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Madam Speaker, there might be a new Prime Minister and some new Liberal members, but it is the same old policy. As a matter of fact, we are seeing things getting worse. The deficit, when they eventually put the budget forward, looks like it is going to be double what was originally intended. We are seeing a lot of talk, and I am hearing that on the doorsteps and as I am talking with businesses. Th…
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Madam Speaker, it is stunning, because the Liberals have brought in laws that essentially force judges to release criminals on the least onerous terms and as quickly as possible. It is not just chaos; it is dangerous, and women are feeling it.
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Madam Speaker, I was listening to the remarks of the NDP member for Vancouver East, whom I served with on the opposite side in the B.C. legislature and now serve with here, and I must admit that a lot of what she had to say resonated with how we feel on the Conservative side, although we are not totally aligned. I want to begin by thanking the residents of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and Mission for …
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Mr. Speaker, I was born abroad. My dad was in the Canadian military in the 1960s when I was born. There were other children born in the 1950s who were not automatically Canadian, and that caused some problems. There were some important and necessary changes. Conservatives believe in these changes, but we do not believe in a free-for-all. Former Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau declared, “Ther…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's number one export is oil. It is a source of prosperity and provides for health care, infrastructure and good-paying jobs, yet 10 years of Liberal anti-energy laws have kept pipelines from being built and have kept us dependent upon the U.S. markets, with laws like Bill C-69, the no new pipelines act; Bill C-48, the shipping ban; the energy production cap; and the industrial c…
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Madam Speaker, I have a point of order. I would like to know what time the Adjournment Proceedings will be occurring today.
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Yes, the Liberals can clap, but they are not considering the impact on the grid and the demand they will have for producing electricity. B.C. used to produce and export, but now it is importing. The new Site C dam was completed last year, and we saw an 8% increase in the electrical grid, but we need two more of these dams by 2030 just to meet the increases, and a lot of it has to do with the EV ma…
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Mr. Speaker, we are being left in the dark, as members of Parliament and as Canadians, because we do not have a budget to know how much we can afford and how much we cannot afford. We do know one thing: The Liberals are spending money willy-nilly. It is for good programs, yes, but there could be a little more restraint and thoughtfulness. I believe the money we are spending just on the deficit is …
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Madam Speaker, it is mind-boggling what the Liberals are doing with this EV mandate and the impact it is going to have on Canadians. I am thinking specifically of British Columbia. I represent a riding in the greater Vancouver area. Electric vehicles run on electricity, and the fact of the matter is—
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Madam Speaker, it does not seem that the Liberals are cognizant of how stressed out Canadians, including people in Vancouver, where I live, are with the cost of living. The EV mandates are just something else. They will make cars, both used and new, more expensive. I wonder whether the member could address that and also the fact that vehicles, as far as pollution control devices and everything go,…
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals like making big announcements with fanfare. I think of my riding of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge when, in November 2023, there was an announcement of $280 million being put into a battery plant. Where is that right now? Well, the company has basically said that, no, it is backing right out of it, or it is putting it on pause, because it is not seeing the market, the demand.…
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Mr. Speaker, I agree with the remarks of Bloc Québécois members concerning election goodies handed out during election campaigns. It is exasperating and probably an abuse of power. Is the Liberals' reversal on the carbon tax a change of heart or an abandonment of their principles, assuming they even have principles?
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Mr. Speaker, for years, the Conservatives have been advocating for the elimination of the carbon tax. When we asked the Liberals questions, they laughed at us and said that we were against science and in favour of global warming and more wildfires. In December, they voted down our motion to eliminate the carbon tax. Now they have done an about-face. What does the Bloc Québécois think about this ab…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the Liberals on their decision to adopt the Conservative policy of axing the consumer carbon tax. This was not easy for the Liberals, who opposed it for so many years. It was clear to us that it was a tax plan, not an environmental plan. It was a burden being imposed on people. Will the Liberals admit that the industrial carbon tax continues to be a burden, not only on …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the residents of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and Mission for re-electing me to a third term in the House of Commons, and previously twice to the B.C. legislature. It is an honour that I take seriously. This has always been a competitive riding, and while this election was no different, support for our message grew significantly. There were 12,000 more votes locally than in previo…
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Mr. Speaker, housing has become unaffordable under the Liberal government. According to CMHC, over half of Canadians are struggling to pay down their mortgage, 63% are worried about defaulting, 17% have missed a payment and 26% are using credit to pay off credit. In the greater Vancouver area, homeowners are stressed out and are not sure how they are going to make ends meet. Will the Minister of H…
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Madam Speaker, I congratulate the new member for South Surrey—White Rock and want to thank his predecessor, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who, for many years, represented the riding in a dedicated and excellent fashion. The member talked about solutions. One solution that would be very much appreciated by Canadians would be the removal of the GST or the carbon tax for small businesses and industries, becau…
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Mr. Speaker, to the member, I say that I think it is pretty obvious to everyone that fear was a major motivating factor for the Liberals winning the election, and specifically Donald Trump's bizarre threats of annexation, which appealed to a significant number of people. We heard, during the election, the Liberals constantly talking about Trump, “elbows up” and retaliatory tariffs, but it has been…
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Mr. Speaker, I send my congratulations to you on your election and your appointment. I have a question for the member with respect to the budget. The fact is that the Liberal government has not brought forward a budget, and it does not seem to be serious about it. How does he think that bodes for the future of Canada and getting expenditures under control?
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the new member for Guelph. Liberals were elected on a promise of building half a million new homes a year. It reminds me of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. It looks real, but it is a trick. TD released a report today stating that housing starts will actually be declining to 215,000 from 245,000 last year. Does the member realize that Canadians do not want hype…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on his re-election. One thing I did not hear about in his comments was crime. I met a lady yesterday and was chatting with her, and I asked how her day went. She said it was a day from hell because she had to call the the police three times to have people removed from her business. I wonder if the member recognizes the impact the Liberals have had as far as c…
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With regard to fires at each place of worship that were caused by arson between 2016-24: (a) for each instance, was the arsonist (i) apprehended, (ii) not apprehended; and (b) for each instance in (a)(i), what were the sentences received?
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With regard to wildfires caused by arson, between 2016-24: (a) what charges and sentences were laid for arsonists; and (b) what are the details of each account of which wildfires were determined to be caused by arsonists, including whether or not the perpetrator was apprehended?
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With regard to the government's response to Order Paper Question Q-2825 and the data provided by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada titled “Police-reported incidents of arson occurring at religious institutions, region, 2010 to 2022”: what are the details of the accounts, including the names and locations for each instance of arson referenced?
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Madam Speaker, the Liberal member is talking about the government's record. Well, in Vancouver last year, the same 40 criminals were arrested a total of 5,000 times and set free again. Police are asking me, “What is the use of even arresting them?” Even outside behind my office, I see people constantly shooting up. There are deaths all over the place. This falls upon the Liberals and the New Democ…
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Madam Speaker, listening to the Liberal parliamentary secretary, I have to scratch my head and wonder what country he is living in or, maybe, what planet. He talks about a housing accelerator program when it actually should be called a housing decelerator program. The Liberals have put a break on housing starts. In Vancouver and Toronto, housing starts are down to levels that they were at in the s…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are experts at making big announcements, but seeing results is another story. My riding of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge had an announcement of a $1-billion battery plant. The Liberal-NDPs announced it, and now they are pulling back. It is the same story with the cricket bug plant, where it was announced that millions of dollars would be added to it, which has also been pulled…
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With regard to the Canadian National Security Council, since its creation was announced in 2023: how many times has the council met, broken down by year and by quarter?
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Madam Speaker, in the last Parliament, we found ourselves in a similar situation. Documents were to be presented to Parliament, but the Liberals said, “No, we cannot have transparency”. The Speaker made a judgment, and he ordered documents to be produced unredacted. It sounds like it is a repeat. The Prime Minister and all those who were surrounding him decided to take that Speaker to court to sue…
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Madam Speaker, I will repeat myself: All the information should be released. This is important. Going back to the topic right here, in terms of corruption, we have another former Liberal minister who received $120 million in contracts under a so-called indigenous company. He was claiming to be indigenous, which he is not. It is just a scam. The more we kick the tires, the more rot there is. Canada…
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Madam Speaker, I had about 20 pages of notes and got to page six. I certainly wanted to discuss money being siphoned off and corruption. That is not a word I use lightly. Time after time with the green slush fund, we have seen the vast majority of the $800-million fund, 82%, going to insiders and companies the money should never have gone to. We have seen the ArriveCAN scam that should have cost a…
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Madam Speaker, today is December 3, and here we are again, discussing the privilege motion regarding the submission of documents to Parliament. We should not be debating the motion; we should not be debating it today, and we should not have been debating it this week, last week—
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Madam Speaker, we have been very clear that we want all the names to be released. We are not trying to hide anything. We are not afraid of anything being released. We are asking the Liberals to release all the names. Conservatives believe in transparency. We want to see who the members of Parliament and senators are. That is important. Going back to the motion, Conservatives want the truth. The tr…
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Madam Speaker, we should not be debating the motion, and we should not have been debating it for the past six or seven weeks, since September 26, because the Liberals should have released the information regarding the green slush fund weeks ago, as requested. They should have given it to the RCMP and to Parliament. However, the Liberals, as is typical of them, are just snubbing their nose at Parli…
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Madam Speaker, thank you. I retract the comment. If you do not mind my saying, the Speaker, whoever the Speaker is, will normally be a member from the party that is in government, whether Conservative or Liberal. It is not a matter of being partisan; it is just the case. I am just mentioning where my thoughts were.
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Madam Speaker, I find the member's comments to be quite ignorant when using expressions like “goose-stepping”. I was not a member in this House at the time, but was in the provincial government in British Columbia. Developing relationships and trade with China are important. We have a lot of trade. Even in the provincial legislature, I remember warning my colleagues that we should not get too join…
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Madam Speaker, I find the NDP member's comments quite interesting. He talks about natural resources and his is a party that, along with the Liberals, stymies all development of natural resources. Whether it be oil and gas, agriculture or fishing, everywhere we look, we see the tentacles of the leftist and socialist parties trying to choke the working Canadian. I hear it all over the place. People …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I take this as an attack upon me personally. My family attended residential schools and, as a Conservative—
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Madam Speaker, I am Métis. I am a citizen of British Columbia and I have roots in Alberta. Many of my relatives are Métis living in the Edmonton area. This hits close to home for me, but it is also a slap in the face that someone like the former Liberal minister would try to commit fraud. That does not in any way advance indigenous rights. I completely disagree with what the NDP member said, that …
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Mr. Speaker, as a Métis citizen of Métis Nation British Columbia and Golden Ears Métis Society, I must admit that what the former Liberal minister has done has really undermined indigenous people throughout Canada. It is a shame because, as was mentioned by a previous speaker, 1,100 companies that identified as indigenous were delisted, so we see the amount of fraud for economic, social and politi…
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Madam Speaker, we are hearing the Liberal member wax eloquently about how compassionate the Liberals are toward the people of Canada. However, I would like to compare that to what the Conservatives are offering: the permanent elimination of the carbon tax, which makes everything more expensive, and cutting the GST for new home purchases, which will add 30,000 jobs and make life much less expensive…
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Madam Speaker, one of the many comments that the Liberal spokesperson, the member for Winnipeg North, made today was referring to the Conservatives as the “far right”. I do not know if he and the Liberals have been looking at the polls over the past year, but it seems like the “far right” is approaching half the Canadian population, and they just seem to be totally disconnected. The member for Kel…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Bloc Québécois member for his speech. However, there is one thing I did not hear mentioned even once, and that is the importance of nuclear energy. The focus seems to be on waste, which I can understand, but no one is talking about the importance of nuclear energy. In Canada, 15% of our electricity comes from nuclear power. In France, it is 63%. Nuclear power is a source o…
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Mr. Speaker, on the weekend, I talked to an individual who told me that all his life he has voted for the NDP but that has changed. He is so frustrated with the NDP's support of the Liberals in government, all the scandals and mismanagement, and the impact that is having on his life. I am wondering if the member could address the NDP supporting the Liberals, even with the green slush fund, and not…
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Mr. Speaker, petitioners want to draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following. Since the CCP's rule of China, it has implemented state atheism and perceived religion and believers as a threat to its rule. This is why in 1999 the CCP initiated a campaign of persecution against perhaps millions of Falun Gong practitioners due to the practice's growing popularity in the country. Falun …
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Madam Speaker, they actually support us in this motion, so it does not make any sense. It is obvious that they are trying to make an excuse to say they are going to let this slide, that they will support the Liberals once again in their scandals. That is typical NDP.
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Madam Speaker, I have great, breaking news: Site C dam has just opened up in British Columbia, which is very important for the production of hydroelectricity. It was pushed forward by the party I was in when we were in power and also by the leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, John Rustad. Despite the fact that the NDP and the Greens pushed back very hard against it, people like Bill Bennett and…
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Mr. Speaker, actually, we do not. That is a good point from the Liberals. We want to be working on business, but we do not like their business. This goes to my second point. Maybe the Liberals have had visions in the night and subconsciously recognize that Canada is going in the wrong direction under their mismanagement. Maybe they are feeling a bit of collective shame in their hearts and saying, …
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Madam Speaker, once again, this is smoke and mirrors, not talking about the facts before us, as has been ordered by the Speaker. If the member is so adamant on this position, then he should present it to the Speaker to make a ruling. We are dealing with a motion of privilege. They can do one of two things: Either they can produce the documents, which would be what has been ordered, or they can at …
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