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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 22 petitions. These returns will be tabled in an electronic format.
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Mr. Speaker, if the government's responses to Questions Nos. 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035 and 1036 could be made orders for return, these returns would be tabled in an electronic format immediately.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask that all notices of motions for the production of papers be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising to respond to the point of order raised by the hon. member for Mirabel on May 25, 2026, on the application of Standing Order 69.1 to Bill C-31, the second budget 2025 implementation act. The member is of the view that division 17 of Bill C-31, which amends the Canada Transportation Act, should be separated out for a distinct vote at the second and third reading stages. Sta…
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Mr. Speaker, I have one other item I would like to address. I am rising to respond to the question of privilege raised by the member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères respecting Bill C-31, the budget 2025 implementation act, no. 2. The member alleges that information that was made public prior to the introduction of Bill C-31 was a breach of the privileges of members of the House. The mem…
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Madam Speaker, I am sure Canadians would find it interesting to hear the Conservatives actually make the type of statements that were just made in regard to military expenditures. The member opposite was the parliamentary secretary for defence at the time when we invested just under 1% of Canada's GDP towards defence, towards our military. We would have to go back generations to realize the type o…
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Madam Speaker, does the member, or the NDP at the federal level, and I would emphasize the federal level, see any circumstance whatsoever where the government should actually have access to a tool that would be able to respond to a national labour disruption?
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Madam Speaker, I too would like to start off, as the member opposite did, with regard to the 1919 general strike in Winnipeg. That general strike set history, not only for the union movement in the city of Winnipeg, but I would suggest for the world. In many ways, our union movement over the years is one of the reasons we have many of the social programs that we have today. The union movement over…
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, contrary to what the member opposite tries to imply, the Government of Canada understands the issue of affordability. That is why we see relief, in terms of the excise tax on gasoline. I have a question for the member opposite. Why does the Conservative Party not support the groceries and essentials program that the Government of Canada has brought forward, which is providing signific…
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Mr. Speaker, the member made reference to consultations with indigenous people toward the very tail end of his comments. In coming up with his private member's bill, has the member done any consultation with indigenous communities? Could he let us know of any indigenous communities where he has gotten support for the bill?
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Mr. Speaker, it is interesting. The Conservatives want the government to take some specific actions, yet when we take actions to support the issue of affordability, the Conservatives vote against them. Let me give a good example. I hope the member can relate to a problem that has been around for generations. When I was first elected in 1988, people were talking about children not being able to lea…
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Mr. Speaker, it has been an interesting debate thus far, so I thought I would contribute by maybe bringing a sense of reality to the situation and take more of a holistic approach to what is taking place. We all have a responsibility to stay in tune with our constituents. There is no doubt there is concern about affordability. There is concern about the economy. People are concerned about trade an…
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Mr. Speaker, some Conservatives may try to belittle it, but 22 million Canadians benefited from that action. Mr. Speaker, you know, as I know, that this is the full truth. The member opposite should know it, because we debated the issue and forced the issue through prior to summer 2025. From it, 22 million Canadians benefited. We have eliminated the GST for first-time homebuyers. This is a substan…
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Mr. Speaker, I was here when the current leader of the Conservative Party worked with Stephen Harper. They raised OAS eligibility from age 65 to 67, and they did absolutely nothing on the CPP file for over a decade. It took Liberal administrations to not only reverse the 65 to 67 but also get an increase to CPP. We have also had ongoing support in terms of increases to the GIS and the OAS for our …
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Mr. Speaker, my friend opposite has to stop drinking the right-wing Kool-Aid. I can assure people who are listening that everything I have said is factual and that I can support it. The issue with the national food program, as the member said, is that it is targeted at young children and not at every child who goes to school. I will concede that, but the Conservative Party does not even recognize …
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Mr. Speaker, like other G7 countries, in fact allied countries that the Government of Canada works with, we monitor the price of oil. It is important to recognize that it is a tangible, deliverable tax break that is being given from April 1, I believe, to Labour Day weekend because of the crisis in the Middle East. It is a responsible public policy that is there to provide support on the issue of …
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Mr. Speaker, I have had a great deal of sympathy for and have worked with seniors virtually since being elected back in 1988 for the first time in the Manitoba legislature. In fact, during the by-election back in 2010, I remember going to the German-Canadian Congress, where there were seniors telling me that they had to make a difficult decision in terms of medication versus food. It is a challeng…
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Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that under this Prime Minister, we have seen a government that has recognized the value of building a strong Canada for all Canadians, to make it stronger and healthier. That is what those policies, as they have unfolded, have directed. We understand the importance of the economy, the environment and indigenous people, bringing them all together, knowing full well that…
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Mr. Speaker, we know the number of visits from Manitoba to the United States has actually decreased. The member made reference to the people in his constituency who are travelling to the United States in order to gas up. A quick search finds that the price of gas in Minnesota is about $1.55 a litre. That is probably within two cents or three cents of what I paid over the weekend. Does the member r…
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the member could acknowledge the hypocrisy we see coming from the Conservative Party. On the one hand, Conservatives talk about the issue of affordability, yet when the government proposes initiatives like the Canada groceries and essentials benefit program, the Conservatives vote against it. When it comes to the national school food program, which, as has been pointed out…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order regarding Bill C-30, the spring economic update 2026 implementation act. I would like to notify the House of a technical issue in clause 11. That clause of Bill C-30 proposes amendments to temporarily set the federal fuel excise tax rate to zero for gasoline, unleaded aviation gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. A reference to leaded aviation gasoline was, h…
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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 the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees and Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors Annual Conference, six members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be authorized to travel to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the sum…
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Mr. Speaker, Conservative after Conservative has stood up and talked about the issue of affordability. We have brought forward affordability measures, such as the groceries and essentials benefit for Canadians, which is coming out in June. There will be substantial amounts of money for the 11 million Canadians who will benefit by it. The Prime Minister committed to and got rid of the carbon tax on…
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Mr. Speaker, I must admit I am a bit surprised by the leader of the Green Party sending possible mixed messages for the first time on the issue, so I would like to get some clarification. When she talks about Canada becoming self-sufficient in terms of oil and gas supply, I am sure she is aware that one of the issues is that Atlantic Canada imports a lot of oil because we do not have the pipeline …
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Mr. Speaker, I suspect that if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to begin private members' hour.
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Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to listen to my New Democratic friend. Often I find that the national New Democratic Party is offside with New Democratic parties that are actually in government. For example, the provincial Government of Manitoba under Wab Kinew provided a 14¢ tax break on gasoline back in 2024. The NDP in the province of Manitoba seems to be very supportive of that particular initi…
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Mr. Speaker, I think, as we wind up debate on this issue, it is important to highlight the fact that the Prime Minister was elected just over a year ago, and his first action was to take away the carbon tax. It had a wonderful and positive impact on the price of gas; I believe it was somewhere around 15¢ a litre. We can fast-forward to today, where we had, I believe effective April 1, a 10-cent re…
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Mr. Speaker, we request a recorded vote, please.
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Madam Chair, I appreciate many of the words the Minister of Finance has put on the record this evening. I want to pick up on a couple of points. As a government and as the Minister of Finance, we have seen action on two fronts. One is in terms of building Canada strong, a Canada that is there for all Canadians, and there are many examples, some of which the Minister of Finance has referenced. The …
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I have been listening intently throughout the debate on this, and I do not think the member is doing a service to health care workers by implying—
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Mr. Speaker, the member is imputing motives. That is just not true, and the member knows that. He should apologize for it.
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It is not exactly true, and he should apologize.
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Mr. Speaker, the government will want to respond to the matter at hand as well.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to make two quick points. First, when the current leader of the Conservative Party was part of the Conservative government, which was a majority government, using time allocation was very commonplace. In fact, the record number of time allocations used was when the leader of the Conservative Party was in government. The second is more of a question for the Minister of Finance. …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the issue of trade. The Conservative member made reference to ports. Within the last year, with our Prime Minister, we actually have serious investments in major projects, including in the port of Montreal. It is one of the major projects. The member also talked about something that is really important to Manitoba, and that is the port of Churchill. For the first …
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate many of the comments that my colleague put on the record. There is one thing that I think is really important for us to recognize. She made reference to building a strong, healthy economy, an economy that is there for all Canadians, and that is something we want. Earlier, there was a discussion in regard to the importance of trade. Trade is so critically important to our …
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Mr. Speaker, I am wondering if the member could provide her thoughts in regard to the issue of affordability, whether it is the tax break or the groceries and essentials benefit program that the government has. I would like her thoughts on affordability.
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Mr. Speaker, I would just indicate to you that at some point we will come back to provide a view on the issue that has been raised.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 31 petitions. These returns will be tabled in an electronic format.
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Mr. Speaker, if the government's responses to Questions Nos. 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015 and 1016 could be made orders for return, these returns would be tabled in an electronic format immediately.
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, my friend was making reference to the important issue of taxation during his speech. I would remind my friend that it has been about one year since the election, and the very first action that our Prime Minister took was to get rid of the carbon tax, which I think was very well-received by Canadians. Then a second action, taken just before summer, was a tax break for the middle class …
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Mr. Speaker, I am wondering if my colleague can provide his thoughts on the important Red Seal program we brought in. There are dozens of skilled trades with national recognition where a financial incentive is being provided for individuals, I am thinking specifically for young Canadians, to be able to enter into dozens of skilled trades. With the government providing that incentive, we are lookin…
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Mr. Speaker, I would take the member to task for his comments in regard to the degree to which this Prime Minister and this government, through their approach, are expanding Canada's economy beyond the United States. We have a Prime Minister who got commitments of billions of dollars last year. We have a Prime Minister and a government that have secured numerous signatories on trade agreements of …
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Mr. Speaker, the member talked about reality at the very beginning, and he needs a reality shake. We can look at the holistic approach of this government in the last year, with a new Prime Minister and a new government, and look at the many initiatives that are actually driving and making a positive difference. I will use one example. The member mocks the idea of a sovereignty fund. Other countrie…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's comments on the Canada Strong fund. I think it is a wonderful opportunity for Canadians to invest in Canada. To have that opportunity, I think is something that is being provided for here. The Conservatives have come out against it. We often hear Conservatives being against the Infrastructure Bank, for example. It is a bank that, along with the federal gov…
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Mr. Speaker, the member made reference to the Red Seal program. It is a program that I believe has a great deal of support. To elevate that program by saying we want more young people to enter these dozens of trades, of skilled, good quality jobs, and that we want 80,000 to 100,000 new workers over the next five years, is a very powerful statement to young people and others. Could the member expan…
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Mr. Speaker, with respect to the spring economic update, if they reflect on the 2025‑26 projected deficit, they will see that there would be a substantial $11‑billion reduction dealing with that issue alone. I understand that the Conservatives want to cut and cut. One of the things that I would ask the member opposite, the finance critic, is this. The government has made a substantial commitment t…
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