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Mr. Speaker, Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on...in the bloodstream.” It has to be fought for. That is exactly what the brave protesters in Iran are doing right now. It is hard, through the obscurity of Internet and telecommunications blackouts, to see exactly what is going on in Iran, but media and human rights organizat…
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Mr. Speaker, according to StatsCan, food inflation is now up to 6.2%. Canada has the highest food inflation in the G7. Food prices are rising twice as high in Canada as they are the United States. Driving up the cost of food is the more expensive, less transparent replacement for the consumer carbon tax. They are called the fuel standard tax and the industrial carbon tax, which are increasing cost…
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Mr. Speaker, it is the same government and the same old tired lines. The Liberals have the temerity to get up in the House of Commons and tell the 2.2 million Canadians who are using food banks right now, “Stop complaining; people have never had it so good.” Well, Conservatives are not so easily fooled. We know that millions of Canadians are struggling. When will the Liberals finally take meaningf…
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Mr. Speaker, as always, it is an honour to rise in this House. Over the past year, Canada has been subjected to unfair, hostile and even capricious economic actions by the current administration of the United States. Most Canadians are united in our resolve to stand up against these actions. Many would even call it bullying. What many are starting to realize, though, is that in order for Canada to…
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Madam Speaker, members of Parliament, above all else, are servants of the Canadian people. Whether we are working in the chamber or in the committee rooms, we must carry that hallowed responsibility wherever we go. Constituents are counting on us to carry out the work they sent us here to do. Right now, members of the transport committee are being denied that opportunity to work and serve. Liberal…
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Madam Speaker, we continue to hear these old, tired lines from the so-called new government. The Liberals tell us again and again that Canadians have never had it so good. Here is the reality. Food bank usage is at record rates, with over two million visits per month. Meanwhile, Brookfield's stock has gone up by over 20% since the Prime Minister got elected. Maybe that is just a coincidence. Why d…
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Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister's priorities are clear. He has gone from elbows up to putting his hands in the air and saying “Who cares?” when it comes to negotiating for Canada. However, he is still working hard for the interests of Brookfield. We learned in the recent budget that the Liberals are giving $500 million to the European Space Agency. Guess who owns 50% of the U.K. campus where tho…
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Mr. Speaker, it is odd to me that the Liberals do a great job of talking about how they are giving money to people, but they do not ever state where that money comes from, which is also the people. They go out to our communities and our ridings and take that money, take a chunk of it to Ottawa and give out the shells to the rest of us. Does the member not realize they are actually impoverishing Ca…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have been in power for a decade, and Canadians are feeling the results. They are struggling with the high cost of living, including rising food prices, skyrocketing housing costs, and paycheques that just do not go far enough. This is a simple concept: The more the Liberals spend, the more things cost. Reckless Liberal spending and increasing tax increases are making life…
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Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to get up and close things off today. I am looking forward to a good discussion here that is beneficial to the people of Canada, particularly the people of Northumberland—Clarke. I rose on June 9 to ask a question with respect to housing. I said, “In 2015, housing costs were an average of 38% of Canadian household budgets. Today, it is overwhelming. It is 52%.” This…
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Mr. Speaker, Winston Churchill once said that if a country tries to tax itself into prosperity, it is analogous to a man or woman standing in a bucket, pulling on the handles as hard as they can and wondering why they do not go up. If, in fact, more government spending were the answer, we would have one of the best economies in the world and we would have affordable housing. The reality is, we hav…
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians. His finance minister was industry minister for the same Trudeau government that doubled the debt and promised that it would lead to more investments. The result is the worst per capita GDP growth in the G7 and more than a 10% drop in investments. Now the Prime Minister is set to double the Trude…
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Mr. Speaker, if more government spending were the solution, then Canada would have the most prosperous economy in the G7. The result is that we have the slowest in the G7. The Liberals can call it what they want. They can call it government spending, government investment or the fluffy kitten fund, but the result is the same. It comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians. Once again, will …
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Mr. Speaker, faith is a word that has meant so much to so many, yet in today's world, often those who have faith are mocked as being naive or even ignorant. The truth is that faith is the very foundation of our civilization, bracing humanity against the unrelenting storms of life by providing us hope of something greater and better than ourselves. It acts as a north star leading us home and empowe…
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadian workers, families and seniors. Justin Trudeau promised that deficit spending would be an investment. The result was that the debt went up and the investment went down. That gave Canada the worst economic record in the G7 and the worst inflation in 40 years. No matter what the Liberals promise, the…
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Madam Speaker, I will start out with a very simple principle that I think all of us would agree with. Certainly, science would agree with it: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Extending grace to those on the other side, I think we all want to get to a point where we have safe, secure borders, borders where we do not have fentanyl flowing, where we do not have the flowing…
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Madam Speaker, as I said, those are wonderful words. If they had been said in the election, they might even have been deserving of some support. However, that is not what the Prime Minister promised. He looked Canadians in the eye and he misspoke the truth. He misled Canadians to believe that he would be able to eliminate all interprovincial trade barriers by Canada Day. That has not happened. By …
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Madam Speaker, in my community, I have certainly seen issues with the bail reform that has been put in place by the Liberal government. We have had individuals commit assaults, be out on the street the same day and commit those types of awful crimes again. I am wondering if the member has seen any of the impacts of the terrible, Liberal criminal legislation in his riding.
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Madam Speaker, it is a privilege to rise for the third time today. It seems like I was just on my feet. It is great to be here. I will take this opportunity, because I originally asked my question of the former minister of transport and international trade, to wish her well in her new role. I will also tell the parliamentary secretaries on the other side to maybe get their résumés ready, as I hear…
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Mr. Speaker, the dream of home ownership is becoming a nightmare in Canada. The Prime Minister promised to double the pace of home construction. Now the Liberals are spending $13 billion to build just 4,000 homes, and yes, the math is $3.2 million per home. This will blow up the deficit and not impact housing starts, which are actually down 16%. Taxpayers cannot afford to build $3.2-million homes,…
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With regard to the Main Estimates, 2025-26: (a) what is the total amount of netted revenue projected for the fiscal year 2025-26, broken down by department, agency and Crown corporation; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by source of revenue; (c) what is the total amount of gross expenses, broken down by department, agency and Crown corporation; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by type of expen…
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With regard to eligibility for Canada Student Loan forgiveness for healthcare professionals working in rural and remote communities: (a) for which specific professions is such forgiveness available; (b) for which healthcare professions is such forgiveness not available; (c) why were the professions in (b) excluded; and (d) is the government reviewing the list of eligible professions, to consider p…
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Mr. Speaker, we have many great union workers and unions within Northumberland—Clarke, and I salute them, as the other member talked about. What we really need, and what unions are, quite frankly, clamouring for, is the reduction, as the Minister of Transport said, or elimination of a thicket of regulations that is slowing economic growth and projects. If we want to get more quality union jobs, we…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order with respect to the upcoming votes at report stage on Bill C-5. Page 788 of House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states: When the Speaker selects and groups motions in amendment, he or she also decides on how they will be grouped for voting, that is, the Speaker determines the order in which the motions in amendment will be called and…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is correct that the bill does provide the government with discretion to approve projects. I guess where the Conservatives and the Bloc separate is the fact that the Bloc members voted for Bill C-69. They supported the industrial carbon tax. This is the very reason Bill C-5 is necessary. Will the member vote with Conservatives to eliminate Bill C-69?
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moved: That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended (a) by replacing lines 27 and 28 on page 14 with the following: “dissolved.”; (b) by replacing lines 21 and 22 on page 19 with the following: “or dissolved.”; (c) by replacing lines 3 and 4 on page 20 with the following: “rogued or dissolved.”; and (d) by replacing lines 10 and 11 on page 20 with the following: “rogued or dissolved.”
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moved: Motion No. 21 That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 21 with the following: “Canada, including its prosperity and economic security, assured in part by the pursuit of the objectives” Motion No. 22 That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 21 with the following: “set out in section 4 relating to the development of natural resources, energy…
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Mr. Speaker, I know the member believes deeply in rail transportation and having affordable transportation for all folks. Would she perhaps grant me that one of the national projects that could be approved is additional rail? It would help all Canadians and is really the reason Canada exists to begin with.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for working so well together with Conservatives at committee to put in safeguards on accountability and transparency. Projects like building a pool in one's backyard will not happen, but I would like nothing more than to work with the Bloc or any other members to fundamentally change, instead of having an end-around on the morass of regulation and burd…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order with respect to the earlier point of order from the Bloc Québécois on the ability to move amendments, the reality is that, at 12 o'clock, amendments were still being voted on. In fact, they were deemed moved, and so there was no inability to have an amendment moved after 12 o'clock.
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Mr. Speaker, that is a great question, but honestly, I do not know whether it will or not. However, I can tell the member one thing: If the Liberals do that, we will be there to help them and support them to get that national energy quota up. If they do not, we will be here to hold them accountable.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today with respect to a petition. This petition is brought to us by petitioners as all Canadians face an inflation crisis. These particular petitioners are petitioning on behalf of seniors, who are facing incredibly high costs, often with fixed income. They are asking for relief, particularly for those who are survivors, or widows or widowers, from the CPP bene…
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Mr. Speaker, especially with respect to interprovincial trade, I think we all agree that we need more of it, particularly in the context of the deteriorating relationship with our neighbour to the south. We agree on that, but the vast majority of interprovincial trade barriers will still remain after the passage of the bill. Do you think that things such as providing financial incentives to the pr…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the very important question. What I would say to the hon. member is that Conservatives worked with other opposition members to put additional protection in for indigenous rights. A number of amendments were made, including eliminating the Indian Act from schedule 2. Schedule 2 would allow the government to exempt projects from legislation. We did not think that was right,…
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Mr. Speaker, I will start by saying the word “pipeline”. I do believe pipelines will be nation building. I would actually like to start my speech by talking briefly about the contributions of some of the great Conservative members who have done a lot to improve this flawed Liberal legislation. There is the member for Lakeland, who has been leading the debate, leading the charge on bringing transpa…
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Mr. Speaker, tents are not houses. The Prime Minister told us during the campaign that Canada was facing the biggest crisis of our lifetime. Well, here is a crisis: In 2015, housing costs were an average of 38% of Canadian household budgets. Today, it is overwhelming. It is 52%. A recent study found that Toronto residents spend more of their income on housing than nearly every other city in the wo…
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Mr. Chair, will we have all federal barriers eliminated by Canada Day?
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Mr. Chair, my question, again, is, will we have free trade in Canada by Canada Day?
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Mr. Chair, what percentage of total barriers are federal barriers?
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Mr. Chair, just to answer the question, we will read the legislation and then find out whether we are going to support it. I think that makes sense. I was actually hoping that we might get draft legislation in advance so that we would not have to be slowed down by amendments or other contributions we may have. Once again, will all barriers be gone by Canada Day?
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister committed five different times during the campaign to eliminating “all barriers”. These are his words, not mine. I realize there may be some reasons why he cannot, but that is why I never would have made that promise to begin with. Does the minister think the Prime Minister was being disingenuous when he made the promise that we would have free trade in Canada by Cana…
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Mr. Chair, Conservatives are committed to eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. My challenge, though, is with what I heard at the doors quite often. I cannot say how many folks I heard from who said they were tired of politicians saying one thing and then doing another. The Prime Minister, then the Liberal candidate, said on five separate occasions that we would have free trade in Canada by …
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Mr. Chair, the member mentioned the number $200 billion. That has been stated by academics to be for the removal of all barriers. It has been stated clearly today that we will not have all barriers gone. What will be the economic impact of the barriers that will be removed by Canada, if any?
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Mr. Chair, I thank the minister for that, but those numbers were all calculated on the basis of eliminating all barriers. We are not even sure if any barriers will be eliminated by Canada Day. This was a disingenuous false promise by the Prime Minister. Does the minister think he set her up for failure?
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Mr. Speaker, the consensus among economists, experts and even the Parliamentary Budget Officer is that this government has exceeded all of its fiscal anchors. The only question is: How badly has it failed? Can the government confirm whether the Minister of Finance has gone way past the guardrail, or completely off the cliff, with a $46-billion deficit?
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Mr. Speaker, let us return to the facts here. The current and former governors of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem and Stephen Poloz, agree: The Canadian economy is in big trouble. The phantom finance minister's economic plan is failing Canadians. The sad part is that these Liberals do not even know how badly. Can someone go behind the curtain on the other side and simply ask carbon tax Carney wha…
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Mr. Speaker, the corruption and rot of the government have destroyed many institutions, including SDTC.
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Mr. Speaker, I actually had the opportunity to ask the Minister of Housing about houses. This is a question I put to him. I was in a committee, the Minister of Housing was right there in front of me, and I asked him how many houses the accelerator would build. He said none, that it would not build any houses. We can hear the tape. In fact, if anyone has seen our commercials, they probably have see…
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Mr. Speaker, before I start, I would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas. Today, we will talk about the SDTC and some of the actions that happened. It can be a bit technical, but in essence it is a horrendous but fairly simple scandal. It is involves the formation of an organization, a company on the behest of the government, and it had a laudable objective. We are suffering through a producti…
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