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Madam Speaker, I would like to share with my colleague from Foothills that the thoughts and prayers of those in Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan are with him and his riding. During his intervention, my colleague was talking about the increased cost of food, and I just received an email from someone in my riding, saying that their old age pension went up by $2.43 a month, which is $29 a year. Their qu…
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Mr. Speaker, earlier on, I talked about pride. One of the things that someone wants to be able to do, as a father or mother, is provide for their family. When people cannot provide for their children because the Liberal boot is on their throats and the Liberals then turn around and say they have started up a food program, I think parents would prefer to be able to send their kids to school with fo…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Skeena—Bulkley Valley for what he shared. It was very provocative, and it brought back some memories. Normally when we get up to speak, we try to give the interpreters a bit of a heads-up of what we are going to say, but his intervention hit home for me. It reminded me of my childhood growing up below the poverty line under Trudeau senior. It wa…
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Mr. Speaker, all I have to do is go into my riding and speak to a farmer.
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Mr. Speaker, when I speak to farmers, one of the biggest challenges they have dealt with is drought, but that has happened throughout their farming history. In fact, if we go to the University of Regina and look at the history of drought, it has happened since 1902. There are large periods within our history that show that there have been droughts. One of the things that the Liberal government cou…
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Madam Speaker, that is a very interesting question. People do not seem to understand the negative consequences of the carbon tax. It has a trickle-down effect, and it is trickled down onto provincial levels of government. I have seen it affect the local school boards, where there was a $2-million deficit. The school boards were promised they were going to get that money back from the federal gover…
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Madam Speaker, that is an interesting perspective. What I am fighting for is the financial independence of taxpayers, choice for taxpayers. The choice that the taxpayers of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan want is financial freedom. They do not want a heavy boot on their neck. They do not want to be paying taxes that are going out the window like the Liberal spending, which is just throwing money on …
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate the comments my colleagues have been sharing today. It seems we are the only ones who are standing up for Canadians and the travesty of this budget. We are facing the greatest peacetime fiscal crisis in a generation and it did not have to be this way. The Prime Minister broke every promise he made just six months ago. This is a Prime Minister Canadians simply cannot tru…
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Madam Speaker, I always look at it from the perspective of what the taxpayers in my riding care about. I think about the farmers in my riding, and I have never met a farmer who did not know how to recycle or did not know how to take care of the land better than anybody else. They are getting a heavy boot put on their neck by the Liberal government with all these policies and all these taxes that a…
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Madam Speaker, first I would like to help my colleague with directions. Britain is that way, and the Philippines are the other way, or maybe it is the other way around: east and west. Let us talk about the Ukraine deal. We put ourselves at a negative because we were adding carbon tax, and now the Liberals are pulling out of carbon tax. The reason we voted against the deal is that they do not know …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for pointing out that Canada is obviously a global trading partner. However, we have had a relationship with the U.K. that has been broken, and it should not have been. The problem is not new. The problem is the fact that we did not address trade with the U.K. years ago. Therefore this is not a new opportunity; it is just an opportunity that we need to capitaliz…
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague, whom I have a lot of respect for. I like his choice in ties. We have a heritage commonality, which brings up the fact that we are discussing trade with the U.K. I know one of the member's previous files, which he holds near and dear and close to his heart, is agriculture. I would like to hear his thoughts on the imbalance of trade between Canada and the U.…
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Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke. The subject of Bill C-13 is near and dear to my heart. My parents, who passed away last year, were both from the U.K., both from Scotland. They would have said that there was a negative trade balance when they moved over here, but they always reminded me that I was made in Canada with Scottish parts and that…
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Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my hon. colleague again on his private member's bill that passed earlier today. It is very touching, and it does show we can get work done here, whether it is with help from across the aisle or on our own. Local producers are very disappointed. They feel left out. They have had their challenges over the years, and they feel they have been ignored and neglected…
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Mr. Speaker, the member comes from a generous community, and we can hear in his voice how much he loves the community he represents. How does he feel when he hears that $150 million would be going to Eurovision, which is a complete waste when people are starving and will not have Christmas presents under their trees? What are his thoughts, and how does he feel about that?
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Mr. Speaker, Saskatchewan is known as the land of the living skies. This is especially true for the riding of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan, home of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. For over 50 years, the Snowbirds have thrilled air show audiences around the world, showing the professionalism of the Canadian military. The Parliamentary Budget Officer pointed out today the government's shameful $18-b…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians want dignity and to be able to feed their families without relying on food banks. Under the Liberal government, they cannot. Food Banks Canada reports 2.2 million visits in a single month. The food bank in Moose Jaw is helping out twice as many people as it was two years ago. Families do not want handouts. They want their paycheques to go further, so they can buy their own g…
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Mr. Speaker, I have witnessed the applause of the Liberals as they stood in the House cheering the loss of Canadian jobs. They cheer as Saskatchewan farmers have to deal with tariffs alone and pat themselves on the back making farmers pay longer loans. They cheer at the news that car manufacturing is shutting down in Canada and is heading south of the border. They cheer as they try to borrow their…
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Mr. Speaker, I have worked with the Bloc at the veterans affairs committee, and we have seen nothing but time-wasting by the Liberal Party rather than actually doing anything solid for our veterans. It is shameful. I have seen a vet from Quebec come to the veterans affairs committee with a suitcase of claims that have never been addressed. That is exactly what the Liberal Party has: suitcases of c…
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Mr. Speaker, the destructive force is the Liberal government and the way it has treated our military and veterans. I cannot believe what I just heard. It is nothing but white noise from members of this party. They have done nothing for our military or our veterans. You should be ashamed.
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Mr. Speaker, I have probably been a little heated in some of my responses today because I am passionate. I am passionate about the military. I am passionate about how it has been neglected, and we need to actually support our military and properly equip it. I am also passionate about our veterans, who need proper care. They have served and have been willing to put their lives on the line. I want t…
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Mr. Speaker, I will say that my time is not being split, because it is already split, and I am the second half. I say that because I am torn and split over the bill, so I will be sharing my thoughts and comments over the next few minutes. I have been asked to speak to Bill C-11 given the veterans affairs committee's work on MST, military sexual trauma, in the last Parliament. I am proud to speak t…
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Madam Speaker, growing up, my mother had to use the food bank, and that was when Trudeau senior was in power. Her fortunes did not change until we had a Mulroney government. Any time we ask the question about food bank usage, the members opposite always come up with what they are doing in schools. What is more important: that parents are able to feed their children or that schools are able to feed…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time. I am thankful to be speaking today on what is a very important issue to the people of the riding of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan: Canadians would judge the Prime Minister by the cost at the grocery store. Before I continue, this is the first opportunity I have had to speak in the House, and I would like to thank the people of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that we are resuming this debate. When I left off, I was sharing about the size of my riding of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and that it is five square kilometres larger than Switzerland. It is truly blessed with an abundance of potash, which is fertilizer; railway lines that take goods to market; and a first-class military base that trains the next generation of pilots.…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is aware that I was a city councillor in the city of Moose Jaw, and also the mayor, and that Moose Jaw prides itself on being a rail city and a transportation hub. There have been challenges getting product out to ports because of the imbalance. One of the best things that could help our rail and help farmers get product out to market is having a pipeline across Canada, s…
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Mr. Speaker, I did not really hear a question in there; all I heard was a bit of white noise. The challenge we are having with farmers in my area is that the Liberals just seem to throw another log on the inflation fire they have started. Farmers are getting tired of not being supported and recognized by the Liberal government.
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Mr. Speaker, I have never met a farmer who did not know how to recycle. I have never met a farmer who did not already implement best practices and care for the land they are tilling. Farmers rely on the weather. They rely on good crops that they produce. They put in seed at the beginning of the year, hedging their bets on something they are going to be selling at the end of the year, and the Liber…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague and next-door neighbour from Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley. He is a great representative not only of his riding but of the province of Saskatchewan and Canada. My colleague brought up the carbon tax, and the Liberals seem to think it has gone away. What I have witnessed is that the carbon tax has been downloaded to other levels of government. I…
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With regard to the government's $700 million contribution agreement with Powerco through the Net Zero Accelerator initiative: (a) how many emissions does the government expect will be reduced as a result of this contribution agreement; and (b) how many emissions did Powerco commit to directly reduce in the contribution agreement, if any?
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With regard to legal costs incurred by the government in relation to litigation against the Information Commissioner since January 1, 2021: what is the total expenditure on outside legal counsel, broken down by legal costs paid out to date and by legal costs scheduled to be paid out, for (i) Attorney General of Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1623-22), (ii) Expor…
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With regard to the government’s agreements with Volkswagen and PowerCo, to build a battery assembly plant in St. Thomas Ontario, and with Stellantis-LG to build a battery assembly plant in Windsor Ontario: (a) in relation to each agreement, how many battery production subsidy claims have been received by the government, from each party, pursuant to the agreement being made; and (b) what are the de…
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With regard to government funding for electric vehicle battery plants, since November 4, 2015: (a) how much funding has the government provided for the (i) Northvolt electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, in Montreal, (ii) Volkswagen electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in St Thomas, Ontario, (iii) Stellantis LG electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, (iv) …
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Madam Speaker, my colleague from New Westminster—Burnaby spoke about health care, and he talked about how NDP provinces seem to be prospering. I would like to know what his perspective is on the NDP governments that, when they were in power in Saskatchewan, shut down 52 hospitals and care centres. What are his thoughts on that? I would also like to ask my colleague what his thoughts are on the fac…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to table this supplementary report with the House to ensure the voices of veterans are heard. Over the course of this study at the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, we heard from many different veterans, particularly from veterans who served in the war in Afghanistan who continue to be ignored and disrespected by the Liberal government. The committee agreed to study…
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With regard to the ArriveCAN application: (a) does the government have a plan to recoup the inappropriate payments made in relation to the development or implementation of ArriveCAN, and, if so, what is it; and (b) how much money has the government recouped to date related to ArriveCAN, in total and broken down by individual or vendor that received money?
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With regard to the public service: (a) how many individuals were ministerial exempt staff members under the current government prior to being hired as non-partisan public servants; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by department or agency where the individual is currently employed?
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Madam Speaker, I am very happy that you are in the chair today. I know that you have a very good sense of humour. Looking at my desk, I feel like I am having a yard sale. I forgot my own glasses at my condo, so I am using some from the lobby. They are women's glasses, so I hope I can carry them off. Maybe I could exchange with my colleague across the way. It is truly an honour and a privilege to s…
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Madam Speaker, I have heard my colleague's question. In his time speaking about this matter, he talked about priorities, and the priority, for not only veterans but also everybody in this country, is the cost of living. It is time to axe the tax. It is time to look after the people of this country. It is time to listen to what is going on, look at the cost of living and give people hope instead of…
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Madam Speaker, I think one of the most touching witness testimonies was of a veteran from Quebec who came to the veterans committee with a suitcase of claims that had been either neglected, rejected or denied, and it was heartbreaking. She could not even get a ramp for her wheelchair to get into her own home. People had to help her in and out, and after the committee, after being promised, she was…
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Mr. Speaker, in 1994, my mother visited me when I was living and studying in England. We toured Canterbury Cathedral, where she wrote out a prayer request. The prayer has stayed with me from that moment on; it was “Salvation for my family.” The true gift of salvation came when a baby was born in a manger in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. It is a gift if we acknowledge who that baby was, who he ca…
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Madam Speaker, I was actually serving when Mr. Harper was the prime minister, and I have never in my time been more proud than when I was wearing the uniform and was a serving member of this country. I was proud of my uniform, and I was proud of my government at that time.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague gave a passionate speech. In his speech, he spoke about $400 million being taken from the people of Canada. We hear heartbreaking stories of old people being scammed, of money being taken out of their bank accounts. I would like to ask my colleague's opinion on this $400 million. People did not have a say on where the money went. What is his opinion of that?
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Madam Speaker, I am very proud to be here tonight on behalf of my constituents and to be able to speak freely on behalf of the people of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan. I would like to share my time with my colleague from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan. I am just going ask for a certain amount of latitude before speaking to the important subject of homelessness. I want to recognize the passing of …
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Mr. Speaker, I know Halloween is over, but it does seem to be a night of mayors, and for the Liberal Party, it seems to be a nightmare. While my colleague was sharing his speech, it was interesting. It brought me back to a time when we talked about accountability in the council chambers and how everything was transparent; people could see what was going on. We have not seen that with the governmen…
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Mr. Speaker, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. Moose Jaw's food bank faced a temporary closure due to rising costs of food and a lack of donations this summer. It used to be that people facing temporary hardship were the ones who used the food bank. Now it is people with good jobs being forced to use the food bank because the cost of everything has gone up. When will the Prime Minister cal…
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Madam Speaker, it is good to be back after the summer break and have my first speech in the House and represent the good people of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan. I would like to start off by saying that I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Calgary Midnapore. I am happy to have been given the opportunity today to speak to Bill C-66, a bill to introduce changes to national defence ai…
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Madam Speaker, my answer is no. I have no confidence in the other parties in the House. I have full confidence in the Conservative Party, and I am grateful to represent the Conservative Party in my riding. I want to see this report go to committee so we can have input and so some of the reports we have dealt with in the past can reflect this.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her work on the veterans affairs committee. As the member has heard during committee, when I served with the Canadian Armed Forces, we always wanted to protect everybody in our platoon. We always protected them, and it did not matter what race or sex a person was. Obviously, I want to make sure that everybody is protected. Conservatives would like the bill t…
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Madam Speaker, as I pointed out, under the Conservative government we did initiate reports, and they were delayed by the Liberal government. As I also stated, we believe not everybody has been heard on this, and because of the way this report is written, we want the bill to go to committee so we can make some adjustments and have input.
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