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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the minister on her French, but the congratulations end there. They are entirely responsible for the situation that we are currently in and for the immigration problem that we are facing. These people have presided over irresponsible immigration for the past 10 years. It is no coincidence that during the throne speech the King said that “balance” needs to be restored. I…
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Mr. Speaker, this is basic finance. A deficit is money that we do not have. This $62 billion is money that we do not have. This money represents the debt we are passing on to our children, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren who are not even born yet and who will have to pay for the current mismanagement. Every Canadian knows that the Prime Minister is alone because Canada has never had such…
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Mr. Speaker, we would of course like to congratulate the new Minister of Finance, but we would also like to point out that, just nine years ago, in 2015, he, the Prime Minister and pretty much everyone on that side of the House were elected on a promise to run three small deficits followed by a zero deficit in 2019. Nine years later, Canada has the worst deficit in our country's history, at $62 bi…
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Madam Speaker, it is always nice to hear from my Bloc Québécois colleague, with whom I had the pleasure, honour and dignity of sitting in the National Assembly years ago. I hope we can continue serving together in the future. The member did a great job giving an overview of what happened today, which is completely ridiculous and embarrassing for all Canadians and Quebeckers. I am of course referri…
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Mr. Speaker, what happened is very serious and unprecedented in the history of Canada. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance resigned a few hours ahead of the economic update. A veritable cluster bomb has exploded all over the place. It is even being talked about in the United States and around the world, in a negative way for Canada. That is the reality we are facing today. The former…
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Madam Speaker, the carbon tax issue will be resolved when the government has the courage, the honesty and the dignity to ask Canadians to go to the polls. Canadians will have the opportunity to have a say on that. The reality is that the report that was tabled by the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development indicates that greenhouse gas reductions projected after 10 years cannot…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to sincerely thank my colleague from Rivière-des-Mille-Îles for clearly defining the problems that veterans face when they leave the military and return to civilian life. I especially appreciated his tribute to those who have worn the uniform. He gave a great description of the reality of being out of uniform. For people like us, who have never served in the military, a…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to say something before I begin my speech about this motion, which has to do with transparency in the work of Parliament. Let me pay my respects to my generous and very impressive colleague from Brantford—Brant. He showed in the last minute exactly what leadership is all about when we talk about judiciary issues, and especially from a lawyer. Yes, we are lawmakers, but …
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his direct assertion of the fact that the government, unfortunately, is very proud and very strong on announcements but is not strong on results It reminds me of something very special. In my home city, Quebec City, there is a company producing plastic products and 95% of its plastic comes from recycled plastic, which is great. The problem is the rec…
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Madam Speaker, I know that my hon. colleague is a strong advocate for concrete action to reduce emissions and to reduce pollution. This is what we need more than ever in this country, and especially in the House of Commons. We need to have people who are more concerned with concrete action than big announcements. Unfortunately, with regard to this fund that we are talking about, which we have to i…
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Madam Speaker, it is very disappointing for me to say this, but unfortunately the real hostages in the country are Canadians, because they are hostages of the government. If Liberals want to do something strong, they should call an election and let the people decide, and then we will see where Canadians stand.
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Madam Speaker, I spoke a few minutes ago about the fact that I have been honoured and privileged to be elected by the people for the last 16 years. I served seven years at the National Assembly and nine years in the House of Commons. I think that my hon. colleague has been a member of the legislature for 24 years?
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Okay, 20 years. Madam Speaker, he is a young man, too. I have to remind the member that it is quite important to respect the rule made by the Speaker. I know he agrees with me and this is an order from the Speaker. More than that, when we are talking about environmental issues, let me quote what an expert said just yesterday in the committee. The policy director at Nature Canada said that when gov…
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Mr. Speaker, the housing crisis is hitting Canadians across the country. That is why we, the Conservatives, are proposing an effective, concrete and costed measure that will directly help young Canadian families. We want to get rid of the GST on new housing. In practical terms, this measure will save prospective buyers up to $50,000 or $2,250 per year in mortgage payments. That is a concrete, effe…
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Mr. Speaker, on September 4, every Canadian saw the NDP leader put on a big show of tearing up the agreement with this Liberal government. He was really convincing at the time. He said that “the Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to fight for people.” That was true on September 4. However, we want to know if the Prime Minister will let the NDP leader vote fo…
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Mr. Speaker, the question was extremely simple. How much will it cost Canadians? No minister can answer that. None of them know how to count. However, they know how to spend a lot. The problem is that the NDP doubled down with that infamous statement. The NDP leader said, “the Liberal government will always cave to corporate greed, and always step in to make sure the unions have no power”. That is…
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Madam Speaker, I want to pay my respects to my colleague on the great speech she gave, based on her experience over the last nine years that she has served her constituents here in the House of Commons and in her riding. The member has pointed out that the next generation, unfortunately, will face some very serious challenges. The next generation expects leaders to do their job conscientiously and…
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Mr. Speaker, are you aware of the lovely Canadian tradition of children writing letters to Santa? This year, it is not so fun. Today, Le Journal de Québec and Le Journal de Montréal reported that a record number of letters have been received. The worst part is that the children are not asking for toys. This year, they are asking Santa for food, mittens, scarves and winter coats. That is what child…
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Mr. Speaker, I am indeed against the 10¢ tax cut on a bag of chips. That measure of theirs is a really huge deal. The reality is that, after nine years of this government, how many Canadians are using food banks? Two million Canadians are going to food banks, and the cost of groceries is going to increase by $800 this year with this government's inflationary policies. After nine years of this infl…
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Madam Speaker, I really like cars, but perhaps not enough to drive around in a Maserati. Let us just say that I will leave that to the Maserati Marxist. It is still very important to remember that we are talking about a green fund that seeks to reduce pollution. This fund was not managed properly over 180 times. Four out of five projects were not managed properly. That is close to $400 million in …
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Madam Speaker, it was very sad to see, again, that the government refused to accept an order of the Chair. This is why we have no action in the House, because the government refused to move forward with a motion asking it to give some documents to the RCMP. The government refused On the other hand, what I want to raise, also, is that he said that we are dictating what we want to say. Yes, I want t…
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Madam Speaker, I feel as though your words were directed at me. That said, you are right, and I hope to make amends in the years to come. I am very pleased to participate in this debate. I would like to remind members that, for more than two years now, I have had the privilege of sitting in the shadow cabinet as minister responsible for environment and climate change. At our convention in Quebec C…
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Madam Speaker, I am not without scruples, but above all I am certainly no Liberal. I know my colleague was joking when he said it, but I will remember Momo and “turlututu”. I agree with one thing the member brought up. Yesterday, in fact, in parliamentary committee, I did not necessarily make a big deal of it, but I did jump on the fact that this Liberal government, which loves to lecture everyone…
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Madam Speaker, I will have the opportunity to delve into the points my colleague raised concerning my party and, of course, green energy. I think that she will be very happy to hear that. I would like to mention that the member was elected nine years ago, at the same time as me. She has announced that she will not be running for re-election. I would like to thank her for her work and for represent…
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Mr. Speaker, this government's latest tax gimmick is not fooling anyone. People everywhere are upset by the Liberal approach. Here is what one Montrealer had to say: “These two measures offer nothing of substance. There is no long-term vision. It is likely to have a minimal impact on a relatively small number of people, and it will cost a whopping $6.3 billion.... I wonder how that decision was ma…
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Mr. Speaker, I love decorum. Do not take this personally, but I am going to turn my back to you so I can speak directly to the member for Honoré-Mercier. We met for the first time on August 5, 2015. It was through the media, because we had 10 debates during the 2015 election campaign on a program called 24/60. I was always pitted against the member for Honoré-Mercier, so we spent our first 10 meet…
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Mr. Speaker, the member talked about the member for Edmonton Centre. Unfortunately his business is still active on the list. Does the member think it is correct?
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Mr. Speaker, I think we have seen in the last minute a lot of time for people to express their points of order, so I would like to have the same opportunity to express the point I want to raise. Something very important came up during question period, namely a report that was tabled during the night. I say during the night because it was 1 a.m. in Ottawa when it was tabled at COP29, the conference…
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With regard to government funding for Équiterre, since November 4, 2015, broken down by department or agency: (a) what are the details of each instance where the government provided funding to Équiterre, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of funding (grant, loan, contract, etc.), (iv) details of the funding agreement, (v) purpose of the funding; and (b) for each funding ins…
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Mr. Speaker, here are the facts. After nine years of this sanctimonious Liberal government, Canada has the worst environmental record in the G7. That is according to the commissioner of the environment, who concluded in a recently tabled report that the drop in emissions was not due to climate actions taken by the government, but was instead because of revisions to the data or methods used. The fi…
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Mr. Speaker, this week, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change proved himself to be the champion of consensus. Both environmental groups and Canada's energy industry have attacked his Liberal plan to cap Canadian energy production. He was a champion of consensus thanks to his bad decision, and now he has a duty and obligation to be the champion of transparency in the SDTC scandal. After al…
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Mr. Speaker, less taxes, more homes; the Conservative leader is proposing to eliminate the GST on new homes sold. What this means is that buyers in Quebec will save $25,000, or $1,300 a year, on a $500,000 home. This will also add 30,000 new housing units a year in Canada. The Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec, the Quebec landlords' association, has described this initiative as a…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Durham. In fact, I am the warm-up act, because he is the great orator. I am very happy to participate in this debate on an energy source that Canada and the world need: nuclear energy. It helps supply us with energy, and God knows we need it. Nuclear energy is one of the five green energy sources that we on this side of the House have been…
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Mr. Speaker, I very much appreciate the question from my colleague from Rosemont—La Petite‑Patrie, who also proudly represents Quebec and knows what it means to be a Quebecker, as do the Bloc Québécois, Conservative and Liberal members. No one has any lessons to teach about Quebec nationalism or about being a Quebecker to anyone here in the House. I am sorry, but I do not take kindly to that. On t…
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Mr. Speaker, I will answer in English. I respect my colleague who asked the question; by the way, she is the member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, which is where Chalk River is. She knows a few things about that. I had the pleasure and, I would say, the professionalism to have been at Chalk River. I was there on March 22; yes, I asked a lot of questions. I was asking why we have to put it there w…
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Mr. Speaker, I think I was clear earlier when I said that nothing comes without risk. I think I was also clear when I said that Chalk River has been around for 80 years. I think I was clear when I said that hundreds of millions of people have benefited from the work that has been done at Chalk River. I think I also mentioned the major incident that occurred in 1952. Some of the people listening ma…
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Madam Speaker, that was an interesting speech, but it totally left out one aspect, one word, one verb: “divide”. This Liberal government did something that no one saw coming and, to my knowledge, we have not seen it in any other democratic countries. It divided seniors up by distinguishing between those aged 65 to 74 and those aged 74 and over. Why divide seniors up?
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Madam Speaker, I think the member is trying to break down a door that we had already opened, meaning that we too want to encourage employment. We want to reward work, not penalize it. Unfortunately, not only has the current government done nothing for nine years, but it has made things worse with its inflationary policies. Worse still—and the member may not want to hear this, but facts are facts—t…
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Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Lévis—Lotbinière. We are gathered here today to talk about seniors. Canadian society owes seniors a tremendous debt. Canadian families owe seniors a tremendous debt. Seniors are the ones who built the country we live in, a country that has unfortunately been broken over the past 10 years but that nevertheless makes us proud to be Canadia…
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Madam Speaker, unfortunately, I did not have the privilege and the honour to sit with the Right Hon. Stephen Harper. Those were great years for Canada, and we were in a great economic position. Unfortunately, after nine years of the current government, it has destroyed all the good work that was done by Mr. Harper. My hon. colleague from Winnipeg North talked about the age of eligibility going fro…
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Madam Speaker, if those members want to know where Canadians are, and if they trust us, they can just call an election and repeat what their leader said three weeks ago, which was that he had no confidence in the government. However, suddenly, when it is time to vote, the New Democrats vote confidence in the government. Shame on them.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé and offer my sympathy regarding his father. We all face that reality, and his remarks brought back memories of my own family. This government has been in power for nine years. The member has been watching this government day after day for five years. Just two weeks ago, the leader of this government stood in the House and twi…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that my colleague has put his finger on the problem. As he just said, we have a government on its last legs, a government of neglect. We can see that this government is not too bothered by the fact that a minister could have dipped into the fund and given contracts to his own company through the government. In this specific case, I think that they have crossed the line. There …
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Madam Speaker, with all due respect, I am going to turn and face my Bloc Québécois colleagues. The member for Thérèse-De Blainville has highlighted the distressing reality of this government. This is a government that prides itself on wanting to help seniors, when in fact it has divided seniors into two categories: those aged 65 to 74, and those aged 75 and over. Frankly, I never saw this coming. …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Trois‑Rivières. As we know, and as he just said a few moments ago, he is an ethicist. He was elected in 2021, so he has been here for three years. To put it mildly, he has been earning his keep over the past three years. I think that he has had a lot of work to do when it comes to ethics, and the House too, for that matter. He talked a lot about how Mr. …
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Mr. Speaker, members of the House and all Canadians are well aware that this government is always quick to lecture everyone about the environment, but it is “do as I say, not as I do”. According to The National Post, the Prime Minister caused $200,000 in environmental damage with his jet this summer, this government has not met any targets in the past nine years, and Canada is ranked 63 out of 67 …
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Madam Speaker, as always, I acknowledge and appreciate my colleague's contribution to this debate. That said, I need to set the record straight about a few things. It always makes me laugh when he talks about the third link. Does he remember his leader's truly impressive dithering during the election campaign? In the morning, he was in favour of it; in the afternoon, he was no longer sure; and by …
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Mr. Speaker, I, too, have a great deal of respect for my colleague, who, like me, is very well dressed today, by the way. However, the fact is that Canadians are suffering when it comes to housing. These people have been in office for nine years and they are still taking the exact same approach. It is not working. As far as we are concerned, one thing is clear: Our plan to build housing does not r…
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Mr. Speaker, the housing crisis is not getting any better. As we speak, 1,671 Quebec families do not have a roof over their head. That number has gone up since July. Housing starts are down 13% in Quebec, and 61% of young renters are not sure they can afford their rent. That is the reality after nine years of this Liberal government, enthusiastically supported by the Bloc Québécois. Does this gove…
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With regard to government dealings with the Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF) and those representing the fund, broken down by year since 2016 and by department or agency: (a) how much funding, including any funding provided through contracts, has been provided to the TAF, in total and broken down by initiative or type of funding; and (b) what are the details of any reports received from the TAF, incl…
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