative voters, but to all Canadian voters. They want us to tackle the cost of living, so the first thing the Prime Minister's Liberal government did was lower taxes for 22 million Canadians. That means more money in the pockets of the people in his riding. The second thing Canadians asked us to do was to…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent work. The major project in Contrecœur will increase the port of Montreal's capacity by roughly 60%, giving eastern Canada the world-class infrastructure it needs to help us diversify our markets. With the creation of the Major Projects Office, we are moving from vision to action by creating thousands of good jobs, connecting regions, unlocking ne…
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Mr. Speaker, I have good news for the member. This is a very real issue and that is why we have a very real answer on this side of the House. The very first thing the Prime Minister did for Canadians was reduce taxes for 22 million Canadians. Some 22 million Canadians have more money in their pockets to face the cost of living. On this side of the House, we are not about slogans. We are not about …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians have met the Prime Minister and they have seen one thing: a Prime Minister who listens, a Prime Minister with vision and, most importantly, a Prime Minister who takes action. The first thing that the new Liberal government did was to cut taxes for 22 million Canadians across the country. We recognized that we need to make a collective effort to help those who need it most. W…
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Mr. Speaker, with respect to my colleague’s question, what follows is the response from the Canada Revenue Agency as of May 27, 2024, that is, the date of the question. Some individuals received the Canada Carbon Rebate, or CCR, Rural Supplement despite living in urban ridings, mainly due to the mailing address of the recipient at the time of payment. Mailing addresses were used when generating th…
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Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), as of May 30, 2025, the government has collected approximately $1.7 billion dollars in revenue from counter-tariffs imposed on imports from the U.S. This figure is net of remissions and other relief programs, such as the relieving provisions in Chapters 98 and 99 of the Customs Tariff, the Canada Border Services Agency Duties Relief Program and the Duty Drawback Pr…
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Mr. Speaker, the rise in food prices in recent years has been a global phenomenon, driven primarily by supply constraints and shortages faced during the pandemic, compounded by commodity price increases due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent global geopolitical events. Indeed, the peak rise in food price inflation in Canada, at 10.6 percent in January 2023, was the second lowest in …
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Mr. Speaker, with respect to my colleague’s question, here is the response from the Canada Revenue Agency, or CRA, as of June 9, 2025, the date of question. The CRA’s data is maintained by fiscal period, from April 1 to March 31. As such, the CRA is providing the data for the 2024-2025 fiscal period. With regard to (a), as of March 31, 2025, there were 85,315 registered charities in Canada. With r…
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Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), as of May 30, the government has collected approximately $1.76 billion in revenue from countertariffs imposed on imports from the U.S. This figure is net of remissions and other relief programs, i.e., relieving provisions in chapters 98 and 99 of the customs tariff, Canada Border Services Agency duties relief program and duty drawback program. With regard to (i), m…
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Mr. Speaker, what follows is the response from the CRA as of June 17, 2025, the date of the question. With regard to part (a), the CRA is unable to respond, as its financial system does not capture the information in the manner requested. With regard to part (b), prior to cancellation, the CRA received 1,120 T2 returns declaring additional taxable capital gains directly related to the proposed inc…
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Mr. Speaker, the Department of Finance Canada has a broad mandate helping the Government of Canada develop and implement strong and sustainable economic, fiscal, tax, social, security, international and financial sector policies and programs. Over the time period in question, from January 1, 2025, to June 18, 2025, the government, supported by the public service, was focused on responding to fast-…
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives. We will take no lessons from these guys. Under our government, we have seen record investment in the auto sector. Even Bloomberg ranked Canada first in the world for its EV supply chain. We should all be celebrating. We are going to fight for the industry. We are going to fight for our workers. We are going to fight for Canada strong.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague should be happy that our government brought Quebec into the auto industry. There have been record investments in the auto industry. I invite my colleague to visit Bécancourt to see what the auto industry looks like. We are building the industry of the future in Quebec, in Ontario and across the country. Those of us on this side of the House have always fought for communit…
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Mr. Speaker, it is incumbent on every member in this House to fight for the auto sector. We know they are the best workers in the world. We know they are in our communities across the country. We have been working with them hand in hand each time. We are facing a trade war from our closest neighbour, but one thing is true. We are going to fight for our workers. We are going to fight for our indust…
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Mr. Speaker, what we are prepared to admit is that we landed generational investment in this country. We have seen companies like Volkswagen choosing Canada. We have seen companies like Honda choosing Canada. We have seen companies like Stellantis choosing Canada. The reasons are that we have the best workers in the world, we have a growing industry and they know Canada is the land of the future. …
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Mr. Speaker, it is not just a dream. One Canadian economy will become reality. Not only do we expect the Bloc to support us, but we have the business community behind us. We have the unions. We have the provinces. We have Quebec. This is a golden opportunity for the Bloc Québécois to build a strong Canada, a united Canada, an ambitious Canada, a prosperous Canada. We on this side of the House will…
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Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, I would tell my colleague that we are inviting everyone to join us in building Canada. Quebec will have an important role to play. Quebec is a leader in renewable energy, hydroelectricity and interprovincial trade. This is a golden opportunity for the Bloc Québécois to vote in favour of Quebec and, at the same time, build a strong, resilient and prosperous Canada. Uni…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to rise today to address the question of privilege raised by the member for Mirabel. I have had the pleasure of working with my hon. colleague for four years now. I hope that he will agree that I have always been courteous and frank in my dealings with him and with all members of the House. However, in raising this question of privilege, the member accuses me of deliberat…
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Madam Chair, as I said, I have a lot of respect for the member for Mirabel. I am not here to tell him things that he already knows.
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Mr. Chair, as I just said, if the member wanted to be precise with numbers, she would know that the federal debt is $1.27 trillion.
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Mr. Chair, it is a great pleasure to be with you this evening and with my colleagues, whom I truly appreciate. We will be spending a wonderful evening together. I want to begin by thanking all the deputy ministers who are with us this evening. This is an important evening during which I will have an opportunity to address this important committee of the whole. I would also like to thank all the se…
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Mr. Chair, the number is in the document.
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Mr. Chair, the member is a very experienced member, but the number is $1.27 trillion.
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Mr. Chair, we might as well be precise. The federal debt, from “The Fiscal Monitor” for April to March—
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Mr. Chair, in this House, what we all want is to have no tariffs on Canadian industry or workers, because this is affecting our economy. It is affecting communities across the country—
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Madam Chair, the member would appreciate that by reducing taxes, we are helping all Canadians. The measure we just announced will help 22 million Canadians.
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Mr. Chair, the member will be able to see that when the tariffs have been collected. We always render the number publicly, but so far it has been $1.7 billion.
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Mr. Chair, that is not what I said. Seven is seven, and I know the member is able to count to seven.
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Mr. Chair, I have already answered that question a couple of times. We have collected $1.7 billion so far, and that sum of money will be used to support our workers and our industry, as we have said.
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Mr. Chair, first of all, let me congratulate you on your role as the Chair this evening. As well, I thank the officials for being with us tonight. As the member should know, we had the largest countermeasures to face—
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Mr. Chair, it is a real privilege to be with you tonight and to answer questions from the member. As he knows, we have mounted the largest number of countertariffs, probably in Canada's history, to face the unjustified and illegal tariffs that have been imposed by the United States.
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Mr. Chair, it is a pleasure to answer that question. The member will know, as we have been public about this, that we have collected $1.7 billion so far in countertariffs in Canada—
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Mr. Chair, I am sure the member can find this number in the estimates, and she can look at “The Fiscal Monitor”.
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Mr. Chair, as I said, my hon. colleague is a very experienced member of this House. I have already answered that question, saying that we have collected $1.7 billion. These sums will be used to support our workers and our industry.
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Mr. Chair, the member is an experienced member of this House. He will know that we have countertariffs in place and that we have collected money. We have been very clear that these sums will be used to support workers and industry in Canada.
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Mr. Chair, all Canadians expect and hope that by September, we may not have to collect any tariffs. The Prime Minister has been clear that we are going to fight. We are going to protect and build this country.
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Mr. Chair, as I said already, what we want is for there to be no tariffs imposed on Canadian industry or workers. This is not just the government but, I would say, all Canadians. That is what we are fighting for every step of the way.
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Mr. Chair, we have already answered that question. We said there will be a full budget, a great budget actually, a budget that looks forward, that is ambitious, that is going to make Canada resilient. It is going to be in the fall.
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Mr. Chair, we would hope that by that time, there would be no tariffs imposed on Canada.
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Mr. Chair, on this side of the House, we want to build Canada strong. We want to invest in this country. We want to invest in workers. We want to invest in our industries. I know that the member wants a very ambitious and prosperous Canada.
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Mr. Chair, as I am sure we hope, and as all Canadians hope, there would be no tariffs. Therefore, as we would appreciate, this is not something we wish—
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Mr. Chair, I am happy to respond as to what the deficit number is today. With respect to the future, the member will have to be patient.
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Mr. Chair, it is very public. I know that the hon. member is a very experienced member. He is a man who knows the numbers. If he looks at “The Fiscal Monitor”, which is a great document—
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Mr. Chair, the colleague will be very happy when we table the budget in the fall. He will have a chance to review that. For now, what I can say is that “The Fiscal Monitor”—
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Mr. Chair, “The Fiscal Monitor” for April to March 2025 stated $43.2 billion. The member would be able to see it. It is public.
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Mr. Chair, the hon. member is an experienced member, and I know he likes to read. I would refer him to “The Fiscal Monitor”. It is a great document for him to read.
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