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Mr. Speaker, I solemnly rise in the House today to offer my most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Canadian Armed Forces gunner Sebastian Halmagean, or as we knew him, Sebi. A resident of Stoney Creek and someone I have been privileged to know and watch grow up since he was five years old, Sebastian was a gunner posted to the 4th Artillery Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery.…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table a petition on religious freedom on behalf of Canadians and, more specifically, the good folks of Hamilton East—Stoney Creek. Religious freedom is a serious issue, which Bill C-9 has overreached. Simply put, this petition is telling the government to stay out of places of worship and respect the religious freedoms of every Canadian citizen.
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Mr. Speaker, while Canadians cannot afford to put food on the table, the Liberal Prime Minister spent nearly 800,000 taxpayer dollars to charter a flight to Egypt. While he was jet-setting, the reality here at home is that grocery prices have skyrocketed, and “Canada's Food Price Report 2020” shows that it is expected to get even worse. The report confirms that, in 2026, Canadians will pay an extr…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the member from Hamilton over there that, instead of chirping us and heckling us, he should visit a food bank in Hamilton. The Stoney Creek Community Food Bank is serving 60 people per day. That is up 400% in the last two years. Last week, youth visits were up double compared to this time last year. It is no wonder food is so expensive. The industrial carbon tax…
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Mr. Speaker, I am splitting my time with the member for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake. Today I rise on the motion to commit the government to a new pipeline from Alberta to the west coast. First, I think we need to be really clear what this Liberal memorandum of understanding really is. It is not a real commitment to Canadian energy; it is a political charade designed to make headlines rather than put s…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to quote the Prime Minister again when he said that he agreed that 65% of all oil and gas reserves and 90% of all coal reserves must be left in the ground, and that there was no need for any exploration of new oil and gas fields. That is what is actually concerning. Canadians are seeing right through this pipeline MOU. They want a clear answer, and we have delivered one. …
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Mr. Speaker, the member has touched on the point that the Liberals are facing a very big identity crisis. They do not know whether they are for climate change policy or for pulling oil out of the ground, or whether their caucus is completely divided on this issue. To the member's question on unleashing Canada's economic future, the motion today would produce that. Like I said, it is a good day for…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a fantastic question. I have said over and over again that the Liberals are focused only on headlines. The MOU is going to kick the can down the line and hopefully get them into another election by saying they were pro-pipeline. Nothing in the MOU actually says that they are going to build one, but today's motion would accomplish that, so I hope the Liberals will join us and v…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, we found out that the Liberals knew Algoma was planning to lay off 1,000 steel workers before giving the company $400 million. I guess the Prime Minister was speaking the truth: He really does not care about protecting Canadian jobs. Do members know who does care? Conservatives care and so do the thousands of Hamilton steel and manufacturing workers who go to bed every nigh…
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Mr. Speaker, our justice system hit absolute rock bottom this past Friday when the Supreme Court ruled that there would be no mandatory minimums for monsters who access and possess child sexual abuse content. This comes after 10 years of soft-on-crime Liberal policies. Let me be clear. We are talking about two monsters who were in possession of hundreds of images and videos that were made by tortu…
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Madam Speaker, yes, the bill proposes some things, but not enough. We are here debating it because Liberal bail reform, in the form of Bill C-75, which the Liberals introduced many years ago, has completely failed. In my opinion, the bill before us does not even go halfway. Bill C-75 should be repealed completely.
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Madam Speaker, yes, I have attended a lot of town halls, and I will be having my own shortly. People have had enough. We have heard some very sad stories. We have heard stories of things that could have been prevented. We have heard of lives lost. We are hearing that Canadians are completely fed up. Record numbers of people are coming out to town halls, which, I would like to point out, are not pa…
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Madam Speaker, the past week has been very difficult for me, as a father. We heard something that, yes, is a Supreme Court ruling, but after 10 years of weak Liberal policy, this is what we have come to. This is a low point in the Canadian judicial system. Will the Liberals be using the notwithstanding clause? Will the Prime Minister simply even comment on what happened on Friday? That is what I a…
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Madam Speaker, it is very clear that the Liberals have lost control of crime. Let us look at their track record. Since 2015, violent crime is up 55%. Firearms crime is up 130%. Extortion skyrocketed and is up 330%. Sexual assaults are up 76% and homicides are up 29%. They have introduced Bill C-14. It takes in some of the Conservatives' suggestions, but I feel that the bill still falls short in so…
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Mr. Speaker, over the past weekend at Halloween events in Stoney Creek, the crippling cost of living was the hot topic at my booth. New inflation data confirms that all three core inflationary measures are above target. Grocery inflation is up 4%, and rent inflation is up nearly 5% in the last year. Liberal deficits are driving inflation. The more Liberals spend, the more it costs Canadians at the…
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Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot from the Liberal speakers today. A simple question is whether they are talking to Canadians in their ridings or are they stuck in this echo chamber where they believe that by talking to themselves, they will find the answers. I was in the member's riding yesterday and over 1,000 people from Brampton came out to the crime town hall, and they have had enough. They li…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to table e-petition 6579. It is a non-partisan petition. This petition is in regard to the longest ballot, which I strongly feel disrupts the democratic process. It disrupts the election process for some Canadians, like seniors, the elderly and people who speak English as a second language. It confuses the process. We have to make a streamlined process that allows all Can…
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Mr. Speaker, I would say to the Hamilton steelworker and the workers of Arvin Avenue, who lose sleep over job security, and to the recently unemployed, that they have done everything right. The Prime Minister cannot make a deal and has failed them. I would say to the many who visit food banks in Hamilton that they have done everything right. The Liberal inflation food tax has failed them. I would …
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Mr. Speaker, there is breaking news in a bombshell report from Canada's independent fiscal watchdog: the Liberal government deficits are exploding. This means an even bigger pile of debt for Canadians and also means higher prices on everything. Grocery prices are already up 70% over target, but the Liberal plan is just to add more fuel to the fire. Our debt is exploding, our economy is shrinking, …
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians. Never has the government spent so much to achieve so little. The Liberals lit a pile of money on fire to give us record food bank usages and grocery store prices that are 40% higher than before. The budget watchdog says the Liberal deficits will now be twice the size of Justin Trudeau's.…
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Mr. Speaker, food inflation is up 70% since the Liberals took office. Groceries are up 3.5%, which is 70% above the inflation target. Beef is up 33%, canned soup is up 26%, and grapes are up 24%. The Prime Minister said Canadians would judge him by the cost at the grocery stores. The new report from Food Banks Canada gives Canada a failing grade on food insecurity. He has failed. Does the self-pro…
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Mr. Speaker, Nicole from the Stoney Creek Community Food Bank informed my office that one in four households need to visit a food bank, and one in three individuals walking in are children. It was serving 30 to 40 families per day before the summer and now 55 to 65 per day, which is up 71% since spring. This is “Christmas season demand without Christmas level donations.” Canadians were promised th…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about a few things that the bill fails to address, which are fentanyl sentencing, gun crimes and bail reform. I would like to start by sharing some alarming facts. According to Health Canada's latest figures, there was a total of 49,105 apparent opioid toxicity deaths reported between January 2016 and June 2024. Of all accidental apparent opioid toxicity deaths fr…
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Mr. Speaker, I know my colleague's heart is in the right place concerning the words I just spoke. I have also talked to the chief of police and other police officers, and they are calling for bail reform. Specifically to Bill C-2, I am here to touch on things that I believe should be included. Through my discussions with Hamilton police, I know they believe that the bail system is broken. In the s…
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Mr. Speaker, yes, it is a thick bill, and it will be moved along. As I have said, we do agree with some parts of the bill. Specifically, we have some issues with part 6 and part 9 that will hopefully be hashed out in committee, but again, I want to revert back to fentanyl, bail reform and gun crime. These are specific to me and my riding of Hamilton, and I would love to see these incorporated into…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to repeat part of my speech: Bill C-75 requires judges to prioritize releasing an accused person at the earliest opportunity and on the least onerous conditions. Clearly, after 10 years, the Liberals must realize that bail reform is needed. They must be listening to their constituents. That is why I bring this up, so it can be added to Bill C-2, because we have been talki…
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With regard to contracts that have been cancelled by the government since January 1, 2023, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) how many contracts have been cancelled; (b) what is the total amount paid out in cancellation fees or penalties; and (c) what are the details of all such cancellations, including, for each, the (i) date on which the contract…
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With regard to the renovations of Centre Block on Parliament Hill: (a) how much steel has been purchased to date in relation to the project; (b) of the steel purchased to date, what are the details, including the (i) manufacturer, (ii) country of origin; and (c) what is the project’s policy with regard to prioritizing the purchase of Canadian steel, if any, and on what date did said policy come in…
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Mr. Speaker, before I ask my question, I would like to mention the celebration of LiUNA Local 837. They are celebrating 75 years today. I would like to say congratulations to Victoria Mancinelli, Joe Mancinelli, their family patriarch Enrico Mancinelli, may he rest in peace, and all the hard-working members of that union for building much of southern Ontario. My question for my colleague is this. …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' own May 2025 housing data is in and it is atrocious. The Liberal housing accelerator fund was put in place to accelerate housing. It has done the opposite. For example, the housing accelerator fund gave $93.5 million to Hamilton, but housing starts are down by 50.7%. Why would this so-called new Liberal government continue its old failed programs?
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Mr. Speaker, just days after the minister's promise-filled visit to ArcelorMittal this past weekend in Hamilton, ArcelorMitta has announced the closure of its Long wire mill, resulting in a loss of 153 mortgage-paying jobs in my community. Yesterday, I spoke to a concerned father whose daughter, Amanda, lost her job to the mill closure. Her father stated that the Prime Minister had promised tariff…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to split my time with the member for St. Albert—Sturgeon River. In Hamilton, when someone is hired, if they do not do a job, they do not get paid. It is that simple. It is how we were raised, with fairness, accountability and respect for honest, hard-working people. If they do the job, they earn their pay. Here in Ottawa, the Liberals paid $64 million to GC Strategies, a …
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Mr. Speaker, do I have any sense of guilt? Hon. members on that side of the House blame Pierre, blame the convoy and blame the Conservatives. They blame everybody but themselves. If they want to say it is a new government, why not start by getting the $64 million back? That is all we are asking for, to get the $64 million back.
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Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is that $64 million was awarded to two guys in a basement who did not do the work, and today we are here asking for the money back. Government members can kick the can and can blame civil service. I listened for 16 minutes, and the member kicked the can and passed the buck to everybody but excused himself. The taxpayers want their $64 million money back. I am an electe…
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Mr. Speaker, the so-called new government can turn over a new leaf by getting the $64 million back. It is very simple. They should get the $64 million back. They need to stop kicking the can around and blaming everybody but themselves. It is simple—
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It is simple, Mr. Speaker. On this side of the House, we want to get to the bottom of things. We want this scandal investigated from start to finish, and we are simply asking whether the Liberals will get the $64 million of taxpayer money back.
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Mr. Speaker, I cannot take that answer to the hard workers of Hamilton. This closure is not just a local story. It is a warning sign to all working Canadians in this country. The Prime Minister promised elbows up with the United States and to collect $20 billion. All we have seen is elbows down. I ask this question of the Prime Minister on behalf of the workers of Hamilton's industrial corridor an…
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Through you, Mr. Chair, does the hon. minister know what the average cost of a home in Hamilton is?
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Mr. Chair, does the hon. minister know what the average rent for a one bedroom is in Hamilton?
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Mr. Chair, when the hon. minister created the Vancouver affordable housing agency, he promised 500 units. How many were delivered?
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Mr. Chair, the answer is $790,000. Does the hon. minister consider that affordable?
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Through you, Mr. Chair, I know I am just a rookie here, a simple guy from Hamilton who made it to Parliament, but I was told that we ask the questions and the minister answers them. I want to know if he knows the answer. Again, does he know what the average cost of a home in Hamilton is?
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Mr. Chair, through you to the hon. minister, what is his definition of affordable housing?
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Mr. Chair, from what I have heard today, nothing will change. It is just more Liberal lip service and broken promises. The Liberals and the minister will just add to the housing hell in Hamilton.
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Mr. Chair, this is a so-called new government running old, failed Liberal programs. How does this help Hamilton?
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Mr. Chair, if $4.4 billion will be spent with no account of how many homes will be built, does the hon. minister have a problem with that?
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Mr. Chair, to the hon. minister, how much money was spent?
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Mr. Chair, through you to the hon. minister, how many homes were built by the housing accelerator?
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Mr. Chair, it is $1,824. Does the hon. minister consider that affordable?
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Mr. Chair, 40 were built. Do you consider that a success?
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