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With regard to the Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 (the “Action Committee”) co-chaired by Chief Justice Richard Wagner and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General David Lametti: (a) who were the originators of the idea for the Action Committee; (b) what were the terms of reference and mandate of this Action Committee; (c) given the Action Committee’s membership…
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Madam Speaker, Conservatives would want to see the Liberals absolutely do more and have shovel-ready projects. It is really unfortunate that we had a promise that there would be an elimination of these interprovincial trade barriers by Canada Day, yet here we are still debating this issue. We would like to see this done at a much faster pace, and we would like to see greater steps. Yes, we need to…
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Madam Speaker, I encourage the Liberals to continue stealing our great Conservative ideas. What is contained in this bill is just baby steps. It shows some initiative, but there is so much more that needs to be done in order to truly break down interprovincial trade barriers. Conservatives encourage the Liberals to take those further steps so that we can get on board.
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Madam Speaker, as this is my first opportunity to speak and to rise on a bill before the House in the 45th Parliament, I would like to take the opportunity to express my deepest appreciation for the people of Haldimand—Norfolk for putting their trust in me as their representative for a second term. I am truly inspired by the people of Haldimand—Norfolk, and I am truly honoured to be their voice in…
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Madam Speaker, when we look at both of the statements that were made, they were highly contradictory. Out west, it was, “Yes, we are going to build pipelines. We are going to develop. We are going to have shovel-ready projects.” Then when the Liberals went to Quebec, it was, “No, there will be a veto. If you don't want something coming through this province, you can veto it.” There was a double st…
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Madam Speaker, I congratulate my hon. friend on her success and victory here also. The fundamental issue is that these are Conservative ideas. We are not opposed to building one economy and ensuring that interprovincial trade barriers are broken down. That is what we have been advocating for. That is why we have advocated for resource—
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Mr. Speaker, we also extend condolences to the families. The Liberals should not be dodging accountability. They want to hide their scandals from Canadians, but the Auditor General report is very clear. The Liberal government ignored the rules and allowed insiders to profit to the tune of $64 million. The Liberals have shown a complete disdain for hard-working Canadians by promoting the very same …
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Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary alluded to the fact that Mr. Firth, in 2010, was also given contracts under Harper. In fact, my understanding is that GC Strategies was incorporated in 2015. The issue at hand could not pertain to any contracts that were awarded in 2010. I would like my friend to clarify that point of fact.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a new Parliament, but we are dealing with the same old Liberal scandals. The Auditor General has released a report against the Liberal government on the multi-million dollar ArriveCAN debacle. The Liberals gave $64 million to GC Strategies, a two-person IT firm that did no actual work and is currently under RCMP investigation. Today, this House is considering our Conservative mo…
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Mr. Chair, can the minister tell Canadians how many new roads need to be built in order to accommodate the 500,000 new homes in the government's plan?
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Mr. Chair, in the main estimates, the government has allocated $9 billion for infrastructure. How much of this is allocated for new roads?
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Mr. Chair, did the government meet its goal of building 1,370 homes today, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, has the government met its goal of building any of the 1,370 homes in any day the minister has been in charge of housing, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, to be on target, the government would have to have funded the building of 39,730 homes within the last 29 days. Has it met its target, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, the Liberal government plans to build 500,000 new homes. To meet that plan, the government would have to build 1,370 homes every single day. Did the government build 1,370 homes today?
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Mr. Chair, do young people deserve the right to own a conventional home like their parents did, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, did the Liberal government allocate more than $26 billion to prefab container homes through the new Crown corporation, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, how many homes have the Liberals built in the last 29 days, since the minister has been in charge of housing?
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Mr. Chair, does “build Canada homes” include the government's developing and owning homes for Canadians, yes or no?
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The minister voted against all of that. Mr. Speaker, I ask you, would you sign a cheque for $486 billion without knowing where the money was going? That is exactly what the government is asking taxpayers to do: sign a blank cheque for half a trillion dollars that will inevitably lead to inflation. Conservatives and Parliament have voted for the Liberals to produce a budget this spring. When will t…
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Mr. Speaker, the people in my riding will benefit when taxes go down. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has confirmed that the government's wasteful spending is costing Canadians $70 billion in interest payments just on the debt. That is more than it is spending on health care. The Liberals are back to their old ways of breaking promises. They broke their promise to cap spending at 2% and increased…
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Mr. Speaker, a serious issue is the will of Canadians to live in peace, which they once did. Now they live in fear because of Liberal soft-on-crime policies. Liberal policies like Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 put repeat violent offenders back on the streets, contributing to the suffering of communities across Canada. Premiers, police, legal experts and civil liberties advocates all demand change. I ask …
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Mr. Speaker, Liberal policies like Bill C-5 have led to a crime wave across Canada. Violent crime is up 50%, and gun violence is up 116%. Just yesterday, a drive-by shooting shook our small rural community of Cayuga. This crime wave is no accident. It is a direct result of Liberal policies like Bill C-5, which has ended mandatory jail time for serious gun offences and drug crimes. Will the Prime M…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has lost control of spending in his cabinet. The Liberals are about to smash through a $40-billion deficit guardrail. The media is reporting that the Prime Minister is forcing inflationary spending on Canada's first female finance minister by forcing her to break through the $40-billion deficit guardrail and pushing our country over a fiscal cliff. Everybody knows t…
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Mr. Speaker, feminism will always be great when there is no tokenism. The hypocrisy of the Prime Minister knows no bounds. He lectures everyone else about progress, saying that women's rights and women's progress are under attack. My question for the Prime Minister is this: Will he park his hypocrisy and stop attacking the rights of women in his own caucus? Is the fake feminist Prime Minister goin…
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Mr. Speaker, feminism will always be great when there is no tokenism. The hypocrisy of the Prime Minister knows no bounds. He lectures everybody else about progress, saying that women's rights and women's progress are—
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Mr. Speaker, there is only one person keeping the Liberal government in power, and that is the NDP leader. He has repeatedly chosen to prop up the Liberals, aid their corruption and facilitate the economic misery of Canadians caused by nine years of the Liberal Prime Minister. The NDP leader broke his promise to vote non-confidence in the Liberal government. In his own words, “the Liberals are too…
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Mr. Speaker, once again the NDP-Liberals are politicizing environmental protection. Instead of focusing on real, tangible results, they are pushing another ideological campaign that will further impoverish Canadians. At a time when two million Canadians are going to the food bank every single month, the Liberals are planning to quadruple the carbon tax. Their so-called green energy regulations wil…
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Mr. Speaker, a new study from the Fraser Institute shows that violent crime and property crime rates in Canada are exceeding those in the United States. In 2014, before the Prime Minister took office, crime rates were at their lowest. Now, violent crime is up 43.8%, which is 14% higher than in the United States. Similarly, our property crime rates are 27.5% higher than in the United States. When w…
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Mr. Speaker, that answer would suggest that the statistics are all in our heads. However, the data clearly reveals that Canada has become a much more dangerous place under the Prime Minister. Since 2015, violent crime is up 50% and gun crime is up 116%. Since that has happened, we have seen no urgency from the Prime Minister. Where is there urgency? When will the Prime Minister admit that his dang…
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Madam Speaker, on October 31, 2024, Haldimand County lost one of its most dedicated and longest-serving community leaders, Marie Trainer. Marie was someone who exemplified service. Even after holding the highest level of municipal office, serving as mayor after winning three mayoral elections, she came out of retirement and ran as a councillor, representing her hometown of Hagersville. That was wh…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost or the corruption. Do members remember the ArriveCAN scandal, an app that should have cost $80,000 that ended up costing the taxpayers $50 million? It gets worse than that. Now there are three more cases being referred to the RCMP for fraudulent billing practices. When will the government admit that it has allowed millions of…
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With regard to the CRA’s audit and subsequent revocation of the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF): (a) since 2015, how many meetings with external stakeholders, either virtual or in-person, did the CRA have regarding the JNF’s charitable status; (b) how many meetings did the CRA officials have, either virtual or in-person, with JNF officials since 2015; (c) what are the details o…
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With regard to the government’s relationship with the Canadian Climate Institute: (a) what role did the government have in the creation and beginnings of the institute; (b) how much funds to date has the government provided to the institute; (c) what are the details of the government’s contribution agreement with the institute, including (i) its duration, (ii) the funding provided each year, (iii)…
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With regard to the administration of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada: (a) what is the current national standardized protocol for administering MAID; (b) if the answer to (a) is that there is no standardized protocol, why not; (c) how is the government evaluating the MAID protocols with regard to (i) their effectiveness, especially with regard to minimizing pain, (ii) procedure complic…
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With regard to the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the One Health approach: (a) has the government undertaken a formal and public review of Canada’s whole-of-government pandemic response to learn from the past and inform future national pandemic planning; (b) if the answer to (a) is negative, what are the reasons; (c) if the answer to (a) is negative, when will the government co…
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Mr. Speaker, today I rise to present a petition signed by Canadians across this country, as well as residents of Haldimand—Norfolk. These petitioners believe the government should recognize that Canadians can and do suffer from political discrimination, and that Canadians should be rightfully protected from such discrimination, in recognition of their rights to be politically active and vocal. The…
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Madam Speaker, it is a very simple issue of having the Liberals comply with the House's order to turn over the documents to the RCMP. That is what we are here to debate today. It is an issue that is very important to Canadians. When there is continuous mismanagement of taxpayers' dollars and when millions and sometimes billions of dollars are siphoned off to agencies, organizations and companies i…
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Madam Speaker, many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet at this time, and when we see this Liberal government giving cushy, multi-million dollar contracts to their friends, Canadians feel cheated. Imagine being a taxpayer who is struggling to pay the rent or to buy food, and then to hear that billions of their tax dollars were being wasted by government. Food will cost families $700 more th…
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Mr. Speaker, it is very important, when dealing with such an important issue and when Canadians are watching, that we do not engage in misinformation and that we present Canadians with the totality of the information. I want to note that SDTC was an organization that actually functioned quite well until 2017. It did good work, but then the Liberal appointment of board members changed the way the e…
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Mr. Speaker, sometimes I feel sorry for the people at home who watch what happens in the House. What we are seeing is the art of deception by misdirection. That is what the Liberals practise. They change the narrative in order to deflect from what is really happening. What is really happening here is that the Conservatives are seeking to have documents turned over. It is a simple issue, yet there …
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Madam Speaker, the funds that were misappropriated and sent to companies in which board members had an interest is at issue today. We know that environmental protection is something every member of the House agrees on, but the Auditor General found that many of the projects did not even have an environmental component. Many of the projects did not fund what they said they were going to fund. There…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have always had an environmental plan, and we do not morph it into a scheme for generating tax revenue. We have always done that. We did it under Stephen Harper and did a very good job of protecting the environment. We will continue to do so. In order to move forward, we are simply asking for the production of the documents.
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Madam Speaker, in reviewing the history, Sustainable Development Technology Canada was a one billion dollar fund that was supported by multiple governments and ran smoothly, in fact, without incident until 2017. It was designed with the noble cause of helping green technology start-ups get off the ground, with some government support in order to accelerate action on climate and the environment. Th…
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Mr. Speaker, what is shameful is the cover-up. The Liberal government is still in contempt of Parliament by refusing to turn over the documents that could certainly reveal the depths of its corruption with the green slush fund. It has now paralyzed Parliament to hide its scandal. Meanwhile, Canadians are suffering through the unprecedented food, crime and housing crises that it created. Will the g…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and now time is up. At a time when Canadians are skipping meals and many are living paycheque to paycheque, the Liberals have siphoned $400 million of taxpayer money to contracts for their friends at the green slush fund. The Liberal-appointed board has racked up at least 186 conflicts of interest. When will…
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Mr. Speaker, the truth is that it is the Liberal government that is obstructing justice and holding Parliament in contempt by refusing to hand over documents to the RCMP. Now we know why. The Auditor General has found that the Liberal-appointed board members gave nearly $400 million to their own companies. This is happening at a time when Canadians can barely afford food to eat, and when poverty d…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and, now, time is up. You ruled that the government violated the House order to turn over evidence to the RCMP related to the $400-million green slush fund scandal, yet the Liberal government continues to obstruct justice by refusing to turn over the documents. When will the government end this cover-up and …
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, taxes are up. Costs are up. Crime is up. Now time is up. The self-proclaimed feminist Prime Minister has repeatedly shoved aside strong women who have stood up to him. Now the Prime Minister is replacing the first-ever female finance minister with an unelected Mark “carbon tax” Carney. Why is the finance minister allowing herself to be p…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are not even allowing the finance minister to answer her own questions, because they all know that the carbon tax is a failure. Canadians are suffering. There are over 1,800 homeless encampments in Ontario alone. Twenty-six per cent of Canadians are saying that they are considering leaving the country because it is too expensive. A single mother in Kingston reported payin…
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