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Mr. Speaker, northern Ontarians keep asking me when we will finally unlock our economic potential. I reply that it will be when the government finally decides to cut regulations. A Canadian sovereignty act is a chance to do exactly that and repeal needless barriers. In northern Ontario, economic sovereignty leads to affordability. When we grow our industries, such as mining, sawmills, pulp mills, …
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Mr. Speaker, as a Franco-Ontarian, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. With all due respect, I would like to mention that we, as French Canadians, live and survive in the French language. We have just celebrated the 50th anniversary of our flag. We have schools and our community health care centres. We live our lives in French. It is much the same across Canada. My daughter just moved t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Ring of Fire project in northern Ontario would be a game-changer for our region at a time when we desperately need it, yet the Prime Minister continues to delay by refusing to move forward with the project, which would create thousands of jobs and has billions of dollars in investments. The project did not make the cut on the Liberals' project list, and the work will not even star…
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Mr. Speaker, people in northern Ontario and Canada urgently need the government to address the impact of U.S. lumber tariffs. The Liberal government is failing sawmill workers, and the situation is only getting worse. The Prime Minister promised to negotiate a deal with the Americans, yet forestry and sawmill workers in Calstock, Hearst, Cochrane, Chapleau, Kirkland Lake and all across Canada are …
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Mr. Speaker, September 25 is a special day for Franco-Ontarians. On this date 50 years ago, we unveiled the very first Franco-Ontarian flag. I will borrow a few words from Maurice Duplessis to celebrate our flag: A flag is an emblem; a flag is a rallying sign; a flag is a manifestation of [pride]. It reflects a desire to live and survive...A flag says that we are someone, that we are descended fro…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Rivière‑du‑Nord. I appreciated his speech. In the member's view, how will police forces be able to tell when an action is motivated by hate?
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Mr. Speaker, for more than 45 years, communities in northern Ontario have endured the devastating impact of U.S. tariffs on their forestry sector. In Kapuskasing, Kap Paper is a vital link for five sawmills, and if that link breaks, more will be challenged. That is thousands of jobs on the line. While the federal government has committed to over $1.2 billion to support the industry, it has failed …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about a region that is often overlooked in national conversation, but is, in truth, central to the future of Ontario and Canada. The history of the Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk riding, one of the largest in Canada, is a story of resilience, hard work and vibrant cultural heritage forged by people who built not just industries but lives, families and futures in…
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Mr. Speaker, I did indeed explain how Canada developed. That is the approach we must take in the future. No matter the project, the important thing is how we build our country. We did it once, but we need to build it again because right now, things are not going well.
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Mr. Speaker, agriculture all but disappeared in my region during colonization, in the 1920s and 1930s and in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, but it is now making a comeback. The wonderful thing about this is that we are feeding ourselves. We have everything we need in my region. The most important thing is the great clay belt. Agricultural experts are saying that this will be the next big agricultural…
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Mr. Speaker, first, I spoke about the situation in my riding, where French is a living language and 50% of the population works in both official languages. Second, it is much more difficult to survive in our language outside of Quebec. What we have accomplished is extraordinary.
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Mr. Speaker, the only answer I have is that the problem was created by the Liberals. The intent of my speech today was to give Canadians confidence that we have a great country, with all the resources we need to survive and to be independent. I am speaking to them.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked about the Liberal culture of delay. In my experience, it takes a long time to change a culture. It takes time. It takes more than words, spoken or written. Culture changes through action. What action are you going to take? It takes time.
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Mr. Speaker, homebuilding must nearly double over the next decade to restore affordability. Up to 4.8 million new homes are needed to close the supply gap that has led to higher home prices. Now, 480,000 new housing units are needed this year to close the supply gap. The Liberals' own housing agency says Canada needs to double construction to restore affordability. Housing starts have continued to…
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Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the debate all day, and for Canadians who are listening, part of this must be very confusing. I would like to have something clarified. If a Canadian woman has a child in a country outside Canada, with a man from that country, the child is raised in the other country, and then the Canadian woman comes back to Canada, but 30 years from now the child decides to …
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