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With regard to government spending allocated towards port infrastructure projects in Canada since 2019, broken down by year and by department, agency, or other entity which provided the funding: (a) what was the total amount of funding provided to each port, including, for each, the (i) port's name, (ii) amount of funding, (iii) project description or purpose of the funding; and (b) for each insta…
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Mr. Speaker, during his taxpayer-funded stay in South America, the Prime Minister attacked Canadians for not liking his costly carbon tax and even accused them of spreading misinformation. Meanwhile, his radical environment minister not only plans to quadruple the carbon tax, but also plans to introduce a brand new one, a global shipping tax. That is carbon tax number three. All the while, Canadia…
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Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister was so excited about the new U.S. President that he sent him a gift: thousands of Canadian jobs, millions of Canadian investment dollars. The Liberal government's carbon tax and failure to stand up for Canada has created an exodus of capital from Canada to the United States. The Prime Minister's policy has created a made-in-Canada per capita GDP recession. While A…
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals keep telling Canadians at food banks that they have never had it so good. Here are the facts: The Economist says that Canada is now poorer than Alabama, the fourth-poorest state in the United States. Further, over the past five years, America's economic growth has outstripped Canada's by nearly double. Simply, when will Canadians get an opportunity to vote for common-se…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment to recognize the Otonabee-South Monaghan Food Cupboard. The Food Cupboard is a small rural food bank in my riding that has seen demand increase exponentially. It had a record number of visitors in February and September of this year, and almost half of the families visiting the food bank have young children. The Food Cupboard has gone from being a helping hand …
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Madam Speaker, in first-year psychology, one learns about something called “shadow projection”, which is projecting onto other people one's own insecurities and failings. When I hear about confusion and radical policies, it is no surprising that it is coming from the member who just spoke.
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Madam Speaker, I move that the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, be concurred in. It is my absolute joy to rise in the House today and speak to this important report. I will say at the outset that I am splitting my time with the amazingly talented member for Bay of Quinte, who is single-handedly going to bring trade back to Canada. I am e…
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Madam Speaker, the member is experiencing something that we see with all progressive candidates, whether from the Liberal Party, the NDP or otherwise. Right after an election, they become strong, progressive legislators. Right before an election, they suddenly start understanding the importance of things like fiscal responsibility and the economy, but that will quickly fade away after the next ele…
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Madam Speaker, the reality is that Canadian energy accounts for half, if not more, of Canadian exports. Without Canadian energy we would be insolvent as a country.
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Madam Speaker, I actually appreciated the comments from the member for Whitby because at least he was being honest about the debate. The reality is that there are no Pollyanna solutions; there are only trade-offs when it comes to politics, so we need to have smart policies that enable us to fight climate change while growing our economy. Clearly what has happened over the last nine years is that w…
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Madam Speaker, my question is a simple one. The government has a terrible record. Of course, it is one of the worst in the OECD when it comes to reducing GHG emissions. It has not hit an international target yet. Why does the Bloc Québécois vote with this party over and over again and keep these members in government, destroying our economy along with them?
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Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed working with the member on public accounts. I too am an alumnus of the public accounts committee. My question, though, is really designed to educate the electorate as we get nearer to an election. We have seen that those on the other side of the aisle are quite strongly for the carbon tax. In fact, they want to quadruple it, despite its limited impact on GHG gases and the ne…
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Mr. Speaker, first, I would caution the member. It is beneath hon. members to cast wild aspersions. The reality is, as stated by the vehement Conservative supporter, former leader of the NDP, Thomas Mulcair, that this is strictly a political ploy by the Prime Minister to gag the Leader of the Opposition from criticizing the government. The fact that the Liberals would utilize foreign interference …
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Mr. Speaker, it is not surprising that the NDP comes running to the rescue of the Liberals whenever they need help. The reality is, as Thomas Mulcair said, the member's former leader, that this is nothing but a political ploy. I will end with what the Conservative leader said, “name the names.”
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Mr. Speaker, the member is right that the sponsorship scandal was a paltry $40 million compared to the $400 million that is the SDTC, or the green slush fund. It is no surprise that the NDP is coming to the defence of the Liberals once again in order to support and enable their corruption, as has been the case in this nine-year NDP-Liberal government.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for being attentive, but when I speak, there are usually lots of people in the House. It is not usually a problem for me. Let us get back to the matter at hand. There are lots of technical terms, legal linguistic terms and acronyms, such as SDTC, that we can utilize. Of course, there are different names. What we need to understand is that there was a pool of nearl…
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Madam Speaker, I am going to put aside the irony of the member who has the most words on record in this debate saying it is us filibustering. This can be ended today. All the Liberals have to do is hand over the documents. This is absolutely in our rights; the law clerk referred to this. We can end this today if they just go out there and bring the documents in.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost. The record of nine years of the NDP-Liberal government will be one of waste, corruption and no respect for Canadian taxpayer dollars. This legacy will include a $400-million slush fund that violated its own conflict of interest policy 186 times; a $223,000 in-flight catering bill for one trip for the Prime Minister. The Parliamentary Budget Of…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to start where the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle left off: Under the Liberal government, housing costs have doubled. Let us start by getting this down to layman's terms to explain to Canadians what has gone on. There are a lot of acronyms. There are a lot of terms of art and legal terms from the various conflicts of interest, ineligible—
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Madam Speaker, I like the member as well, but it is not shocking that the NDP runs to the rescue of the Liberal government, as it has been propping up the government through scandal after scandal. The New Democrats look the other way as corruption happens, and what do they get? They get fake promises of things that will not happen. They run interference for the Liberal government. They run outside…
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Madam Speaker, I really do wonder what happens in a Liberal's life. I assume they start like everyone else. They want to accomplish good and want to make this country better. I do not know what happens to them in the process of being a Liberal that they start looking the other way when $400 million goes out the door to ineligible companies with conflicts of interest, that they start looking the ot…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, it is not worth the corporate crime and corruption. TD Bank has been ordered to pay over $3 billion by U.S. regulators because it was found to be in a conspiracy to violate the Bank Secrecy Act and commit money laundering for criminals who traffic in drugs that end up on our streets. I have a simple question for the government: When will…
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Mr. Speaker, the problem is that the Liberals are not taking it seriously. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said of TD Bank, “By making its services convenient for criminals, it became one.” Why do the Americans have to catch chartered Canadian banks and charge them with money laundering linked to fentanyl, terrorism and human trafficking? Could the minister stand up and tell us what charges …
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Mr. Speaker, Statistics Canada confirmed today what millions of Canadians already know: While the rich are getting richer, the most vulnerable are falling further and further behind. Today, Stats Canada reported that the gap between the top 40% earners and the bottom 40% earners grew by nearly 50%. It reported that income inequity has never been higher in our country. The government has a choice: …
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I actually think that maybe the member is solving it now, but I was just wondering if he could let us know exactly how Liberal corruption fits into the St. Lawrence. We know it fits somehow, but if he could connect the two, that would be great.
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a great pleasure to rise in the House, but it is an even greater pleasure today because I am sharing my time with the member for Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, no doubt an excellent member and a great colleague as well. I want to clarify something. The concurrence debate was brought by one of my fellow members. We hear the member for Winnipeg North consiste…
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Mr. Speaker, I would agree that shoreline erosion in the St. Lawrence Seaway is a real and significant problem. I would caution my friend that emboldening this or giving billions of dollars in additional funds to the Liberal government would not solve the problem. It would grow bureaucracy and help Liberal insiders. At the end of the day, it would make Quebeckers worse off. We need solutions that …
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that after the dramatic draconian cuts to health care by Jean Chrétien, Stephen Harper increased health care. In fairness to Chrétien, the reason he had to cut that was because of the massive debts and deficits, driven up by Pierre Elliott Trudeau. We have these repeated patterns of Liberal spending over and again. However, I would agree, and I will leave this on a posi…
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Mr. Speaker, I know that is a sincere and authentic question and I appreciate it. After the last nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, we have seen record levels of gender-based violence, criminality and domestic violence. We need to get back on track. We need to get our country fixed. We need to get our loved ones home. We need to ensure that women are protected.
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad to have the member at the transport committee. He has talked a lot about the supremacy of Parliament. To me, Parliament in itself is not special; it is special because it represents the people. Does he believe that people are entitled to find out what happened to their money?
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Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to join the debate today. I will start with the question raised by the NDP member from British Columbia. The whole idea of Parliament is that this is supposed to be a chamber of debate, of conversation. Sometimes they digress, I agree, and I have certainly been in the House for some very long digressions, but what comes out of that can sometimes be quite impressive …
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Mr. Speaker, I will be extremely generous and hope that member simply does not understand how government works. Let me explain what happened. SDTC and the Government of Canada entered into an agreement, where the Government of Canada would give a billion dollars for having those dollars go to technology companies. It is the Government of Canada's responsibility to manage that contract and to desig…
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Mr. Speaker, the issue is this. I believe, and I would hope my colleagues all believe it too, the government has failed. The government will not make anything better. If the nine years have not proved that, then I do not know what will. The NDP and the Bloc need to join us and call for a carbon tax election so we can get these problems solved.
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Mr. Speaker, the miracle could happen right now. Members could stand behind the NDP leader and say that they are actually ripping up this agreement and are voting non-confidence, but they will not, because this is a House of hypocrites.
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear that we have scandal after scandal. I rattled off half a dozen significant scandals, where billions and billions of dollars were spent. Ultimately, I can jest a bit about that, but it is deadly serious. A couple of things are going to happen, such as billions of dollars not going to our social safety network. It is billions of dollars that are not going to health care. It …
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Madam Speaker, Sustainable Development Technology Canada was a federal foundation funded by over a billion dollars of taxpayers' money. It violated its own conflict of interest policies 186 times, awarded $76 million in contracts inappropriately and awarded $59 million to 10 separate projects that were clearly ineligible. In 63 separate instances, directors of the program voted in favour of paymen…
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Madam Speaker, according to media reports, the Liberal government has covered up the contamination of a Transport Canada dock operated in northern Albertan indigenous communities. “The big dock”, as it is referred to, is known as a community hub. It is where couples go for a walk, where people fish and where kids go to play and swim. Did the government really cover up the contamination of this doc…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. Canadians are fed up with the government's economic vandalism. Since 2019, Canada's GDP is down 2% per capita, whereas in the U.S., it is up by 8%. Trevor Tombe, economist, wrote that ” If Canada had simply kept pace with the U.S. over the past two years, our economy would be 8.5 pe…
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Mr. Speaker, September 23 to 29 marks Rail Safety Week. This week serves as a reminder of the importance of keeping our railways and our train yards safe. As we acknowledge the tragedies of the past, we must recommit to the safety of our railways going forward. Our railway workers keep our economy moving. They keep Canadians moving. More importantly, they keep Canadians safe. The work they do ever…
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moved: Motion No. 1 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting the short title. Motion No. 2 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 2. Motion No. 3 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 3. Motion No. 4 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 4. Motion No. 5 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 5. Motion No. 6 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 6. Motion No. 7 That Bi…
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moved: Motion No. 123 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 121. Motion No. 124 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 122. Motion No. 125 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 123. Motion No. 126 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 124. Motion No. 127 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 125. Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise and to have numerous amendmen…
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Madam Speaker, one of the reasons behind Canada's productivity is that Canada has been among the worst when it comes to developed countries' attracting capital. We absolutely need capital, but the only way we are going to get more capital and increase productivity is to have a carbon tax election.
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Madam Speaker, of course Conservatives will continue to stand up for workers. What I am troubled by, though, with the legislation is that it could lead to the loss of hundreds of good-paying union jobs. Common-sense Conservatives will stand up for union workers by growing the economy and making sure that the private sector and private unions expand.
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Madam Speaker, I look forward to working with the member going forward. I am certainly not here to say that our ports and our railway infrastructure are not in need of improvement, because I think I have been on the public record saying that they are. It is my position and the position of our party, though, that the bill would have a net negative impact on productivity. Perhaps in the future we ca…
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Madam Speaker, that is a tough but fair question. I will just quickly end with a quote by Ronald Reagan, who said that if government sees something move, it taxes it; if it keeps moving, it regulates it; and if it dies, it subsidizes it.
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Madam Speaker, last week the NDP leader, in a performance, ripped up the agreement with the Liberals, saying they will never, ever get back together. However, here we are in the first week of Parliament, and at the first opportunity, the NDP is propping up the Liberal government. No one can keep up with this “they will or will not” saga, so I have a simple question for the parties on the other sid…
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Madam Speaker, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. According to Statistics Canada, after nine years of the Liberal government, 111% more Canadians are dealing with food insecurity. That is four million more Canadians who will have trouble feeding themselves tonight. What will it take for this cowardly coalition of the NDP and Bloc to finally stand up with the Conservatives and …
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Mr. Speaker, the ministry of truth has assured Canadians that they are better off because of the carbon tax. It costs them nothing, and in fact, they are getting richer because of it. However, a few weeks ago, we learned from the Parliamentary Budget Officer that the government has a secret report on the carbon tax. After seeing some of the government's data, we understand why it is trying to hide…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, business owners across the country are facing unprecedented challenges, including the most anti-business government seen in a generation. The good news is that it was not like this before the Prime Minister, and it will not be like it after. The Conservatives recognize what small business owners are, economic heroes. They start with a dr…
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