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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives, like millions of Canadians and Quebeckers, no longer have confidence in this Prime Minister and this government. The NDP has kept this government on life support for months, and now the Bloc Québécois wants to do the same thing when we vote on the motion of non-confidence in this Prime Minister. For the Bloc to want to save this costly, centralizing Prime Minister a…
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Madam Speaker, it is always interesting to listen to my colleague. I would like to get back to the Bloc Québécois's ultimatum and the October 29 deadline. I have two questions. My colleague appears to go further than his own leader with this ultimatum. His leader said he was prepared to negotiate if the government ignores the Bloc Québécois's demands. However, my colleague expressly said that if h…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, and I want to acknowledge her passion for Bill C‑319. However, I am still concerned about the Bloc Québécois's October 29 deadline because I hear the Liberals, and they do not seem very open to it. They seem very calm, cool and collected. I have some concerns about the Bloc Québécois with respect to the Liberals. Will the Liberals dangle a little…
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Mr. Speaker, voting for the interests of Quebec means voting with us in favour of the Conservative Party's non-confidence motion against this government. If the Bloc Québécois truly had the fate of Quebeckers at heart, at the request of Premier Legault, it must vote with the Conservative Party and stop selling its soul. So far, the Bloc Québécois has not made any gains for Quebec. On the woodland …
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Mr. Speaker, no sooner were we free of the NDP-Liberal coalition that resulted in the most disastrous government in history, than we were caught up in a new saga with the Bloc-Liberal coalition. What is the point of the Bloc Québécois, when we know that it voted in favour of $500 billion in inflationary spending by this Prime Minister, who fattened up the bureaucracy in Ottawa with Quebeckers' mon…
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is a costly proposition to Canadian taxpayers, but especially to Quebec taxpayers. What use is the Bloc Québécois when we know that it voted for the largest-ever expansion of the federal government, for more spending than ever, for more public servants than ever and for the most scandals ever? Aside from keeping the Liberal government on life support for the next ye…
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Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. He clearly explained the problems Quebec would have if a federal election were held a few days before or after municipal elections are held in every municipality in Quebec. It is very difficult. We went through this in 2021. We saw our municipal colleagues hold elections at the same time as ours. We would run into each other going door to…
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Mr. Speaker, the tramway would cost every family in the greater Quebec City area $28,000. The cost of this $11-billion expense is absolutely supported by the Bloc. This is another example among many, including the $500 billion in centralist and inflationary spending for a massive Liberal government in Ottawa. The Bloc Québécois is not a party for the regions and it supports the war on cars with th…
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Mr. Speaker, the housing crisis, which is very much caused by Liberal incompetence, is wreaking havoc across the country, and the Liberal-Bloc coalition believes that taxing honest home builders will fix the situation. However, the simple fact is that taxing builders means fewer new homes and higher housing prices. It is unfair and counterproductive. How does it make sense to increase taxes on hou…
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moved: Motion No. 1 That Bill C-69 be amended by deleting Clause 81. Motion No. 2 That Bill C-69 be amended by deleting Clause 82. Motion No. 3 That Bill C-69 be amended by deleting Clause 83. Motion No. 4 That Bill C-69 be amended by deleting Clause 84. Motion No. 5 That Bill C-69 be amended by deleting Clause 85. Motion No. 6 That Bill C-69 be amended by deleting Clause 86. Motion No. 7 That Bil…
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Madam Speaker, once again I am privileged to rise in the House on behalf of the people I proudly represent in Lévis—Lotbinière. Right from the outset, I would just say that back home, when it comes to the word “budget”, we do not have the same definition, nor do we have the same approach to budgeting as this Prime Minister, who does not even know what the words “balance” and “economy” mean. Once a…
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Madam Speaker, look at what nine years of Liberal policies have brought us: We are at the point where we have to feed kids breakfast at school. Before 2015, when the Conservatives formed the government, we were helping third world countries feed their children. Now we have to do the same thing in Canada. It is time for an election.
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Madam Speaker, I will address the first premise of the question posed by my colleague, whom I thank. Yes, the greater the number of Conservative members, the better off Canada will be. I in turn have a question for my colleague: Why did the Bloc Québécois vote in favour of $500 billion in budget appropriations to prop up this government and its reckless spending over nine years? The Bloc Québécois…
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Madam Speaker, let me get back to the question posed by my colleague, who has my thanks. I will talk about real hardship, hardship in which the NDP is complicit because it is supporting the Liberals. Thousands of Canadian families are struggling to put food on the table because their mortgage payments are too high. They are paying far too much for everything, including their mortgage, gas and food…
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Mr. Speaker, I listened attentively to my colleague's remarks. I want to pick up on what he said at the end of his speech, when he called this budget ridiculous. Can my colleague elaborate on the ridiculousness of the current government?
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years under this government that is not worth the cost or the corruption, we found out from the Auditor General yesterday that the government awarded 70% of its contracts, untendered, directly to McKinsey with the support of the Bloc Québécois. This shows a complete lack of ethics and responsibility. It is thinly veiled corruption. It is scandalous. Why is the Prime Ministe…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this Liberal-NDP-Bloc government, which is not worth the cost or the corruption, the Auditor General tells us that Sustainable Development Technology Canada violated its conflict of interest policies 90 times and awarded $359 million to 10 projects that were not eligible. This is yet another example of the Liberal government's mismanagement. Why is this government …
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Mr. Speaker, this minister is asleep at the switch. The Auditor General has discovered that $76 million in funding was awarded to projects with ties to Liberal cronies. Greasing palms and enriching Liberal cronies shows a complete lack of ethics and responsibility. This is another scandal. Why are conflicts of interest and money for cronies commonplace in the Liberal government?
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Mr. Speaker, in Ville-Marie, where the mayor of Montreal was elected, it takes 540 days to get a building permit. What is more, the Bloc Québécois voted against the bill to build housing. That is called incompetence. It is absolutely ridiculous that this Liberal-Bloc government is not demanding that the cities speed up housing construction. Why is the Prime Minister rejecting common sense and stil…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this government that is not worth the cost, the CMHC is saying that Canada needs 5.8 million housing units to address the housing affordability crisis. This Liberal-Bloc government is building fewer homes than in the 1970s. It is truly scandalous. The Conservative act to build homes and not bureaucracy is a logical solution. Why is the Prime Minister protecting the…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to speak to Bill C-64, an act respecting pharmacare, which seeks to support the implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program. I am always ready to champion a federalism that meets the needs of all Canadians, but there are a number of things that bother me about Bill C-64. Apart from the fact that it interferes in provincial jurisdictions, it was born of…
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Mr. Speaker, I would love to hear what Canadians think about this during an election, which may even come this summer. That would be for the greater good of all Canadians. If this government has the courage to find out what the people want, it should call an election. Otherwise, let it continue to follow the NDP's lead.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague, who was here when I was part of an excellent Conservative government, that the national debt was around $500 billion. It is now over $1.25 trillion. That alone is costing Canadians an enormous amount. Right now, the Liberals are spending more on debt interest than on health transfers. We are paying a huge amount of interest. The 7% that we pay on g…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague asked a very interesting question. I talked about that in my speech. It would have been better to target people who do not have access or who need a lot of prescription medication that they cannot afford. If the government had done that, then it would have to cover only about 1% to 2% of the Canadian population, and we might have supported the measure. However, it bothe…
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Madam Speaker, it is an honour to address the House. I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with the member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands. This is a Speaker's scandal. For thousands of good people, today is another sad day, a day where our democracy is being disrespected and Canadians' confidence in the House of Commons is being put to the test. The Liberals have too often demons…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague did not have time to ask his question because his preamble was such a broad and extremely partisan tirade against the Conservatives. He has just proven once again that there are people here who are extremely partisan. He is defending the indefensible. He is defending a partisan Speaker of the House who is not impartial. I do not understand why he is so adamant about kee…
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Madam Speaker, I understand my colleague's concerns here in the House. The role of Speaker is so important in this chamber. If there are doubts about the Speaker, there could be doubts about the entire institution.
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Madam Speaker, my intervention will be brief. I would like to turn the question back to my colleague. He is considered to be the most partisan Liberal member there is in the House, given all the speeches he has made. Will the Liberals vote impartially to elect an impartial Speaker here in the House?
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Mr. Speaker, nine years under this Liberal-Bloc Prime Minister is too costly. As a result, there has been an increase in hunger and homelessness. By supporting every single budget appropriation totalling $500 billion, the Bloc Québécois has increased inflation, the cost of housing, the cost of energy, the cost of groceries, the cost of bureaucracy and centralizing powers. Going hungry and sleeping…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the Prime Minister and the Bloc Québécois are not worth the cost. The more the government spends, with support from the Bloc Québécois, the harder life becomes for Quebeckers. The housing crisis will soon force Canadians, against their wishes, to move into their vans as a last resort, not as a retirement dream. When will the Prime Minister, who is being propped up by…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government is not building housing, it is building bureaucracy with its $500 billion in centralizing, inflationary spending that created the cost of living crisis and the housing crisis we are currently experiencing. Thousands of Canadians are in dire poverty. Will the Prime Minister start building housing, fast? When things get so bad that people have to start sleeping in…
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Madam Speaker, I listened closely to my colleague's remarks. There is a double standard when it comes to the Bloc Québécois. It is true that in the past, the Bloc voted against the budgets, but they voted in favour of the budgetary appropriations. We are talking about $500 billion in inflationary, centralizing spending. Why does the Bloc Québécois always vote in favour of the budgetary appropriati…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the Bloc Québécois and the Prime Minister are not worth the cost. The Bloc Québécois has always sided with the Liberals when it comes to government spending. We are talking about $500 billion in centralizing, inflationary spending here. Ouch, that hurts. This spending increases the cost of living and keeps interest rates high. Because of this Liberal government, back…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years of this Liberal government and its inflationary policies, everything costs more, everything costs too much. Interest rates have tripled. Gasoline costs over $1.90 a litre. Groceries are unaffordable. Canadians are going hungry because housing is too expensive now. The Canadian dream of home ownership is now beyond the reach of a hard-working generation of young adul…
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Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to be the honorary president of the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Lotbinière/Lévis, which will take place on June 8. As a symbol of perseverance and a message of hope for those affected by cancer, participants of all ages have been joining forces and taking turns walking along a track or road since 1999. The highly anticipated event will be held at Terry …
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Mr. Speaker, I took the time to listen carefully to my colleague. I see a glimmer of common sense in him because it looks like he will be voting with the Conservatives on this motion. I want to come back to the carbon exchange. As he pointed out, it costs about $47 a tonne in Quebec. Unfortunately, the carbon tax in the other provinces is currently over $80. In that meeting, what would my colleagu…
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Mr. Speaker, the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation is warning that housing prices will continue to skyrocket. The average cost of an apartment could go up 27% over the next three years in the greater Montreal area. A Conservative government will reward cities that build more housing. Why will the Prime Minister not listen to common sense and work with provincial and municipal partners to build t…
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Mr. Speaker, after more than eight years of this Liberal government, we all know it is not worth the cost. Housing prices continue to rise at a breakneck pace and the government is overlooking municipalities in plans to increase new housing construction. Will the Prime Minister finally build housing and cut red tape in his next budget?
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Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague from King—Vaughan. It is a pleasure to rise in the House today to talk about the importance of having the premiers meet with the federal government on issues that are very important to the future of our society. As I think about the future of our society, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the arrival of my seventh grandc…
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Madam Speaker, shame on the government across the way. With all the work it has done since 2015, is Canada in a good position internationally when it comes to reducing greenhouse gases? No, we are not doing very well. All the policies this government has put in place are not working. It is a colossal failure. It only has a few months left. If it has any pride, it should call an election as soon as…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague likes to play with numbers, but when Canadians go to the pump and pay 25¢, 30¢ or 40¢ on every litre of gas every time, that is taking a lot of extra money out of their pockets. Every time something is transported in Canada, the carbon tax applies. The facts are simple. Two million Canadians are struggling to eat, to the point where a national program is needed to feed …
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Madam Speaker, science and technology will be a huge help as we face climate change. I would like to tell my colleague that the carbon exchange does exist in Quebec. Every time I go to the pump to fill up my car, part of the price of gas goes toward the carbon exchange. Right now, that money is doing nothing for Quebeckers. It goes to California, and we get nothing in return. Whether it is called …
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Madam Speaker, I will undoubtedly repeat the same thing as my colleague: everything is in everything. Quebec has the carbon exchange, while the other provinces have the carbon tax. When the carbon tax in the other provinces exceeds Quebec’s carbon exchange, Quebec will either have to adjust the carbon exchange upward or agree to implement the carbon tax so that Quebec pays the same price. In recen…
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Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech, which certainly lacked subtlety. I just want to double-check one thing. I think my colleague is going to vote with the Liberals yet again to shore up a corrupt government that is costing Canadians a fortune and causing a host of problems. Can my colleague simply tell the House whether he is going to vote with the Liberal government yet …
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Mr. Speaker, amid the ongoing saga of the ArriveCAN scandal, I can tell you that the Bloc Québécois leader has hit a new low. The Bloc Québécois leader candidly admits that he gave the 2021-22 estimates the green light without even examining them. He said, and I quote, “we are not going to scrutinize everything the government spends. We just tell it to go ahead and hand out the money”. When the go…
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Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister's radical Minister of Environment has declared open war on vehicles. He said that their government decided to no longer invest in new highway infrastructure. He did not clarify that statement. He went even further by adding that the Liberal government is going to block big projects. The radical environment minister is going to block big projects like the third link…
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Mr. Speaker, when was the last time that the muzzled radical minister travelled through the Lévis-Quebec City area without his limousine? Building a third link is a necessity, not a luxury. Quebeckers in remote areas pay taxes and send their money to Ottawa, which is supposed to build roads and reliable infrastructure for them too. Will the Prime Minister stand up for the interests of Quebeckers a…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of government incompetence, this is further proof that it is not worth the cost and not worth the corruption. Inconceivably, the ArriveCAN app was initially supposed to cost $80,000 and the final bill was over $60 million. This means that the cost was 750 times higher than expected. What happened between $80,000 and $60 million? Bogus invoices were paid using taxpaye…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to a remarkable man who, despite being required to leave the Senate, is not leaving behind his active involvement in our country. He is my colleague and friend, Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. It takes courage and strength to survive the unspeakable, as suggested by the title of his 2008 book, where he shares his journey of resilience after the loss of his …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his attacks on the Conservatives, on the next government. He got some good practice in. It will come as no surprise that the Conservatives may very well form the next government. I would like my colleague to lay out the costs of all the demands he made in his speech so we can have an idea of where to head with future budgets.
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