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Mr. Speaker, my colleague from the Bloc asked a couple of things: one about climate, and one about plastics and pollution. Of all our plastics, 99% end up safely in landfills. A very negligible amount ends up as litter, so that is something of a non-starter. Climate change is a global issue. The Bloc, the Liberals and the NDP would have us believe that climate stops at our border and that putting …
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite has a rare talent for speaking at length without disturbing the facts. Imagine what our food inflation would be right now with the carbon tax added in. It is Liberal policies that are driving up the food costs. The U.S., Japan and all the other members of the G7 are facing the same issues we are around climate change and everything else, yet somehow only the countr…
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Mr. Speaker, of course, the member for Winnipeg North never lets the facts interfere with his opinion, and we hear that once again. He talks about how Canadians have never had it so good. I listen to him say we are third-, fourth- or fifth-worst. Canadians have never had it so good, according to the member, but the reality and the facts are that Canadians are suffering. The member talked about pip…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague from OGGO, the member for Windsor West. Canadians are once again finding themselves in a Liberal-caused food inflation crisis. We have the highest food inflation rate in the G7. The government repeatedly promised and continues to promise that it will have the fastest-growing economy in the G7. Unfortunately, what it has delivered to Canadian…
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Madam Speaker, at the very end, my colleague talked about how Bill C-4 would give new hope to the middle class and how they are going to be able to afford things. The Parliamentary Budget Officer says this Liberal tax cut, which is going to give so much new hope, for a single senior living by themselves, would be 13¢ a day in a tax reduction. A single parent would get 38¢ a day under this new tax …
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for the incorrect history lesson he provided. Everyone knows that the debt inherited by the Mulroney government was left by a Trudeau. Where have we heard that before? Oh, we have heard it here, repeatedly. The PC party actually ran an operational surplus, but they were are saddled with massive debt from the previous government. Getting back to his…
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Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today. Before I start, I will mention that I will be sharing my very valued time with my colleague from Brandon—Souris. I am rising today to talk about Bill C-4 and its various issues. I will start with the tax cut first. I am a big fan of Milton Friedman, who is famous for the line, “I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances...for any reason, …
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Madam Speaker, my colleague from Mirabel brought up an excellent point about the Prime Minister's temperament and true plans. At the finance committee, the member for Mirabel led a change to this law and the GST credit to allow some flexibility for those who took the Prime Minister at his word when he made the announcement. That passed through the finance committee. The Liberal government, led by …
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder if my colleague could comment on the hypocrisy of the Liberals. For a decade, they said that, if we did not believe in the carbon tax, the world would burn, and that if we were against the inflationary carbon tax, flooding and catastrophes would happen. Then they turned around and withdrew the carbon tax, saying that it was too inflationary.
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Mr. Speaker, apparently nobody in the government bothered to read the Stellantis contract to see if Canadian jobs would be protected before giving Stellantis billions of dollars in taxpayers' money. The Minister of Industry did not read it. The deputy minister of industry and the former deputy minister of industry did not read it. Finance Canada lawyers did not read it. They all pointed their fing…
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Madam Speaker, that was a great question. The public accounts, volume 1, show that the government has a mandated law to increase health care transfers. It was about 4.5%, while the increase in interest payments was 11%. That just shows how broken the government is, as it prioritizes payments to Bay Street corporations over payments to our provinces for health care needs.
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the government spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians in higher taxes and higher inflation. The Prime Minister is giving billions of dollars to Liberal-connected insiders and consultants, yet at the same time, he is telling young Canadians they have to sacrifice more. He has promised to cap spending at a 2% increase, but he is actually growing it by 8%. Who is payin…
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talked about the fact that the government has not even looked at, or cannot quantify, what the costs are going to be. I have had the pleasure of serving on the operations committee for close to 10 years. My colleague attended as well for a short period. At one time, we had a visiting delegation from Vietnam, from their version of the operations committee. We were looki…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Cambridge for a very well-thought-out speech today. We have seen repeatedly over the years that the Liberals have debased and destroyed the Canadian consensus on the success of immigration and its value to this country. I would like to ask my colleague to opine on whether she believes devaluing citizenship, as the Liberals are doing in Bill C-3,…
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Mr. Speaker, one issue we have with Bill C-3 is that the government has no idea how many people would actually be affected by it. How many people would receive citizenship immediately or would be affected down the road and thus be a cost to Canadians, both in our health care and in other benefits? I wonder if my colleague could tell me what he thinks of the seriousness of the government, which is …
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Mr. Speaker, through the years, the Liberals have debased our immigration system and our citizenship, whether by flooding the country with foreign students or by being lax on criminals' being allowed in the country. I wonder what the member thinks of the Liberals' stance on Bill C-3 and whether it would devalue the overall value of being a Canadian.
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise on Bill C-12, the ugly stepchild of the failed Liberal omnibus bill, Bill C-2. This is, of course, about border security. I am looking through the departmental plan, which was actually signed by the Minister of Public Safety, that covers the CBSA. It talks about human trafficking, and that is what I will be mostly talking about today. Combatting human traffickin…
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Madam Speaker, first of all, I am disappointed in my colleague across the way. I realize we joust back and forth, often good-naturedly, but this is a serious issue. Human trafficking is happening on government-funded projects. I want a commitment from the government that if Conservatives bring it up again in the operations committee, to put an end to it, his colleagues will not shut down that stud…
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Madam Speaker, the reason we are at this point is that Conservatives presented this in committee and the Liberals voted it down. I do not know why they are taking the side of corrupt corporations and human traffickers instead of the side of victims and of workers in Canada.
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Madam Speaker, I think we should be thankful that there are no Liberal MPs giving speeches. I do not want to hear the member for Winnipeg North any more than this member does. It is an ongoing issue in the House. The government says it is urgent that we pass the legislation. Yes, it says, it has done nothing for 10 years, but, damn it, this had better get done today. This is just another example t…
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Madam Speaker, I will not thank the member for that question, because it is ridiculous. This is a government whose former prime minister called every single member of the RCMP racist by calling the RCMP systemically racist. I wonder if the member would like to ask that same question of his colleague from Victoria, who stated that we should defund the police in June 2020 or the member for London We…
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, widely known as the mighty OGGO, entitled “Purchase and Sale of the Official Residence for the Consul General of Canada in New York City”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response t…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to let my colleague know that he is welcome to come back to OGGO any time. We miss him. He mentioned the issue around Canada Post. I am wondering whether he can tell us if his government has consulted with Canada Post about its role. I have spoken to people at Canada Post, and they have told me that, no, they will not participate in any of these actions and that in fact t…
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Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot about the scourge of fentanyl and what it is doing to Canadians. More Canadians have been killed over the last 10 years, since the Liberals took over, than died in the Second World War. I wonder if my colleague could opine on what he thinks the reason is that the government has waited so long to bring in some of these reforms. Fentanyl has been killing Canadians fo…
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Mr. Speaker, can my colleague give his opinion on the government's inability to commit to banning consumption sites near schools and playgrounds?
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General has dropped another bombshell, and it landed right on the steps of the Canada Revenue Agency. The AG reported that the CRA answered just 33% of the 32 million calls it got last year. That 33% is not a service level; it is a batting average. Perhaps the Blue Jays should hire the CRA. When a call was answered, 83% of the responses given by the CRA were incorrect, whi…
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps the member has not been listening. We have been very clear. We can grow the economy by cutting red tape, cutting job-killing regulations that reduce investment, cutting taxes so we are competitive with international competitors, and having a business environment where people will invest and create jobs in this country. We could get rid of Bill C-48, the job-killing, pipeline-k…
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Mr. Speaker, our energy industry is waiting to be unleashed. The International Energy Agency says that we are not going to see oil peak until 2050, unlike the former Liberal minister of resources, who said it was going to peak last year. We are going to see decades more growth and demand for oil. Canada can be the country that delivers that oil in an environmental and ethical way, instead of givin…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the hon. member for Huron—Bruce. I am pleased to rise today on our opposition day motion that “the House call on the Liberal government to stop plagiarizing...Trudeau's failed policies and recognize that deficits drive investment and jobs down and the cost of living up.” I will start with a quote from Mr. Milton Friedman, who said, “Keep yo…
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to remind the member opposite that if the Liberals had not cratered our economy, they would not have to be providing so much in welfare-type services to Canadians. The reality is that there can be good spending if it is for actual investments that produce productivity, goes toward reducing regulations or perhaps goes toward repealing Bill C-69, Bill C-48 and…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the incredible work of FireFighter Aid Ukraine, an organization that embodies Edmonton's compassion and spirit. Started after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, the FFAU has been a lifeline to the brave first responders in Ukraine. It has collected firefighter gear, life rescue equipment and vital medical supplies from Canadian and U.S. first responders and vendo…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has broken his promise to Canadians. He promised the strongest economy in the G7 but instead delivered the fastest-shrinking economy and the second-highest unemployment rate. Eighty-six thousand more Canadians have lost their jobs, and a staggering $52 billion of net investment has fled the country. What is the Prime Minister's solution? It is to send a further tril…
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Mr. Speaker, they have had 10 years to deliver all that, and the Liberals have delivered nothing. The Prime Minister has promised fiscal discipline but instead is playing fiscal shell games to hide his failures. He has broken his promise to deliver a declining debt-to-GDP ratio and has abandoned fiscal guardrails. The accounting sleight of hand the Liberals are offering cannot hide the truth: a de…
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Madam Speaker, I have to express the same concerns that my colleague has about the government with the Christian faith. We have seen innumerable churches being attacked, vandalized and burned down. Just recently, there was a historic one in Alberta. When this came up previously, former prime minister Trudeau said it was fully understandable that people were burning down churches. Does my colleague…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, earlier today we heard the member for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas issue personal attacks on the Leader of the Opposition using unparliamentary language when he stated that the Conservative leader was personally associated with a white nationalist group. I would ask that you, Mr. Speaker, rule such wording unparliamentary and ask the member to apologize and withd…
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Madam Speaker, I was here for the first part of the member for Winnipeg North's speech last week, and unfortunately, I was around for the end of it. I have a simple question: Does the member take any responsibility for his party's action that has seen a massive rise in anti-Semitism in the country? There are attacks on churches and attacks on religions. Does he bear any responsibility, or does he …
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Haldimand—Norfolk for her impassioned and informed speech. Like a lot of people in the House, I spend a lot of time visiting places of faith. The only one in all of Edmonton, including Christian, Hindu, Sikh or Muslim, that actually has to have a police car out front at all times is our local synagogue. That is a reflection of the rise in crime …
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal Prime Minister spends comes straight out of the pockets of Canadians. The Parliamentary Budget Officer said the deficit this year is going to be at least $26 billion higher than what was projected just six months ago. These money-printing deficits drive up the cost of everything we buy. That is the inflation tax. Nowhere is this more evident than at the grocer…
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Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer's fiscal update today is truly a horror story. It shows that in five years, we will be paying over $80 billion for interest on the Liberal debt. This is far more than we are actually paying for health care transfers in the country. I wonder if my colleague could opine on his beliefs about the government's spending more money on interest than helping ou…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague brought up the issue of churches being burnt down. We have seen a massive increase in hate attacks across the country since this government took power 10 long years ago. I wonder if my colleague could comment on why it has taken the government so long to act and also on the previous prime minister's comment about burning churches down being fully understandable.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the great concerns we have seen across the country is, as he has noted, the massive increase in anti-Semitism. I noticed he missed the massive increase in hate attacks on Christians, but on the issue of anti-Semitism, we have seen these horrible riots and protests in the streets, with people carrying vile signage saying “from the river to the sea”. We know “from the river to th…
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that oil and gas demand is going to continue to rise for the foreseeable future. It will be sold to the world by an ethical, lower-emission country such as Canada; it will be filled in by a higher-emission oil producer from Russia, putting money toward dictators promoting war; or it will go to a country like Saudi Arabia that has higher flaring than Canada. Perhaps in 2…
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Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat pleased and somewhat not pleased to be rising today on this opposition day motion. I have to wonder this: In what world do we have a country so blessed with natural resources, but members of Parliament must stand up to advocate for actually developing and selling the resources? Only in Canada do we have that. I want to quote the dearly departed Rex Murphy. He was talking…
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Mr. Speaker, we can certainly always count on the member for Kingston and the Islands to stand up and blabber mistruths in the House. If he actually looked at it, he would see the information says that no one has anything similar to what Canada is proposing. It also says these are oil and gas-producing countries. There is not a single major oil and gas-producing country in this world that is wilfu…
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Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. The oil and gas industry is probably the largest private employer of indigenous people in Canada, the largest wealth creator for first nations. We need economic reconciliation with first nations to build up jobs and prosperity. We need economic reconciliation, not just the virtue signalling about reconciliation that the Liberals offer.
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Mr. Speaker, this tired, old Liberal government has doubled the deficit and has abandoned any fiscal anchors it once had, putting Canada's AAA credit rating at risk. The Parliamentary Budget Officer warns that rating agencies are not going to tolerate Liberal accounting tricks and that, if they even have a sniff of a change in the budget presentation, Canadians will be paying higher interest rates…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague has done fantastic work on Bill C-2. As I mentioned, and as I have said on this side, there are a lot of issues that we can support in this bill. Unfortunately, Liberals pushed it all into an omnibus bill. What they like to do is push it all together, throw in a couple of poison pills, and if someone does not like it, then obviously they are working against Canada. I do w…
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Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise on Bill C-2. I have been here almost 10 years, long enough to remember the Liberals in 2015 and their campaign promise of no more omnibus bills. Obviously, that promise, along with so many others, has been broken. This is another example of an omnibus bill, with the government trying to squish everything into one large bill and jam it through Parliament despi…
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I know; we would think that, but I actually brought receipts. Mr. Speaker, this is just in the last couple of years. The Prime Minister, eight different ministers and six different parliamentary secretaries have stood here in this House and said this is about the Harper cuts. Members can see how many pages I have. Most of it is said by the member for Winnipeg North. I am just going to read from th…
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Mr. Speaker, the emperor has no clothes, clearly. These are the government's own numbers. These are not my numbers. These are not Conservative numbers. These are the numbers of the current Liberal government. The Treasury Board posts these numbers. I would encourage the member opposite to, instead of spending all his time in this House spewing misinformation, maybe take a few minutes outside the H…
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