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Mr. Speaker, under this Liberal Prime Minister, Canada is the only G20 nation in recession. Every country faces tariffs and rising energy prices, but these Liberals keep making the same mistakes. Their deficit spending and net-zero regulations kill jobs and make everything more expensive. For Carol in my riding, it means she can no longer afford to drive to and from work each day. For Jackie, it m…
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However, Mr. Speaker, Canadians are demanding clarity from the government on its legal strategy and that the government stand up and defend private property, but the Liberals are putting private property rights at risk in Canada. In 2019, the Liberal government removed arguments to support fee simple private property rights in the Cowichan case. We cannot blame government lawyers for following min…
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Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court is considering whether to hear a New Brunswick land claim case involving private property across half the province. Supporters of the claim openly argue that aboriginal title should apply to private land. They believe that government should use expropriation powers to transfer it. The Liberals directed government lawyers to not defend private property rights in the C…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, in relation to the motion adopted Wednesday, April 22, 2026, entitled, “Report on International Student Program Reforms, of the 2026 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada”. This new audit request by the public accounts committee to the Office of the Auditor…
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That member is misleading the House, Mr. Speaker. There are four pipelines. I will come back with the names very shortly—
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Mr. Speaker, I think your ruling was wise. As you said, I did not use the term “intentionally”. We could tell from the member's slack-jawed face when I said we built four pipelines that he has spent too much time reading false Liberal talking points. The Enbridge Alberta Clipper was built over 1,600 kilometres. The TransCanada Keystone was built over 1,200 kilometres. There is also Enbridge Line 9…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present in both official languages the following two reports of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. I am presenting the 10th report, entitled “National Trade Corridors Fund - Transport Canada”, and the 11th report, entitled “Main Estimates 2026-27: Vote 1 under Office of the Auditor General”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requests that the g…
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Mr. Speaker, back home in New Brunswick, families pay 32¢ more per litre for gasoline than drivers in neighbouring Maine pay. The price difference is not because of global markets. Pumps on both sides of the Maine-New Brunswick border get their supply from the Saint John refinery. The difference is that, because of Liberal tax increases. Canadians can no longer afford to buy the things that we mak…
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Mr. Speaker, the United States never had a carbon tax that the government implemented. The Liberals drove up energy taxes for 10 years and when Canadians were screaming in pain, they cut them. They still will not go all the way and reduce the federal gas tax, the industrial carbon tax and the clean fuel standard that keep prices sky-high. When will the government act, cut the taxes and give Canadi…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in relation to Bill C-230, an act to amend the Financial Administration Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts, with respect to the debt forgiveness registry. The committee has studied the bill and is reporting it back to the House of Commons, with am…
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Mr. Speaker, criminals are not afraid of this government, but law-abiding Canadians are. Lawful firearms owners are not the cause of crime. Confiscating legally purchased and heavily regulated property will not stop criminals, it will not stop smuggling and it will not stop gang violence. The public safety minister confirmed this week that the Liberals will confiscate legally owned property withou…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The committee requests that the government establish a public and independent inquiry into cost overruns on information technology contracts, including the Phoenix pay system, ArriveCAN and the benefits delivery modernization program. I would note that the motion w…
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Mr. Speaker, another federal wharf in my riding has been condemned. Many others in New Brunswick need urgent repairs. Federal wharves are the lifeblood of coastal communities, but they are being neglected by the Liberals. Just as inland economies rely on highways and airports to get products to market, Atlantic Canada relies on wharves to export high-quality seafood to the rest of Canada and aroun…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the following three reports. The fifth report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts is entitled “Follow-up Study of Gender Based Plus Analysis in the Government of Canada”. The sixth report is entitled “Arctic Waters Surveillance”, and the seventh report is entitled “Delivering Canada's Future Fighter Jet Capability.” Pu…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition from Canadians who are concerned about the amendments to Bill C-9 that would put religious leaders and people of faith at risk of political persecution. Petitioners note that this amendment would make it possible for a religious leader to be jailed for expressing beliefs in religious texts. A member of the government even shared this view, stating that the…
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Mr. Speaker, costs keep going up, but Liberals keep doing the same thing. This year in New Brunswick, families will spend $1,000 more on grocery bills than last year. With 70% of food produced domestically, this is a made-in-Canada problem caused by the Liberals. Food is expensive because Canadian taxes on farming, trucking and packaging keep going up. It is all paid by Canadian consumers, and ris…
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Mr. Speaker, in the last year alone, the price of groceries has gone way up again. Families are spending over $1,000 more on groceries today than just a year ago. The Liberals say it is not their fault, but that is not true. Canada has the highest food inflation in all the G7. Why are Canada's food prices so high? It is because the Liberals put a tax on food packaging, they put taxes on the farmer…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, two reports from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The third report is entitled “Connectivity in Rural and Remote Areas”, and the fourth report is entitled “Forests and Climate Change”. Mr. Speaker, I believe, with your consent, we will hear next from the hon. member for Calgary Midnapore, who will table a dissenting r…
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Madam Speaker, there are two whoppers I want to address that the member spoke to. The first was his idea that prices are high because prices are set abroad and we have nothing to do with that. Of course, under this government, our foreign exchange rate, the value of the Canadian dollar, has plummeted, which is why foreign goods have gone up so much. That is why it costs so much to live in this cou…
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Madam Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member in response to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, who, in responding to my last question, presumed that when Stephen Harper was in office, the tax differential on gasoline between Maine and New Brunswick was the same. It was not. He was wrong to presume. He should check his facts and get the story straight. It was half the amount…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberal mismanagement, Canadian families are putting 50% more of their household bills on credit cards than they did just 10 short years ago because of Liberal inflationary spending. Fitch Ratings warns that government overspending puts finances at “high risk of further deterioration”. The budget watchdog warns that the Liberals have abandoned their own debt-to-GDP a…
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Mr. Speaker, we can trust it will do more of the same, and that record is going to be a record of failure. I had hope the other day when the finance minister tabled his budget and looked up to the gallery, and we saw Mr. Chrétien. Thirty years ago, the Liberals had a problem with too much debt, too much spending and slow growth. What did they do? They went through an expenditure review and cut nee…
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Mr. Speaker, I believe in tax cuts any time, anywhere, for Canadians, but I do not just believe in tax cuts for businesses. This budget is a failure because it fails to deal with the affordability crisis that is hurting working families, young families and pensioners. It is all well and good to talk about the debt-to-GDP ratio, which the government has broken. For the last 10 years, it promised to…
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Mr. Speaker, for a long time, I have been telling Parliament that we need to take advantage of our natural resources. Right now, the Government of New Brunswick, under the provincial Liberals, is asking this government to do something to move these very important projects forward. So far, nothing has been done. Yes, it is time to do something for our province, because so far, the Prime Minister ha…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt. I rise on behalf of the lobster fishermen and fisherwomen in Charlotte County, working families in Saint John West, the truck drivers driving our highways, the pensioners throughout New Brunswick Southwest and every small business owner hanging on for help. These Canadians look to Parliament and wonde…
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Mr. Speaker, to govern Canada, choices have to be made. I completely agree with my colleague. Under the former Conservative government of Stephen Harper, health transfers increased every year. Health was always a priority to the Conservatives, but that meant making cuts to spending items that were not a priority. That is something that we know how to do, but the Liberals do not. That is why we nee…
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Mr. Speaker, as we approach Remembrance Day, I rise to pay tribute to Master Warrant Officer Earle Eastman, retired; sadly, he passed away this year. Earle served 33 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and completed tours on three continents. After returning from Afghanistan, he dedicated himself to serving veterans as president of the Canadian Army Veterans motorcycle unit, second VP of the Legion…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to rise to speak to this fascinating bill. I have to say that every time I hear a group of MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador, my vocabulary always expands a bit. They throw around some terms, whether with respect to fishing or to hunting, that are unknown in the rest of the country, so it is always interesting. This is what I have noticed since the member for Central Newfoundl…
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Mr. Speaker, Liberals measure success by how many tax dollars are spent. They say that the number in today's budget is what matters, yet Canadians know why more debt financing is being offered. Liberal policies have failed to build, empower or protect our country. Conservatives are calling for an affordable budget for affordable lives. We want affordable lives for the one in five Canadian food ban…
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Mr. Speaker, I table a petition from residents of my riding concerning charitable status. The petitioners are concerned about the finance committee's proposal to remove charitable status from churches and other religious organizations, a proposal supported by the Liberal MPs on the committee. Petitioners note that the work done by these faith-based charities supports seniors and vulnerable people …
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Mr. Speaker, it was a terrible, awful shock to learn of Nigel Wright's sudden passing. Nigel was a good man, maybe the best among us. He had titles, success and stature, but he was humble. He demonstrated humility when he could have been filled with pride. Nigel had a great commitment to charity. This too did not fully capture Nigel's goodness. His deepest devotion was to God. From that faith, eve…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the following two reports of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The first report is entitled “The Benefits Delivery Modernization Programme”. The second report is entitled “Modernizing Information Technology Systems”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive respon…
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With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's temporary public policy, first introduced in May 2020, and renewed in March 2025, which allows foreign nationals in Canada on closed work permits to change employers or occupations prior to receiving a new work permit: (a) how many foreign nationals have received temporary authorization under this public policy to change employers, or o…
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Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That in relation to the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees & Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors Annual Conference, five members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be authorized to travel to Regina, Saskatchewan, from September 7 to 10, 2025, and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee. I wi…
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Madam Speaker, yesterday I asked the government why a convicted child sex offender in New Brunswick is out on bail while appealing his jail sentence. The government blamed the provinces, judges and the police, yet this child sex offender was already arrested and sentenced for his crime. The predator got out on bail under federal law, and the government is not closing this dangerous loophole. Now, …
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Madam Speaker, for 10 years, the Liberals have relentlessly targeted law-abiding firearms owners, hunters and sport shooters while letting gun smugglers and criminals off the hook. Now the Prime Minister has pledged to reinvigorate Justin Trudeau's gun-grab program. The government's main estimates show the Liberals will spend four times more targeting legal gun owners than fighting gun crime in ou…
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Mr. Speaker, a convicted child sex offender in New Brunswick was recently sentenced to jail, but instead of going to prison, he was released back into the community on bail pending his appeal. He is now living just 600 metres from a school. The community is shocked that Canada's justice system is so soft on crime. Parents are deeply worried, and the victim's family feels betrayed. Will the ministe…
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Madam Speaker, this is so rich coming from the party of the Maserati Marxist. Has the member seen his leader and what he trucks around in, his fancy watches and his high-flying lifestyle? Talk about champagne socialists, and he is just hanging on so he can get that pension. As he does that, he is putting the hopes and dreams of Canadians on the back burner. That is how much the NDP cares about wor…
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Madam Speaker, I think there has been a change of heart; certainly, we see this in the public accounts committee. We were formerly working with the NDP member, but he was swapped out for whatever reason. We now have a member who has not only belittled our work but actually belittled the work of his own colleagues as well, saying that he is not going to be held accountable for the decisions the pre…
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Madam Speaker, I would assume it was not very much, because the NDP-Liberals cannot even say, but all donations are publicly recorded. I will answer the earlier question the member asked on a point of order. Sadly, since his removal from the public accounts committee, the current member has flipped and is now working with the Liberals to shut down the committee's work. He is supporting a closure m…
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Madam Speaker, this problem has to do with the federal program that we examined but also other programs throughout the federal government. In my opinion, this problem exists across the federal government. That is why we need a change in government as soon as possible.
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Madam Speaker, again, not very much; the information is publicly available. If it was such a huge amount, the member would say so, but he has not. That is because it is a small number compared to the amount of money the government has fleeced from taxpayers. I appreciate the member's political deflection, and I am sorry his party no longer stands with others at public accounts to get to the bottom…
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Madam Speaker, I do not have enough time to go through all the times. I will say that we had a meeting yesterday on the Auditor General's latest reports about the $3.5 billion that the government wrongly paid out to recipients of the CEBA program and another $8.5 billion in outstanding loans. The Liberals and NDP shut down that meeting and then moved a motion to try to shut down not only that stud…
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Madam Speaker, six months ago, the House of Commons ordered the production of all documents from the federal government related to the corruption and cronyism uncovered in the Sustainable Development Technology Canada program, a.k.a. the Liberals' green slush fund. At least $400 million was improperly paid, and police are investigating. Conflicts of interest and even laws were ignored or violated …
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Madam Speaker, again, I appreciate the effort of my hon. colleague, who is conflating leadership donations to a failed candidate with the party. Again, he has the number, but it is small compared to the half a billion dollars that flew out the door with the Liberals. The NDP is now trying to cover this up to keep the government in power, so the NDP leader can secure his pension sometime next year.
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Madam Speaker, I look forward to the question from the now former member of the public accounts committee, where things have changed since his departure. The Liberal and NDP members at public accounts have introduced a closure motion to cut off debate. This is despite the fact that, in recent weeks, we learned even more about the enrichment of personal financial interests by Liberal-appointed offi…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague had withdrawn the comment. I do not think it is correct for a member to keep raising it once the member has done the honourable thing. I would ask the member to both withdraw what he said and apologize, as this member did.
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With regard to on-the-water and dockside enforcement patrols carried out by Fisheries and Oceans Canada enforcement officers in lobster fishing areas 38, 37 and 36 from July 1, 2024, to September 20, 2024: what are the details of each patrol, including the (i) date it occurred, (ii) number of enforcement officers present, (iii) duration, (iv) lobster fishing areas covered, (v) number of tickets wi…
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With regard to the Small Craft Harbours (SCH) program, broken down by year for each year from the 2019-20 fiscal year through the 2024-25 fiscal year: (a) what are the details of all project expenditures made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) under the SCH program, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) location, (iv) project description or summary, (v) constituency, (…
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Madam Speaker, that is a good question. When we formed the government, there were some questions, but our government worked with Parliament to produce the documents. I am talking about the documents concerning Afghanistan that caused a kerfuffle. In the end, we found a way to allow the opposition parties to have access to those documents. This government is not prepared to do the same now and that…
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