Orders of the Day
Madam Speaker, I rise on a genuine point of order, and I would like you to consider it. It is a rule of the House that in order to vote on a motion, we have to have heard the motion and been in the House for the motion. The member who yelled “no” to the unanimous consent motion was not in the House when the motion was read out.
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Madam Speaker, I want to go back to the very beginning of the member's speech, 20 minutes ago, when he admitted that he was one of the people who said no to the unanimous consent motion that the NDP put forward. Importantly, that unanimous consent motion was for every leader of a political party to get a security clearance within 30 days. The member said he said no to that. That is how he started …
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Madam Speaker, on that point of order, I am referencing what the member said at the beginning of his speech. I am asking a question about what he said during his speech.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. That is not true. I was not even in the room when that motion was brought forward.
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Madam Speaker, my question for my hon. colleague is very clear and simple. I know it has been asked already, but I want an answer. Why will her leader not get a security clearance so he can be briefed on information about foreign interference in this country? Is it because he has something to hide? Is it because he is afraid that he will not pass the security clearance, will not get the security c…
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I just want to make sure that when we heard that “no”, it was literally from a member running out of the office.
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Madam Speaker, I have what is perhaps more of a comment than a question. I listened to the intervention by my NDP colleague a moment ago, and I would humbly suggest to the NDP that there is another way to get through this charade, and that is by the NDP working with the government, like it used to in the supply and confidence agreement that we had. To my NDP colleague, who is now blaming not just …
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Mr. Speaker, I do not have to cite specific charter references to be able to agree with you. Do I know the exact numbers? Of course I do not, but what I have been doing is listening to the RCMP, listening to and reading the Speaker's ruling and listening to the experts who have very clearly said this. I apologize profusely to the member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo that I just do not believe him …
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Mr. Speaker, it is your ruling, and what you said in your ruling was that this was unprecedented but that you agreed that it should go to PROC, which should be allowed to determine the best way to deal with it. I love how the member cherry-picks the sentences or half sentences that he wants to use in here today, but the reality is that for him to come in here and say it is the Speaker's ruling and…
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Mr. Speaker, I personally find it extremely alarming that the Leader of the Opposition did not issue a statement on the incredible RCMP revelation that happened last week. As others have said, I also find it absolutely perplexing that the Leader of the Opposition would not get a security clearance so he could at least understand and absorb the information. The Conservatives get up repeatedly, at l…
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Mr. Speaker, are the Conservatives serious about bail reform? A number of Conservatives have said this is because of bail reform. Do they think the Indian government is sitting back and saying that since Canada just changed its bail laws, it should try to infiltrate us and do nefarious things here? That is what I am hearing from the Conservatives over and over. The member talks about how serious t…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely correct. I heard Conservatives say today that when there is a problem, we call in the police. Yes, of course we call in the police, but we let the police do their own work. I ask the former prosecutors who are sitting in the House right now whether it is the job of the public to do the work for the police. Is it the job of the House to do the work for the RCMP…
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Mr. Speaker, we know it has really stung when the member has had to get up three times to debate me on this.
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Mr. Speaker, what I find most alarming about what I just heard was the member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, a former prosecutor, heckling “How?” when the member from Scarborough was trying inform people about why there might be improperly gathered evidence. He is absolutely correct, but we do not need to take this from the member from Scarborough or from myself. Listen to the RCMP, which is sayin…
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Mr. Speaker, last Monday, the RCMP took the unprecedented step of informing Canadians that agents of the Government of India are involved in serious criminal activity on Canadian soil. These crimes represent a grave threat to our national security, yet the leader of the Conservative Party is displaying a concerning lack of seriousness in response to the RCMP's alarming announcement. His failure to…
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Mr. Speaker, I just could not help myself when I heard a few moments ago the member say, “release the names”. I feel as though he has spent too much time reading the memes that his party is creating in the back room back there. I mean, this member is a sitting member of Parliament. Does he not know that it would be illegal for anybody to release the names? Yet he comes in here and he makes comment…
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Mr. Speaker, the way Conservatives are going on and on, for days and weeks at this point, is such a joke. Earlier, the questions asked were why this is going on and why can we not let the motion go to committee. A Conservative got up and said that they cannot let it go to committee because things would just get buried at committee. Do the Conservatives even understand what they are debating? We ar…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Calgary Rocky Ridge for pointing out, just moments ago, what the Conservatives are actually doing. We heard him here moments ago; he said that they just want to keep debating the issue until the Liberals cave to their demands. He just said what we have been accusing the Conservatives of all along: filibustering their own motion. It is not about doing any…
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Mr. Speaker, this is the problem with Conservatives. This is what they are continually doing. I do not have to—
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Mr. Speaker, I did not have to listen to his speech this morning, because I have listened to the same speech over and over, written by the same person somewhere in a basement, operating on behalf of the Conservative Party. However, I do want to thank the member for just doubling down on what I already called him out on. He basically just said it again: We are debating this only because we just hav…
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Mr. Speaker, likewise, we would like the opportunity to review this and come back to you in a timely fashion.
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Mr. Speaker, the member talked about his parents coming to Canada to look for better opportunities. I think that is the story of many people in Canada, myself included. My mother is from Italy and my father is from Holland. They immigrated here about 55 years ago. I am a little older than my colleague, I imagine. Generations that come here and grow up here shape our country. My mother, a relativel…
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Mr. Speaker, the member should stop talking to listen to me because I will directly answer his question. The answer to his question is that, when we put a price on something, it incentivizes people to make different choices in the marketplace. The member talked about institutions, schools, etc. As an example, CHEO ended up getting a million-dollar grant, which it used to install heat pumps. Does t…
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Thank you, Madam Speaker, for so quickly coming back to the House to address these points. I appreciate the very quick response. I would ask that similar consideration be given to the member for Etobicoke Centre, who has not been able to speak in this House for six or seven months as a result of a very similar statement to what you, Madam Speaker, just ruled on. That member was not even given the …
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Madam Speaker, the Conservatives are so bad at this confidence stuff that they do not even have quorum in the House. Perhaps we could have a quorum call. And the count having been taken:
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Mr. Speaker, I can explain that. Obviously, the member does not know how it works because individuals do not get money back. Households get money back, so the money back is for a household. However, the member asked a good question, and I think his question deserves an answer.
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Mr. Speaker, I respect the member. I know that she cares a lot about the environment. It must be a very difficult position for the member to be in given what her leader has done, and I empathize with her. However, when she suggests that this is because there was an exemption on everybody throughout the country who uses oil, well, my response to the member would be this: Where was her voice when it…
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Mr. Speaker, the member criticized the Liberal government quite a bit for its deficit budgets and she implied that the Conservatives could fix that. Could the member inform the House as to how many balanced budgets Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper brought in and tabled in the House. If she does not know, I can answer for her. It was a grand total, between both prime ministers in 16 years, was a t…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think we have quorum in the House right now.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to speak to the motion. I did not have the opportunity to speak on Tuesday to a very similar motion, and I am really glad to be able to do it today because I think that a lot of my comments will be the same. My speech today will definitely focus on the issue through which the Conservatives are requesting no confidence in the government. Then I would also …
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Mr. Speaker, I know I am touching on the truth and hitting a nerve when Conservatives heckle me on this point, because they always do that. However, it is a fact. I have said to the House before, and I will say it again to those who might be listening at home and to those who are in the House, that I did the math myself for my own family. I looked at our Enbridge gas bill, which is the only thing …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech today, particularly the beginning part of it where she spent a lot of time talking about the incredible programs that have been brought forward during this session of Parliament. However, I cannot help but reflect on the fact that the Liberals and the NDP had a really good working relationship and were able to bring stuff forward together. Now tha…
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Madam Speaker, on that point of order, it would be entirely appropriate to reference the fact that the Leader of the Opposition did not make a speech on this, which is what was said. That is part of this point of order, Madam Speaker, and I would suggest that you reflect on that.
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Madam Speaker, on the same point of order, and for the Chair's consideration, there is video evidence now of the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, and there could be—
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Madam Speaker, I want to add something for your reflection on that; I would like you to give it serious consideration before making a ruling. Madam Speaker, please consider all sides of this and the fact that many members on the other side will use such words as “corrupt”. Although we are offended by the word “corrupt”, it has still been considered acceptable. I would encourage you to consider all…
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Mr. Speaker, apparently Conservatives are not aware that a unique physical address could represent an entire apartment building, but I digress. My point is, can the member name just one project that the former Conservative government built in his riding when he was a city councillor and later the mayor? I want just one.
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Mr. Speaker, I found the comments very riveting from a Conservative. The member and I were both elected to city councils at the same time during the Harper years. He would be very aware of what Stephen Harper's government did for affordable housing. My community got absolutely nothing from the federal government between at least 2006 and 2014, when I was on city council. Since 2015, when the gover…
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No, they are actually buildings.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that Russia is funnelling money to Conservative media figures to push its far-right propaganda. This is a clear threat to our democracy and Canada's national security, yet the leader of the Conservative Party—
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Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that Russia is funnelling money to Conservative media figures to push a far-right propaganda. This is a clear threat to our democracy and Canada's national security, yet the leader of the Conservative Party is directing his MPs to block the public safety committee's study on this real issue. Could the Prime Minister tell the …
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Madam Speaker, I cannot believe Conservatives would heckle me on this. I am telling an impassioned story about my eight-year-old and a lesson that he learned, and the member from Peterborough feels that this is an appropriate time to heckle. Nonetheless, the point is that my eight-year-old learned an incredible lesson about the stereotypes, not needing to rely on them or to stigmatize people, and …
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Madam Speaker, it is a real honour to rise today to speak to such an important piece of legislation, Bill C-322. Canada has led the world in many regards, and in particular, most recently, I think of the way we have been leading in terms of developing new technology for adopting clean energy, the green revolution, and everything we have done to support that. One of the things Canada has not, unfor…
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Madam Speaker, I ask that it be carried on division. (Motion agreed to)
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Madam Speaker, in the introduction of his speech, the member said that the current government is not interested in helping Canadians. Over the summer, I met an individual named George. George ran up to me with his brand new Canada dental care plan card, showing it so proudly to me and pointing to his two missing top front teeth and saying he could get his teeth fixed now because of the plan. Georg…
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Madam Speaker, the member talked about Canadians' not trusting their government and having concern over being able to trust institutions. However, I am wondering how much of a role he believes that he plays in that. The member comes in here and talks about corruption, that the government is being corrupt and is just filling the pockets of Liberal insiders, and he talks about GC strategies. Meanwhi…
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Mr. Speaker, I listened to the member, and to be completely honest, it was one of the few times today that I heard a reason for not supporting the legislation. The member did not actually say he is not completely supporting it. He said he had concerns with some parts of it. My question to him is this: Why not let this go to committee where he can raise those concerns and Conservative members can r…
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to reflect on the end of an era for local television and radio in Kingston. CKWS, now Global Kingston, and its local radio stations have been more than just news outlets. They have been trusted friends, reliable sources of information and a valued part of our daily lives. I want to thank the dedicated professionals who have worked tirelessly to bring us the news, weathe…
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Madam Speaker, I gave a speech on the subject of immigration, citizenship specifically, and how to better protect the citizenship of people who rightfully deserve it. The member chose to go off topic to talk about what Conservatives always want to talk about, which is basically anything but the content before the House. I will refrain from engaging with him on that because there will be another ti…
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Madam Speaker, the opportunity for the member to raise other concerns she might have will come up at committee, and a discussion of it can be had there. When I was giving my speech, I was thinking of a good friend of mine. He was born in Germany on a Canadian military base. Both his parents were Canadian. His father served in the military and was at CFB Kingston when I met him. That military base …
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Madam Speaker, my thoughts are that the Conservatives should not have opposed the unanimous consent motion presented moments ago to push this along instead of addressing the concerns of the individuals that this member mentioned and the injustices that have been done. We should get this through as quickly as possible. We used to have this supply and confidence agreement that allowed us to do that …
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