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Mr. Speaker, my colleague and I share one thing in common, I think. We have a Prime Minister who has been the prime minister for less than a year and has made a very substantial commitment to Canadians to bring forward a crime package. The bills that my colleague referenced deal, in good part, with that package. Every day we seem to hear the Conservatives filibustering, coming up with all sorts of…
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Mr. Speaker, understanding, appreciating and doing things for the victims of crime is one of the primary motivators, whether it is for the Prime Minister or for every Liberal member of Parliament in the House, to bring forward to the House a whole slate of crime bills. Using the example of extortion alone, extortion would in fact be better dealt with by passing Bill C-2 and Bill C-14. Those are la…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I suspect if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to call it 5:30 p.m., so we could begin private members' hour.
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that we will be carrying it on division.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table yet another petition in regard to many of the constituents I represent and beyond, in particular in the city of Winnipeg. They have been advocating for the need to see more direct flights from the city of Winnipeg going into India or at the very least Europe. This is because of the growing size of the community and the demand to be able to travel to countries lik…
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand at this time, please.
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Mr. Speaker, if we look at what indigenous communities themselves would like, we see that the support of having an independent officer of the House of Commons seems to be a very strong step forward with respect to both reconciliation and a higher sense of accountability and transparency. Why does the Conservative Party not support the independence of that agent's answering to Parliament?
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Mr. Speaker, I find it somewhat unfortunate that Conservatives do not understand or appreciate the importance of having an agent of Parliament being assigned in this area. I think it would do wonders in terms of everything from the modern-day treaties to the whole movement towards reconciliation. I think they are underestimating the importance of reconciliation by not necessarily supporting Bill C…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I suspect if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to call it 6:41 p.m. so we could get into the late show.
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Madam Speaker, I have had the opportunity, for over 20 years, of being in opposition, and I have been on the government benches. I understand and appreciate what the member is suggesting. The only way I could see something of this nature working is if we had written questions. Some parliaments have done that. We would have to provide the written questions in advance. The government would then resp…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to pick up on the member's thoughts on question period, 35 seconds versus a longer period of time. In the Manitoba legislature, we adopted what Ottawa had here, the 35 seconds. It enabled more participation and, at the same time, the questions. One just needs to look at the Manitoba record to see that people would litter a premier or a leader of the official opposition.…
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Madam Speaker, I wonder if the member could provide her thoughts on concurrence reports. When we have an emergency debate, when the Speaker approves it, it comes after Government Orders, which has proven to be fairly successful. The member made reference to opposition days not falling on shorter sitting days but on longer sitting days, and we always have concurrence reports on those days, which li…
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Madam Speaker, the Conservatives just do not get it. We are positioning Canada to be a global leader. It is important that the Conservative Party members recognize the need for Canada to act. One of the ways they can do that is to stop the filibustering on our budget implementation bill. If they want to deliver something for Canadians today, the best thing they can do is stand in their place—
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Madam Speaker, let me give a clear message: If Conservatives want to help Canadians, it is time to stop filibustering and to allow the budget—
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Madam Speaker, the Conservatives need a reality check. We have had over 100,000 new jobs since the new Prime Minister was elected last year. We are focused on building Canada strong with an economy that will improve the conditions in all regions of the country. That means looking at major projects and looking at investments. We have a Prime Minister who is aggressively looking at exploring additio…
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Madam Speaker, I agree with the member opposite. We have had enough of the rhetoric. The Conservative Party's interest, generally, is in the Conservative Party. It is time that it starts thinking about Canadians. When we talk about investments, members can think about the first five major projects, which is over $60 billion of investment. Every region of the nation is going to benefit because we h…
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Madam Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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[For text of questions and responses, see Written Questions website]
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's recommendation to reverse the time for speech versus the question. I do think that would promote and encourage more cross debate, which would be a healthy thing. I hope that PROC, when it does its review, gives it serious consideration. Where I disagree with the member is on the voting app. As the member knows, some are around the chamber a lot. I see the vot…
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Madam Speaker, my question is more so in regard to getting the member's thoughts on the issue of concurrence motions. Today, we have a system where there is a limited amount of time to allow for debate to occur. I understand the arguments for concurrence motions, and I do not necessarily want to take away the need to have concurrence motions. However, I would like to hear his comments on the merit…
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Madam Speaker, I love the question. Quite frankly, I have had the opportunity to have significant rule changes when I was in the Manitoba legislature. The way that ultimately happened was that all the decisions were made among a core group of individuals who wanted to see substantive changes. I sat on the PROC committee. PROC tends to want to deal with the low-hanging fruit, anything that becomes …
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Madam Speaker, I approach this debate from the perspective of having been on government benches, on the official opposition benches, on third party benches and also an independent, one of two individuals, when we combine both my provincial and federal experiences. As a parliamentarian, I do believe there are some rules that would improve our system. I would like to go back to Peter Van Loan. Peter…
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Madam Speaker, I will go further than that. I would say that they are of great value to all of us. That is why I believe they been used as a tool for alternative measures rather than actually talking about the report itself in a substantive way. The way to avoid that would be to have it much like we have emergency debates. If the Speaker says that there will be an emergency debate, it does not tak…
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Madam Speaker, I had the challenge of being a non-recognized member when I was one of two members inside a legislature, which forced me to hang around the provincial legislature all the time in order to make sure that, as a party, we were able to get our message across. I look forward to having ongoing discussions on these very important issues in the future.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand, please.
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I suspect if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to call it 5:30 p.m., so we could begin private members' hour.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask that all notices of motions for the production of papers also be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand at this time, please.
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Madam Speaker, just to pick up on the last point the member put on the record, in terms of a delay, I remember, back in December and November, literally pleading with the Conservative Party to allow the passage of Bill C-14. Bill C-14 goes even further—
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Madam Speaker, it does. It goes further than Bill S-233. I suggest to members that, collectively, the House would have helped all Canadians, because it was part of the bail reform legislation. All of Canada could have benefited by the passage of that legislation. I do not know how many times I stood in my place and challenged the Conservatives to allow that legislation to pass. For weeks and weeks…
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Madam Speaker, the member is right. There is so much there that is of substance. The reason it did not go through is that the leader of the Conservative Party's political agenda is more Conservative-based. I respect that the member stands and says we should not make this political. I am frustrated. I am frustrated as a member of Parliament because I saw the opportunities. Much like, as he said, he…
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Madam Speaker, no, it is not in my riding. It is just south of my riding. It is greylisting hospital facilities because they are not safe. What that does is amplify what the Secretary of State for Combatting Crime mentioned in her question. This is not just Ottawa passing laws. This is something for which the provinces need to step up, as well as municipalities, which are responsible for law enfor…
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member is not allowed to use names, including his leader's name.
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Mr. Speaker, contrary to the misinformation of the Conservatives, Canada is not broken. In looking at the food price inflation the member is talking about, has a member ever thought, “Why do we not take a look at the last five years?” If he did, he would find that, cumulatively, Canada is not the worst in the G7. Instead, after a challenging year, we have a government and a Prime Minister who have…
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Mr. Speaker, that is just it. The government, the Prime Minister and, in fact, every Liberal member of Parliament understand the sensitivity of this issue. That is why we introduced Bill C-19 yesterday, which would provide support for groceries and essentials. This is something the government has responded to in a very tangible way. We listened to the Conservative speeches yesterday. Yes, they all…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I suspect if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to call it 5:30 p.m. at this time, so we could begin private members' hour.
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Mr. Speaker, I had a wonderful discussion with Canadian dairy farmers this morning. We talked about the whole supply management issue. Supply management is a wonderful way for Canadians to appreciate the whole issue of food security and food sovereignty. This is one of the reasons we have the Prime Minister and other members of the Liberal caucus speaking very positively on the whole issue of supp…
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Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That, in relation to its study on trade diversification, six members of the Standing Committee on International Trade be authorized to travel to Brasilia, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the winter/spring of 2026, during an adjournment period, …
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Mr. Speaker, I have a flash warning: Conservative ideas just do not work. Quite frankly, I remember how many hundreds of speeches I heard from the Conservatives 14 months ago in which they said that if we get rid of the carbon tax, there will not be any inflation. People can look it up. There are dozens if not hundreds of speeches like that. We have a new Prime Minister and a new government, and w…
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Mr. Speaker, it should be pointed out that Stephen Harper and the member's leader built zero inches of pipeline to the west coast. The member wants to talk about facts, and he makes reference to the G7. In the last five years, adding total food inflation, Canada is not the worst. In fact, we might be third or maybe fourth. I am not 100% sure of that, but at the end of the day, this illustrates tha…
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Mr. Speaker, I find that Conservative ideas really do not work. Members can think about it. The Conservatives said we should get rid of the carbon tax. Do members remember the hundreds of speeches they gave on that? That was supposed to get rid of inflation, period. The new Prime Minister of Canada actually made the decision to get rid of the carbon tax so that we could increase the disposable inc…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have come up with this imaginary food tax. If we were to carry their logic through on this one, it would mean we would take away the taxes on the income of a farmer, a truck driver or a store clerk because they also add to the food costs, no doubt. At the end of the day, it is all imaginary with the Conservatives. They have clearly demonstrated that their ideas just …
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Mr. Speaker, it is interesting. Conservative after Conservative is happy to jump up and say that this year, we have the worst food inflation in the G7. However, if we look at the last five years, we will find that this is not the case, that Canada does relatively well. When we did get a high year compared with other G7 countries, we are in the process of passing Bill C-19, the grocery benefit, doi…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member for Foothills posed a question. Then the government whip responded to it. While the government whip was responding, the member for Foothills heckled inappropriate language that not only I heard but also a number of my colleagues heard. We would ask that he withdraw the comments.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order, because I think it is appropriate. I made an accusation of the member for Foothills, and I would like to apologize. It was not he who made the unparliamentary remarks; it was in fact the member for Miramichi—Grand Lake. I would ask for him to take the opportunity to apologize for using the unparliamentary language.
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Madam Speaker, I wonder if the member can explain to me how, using his logic, there were years, 2022 and 2023, when Canada's food inflation was less than the United States' food inflation, and we had the carbon tax in place at that point. I am thinking in terms of the comments that you made, implying it is the industrial carbon tax that has caused our food inflation to be higher than that of the U…
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Madam Speaker, the member was a big part of the speeches delivered by the Conservative Party 18 months ago, when we were hearing the Conservatives say on a daily basis that if we got rid of the carbon tax, inflation would be gone. It was going to resolve all the problems dealing with inflation. The government was being told to get rid of the carbon tax. Canada's new Prime Minister made a commitmen…
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Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time. First, I must respond to the comment from my colleague across the way about my friend and colleague from northern Saskatchewan, who has actually done more in the last 10 months than the 13 members of Parliament who sit representing Saskatchewan in the Conservative Party have in the last decade. Quite frankly, it is truly amazing. Maybe that is a good area …
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Madam Speaker, the leader of the Conservative Party said that he was going to fire the Governor of the Bank of Canada. What a dud of an idea that turned out to be, when in fact the governor has done a phenomenal job protecting the Canadian economy, looking at where our overall inflation rate has been and making sure the interest rate matches. The economy in Canada, compared to that of other G20 na…
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