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Mr. Speaker, there is really nothing new about the Liberals. It is always the same old story. They make announcements, but nothing ever happens. Everything at the grocery store costs more. There are more expenses, more debt, more food inflation and more unemployed families, yet all the Liberals can think to do is celebrate. It is unbelievable how out of touch they are with the reality in Canada. N…
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Mr. Speaker, while the Liberals parade around and feed off delusions, Canadian families are still wondering what they are going to be able to afford this year as Easter approaches. Beef prices are up 14%. Easter ham is 10% more expensive. Fuel prices are skyrocketing. The Liberal Prime Minister is imposing a hidden tax of 7¢ a litre. It is going to increase to 17¢ a litre. He is just like Liberal …
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Mr. Speaker, after listening to the minister, it is clear that he is not proud of the Liberal's 10-year record on the economy. The Liberals like to blame everybody but themselves. That is what they do. Still, all G7 countries are facing the same challenges. Why is Canada the only one whose economy is shrinking? Canada has the worst performance in the G7. The Liberals created these problems, and th…
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Mr. Speaker, a year ago, this Liberal Prime Minister promised to reach an agreement with the Trump administration. He promised to create jobs and boost Canada's economy. Today, the cracks are showing in the Liberal veneer. More than 108,000 Canadians have lost their jobs since the start of 2026. Canada has the second-worst unemployment rate and the worst food inflation in the G7. There is still no…
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Mr. Speaker, three years ago, the current Minister of Finance made a firm and enthusiastic commitment to stabilize food prices. As it turns out, it was all a big show that did not amount to much. Today, the cost of groceries continues to rise, and the current Prime Minister said that he could be judged on grocery prices. Well, he has failed. Canada has the worst food inflation in the G7. Prices ar…
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Mr. Speaker, he says that today is a historic day for affordability. However, his GST credit is not going to lower the price of a single grocery item. That is not what making prices affordable is about. Making prices affordable is about lowering grocery prices. What they are going to do, and we agree on this point, is issue a coupon that amounts to the equivalent of $10 off a $300 family grocery b…
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Mr. Speaker, I almost agreed with my colleague, but not quite. We will not go that far, but it is clear that the grocery giants must do more to lower food inflation. It is not right that profits of this magnitude are being distributed among the grocery giants while people cannot pay their grocery bills.
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Mr. Speaker, honestly, I am not sure what that means, but that is certainly not how the Conservatives decided to support that measure. Of course, we are going to support a measure that will give Canadians a little money to deal with a decade of inflation, a decade of rising prices, the worst inflation we have ever seen, the worst inflation in the G7. Of course, Canadians will be grateful to receiv…
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Mr. Speaker, I was quoting the Leader of the Opposition who was reiterating what the Prime Minister said, and that is that a country that cannot feed itself has few options. Well, food inflation has doubled under his watch, and it is the worst in the G7. Groceries will cost the average family an almost unimaginable $17,600 this year. That is after-tax money. As a result, today's motion is absolute…
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Mr. Speaker, every week, when I go grocery shopping with my wife, people talk to me about prices. Every time, I am told that it has become so expensive to buy beef for the family that they have to choose something else. Almost every time, I see someone put something back on the shelf because they cannot afford it. We are seeing more and more acts of generosity from Canadians. Some will offer to pa…
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Mr. Speaker, if the carbon tax had not been abolished, food inflation would be even worse in this country. Indeed, there are other factors that need to be addressed. I mentioned earlier that the current Minister of Finance and National Revenue, while in another position, met with the heads of the major grocery companies. What was the result? Absolutely nothing. We need to tackle the issue of compe…
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moved: That, given that the finance minister promised in October 2023 that food prices would stabilize "soon" and that the Prime Minister stated in May 2025 that he would be judged by the prices at the grocery store, and that, (i) Canadians face the highest food inflation in the G7, (ii) food inflation is twice as high as it was when the Prime Minister took office, (iii) food inflation in Canada i…
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Mr. Speaker, allow me a little chuckle. This Minister of Finance was quoted in an article in 2023. It states, “Champagne says these 5 new measures will stabilize food prices ‘soon’.”
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has been in office for almost a year now, and despite his lofty rhetoric, fewer and fewer Quebeckers have enough money to pay rent. As a matter of fact, 20% of Quebeckers admitted having managed to pay their monthly rent on time at least once. In central Quebec, my region, it is nearly 30%. In Montreal, it is one in four renters. The Prime Minister promised to get t…
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Mr. Speaker, I was talking about the price of champagne. This minister said that prices would stabilize. Why did he fail to mention that, for him, stabilizing prices meant that they would become increasingly more expensive until they were double what they are in the United States? This is the most expensive food inflation in the G7. Why do these people never put their money where their mouth is?
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Mr. Speaker, I am thinking of the consultants, the bureaucracy, the corporate welfare. Not a single one of those members is standing up to defend the words of the Prime Minister, who told Canadians they would judge him on the cost of groceries. Those were his words. Now 36% of Quebeckers are experiencing food insecurity. The food banks in Quebec are receiving three million visits a month. The Prim…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister, sitting just a few feet away from me, has made this personal. He told Canadians that they should judge him by the price of groceries. No matter what excuses all the other Liberals come up with today, the Prime Minister was the one who set the bar on how to judge him. Not only has he failed miserably, but next year's grocery bill is going to cost the average family …
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked about courage, but I am talking about resilience. I am here, we are here, and we did not ask to be here. We are going through this like many parents are. I can say that many parents have gone through these trials since this happened to us, but they do not have the privilege that I have, as a member of Parliament, to be able to talk about it and raise awareness. I a…
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Mr. Speaker, the purpose of Bill C-231 is to enable judges to get young people into treatment, but also to remind judges and the entire justice system that treatments are available and that a young drug user is not necessarily a criminal. A young drug user may be someone suffering from an undiagnosed or undetected mental illness. Drugs become the remedy that society has failed to provide to these …
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moved that Bill C‑231, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, it is with a broken heart that I rise in the House today for the second reading of my private member's bill, the friends of David bill, to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act. I am heartbroken because, as the name suggests, I am doing this for the friends of my …
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Mr. Speaker, everything we can do as a House to improve the lives of our children, everything we can do to improve this bill and make it more effective for our children, I am open to hearing about. I cannot be alone in this fight. I need all of my colleagues to be part of this, to show young people in this country that the House cares about them.
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Madam Speaker, the holidays are just around the corner, so I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate that it is always an honour for me to rise in the House on behalf of the people of Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière, whom I am very proud of, especially after a passionate speech like the one from my colleague. It is clear that members who come from a rural area are close to the community. We …
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Mr. Speaker, I know that the member for Winnipeg North has a lot of experience, but he kind of lives in the past. He seems to have forgotten the past 10 years, when he was led by Justin Trudeau. In 2022, under that government, the inflation rate was 6.8%. If we add up all these inflation rates, we end up today with a Canada food price report that says that people will be paying $340 a week on groc…
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Mr. Speaker, as I was saying earlier, Canadians are very concerned about the cost of food. After 10 years under this Liberal government, people have seen the cost of food double. It now costs $340 per week compared to less than half that 10 years ago. Meanwhile, people are not paying attention to what is happening on the Hill, but they should be. Why? Because the Liberal government is causing chao…
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Mr. Speaker, I spoke on this same point of order last week to ask you to allow one of our members to continue asking his question, because he had 15 seconds left in his time and he was about to get to his question on government business. I think that my Bloc Québécois colleague's argument is entirely justified. However, I find the gratuitous attack just launched by the government House leader, whi…
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Mr. Speaker, we know today that Canadians are concerned about rising food prices after 10 years of Liberal governance, but they do not see the chaos that is happening right here in the House of Commons, and in parliamentary committees in particular. Ministers are not showing up. Committees are cancelled at the last minute. We saw it again today—
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Mr. Speaker, not only are the Liberals setting conditions, they are also creating health care programs. They are putting in place health programs. Unfortunately, since they have a credit card with no limit, we are now paying $55 billion a year in interest on the debt. Do my colleagues know what that $55 billion represents? It represents more than the health transfer to the provinces. The Liberals …
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Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister, who has accomplished nothing since he took office, said something very important to Canadians when his cabinet was being sworn in. He said that Canadians could judge him by the price of groceries. Well, judgment day is here. Next year's food costs are going to rise to unprecedented levels, to use his own words. Families were spending an average of $159 a week when…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. That is because Bill C-15 is a smokescreen. There is nothing in it for real people, for people from rural communities or for people who are unable to pay their bills at the end of the month. That is why Bill C-15 is a bad bill and a big deficit bill. We will not and cannot support this bill.
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Mr. Speaker, it seems to touch a nerve when we quote the words of their own Prime Minister. Those are not my words. It was the Prime Minister who told Canadians to judge him on the cost of groceries. The verdict is in: Groceries will cost an additional $1,000 per family next year. They will cost $17,600 a year, or $338 a week. That is double what it was 10 years ago. The Prime Minister has been ju…
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Mr. Speaker, I will give an example of what 10 years of Liberal governance is doing. Thousands of Quebeckers are choosing to eat less in order to keep a roof over their heads. The Observatoire québécois des inégalités also reported today that food insecurity has nearly doubled in four years under this Liberal government. This is affecting one in three renters. Severe food insecurity has jumped 63%…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising to respond to the point of order raised on Friday by the deputy government House leader regarding the second report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in relation to Bill C‑12, an act that deals with, among other things, “the integrity of the Canadian immigration system”. In brief, the deputy government House Leader has asked that several comm…
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Mr. Speaker, while the Prime Minister shelters his personal profits in Bermuda without paying taxes, he is forcing the Canadian middle class to pay hidden taxes every time they buy groceries. The Observatoire québécois des inégalités reports that 20% of workers are experiencing food insecurity. That figure has doubled in four years. Even people with a job can no longer afford food and rent. Why is…
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Madam Speaker, before becoming Prime Minister, the president of Brookfield moved his offices from Canada to New York City. Before becoming Prime Minister, the president of Brookfield created three investment funds, including one located on the second floor of a bicycle repair shop to avoid paying taxes in Canada. That is called tax avoidance. Now that he is Prime Minister, the former president of …
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Madam Speaker, I just heard the remarks of the deputy House leader of the government. I note that she is saying that she is rejecting amendments that were adopted by the majority of committee members. I would like to reserve our comments for later. We will have arguments to make with respect to that statement.
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Madam Speaker, a growing number of Canadians are wondering how they are going to pay their bills, but not the Prime Minister. His personal fortune keeps growing a little bigger every day as his decisions make his company, Brookfield, richer. For example, he went to see the U.S. President and returned empty-handed, with nothing for Canadians, yet his company signed a $80-billion nuclear deal that f…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned many things that should have been included in the budget. Unfortunately, we have found that this budget includes many things that benefit Brookfield, not Canadians or Quebeckers. One thing my colleague took the time to mention is the digital services tax, which has been abolished. This tax could have been used to help our traditional media outlets weather the di…
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, twice today you have prevented a member from continuing during the period of—
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I would ask that I be allowed to finish. It will not take too long. Twice now, Mr. Speaker, you have prevented the member from finishing his questions and comments when he actually had questions for the government.
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Mr. Speaker, I was listening to my colleague's speech. Clearly, I do not agree with much of what he said, especially at the end when he said that the budget that was presented is a conservative budget. Far be it from me to contradict him, but a budget with a $78-billion deficit and interest payments that are higher than what the provinces get in health transfers is not at all what I would call a c…
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Mr. Speaker, a friend is a friend for this Prime Minister, who is very proud of his European roots and his Brookfield pedigree. While a quarter of Canadians have to go into debt to pay for groceries, the Prime Minister is giving $500 million to the European Space Agency to create jobs in Europe at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. Can anyone guess who owns 50% of that campus? Let me end t…
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Mr. Speaker, it is no longer a secret that we are dealing with the most expensive government in Canadian history. Every dollar lavishly spent by the Prime Minister comes out of the pockets of Canadians. The problem is that there is no money left in Canadians' pockets. One-quarter of Canadians are facing food insecurity, which means that they cannot afford groceries. In the last budget, the Prime M…
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Mr. Speaker, the member has just given an endless list of expenses that this government has imposed on Canadians in the latest budget. That is what it means to be a Liberal. Meanwhile, what is happening? More and more Canadians are being forced to use their credit cards to buy food. They have to eat on credit. They have to drain their bank accounts to eat. For 80% of people, the cost of food is br…
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Mr. Speaker, I am extremely proud to mark the 110th anniversary of the Cercle de fermières de Plessisville. It was on November 27, 1915, that Marie-Ange Vallée and some of the village women founded one of the very first farm women's circles in Quebec. This group became one of the founding members of what is now a large family of 34,000 farm women across the province, a group that is also celebrati…
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Madam Speaker, I think that for the rest of my speech, there will be a little less applause from one side of the House. This Liberal Prime Minister is going to be remembered as the leader of the most expensive government in Canadian history. Every dollar he spends and every dollar he says he is going to spend in his budget, which forecasts a $78-billion deficit, has to come from somewhere. It come…
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Madam Speaker, I simply cannot believe it. This shows how completely out of touch the Liberals are. I just spent five or six minutes describing the precarious financial situation that Canadians and Canadian families find themselves in and talking about the fact that they are unable to pay their bills at the end of the month. Meanwhile, the Liberals are bragging about how Canada is better off than …
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Madam Speaker, I listened to the speech given by my colleague, and he had a lot to say about his riding of Bourassa. He carefully avoided mentioning the people in Bourassa who cannot pay their bills at the end of the month. He avoided mentioning the 600,000 Quebeckers who are lining up at food banks every month because they cannot put enough food on the table to feed their families. I understand t…
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Mr. Speaker, imagine what someone could buy if they were given a credit card with no limit and never had to pay it off at the end of the month. They could just pass the bill on to their children and grandchildren. That is exactly what the Liberal Prime Minister is doing. This is a red budget that will put generations of Canadians in the red. Credits cards like that do not exist, except for the Lib…
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Madam Speaker, before I get into this massive deficit budget, I want to say a few words about the bow tie I am wearing. My wife, Caro, gave it to me at the beginning of November. She asked me to wear it for the entire month of November to raise awareness about the reality of men who, like me, have had to deal with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. I was fortunate to be diagnosed early, so they were …
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Madam Speaker, that is an excellent question. The purpose of my speech today was to show how completely out of touch this Liberal government is, because it does not realize that we are not only talking about GST but also about health transfers. The amount of interest on the debt that the Liberals are racking up will exceed the amount spent on health transfers, when people across the country are ca…
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