Parliamentary Speeches

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Order. The hon. member for Beloeil—Chambly.

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The hon. member for Thornhill.

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Order. I am going to ask the hon. minister to start again because the Chair sincerely could not hear what the minister was saying. The hon. Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.

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The hon. member for Regina—Wascana.

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All members should make sure that questions and comments are directed through the Chair. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby.

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The hon. President of the Treasury Board.

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The hon. minister.

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I would like to take a moment to make a statement concerning the question of privilege raised by the member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. Yesterday, on April 8, 2024, the member raised concerns on the government responses to Order Paper questions. As indicated by the member is his comments, I signed these responses when I was the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister. So that no…

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I would invite all members who wish to carry on conversations to do so outside the chamber. I invite the hon. member for Lethbridge to continue her remarks.

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I thank the member for Lethbridge for her comments on this matter. Her question of privilege is very similar to the question of privilege raised by the member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. As I said in my statement, since I was the parliamentary secretary who signed that answer to the Order Paper questions, I will let the Deputy Speaker make the ruling. I am recusing myself from the dis…

Routine Proceedings

I thank the hon. member for Kingston and the Islands for his input on two important questions before the Chair, and the Chair will hasten to come back to the House with a decision, at least on one of those issues.

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I have already indicated that there is no unanimous consent on this point. Before we continue with the points of order being raised, I would like to ask members, if at all possible, to make sure that we use the time of the House efficiently. If members are seeking unanimous consent, I ask that they do attempt to negotiate that in advance with the House leadership from the different parties. That w…

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Fortunately, the hon. member is a very credible and capable member and understands that this is a point of debate.

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This is a similar point to what was raised by the hon. member for Thornhill, so I am afraid we are entering into debate.

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It is always in everybody's interest, and I say this to all members quite sincerely, if members want to raise a point of order, that they get straight to the point of the point of order they want to bring up. Otherwise, when we hear the premise and the introduction, it is often getting into debate and it forces the Chair to say that it is a matter of debate, as opposed to either seeking unanimous …

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I will invite the hon. member to please sit down, because this is clearly a point of debate. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby.

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I thank the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby for reminding the House of all of the expenses that are required when we do not take the opportunity to negotiate these things in advance. I do ask members to do this. I see that the member for Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame is rising to his feet. I do hope that the member will either raise a point of order or get immediately to the request for…

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I would remind members that, when they present petitions, they should not indicate whether they are for or against or give an opinion. They should just present the petition.

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Is that agreed?

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Is that agreed?

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I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, by the hon. member for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes concerning the 17th report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, which was presented to the House earlier that same day. The subject matter of this report is related to the committee's 14th report, which accuse…

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The amendment is in order. Questions and comments.

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I have the honour to inform the House that messages have been received from the Senate informing the House that the Senate has passed the following bills: Bill C-34, an act to amend the Investment Canada Act; Bill C-67, an act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024; Bill C-68, an act for granting to His Maje…

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I wish to inform the House that the hon. member for Terrebonne will have two minutes to respond to questions and comments when we resume this debate. Since the time provided for debate has expired for today, the House will resume consideration of the privilege motion on Monday, April 8, at 11 a.m. Pursuant to Standing Order 94, I wish to inform hon. members that Private Members' Business will be s…

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I would ask the member to not shake his papers and see if that works. Let us start again with the hon. member for Peace River—Westlock.

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I think this is a matter of debate, not a matter of privilege. However, I greatly appreciate the interventions. As I was saying to the member for La Prairie, I appreciate these comments, and the Chair will take them into consideration when looking into the matter. I hope to make a ruling as soon as possible.

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Today being the last allotted day for the supply period ending March 26, the House will proceed as usual to the consideration and passage of the appropriation bills. In view of recent practices, do hon. members agree that the bills be distributed now?

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The hon. Leader of the Opposition.

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Is that agreed?

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I thank the member for La Prairie for his comments. The hon. Leader of the Opposition on the same question of privilege.

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I want to apologize to the member for Repentigny for skipping her name. The hon. member for Repentigny.

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Before we continue question period, I am going to ask the member for Timmins—James Bay to please keep his comments to himself until the moment that he has the floor. The hon. Minister of Innovation.

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Again, I am going to ask members to be very careful about ascribing acronyms or titles to other hon. members. The hon. member from Regina—Qu'Appelle.

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I would like to remind all members to direct their comments through the Chair. The hon. member for Thornhill.

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The hon. member for Dufferin—Caledon.

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Order. The Speaker would like to hear the question from the member for Chilliwack—Hope and the response that will be offered in answer to it. The hon. member.

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Order. I encourage members, especially the member for Kingston and the Islands, to please not have a conversation across the way. That also goes for members on the other side in responding. The hon. Minister for Natural Resources.

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All those opposed to the hon. minister's moving the motion will please say nay. It is agreed. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to)

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I thank the hon. member for Regina—Qu'Appelle for his contribution to the consideration that the Chair will take up and come back to this House on at a later time.

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If members would permit me, I would also like to thank the hon. member for Elmwood—Transcona for his years of undying service to his people and to the people of Canada. Like the leader of the NDP just mentioned, I discovered many things about this member, and some only very recently as I assumed this role of Speaker. One of them is that I did know the member spoke English and French, but I did not…

Private Members' Business

Is it agreed?

Private Members' Business

I wish to inform the House that because of the deferred recorded divisions, Government Orders will be extended by 36 minutes.

It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay. [Members sang the national anthem]

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The hon. member for Scarborough North has the floor.

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The hon. Leader of the Opposition.

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The Right Hon. Prime Minister has the floor.

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The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle relating to the business of supply.

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I declare the motion defeated.

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Colleagues, I ask for order, please. I will ask the Prime Minister to start from the top.

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The hon. Leader of the Opposition is a very experienced member of Parliament. I know that he would understand that that kind of a statement directed at an individual would not be considered parliamentary. I will ask the hon. member to continue with his question.