Parliamentary Speeches
1,014 speeches by François-Philippe Champagne — Page 11 of 21
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Mr. Speaker, I think all Canadians should be concerned today. They should actually be worried, because what we are witnessing today, and have witnessed over the past few days, is worrying. The Conservative Party wants to run the police. Imagine the situation we are in. The Conservative Party, with the Conservative leader at the helm, wants to direct the work of the RCMP. The RCMP has been clear. T…
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Mr. Speaker, the people watching at home and those in the gallery today can see what the Conservatives are up to. The Conservatives now want to run the police in Canada. Just think how far things have come. I challenge my colleague: 87% of clean tech companies in Canada received funding from SDTC. The reality is that it is a foundation that has helped SMEs in this country. I think that today is a …
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Mr. Speaker, I can assure the member that it is much cheaper to have Thanksgiving dinner in Shawinigan. I do not know where he is shopping for his turkey. I will invite him to my house in Shawinigan and he will find out it is a bit cheaper. The reality of what this government has done has been said by all economists in Canada. The most significant thing was reforming competition in this country to…
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Mr. Speaker, what is not okay is for the Conservatives to repeat the same thing time and time again when they know it is false. The reality, and let us talk about facts, is that the entity they are talking about was created in 2001. It was managed by the Conservatives for nine years. The CEO of that organization is gone, the board is gone and the foundation no longer exists. That is the reality. W…
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Mr. Speaker, it has only been nine minutes since question period began, and slogans are up. Slogans are up again. Canadians are sick and tired of Conservatives repeating the same false things and the same slogans. These Conservatives are trying to go after the personal files of employees and former employees. They are targeting SDTC today. Who will they target tomorrow? On this side of the House, …
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Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that Canadians are fed up with the Conservative Party's games. Canadians are tired of the Conservatives' slogans too, and they have had it with the Conservatives' obstruction. On this side of the House, as we have said repeatedly, we will always stand up to protect the rights and freedoms of individuals in Canada. We will always be here to defend democracy. We will co…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians watching at home have a question. Why are the Conservatives still going on about an organization that has ceased operations? The CEO has resigned. The board of directors has resigned. The issue before us today is that the Conservatives do not like the order that the Speaker gave to send this matter to committee. Why? Perhaps it is because they may learn some things in commit…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are waking up, as though this were news. We took action quickly and decisively. There have been not one, but four reports: two by national law firms, one by an accounting firm and one by the Auditor General. We have investigated and we have taken action. It is time for Parliament to get back to work in the interest of all Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, we already have the Bloc, but now we learn we have the blocker-in-chief, the Conservatives. How ridiculous for Canadians watching at home. The Conservatives are blocking their own motion, if we can imagine that. We know that the Conservatives know how to count to six, so let me explain to them. There has not been one report, there have not been two reports, there have not been three r…
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Mr. Speaker, I have a great deal of respect for my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent, but four independent reports were produced. Not one, but four independent reports were produced. Even the commissioner of the RCMP openly stated in a letter that he had access to all the documents. In the interest of Canadians, in the interest of democracy, in the interest of the work of parliamentarians, we ask…
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Mr. Speaker, I have tremendous respect for my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent, but only a Conservative would filibuster a Conservative motion. This Parliament has seen it all. The work has been done. That is what the police forces are saying. We said that we would take decisive action and we did. We got to the bottom of things, that is what we did. Four independent reports have been submitted. …
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Mr. Speaker, talking about working for Canadians, now Canadians at home are seeing Conservatives blocking a Conservative motion. We live in a parallel world in this place. The Conservatives are blocking their own motion. What we did, and what we promised to Canadians, was to get to the bottom of this. There will be four independent reports, including the Auditor General and the commissioner of the…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent work. We all benefit from investments in science and research. Thanks to the work of the Minister of Finance, in the last budget, we invested $800 million in 24 organizations that are working on the biggest challenges facing the world today. Everyone is delighted by the fact that, more recently, Canada joined Horizon Europe, the biggest research …
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Mr. Speaker, we did even better than that. We have attracted $60 billion of investment in this country. Even Bloomberg put Canada ahead of China for the battery ecosystem. We have the talent. We have the ecosystem. We have the critical minerals. We have the renewable energy. We have access to the market. Let us talk about possibilities. Let us talk about opportunities. Let us talk about Canada in …
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Mr. Speaker, we do indeed respect seniors. That is why we have always been there for them. However, seniors understand that we need to invest in the future as well. Canadians understand that. That is why we have been able to attract generational investments to Quebec. Take, for example, Moderna, which set up shop in Laval. Ford and GM are in Bécancour. We brought Quebec into the 21st-century autom…
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Mr. Speaker, I am always confident that Quebeckers understand what does and does not make sense. What they just heard makes no sense. We have been there for Quebec as a government. We have made exemplary investments in aerospace, record investments in aluminum, investments in the automotive sector and investments in digital technology. We are fighting to create jobs at home. We are fighting to bui…
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Mr. Speaker, all the Canadians watching at home will know what is up, and it is investment in the future of the country. Under the Liberal government, investment in decarbonization is up to make sure that our steel mills are productive, that our steelworkers have jobs and that Canada would win in the economy of the 21st century. Canadians know that what is up is making make sure that the governmen…
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Mr. Speaker, I am happy to talk not only about steel but also about aluminum. One thing Canadian workers know is that, when it was time to stand up for them, Liberals stood up for them. We just imposed tariffs on steel coming from China to make sure we protect our industry, our jobs and our future. Workers across the nation know that we have their backs. We will fight for the industry, and we will…
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Mr. Speaker, I am happy to be back, but I am not happy to hear the Conservative voice of austerity. People watching at home know what the Liberal Party is all about. With the Liberal Party, investments are up, jobs are up and the economy is up. Quebeckers know that we are building the future. Whether we are talking about the automobile industry, batteries, semi-conductors or biomanufacturing, we a…
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Mr. Speaker, I will tell the member what Windsor is about. Windsor is about a revival. With the investment we have brought to Windsor, Windsor will never look the same again. We have brought generational investment in this town. We have given hope to people. We are providing opportunities. We are providing training for the people. Windsor will be at the centre of the auto sector again. That is tha…
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Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), in July 2020 the federal government confirmed that the two properties on the National Research Council Canada, or NRC, Ellice Avenue site would be retained for Canada’s use in support of the response to pandemic preparedness by the Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC. In fall 2020 the NRC began exploring options to sever the property, retaining the laboratory buil…
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Mr. Speaker, there was no meeting between the U.S. Ambassador, David Cohen, and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry or the deputy minister during which the artificial intelligence and data act was raised.
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Mr. Speaker, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has not provided funding to the MaRS Discovery District since November 4, 2015.
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Mr. Speaker, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, or ISED, publishes an Industrial and Technological Benefits, or ITB, Annual Report in an effort to be transparent about the results and status of the ITB Policy. The most recent ITB Annual Report, in 2023, highlights, at a national level, the impact of ITB obligations active in 2022, which presents a point in time snapshot using the…
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Mr. Speaker, the terms of the 2021 agreement-in-principle were never finalized and have since been superseded. As such, the government has not disbursed any funds or received any equity for Telesat’s Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit satellite project. Since then, both Telesat’s and the Government’s plans have been updated. The government remains in discussions with Telesat regarding a potential investme…
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Mr. Speaker, I have more to say for the sleepy Conservatives. On this side of the House, we know what we are doing. Thanks to the work of this government, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Environment and the Prime Minister, we have seen record investment in our country. We rank first in the world for the battery ecosystem, ahead of China. In Windsor, St. Thomas, Bécancour and Kingston, Can…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He knows very well that we have always been there for the forestry industry. We will always be there for the forestry industry. Forestry workers understand that we have to balance the environment and the economy. They, too, want to ensure there are jobs now and for generations to come. That is why we will continue to invest in innovation, continu…
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Mr. Speaker, we did not choose only the people of Nova Scotia; we chose all Canadians when we called all the CEOs of the grocery chains to come to explain themselves in Ottawa, to answer to this government and to answer to Canadians. We have introduced one of the most comprehensive reforms on competition because we want more choice, less consolidation and more competition. If the NDP and the Conse…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have been here for nine years. They are waking up. Today is Groundhog Day. The Conservatives are waking up. We have been there for the forestry industry from the start. We have been there for years, we are there today and we will be there in the future. What we are doing is protecting the jobs of today and tomorrow. Forestry workers understand that. On this side of t…
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Mr. Speaker, we understand that the forest is part of the DNA of our country and that the forestry workers who have worked in this industry are important. Not only are we investing in the industry, but we are in the process of considering and developing new technologies because we want to help the forestry industry. We want it to have a future not only in the 20th century, but also in the 21st cen…
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Mr. Speaker, a little guy from La Tuque and a little guy from Shawinigan are definitely not going to take lessons from the Conservatives on how to develop our regions and protect them. On our side of the House, we know how to balance the economy with our environmental obligations. We have always invested in the forestry industry, and we will always invest in the forestry industry. Workers watching…
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Mr. Speaker, do those members know what is profiting from all the work of this government and all the members in the House? It is record investment in green technologies in our country. We rank number one, ahead of China, for the battery ecosystem in the country and have more—
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Madam Speaker, we have answered that question many times from the sloppy Conservatives. We know where they are going. They are against climate change. They have resigned from acting on behalf of Canadians. They have resigned from taking the best side for Canadians. They have resigned from future generations. Let us think about that. The Conservatives will not stand up to fight for our kids and our…
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Madam Speaker, now my friend and colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent is waking up. The French-speaking Conservatives are finally waking up. I know it is Friday, but people seem to finally be waking up. As I said before, we launched the investigation to restore governance within this important organization. The chair of the board and the CEO both resigned. We suspended the funding. We proposed a new…
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Madam Speaker, I am happy. I know it is Friday, so let us wake up the Conservatives. They have been sleeping. I launched the investigation when they were sleeping. Here we go. We started the investigation. We made sure that people would come back and have a new governance model. We made sure we would support our small and medium-sized businesses. We know they are against climate change, but now we…
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Madam Speaker, here are the sleepy Conservatives again. We have said it time and time again. We investigated what happened at SDTC. We made sure that the chair and the CEO resigned. We launched an investigation. We suspended the fund to the organization. We supported the Auditor General's report, and now we have provided a new governance mechanism to make sure that we can support the small and med…
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Madam Speaker, here we go again. Another one just woke up and asked a question about something we have dealt with. Canadians want governance. That is what we did. They want to make sure we get to the bottom of things, which is what we did. They want to make sure we restore funding to small and medium-sized businesses so we can fight climate change together. I do not mind these sleepy Conservatives…
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Madam Speaker, what Canadians are seeing this morning, those who are here and at home, is that Conservatives just do not care. That is the bottom line of all the questions we have heard this morning. Canadians understand that what we did in the last budget was about generational fairness. That is the core issue that Canadians want us to address. That is why we made changes to the capital gain taxe…
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Mr. Speaker, what Canadians understand, especially farmers in Quebec, is fairness. The latest federal budget we tabled was about fairness for every generation. It will enable us to invest in the next generation, in going concerns, and in our seniors. Surprise, surprise, the Conservatives voted against tax fairness. I know farmers have big hearts. I know farmers are thinking about future generation…
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we can tell that Canadians are proud of the environment minister because he is standing up for what is right for this country, while we have the climate deniers on the other side. They want to see the planet burn. We want to act for our children. We want to act for future generations. It is eight families out of 10. We know it is tough to go beyond six for t…
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Mr. Speaker, what I can say is that fairness is at the core of who we are as Canadians. The people of Shawinigan, like the people of Ottawa and Carleton, understand that equity is fundamental in a fair and equitable society. That is why we made it the basis of what we presented in the last federal budget. That is why the changes to capital gains will allow us to reinvest in the economy, reinvest i…
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives. Generational fairness is key to Canadians. That is why, in the last budget, we presented measures to build this country, measures to invest in our economy, measures to invest in the middle class and measures to help Canadians. Our capital gains tax change would help Canadians. On this side of the House, can members believe the Conservati…
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Mr. Speaker, generational fairness is one of our top priorities. In fact, it was one of the key themes of the last federal budget. This week, we are making changes to the capital gains inclusion rate. These changes will not only allow us to pay for the green energy transition, but they will also create jobs for this and future generations. We can already see that our economic plan is working. We h…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. Honestly, I am a bit surprised, because this type of criticism usually comes from the Conservative Party. As she well knows, Sustainable Development Technology Canada is an agency created by Parliament. The chair of its board has resigned, as has its president. More importantly, we changed the model so that we could continue to send funding to SM…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a very important question. I found the situation my colleague described as unacceptable. As she knows, we have been very tough on telecom CEOs around the country. Despite the Conservatives who are laughing, this is a very serious question. This is about protecting women. This is about protecting consumers. This is about being Canadian. We will follow up and make sure that we r…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are so allergic to good news that they go to old news. The big news today is 4.75. That is the number that all Canadians will remember, because we have good economic news, but I am happy to answer the same question again. What is a responsible government? It is about launching an inquiry. That is what we did, and on the basis of the findings we suspended funding to t…
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives, that is for sure. We have been very clear. The moment the allegations were made, we launched investigations, one by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton and one by the law firm McCarthy Tétrault. Members know that this is an organization created by Parliament 20 years ago that operates at arm's length from the government. In light of the allega…
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Mr. Speaker, the people watching us know that the Conservatives are asleep at the wheel. Those comments serve no purpose. We launched the investigation though an independent body created by Parliament 20 years ago. Canadians watching at home are reasonable people. They know that a responsible government launches investigations and acts on the findings. That is exactly what we did. What we are prop…
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Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague that food prices are difficult for many families across this country, but they got a bit of good news today, and 4.75 is the number that Canadians will remember. However, if the member really wants to help, she should ask all the members, especially on the opposition, to support us in pushing Walmart and Costco to adopt the grocery code of conduct. On this si…
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Mr Speaker, I think Canadians are seeing how far the Conservatives will go when we are talking about climate change. We have been very clear from the moment that we received the allegations. We launched two investigations, one by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton and one by the law firm McCarthy Tétrault, and now the Auditor General. We have been clear that we wanted to get to the bottom of this. That…
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