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Mr. Speaker, I have no answer for the member's question, which was why the government spent 10 years ignoring the problem. That would be a question for the government. The member is absolutely right. The Liberals had 10 years. They have been in office for 10 years, and it took them eight years to even table this bill. Then they did not call it for a year, so it was not debated. It was moved and we…
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Mr. Speaker, again, that is a great question, and it is one that I cannot answer. That is a question for the government. Why did the Liberals wait so long to implement this recommendation? The very fact that the government, including the former prime minister and minister, spent all of the resources that it did trying to cover up sexual misconduct in the armed forces says everything that one needs…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has been caught plagiarizing again. This time, he is copying his protege, Justin Trudeau. Trudeau promised that deficit spending would be an investment. What happened? When the debt went up, investments in Canada collapsed. Then, after COVID, Trudeau said he would remake the economy with deficit spending. This gave Canada the worst growth in the G7 and the worst inf…
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Mr. Speaker, that is not an answer; that is just another Liberal bait and switch. The Prime Minister promised to cap spending. That promise was broken: The Prime Minister is going to double Justin Trudeau's deficits. The Prime Minister promised Canada would have the strongest economy in the G7. That promise was broken: Canada now has the slowest economic growth in the G7. The tired, old, incompete…
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Mr. Speaker, I share the member's view that the best protection for the consumer is a free and unfettered market. In the member's speech, he talked about how regulation puts the thumb on the scale in opposition to the consumer. I wonder if he could use more of the time we have to talk about any of the specific regulations or the role of regulation in the cost of food.
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Mr. Speaker, Malcolm Torrance unexpectedly passed away peacefully in his sleep at age 20 on April 2, during the recent election. Malcolm was a loving son and trusted friend, a political science student, president of the University of Calgary's Campus Conservatives, a former Conservative intern known to many here on the Hill, director of the Calgary Crowfoot Conservative Association and, at the tim…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Many members are still relatively new, but the rules for voting are quite clear. Once the question has been called, members must be in their seat if they are voting in the chamber and must not leave their place. I believe the member for Bourassa left the chamber and returned before the vote was finished. If his vote was counted by the Clerk, it would have t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Calgary Herald reports record demand at the Calgary Food Bank as food prices at the grocery store continue to rise faster than inflation and as unemployment approaches 8% in Calgary. The Prime Minister said he would be judged by the cost at the grocery store, and the verdict is a scathing indictment of the Prime Minister's performance. When will the Prime Minister stop running out…
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Mr. Speaker, when the Liberal government was first elected in 2015, it killed 16 major resource projects and chased $176 billion out of the Canadian economy. This resulted in thousands of lost jobs in my city alone, and Bill C-69 continues to make it impossible to build the pipelines needed to unleash our resources and restore our economic independence. I asked in June whether the Prime Minister w…
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Mr. Speaker, it is as if the parliamentary secretary has no background information at all on the track record of the government he speaks for. He said in his response just now that our allies are calling for Canadian energy. Indeed, they are. They have been for 10 years, and this government, the government the parliamentary secretary speaks for, loudly told our allies that there was no business ca…
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Mr. Speaker, after nearly 10 years of fiscal and economic vandalism, the Liberals claimed they were ready to rein in the out-of-control inflationary spending that piles on debt for future generations and drives up the cost of living. However, since the Prime Minister took office, federal spending has gone up 8.4% based on the estimates tabled in Parliament. He has boosted consultants by 37%, from …
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Madam Speaker, it almost seems like the Liberals across from us are just wondering why the provincial courts are not restraining people, after the Liberals passed a law that required and imposed the least restraint. It was the secretary of state for public safety who introduced this to the debate, and I would like the member to comment, if she would, on the Liberals' response.
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With regard to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s collection of information on housing availability across Canada, between January 1 2024 and June 15 2025, broken down by province or territory: how many (i) detached homes were completed, (ii) semi-detached homes were completed, (iii) townhouses were completed, (iv) apartment-style condominiums were completed, (v) stacked condominiums we…
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With regard to unused or underused federally-owned buildings which can be converted to housing, as of June 15th 2025: (a) how many units of housing can be produced with (i) minimal interior renovation, (ii) extensive interior renovation (i.e. gutting), (iii) extensive interior and exterior renovation; and (b) what is the estimated cost per unit in (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii)?
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With regard to energy efficiency requirements in the National Building Code of Canada 2020, between January 1, 2024, and June 15, 2025: how much did compliance with each respective requirement add to the cost of construction for (i) detached houses, (ii) semi-detached houses, (iii) townhouses, (iv) apartment-style condominiums, (v) stacked condominiums, (vi) rental apartments, broken down by provi…
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With regard to repayable loans issued by regional development agencies which came due in fiscal 2024-25: (a) for each regional development agency, how many loans matured; (b) what was the total dollar value of loans which matured; (c) how many loans were repaid; (d) what was the total dollar value of loans which were repaid; (e) how many loans went into full default with borrowers making no paymen…
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Mr. Speaker, under the Liberals, we have become a country with two kinds of families: those that already own real estate and those that likely never will. The media reports that the housing minister owns real estate worth millions of dollars, while he tells Canadians who cannot afford a home that prices must not fall. Will the minister, the former mayor of one of the most unaffordable places on ea…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of the Liberals' driving prices up, housing supply has never been worse. According to CMHC, housing starts are down 10% in Vancouver, down 58% in Toronto, down 51% in Hamilton and down 71% in London. All these cities received funding under the Liberals' so-called housing accelerator fund, and their housing starts are falling. Why is the minister protecting real estate i…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for bringing to the House's attention the issue around merely transferring the ministry under which the Coast Guard operates from one department to defence without actually increasing or enhancing the defence capabilities of Canada. Taking a civilian force that undertakes civilian activity and bringing it under the authority of the Minister of National Defence does …
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Mr. Chair, so will the number remain at seven or lower? Will it exceed 7%, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, the projection is 7% and will not exceed 7%: Is it a yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, what will the deficit be for the fiscal year 2025-26?
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Mr. Speaker, the government chased private capital out of Canada. This pipeline would have been built privately; instead it was built by the taxpayer. How much did it cost to build?
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Mr. Chair, this exchange will age if the rate should happen to exceed 7%. Ordinarily, these projections would be in a budget that would be tabled in March or maybe April at the latest, so this is ordinarily something the government would project. Is the minister giving an assurance to this House that the unemployment rate will not exceed 7%?
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Mr. Chair, on what date will the budget be balanced?
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Mr. Speaker, the member did not answer my question. What was the cost to the Canadian taxpayer for the construction of TMX, which would have been built with private money had the Liberals not chased the private builder out of Canada?
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Mr. Speaker, once again, the minister did not answer the question. The Prime Minister has said pipelines will be built only if there is a national consensus. The Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Minister of Environment and the Prime Minister himself have all opposed new pipelines. Is there now consensus in cabinet to build new Canadian oil and gas pipelines?
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Mr. Chair, does the finance minister have the budget deficit projection for this year, 2025, year-end March 2026?
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Mr. Chair, in 2015 the government was elected and promised a balanced budget by 2019. It is 2025. The fall economic statement had no date for a balanced budget in sight. On what date will the minister project having a balanced budget?
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Mr. Speaker, I had to ask the question three times before I got an answer. I will take that as a yes. The minister has now said that he supports the construction of new Canadian pipelines, so he says. How about the trade minister?
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance is part of a consensus within his cabinet to build oil and gas pipelines. The Prime Minister told Canadians that he supported the government's decision not to cancel the approval of northern gateway. Has the Prime Minister changed his mind, and is the Minister of Finance part of a consensus to build oil and gas pipelines?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister then believe that the unemployment rate will not exceed 7%?
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Mr. Speaker, I am splitting my time. Does the Minister of Finance support the construction of new Canadian pipelines?
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of blocking pipelines, is the minister saying in the House of Commons that he now supports the construction of new oil and gas pipelines, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister believe that this will be the number? Is that the number we can expect in the budget that has not been tabled yet?
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Mr. Chair, what is his projection? Ordinarily, would the finance minister not have a deficit projection for the year-end 2026?
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Mr. Chair, I hope the member can count too. I asked the member what his projection will be. What is the projection for unemployment? Does he project that unemployment will rise?
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Mr. Speaker, does the minister support new Canadian pipelines?
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Mr. Speaker, it is a really simple question: Does the Minister of Finance support new Canadian pipelines in principle, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, ordinarily, would a minister table a budget that would show Canadians what the deficit projection would be?
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Mr. Chair, is that up or down from the government's previous projection, and what would the projection be for the budget?
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Mr. Chair, what about a budget? When will the budget be tabled?
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Mr. Chair, what is the current projection for unemployment?
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Mr. Speaker, this is so typical of what we saw throughout the entire last Parliament. A government that prorogued the House, dissolved Parliament and forced Parliament to sit idle for six months now demands to know whether we can we drop everything and just rubber-stamp its legislation. The member seems to suggest that the Liberals can ignore Parliament for months at a time, and that then somehow …
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Mr. Speaker, the member raises a great point. It was a disturbing and chilling bit of political theatre when we watched the Prime Minister sit down as if we were in a presidential system, and sign some paper. I do not even know what was on that piece of paper, but he felt that he had the power to usurp what is normally the prerogative of the House. Maybe it was just his ignorance of parliamentary …
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Mr. Speaker, the government has certainly signalled that it would like to do that, which is using accounting trickery to deceive Canadians about the true nature of the deficit. This has been tried at the provincial level. It does not work. It is a mistake if the government wants to go that route.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join the debate on the opposition motion, which calls for the government to table “a fiscally responsible budget before the House adjourns for the summer, that reverses [the] inflationary policies” of the past nine and a half years under the Liberal government. Let us be clear about a few things. The government most assuredly is not a new government. There has not been…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has lost the confidence of his cabinet, of his Liberal MPs and of Canadians, while desperately clinging to power. Yesterday, they found a random Liberal minister to table the disastrous fall economic statement after he fired his former finance minister, who would not sign off on smashing through her $40-billion fiscal guardrail. That was all in order to make room fo…
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