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Mr. Speaker, following that speech, it is important that we really get focused on the actual motion and the actual report that has been tabled in Parliament. The previous speech seemed to assume that we were debating a larger issue around privacy and something that can continue to be studied. However, this is a very specific motion, and it is, in fact, a very short report. First, Mr. Speaker, I wi…
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Mr. Speaker, we do not know just yet, and I can give him a direct answer. We spoke about this today. In committee, all members, including members of the government side, are in the process of compiling witnesses. Not all witnesses have been available, and there is often a lot of trouble coordinating these things. This investigation is going to take a while. It is not going to be finished immediate…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Trois-Rivières raised a really good point in talking about the case for urgency, which has not been made successfully at committee. We have heard from experts already, including Dr. Tam, the minister and the Privacy Commissioner, and so far the committee does not feel that there is a sense of urgency that would negate the importance of the recommendation contained in…
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Mr. Speaker, yes, there is uncertainty around how much consultation, if any, occurred on this matter, which goes to part of the reason it is important to adopt this recommendation to suspend the RFP until the committee can actually get to the bottom of assuring Canadians that if this program is to continue, it will not adversely affect their privacy.
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Mr. Speaker, he raises a good point. The government's track record on listening to committees or even following votes and orders of the House is not good. He did not really have a question but asked for my opinion, and in my opinion, yes, this motion is necessary, given the track record of the government.
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Mr. Speaker, I am speaking to the same point of order. Let us be serious here. The member for Timmins—James Bay heckled the member for Yorkton—Melville throughout her speech and heckled members on this side throughout the speech. Now he rises on a point of order to claim that he is a victim of some kind of—
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With regard to the hard cap on greenhouse gas emissions produced by operations in Canada's oilsands which the Prime Minister announced at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow: (a) how many jobs does the government forecast will be lost or not created for each year between 2021 and 2050, inclusively, due to (i) planned investments in the oil sands which will be cancelled as a result of the announcement, (ii…
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With regard to the rate of inflation in 2021 exceeding the Bank of Canada's annual target, according to the Department of Finance's projections, and Statistics Canada's census metropolitan areas: (a) how high must the benchmark interest rate rise to restore inflation to the Bank of Canada's target for each year between 2022 and 2027 inclusively; (b) by how much will the interest rate increases in …
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With regard to the rate of inflation in 2021 exceeding the Bank of Canada's annual target, according to the Department of Finance's projections, and to Statistics Canada's census metropolitan areas: (a) how high must the benchmark interest rate rise to bring annual inflation rates below the Bank of Canada's target to achieve an annual average rate of the Bank of Canada's target over the next five …
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With regard to the relationship between prevailing wages and the rate of inflation in 2021 exceeding the Bank of Canada's annual target: for each of Employment and Social Development Canada's National Occupation Classification, how have prevailing wages (i) increased, (ii) decreased, (iii) remained stable between 2019 and 2021 inclusively?
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Mr. Speaker, as housing affordability spirals out of reach for young working Canadians, the Prime Minister continues to cite the first-time homebuyer incentive as the signature policy for homebuyers. This program was ridiculed by industry and ignored by consumers, and has utterly failed to have any effect on access to home ownership. Will the Prime Minister admit that the first-time homebuyer ince…
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Madam Speaker, I listened to the member's speech and it was almost entirely a gross mischaracterization of the Conservative position, with zero relevance or comment on the bill itself. Therefore, I have two questions: Did he read the bill, and did he listen to the opposition critic when he made his speech?
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Madam Speaker, it sounded like there were some questions for a few other members there. Regarding the third part of the motion, there was an interesting response from the member for Winnipeg North. It seems that the—
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Mr. Speaker, let me thank the amazing people of Calgary Rocky Ridge for returning me to represent them in the House of Commons. I wish to thank my incredible volunteer team, without whom I would not be here today. I thank my parents Marnie and Duane Kelly, my loving wife Kimberley, her parents Brian and Melodie McBeath and our incredible daughters Katie, Jessica and Meaghan for their love and unwa…
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Madam Speaker, when a motion is put forward, it is always tough when we talk about all the things it could have said in addition to the things that it actually says. The member is correct in terms of drawing attention to many of the deficiencies of the government on housing. This motion and my remarks on this motion primarily address the failure of supply and the role that the federal government c…
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Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Carleton. I am pleased to rise in debate today to talk about today's opposition motion. Prior to 2015, I was in the mortgage brokerage industry. I spent 21 years in the residential mortgage brokerage business, so access to housing, home ownership and mortgage credit are issues that have been dear to me for many years and are also dear to…
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Madam Speaker, is the member asserting that the Liberals are successfully managing, as I think I heard in the speech by the member for Edmonton Riverbend, 37,000 buildings, that they have succeeded in ensuring that buildings that have reached the end of their life cycle, that are no longer functional for their intended purposes, meet the best use of land and that they are succeeding in transitioni…
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Madam Speaker, a new development in that particular location would add to the overall supply and put a damper on the endless increase in demand. The condo building that the member for Wellington—Halton Hills spoke about would add to the supply throughout the market and would have a positive effect on affordability. This is the problem. Demand is being fuelled in part by the government's deficits, …
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Madam Chair, how many applications under the first-time homebuyer initiative have been funded in 2021?
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Yes, Madam Chair, and the minister will have a chance to ask questions when he gets over to this side of the House, although I doubt he would make it. The question was this: What would the price of carbon have to be on imports to be equivalent to—
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Madam Chair, do these estimates contemplate carbon pricing on energy imports?
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Madam Chair, how much federal land has the government released for residential development?
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Madam Chair, is it possible that the minister does not know the answer to that question? I referred to his own city. Perhaps he knows the answer to the question: What is the median house price in the city of Edmonton?
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Madam Chair, what is the median price of a single detached home in the city of Edmonton?
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Madam Chair, does he think that 9,000 out of a 100,000 target is an acceptable metric, or an acceptable mark of success, for a program that the Liberals described as “transformational” on the eve of the 2019 election?
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Madam Chair, the Prime Minister, several times in the last two weeks, has touted that program as part of the government's housing solution. In July 2021, the government had only funded 9,000 out of the 100,000 expected. Could he give us an update on that program, and how many mortgages have been funded under the first-time homebuyer initiative?
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Madam Chair, would the minister like to check with officials and answer the question?
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Madam Chair, on what date will the budget be balanced?
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Madam Chair, what would a 1% rate increase do to Canadian households that are suffering under the inflation tax and the likelihood of a rate increase to come?
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Madam Chair, if there were an increase of half a percentage point in interest rates, what would that do to the cost of consumer debt?
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Madam Chair, what about a 1% rate increase? What would that do to the cost of servicing the national debt?
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Madam Chair, if this member would like to help Canadians, he could do his job by answering questions. This is committee of the whole, not question period. There is a fine contingent of public servants here with binders and briefcases. I am sure they could help this member answer this question: What would the effect of an increase of half a percentage point be on the cost to service the national de…
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Madam Chair, what would half a percentage point increase do to the cost of servicing the national debt?
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Madam Chair, what would the effect of half a percentage point increase in interest rates be on to service the national debt?
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Madam Chair, that was actually a question about fiscal policy. If the interest rate increases, what would the effect be on the cost to service the national debt?
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Madam Chair, what would the effect of half a percentage point increase in the Bank of Canada's rate be on the cost to service the national debt?
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Madam Chair, how high will the Bank of Canada have to increase interest rates in order to return to its inflation target?
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Madam Chair, I am sharing my time with the member for Calgary Midnapore. For the Associate Minister of Finance, how high must the Bank of Canada increase interest rates in 2022 to return inflation to its target rate?
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Madam Chair, how much credibility does the government expect to have on this when it has blown through every single marker of debt-to-GDP, and every other measurement of public debt, since it has come to office?
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Madam Speaker, I believe it was February 2020 when I asked the member, who was then the parliamentary secretary for small business, about the absence of support for new businesses that had opened their doors either just before or just after the pandemic was declared. In her answer then, she teased the listeners by saying that this was a problem the government was aware of and that we should stay t…
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Mr. Speaker, I hope you will give me just a couple of seconds to first thank the good voters of Calgary Rocky Ridge for returning me to this place where I could table this petition, as well as my campaign volunteers, my team and of course my family who I thank very much for supporting me. The petition I have today is signed by a number of Canadians who draw attention to a refugee crisis in North C…
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