Parliamentary Speeches
611 speeches by Michelle Rempel Garner — Page 12 of 13
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Mr. Speaker, somebody in Papineau who is struggling to pay for a tank of gas is not an oil and gas lobbyist; they are one of his constituents. He owes it to them to not only provide low-carbon alternatives, which he has failed to provide, but also to reduce their fuel costs. The Prime Minister has failed on all these fronts. He has failed to buy energy infrastructure. He is perfectly fine with hav…
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Mr. Speaker, amid the global energy shortage and soaring prices, American President Joe Biden has begged countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia, places with no commitment to climate action, where women are not seen as people and gay men face the death penalty, to increase their oil production for the Americans. However, the U.S. cancelled the Keystone pipeline and is challenging Line 5. Can the Mini…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister is right about one thing, which is that global demand for energy is changing. The Americans want more Saudi oil as opposed to Canadian low-carbon energy. The Americans probably want this type of energy because they know Canada's Liberals will roll over on human rights-abusing oil cartel countries; they could care less about energy prices, and they love offshoring Canadian…
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Mr. Speaker, there is one thing that minister will not stand up for, and that is Canadian energy and Canadian energy worker jobs. Let me translate what she just said. She says she has not once promoted Canadian energy to the Americans. At a time when we need continental energy security, cheap energy bills and climate actions, the Liberals have offshored our jobs and increased energy prices, and th…
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Mr. Speaker, the Bank of Canada is supposed to be focused solely on reducing the rising cost of living, but some people are saying that it should be focusing on all sorts of other things outside of that, particularly policy, which is the sole responsibility of elected representatives. Right now, people are struggling with maxed-out credit cards, and they are trying to figure out how to buy Christm…
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Mr. Speaker, why can he not just make that announcement right now? His lack of policy on this has created a lot of instability, and what that translates to the average Canadian is that they cannot buy Christmas presents. They are struggling with maxed-out credit cards. What we have here is a Prime Minister who does not understand that it is his responsibility to set this policy. The Bank of Canada…
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Mr. Speaker, except the Canadian economy has seen inflation blow way past that target, and the average Canadian knows that. The average Canadian right now cannot buy Christmas presents. I know that the Prime Minister might not understand what it is like to be struggling with a maxed-out credit card, but most Canadians do. That means understanding that he should be telling the Bank of Canada to foc…
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Mr. Speaker, “misrepresenting this inflation crisis”, tell that to someone in Kelowna today who is paying $1.67 a litre for gas. Tell that to the single mom who is trying to fill up her tank with gas, or the person who is trying to buy her spouse a hockey jersey that is costing $100 more this year or is paying $600 a month in interest on a credit card. The Prime Minister has misrepresented to Cana…
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Madam Chair, perhaps I know her job better than she does. When will she enact the CUSMA provision?
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Madam Chair, last time we had a softwood lumber agreement in Canada was under a Conservative government. The Liberal government has failed softwood lumber workers for six years. I have a very simple question for my colleague. She has announced tonight she intends to enact chapter 10. When?
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Madam Chair, this is frankly embarrassing. When is the foreign affairs minister of Canada enacting chapter 10 under CUSMA, as was announced two weeks ago by the finance minister? Who is in charge of our foreign relations?
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Madam Chair, she just announced that she would be enacting chapter 10 under CUSMA with regard to the softwood lumber dispute. When?
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Madam Chair, she just had it whispered to her, “I've answered the question.” When is she enacting CUSMA, which she has not answered?
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Madam Chair, when is she enacting CUSMA?
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Madam Chair, I would like softwood lumber jobs. I would enact the CUSMA provision at this point. I would also enact better Canadian-American relations than the government has done. However, when is she enacting the CUSMA provision, as she just announced?
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Madam Chair, I think I am fighting for jobs here. She should have a clear answer. When is she enacting chapter 10 under CUSMA regarding the softwood lumber agreement?
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Madam Chair, we still do not have a softwood lumber agreement. When will she enact the CUSMA provision?
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Madam Chair, perhaps she should take a lesson, as it was the Conservative government that last negotiated a softwood lumber dispute. When will she enact the CUSMA provision?
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Madam Chair, when I do media in Canada, I am protecting jobs in this country, unlike the minister. When is she enacting the CUSMA provision?
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Madam Chair, sometimes we need to get the attention of a foreign government in order to ensure that jobs are protected in this country, so when does she plan on enacting the CUSMA provision?
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Madam Chair, softwood lumber workers cannot wait for “in due course“ and, frankly, neither can American-Canadian relations. The announcement tonight, I am sure, will make news in the morning; I will make sure of that. When does she intend on announcing the CUSMA retaliation?
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Madam Chair, when will the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has jurisdiction over this, announce retaliatory measures under chapter 10 of CUSMA regarding the softwood lumber dispute?
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Madam Chair, the minister just said that she would announce retaliatory measures under chapter 10 of CUSMA. When does she intend to enact that provision?
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Madam Chair, I love Americans. There is an American in this room tonight whom I love very much. I would still like the minister to tell the Canadian people when she intends to announce retaliatory measures against the American government regarding the softwood lumber dispute?
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Madam Chair, when will the minister raise retaliatory measures under chapter 10 of CUSMA regarding the softwood lumber dispute?
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Madam Chair, is the answer “no” when I am asking will the minister announce retaliatory measures against the American government regarding the softwood lumber dispute?
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Madam Chair, on behalf of the people of Quebec, will the minister announce retaliatory measures against the American government regarding the softwood lumber dispute?
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Madam Chair, the finance minister said that she would be announcing retaliatory measures against the American government regarding the softwood lumber dispute. Does the Minister of Foreign Affairs intend on announcing these retaliatory measures in short order?
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Madam Chair, does the minister intend on announcing retaliatory measures against the American government regarding the softwood lumber dispute?
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Madam Chair, when will this be happening?
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Madam Chair, the minister has just said policy. She has said that she will enact chapter 10 under CUSMA. When?
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Mr. Speaker, earlier in question period, the Conservative leader asked the Prime Minister when he would stand up for workers in Canada's energy sector. The Prime Minister responded by implying that energy jobs in Canada are not good careers. I will give him the opportunity to clarify. Does the Prime Minister believe that those who work in Canada's rapidly decarbonizing, fair trade energy sector, p…
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Mr. Speaker, I very much look forward to working with my colleague on natural resources because I understand how important that sector is to his riding. I think we actually have a lot of commonality on what we can work on together. I very much agree with him that the federal government should be doing more to support value-added processing of forestry products. At the same time, it has to make sur…
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Mr. Speaker, exactly. The point I am trying to make in my intervention tonight is that it benefits both Canadians and Americans for us to have strong relationships so that we are not going through escalating trade wars, but that is the job of the government. We have had five foreign ministers in six years, I think, and four international trade ministers. How can there be a continuity of relationsh…
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Mr. Speaker, we are participating in a take-note debate tonight, which is designed to allow members to give their opinion on policy development on a matter of urgency. Today, the government has taken a delegation to Washington, D.C. ostensibly to talk about the softwood lumber dispute. I want to briefly, in the time I have, outline what the problem is and two ways to fix it. We have to start by la…
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Mr. Speaker, it seems like unanimity is breaking out in the opposition ranks. I also look forward to working with my colleague from Timmins—James Bay on this matter because he is right. We should be ensuring that we are not offshoring jobs in natural resources and we are not being priced out of competitiveness because of our failed relationship with the Americans that has happened under the govern…
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Mr. Speaker, the problem is that the world is not investing in Canada, because the Prime Minister chases away investment in our ethical sources of energy. Frankly, I think that his record on this is abysmal. I want to remind the Prime Minister of something. Good jobs are ethical, regulated jobs in Canada's natural resource sector. Bad jobs are those that are done by children in cobalt mines in oth…
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Mr. Speaker, greenhouse gas emissions in Canada have actually grown each and every year the Liberal government has been in power, and the number of jobs in Canada, particularly in our natural resources sector, has decreased, being offshore to other countries that do not have ethical standards like we do. We are going to need a lot of rare earth minerals in order to build things like batteries for …
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Mr. Speaker, that is interesting, because the Prime Minister is actually encouraging Canadians to use energy from high-carbon, unethical sources like Saudi Arabia. Canadian energy is rapidly decarbonizing its production. Until there are readily available, low-cost alternatives to high-carbon products, Canadian energy should be filling that gap. Why has the Prime Minister, if he cares about Canadia…
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Mr. Speaker, I think the agreement we have for Canada right now under the government is pretty bad. I mean, they doubled the tariffs. Given that the most noteworthy trade event the minister has been involved in was an ice cream parlour in Beijing, can she please let the House know if she intends to give the Americans notice that we intend to litigate under chapter 10 of CUSMA regarding the tariffs…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that is code for zero negotiations. After six years of inaction, countless jobs lost and a doubling of tariffs in spite of a positive WTO ruling on our behalf, last week the finance minister said that she was finally considering retaliatory tariffs against the Americans on the softwood lumber dispute issue. However, she has provided no details on what those measures would be, …
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Madam Speaker, today we are debating a motion put forward by the Liberals that would take away several vital components of the functioning of Canada's democracy. With this motion, the Liberals are suggesting that members in this place should not be attending this place, and that to me is very unreasonable. I am going to lay out why. First of all, the Prime Minister called an election in the middle…
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Madam Speaker, I would remind my colleague that if he is standing in this place he is complying with the House of Commons rules for COVID-19 which were put in place to keep us safe. That is number one. Number two, I highly doubt that my colleague across the way, even in his role as a member of Parliament in the back benches, has ever asked a question to hold the government to account. I doubt it i…
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Madam Speaker, it is nice to see you in the chair again. Since my colleague is talking about safety on the Hill, I was wondering if he could comment about his role in steering an allegation of sexual misconduct against former MP Raj Saini to mediation as opposed to a formal complaint, and then trying to ensure that process did not see the light of day. I was wondering if he would take this opportu…
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Mr. Speaker, something very puzzling just happened. President Biden just doubled the tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber in spite of two things: the World Trade Organization, which came out in favour of Canada, and the Prime Minister of Canada just meeting with President Biden days ago. This will undoubtedly hurt Canadian forestry workers, who are already struggling during this difficult time. Has…
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Madam Speaker, I would love to discuss that with my new colleague from Port Moody—Coquitlam. However, she is about to vote for a motion that would prevent us from interacting here, so she has kind of burned herself.
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Madam Speaker, I will take this opportunity to remind Canadians that vaccines are safe and effective. I am fully vaccinated, and I encourage any Canadian who is not vaccinated to avail themselves of that opportunity. Every member who is in this place is compliant with COVID-19 rules that are set out by the House of Commons by virtue of their presence here. Every member of the Conservative Party is…
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Mr. Speaker, if a doubling of tariffs is what defence looks like from the government, I would hate to find out what its definition of success is. It is just crazy. The tariffs have been doubled. It has been six years. I think the Liberals have gone through five foreign ministers and four international trade ministers in the last six years. They have not been able to get anything done, and it was d…
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