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Mr. Speaker, while the Prime Minister hides under his desk, he puts up his House leader to rant and rave and pump his fists in the air. The Prime Minister said that we faced an existential crisis requiring that we act with unimaginable speed, and here we are, eight months later, and he does not even have the courage to tell Canadians whether he supports a pipeline that would allow us to go around …
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Mr. Speaker, it is not us who questioned the loyalty of the Prime Minister. He is the one who is blocking a pipeline that would allow Canada to become energy-independent and reach markets outside of Canada, while he and his company invest in pipelines in the Middle East and Latin America. He is the one who forces Canadians to spend more on taxes than on food, clothing and shelter combined, while h…
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Mr. Speaker, 10 years of radical open borders policies and mass migration have undermined confidence in what was the best system of immigration anywhere in the world. The Liberals imposed this radical approach without any care, consideration or thought for the strains it would place on our housing, health care and job market. The result is chaos in our streets. Nowhere is this problem more acute t…
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Madam Chair, the Prime Minister famously promised during the election that he would negotiate a win with the U.S. President and get a deal by July 21. Here we are in December, months after his self-imposed deadline, and there is still no win, still no deal, still no elbows and still no jobs. Since he became Prime Minister and promised an end to U.S. tariffs, they have actually doubled on autos, al…
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Madam Chair, the member claims that this is a 40-year-long dispute, but he omits the fact that in the 10 years Conservatives were in power, we successfully negotiated an end to the softwood lumber tariffs. Furthermore, that was one time in 10 years, during which, by the way, the Americans actually paid back $4 billion of previously collected tariffs. By contrast, those tariffs came back in when th…
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Madam Chair, I did put forward solutions. I said that we should make softwood lumber a priority in our negotiations with the Americans to reopen this historic market, a market that continues to increase its softwood lumber imports from Europe. Then, we should restart our legal challenge to the U.S. tariffs, which are illegal. Finally, we need to massively ramp up home construction by removing the …
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Madam Chair, absolutely; in fact, I would go even further. I thank the member for fighting for forestry communities right across British Columbia. I would go even further than he does. It is not just livelihoods. There are literally mill towns and logging towns that will not exist if this continued tariff applies. They are unable to sell their product into the United States competitively with a 45…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister got elected by claiming that the U.S. tariffs were an existential threat for Canada. However, this weekend, journalists asked him whether talks were ongoing. He said that there are no issues of importance to discuss. In fact, he said, “Who cares?” He does not care. He does not care about aluminum workers and forestry workers. Is that really his message to the worker…
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Mr. Speaker, the question was for the Prime Minister. Yesterday, he was asked a question about workers' jobs in the forestry, aluminum, steel and other sectors. These workers are suffering because of the Prime Minister's failures at the bargaining table and his broken promises. He replied: “Who cares?” Why does the Prime Minister not care that people in Beauce, Saguenay and elsewhere in Canada are…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister claimed during the last election that U.S. tariffs were an existential crisis requiring that he immediately be elected to negotiate a win and get a deal by July 21. Well, a few days ago, he was asked about the state of those negotiations, and he said there are no issues of importance to discuss. In fact, he said, “Who cares?” We care. We care about the workers who h…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister already apologized to President Trump. It was one of the many areas where he backed down and capitulated after claiming that he would be elbows up. He promised he would have a deal by July 21; there was no deal. He promised to negotiate a win; there were no wins. He promised elbows up; elbows are gone. Now when he is asked about the state of the talks, he says, “Who…
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Mr. Speaker, it is the Prime Minister who said, “Who cares?” when he was asked over the weekend about the failure to keep his promises on trade. Since he took office, not only has he failed to get the promised deal, but American tariffs on aluminum, autos and steel have doubled. On forestry communities, they have tripled. The Prime Minister says, “Who cares?” All of us on this side of the House ca…
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Mr. Speaker, he said, “and negotiate a deal with the United States.” He repeats the same promise that the Prime Minister has been breaking for the last eight months. He said he would have a deal by July 21; there is no deal. He said he would negotiate a win; there is no win. He said he would not back down; all he has done is back down. He said he would be elbows up; his elbows are missing. Now whe…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to seek an emergency debate on the genocide being carried out against Nigerian Christians. One of the worst mass kidnappings ever reported in Nigeria occurred on Friday, in which more than 300 schoolchildren were abducted from St. Mary's Private Catholic Secondary School after an attack by armed men. Since Boko Haram launched its insurgency in 2009, the impact on Chr…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are paying the price for this Prime Minister through record-high grocery and housing prices, but he wants them to pay even more. He has doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit, the biggest deficit in Canadian history outside of the pandemic years. It is $16 billion bigger than he promised during the election campaign. Why? It is to fund a bureaucracy that has grown by 80% since the…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is beginning another photo op tour. It is time to start asking for the results of his more than 20 international trips, covering 150,000 kilometres, enough to circle the globe four times. What happened during all those meetings? U.S. tariffs have doubled. India has imposed tariffs on our peas. China has imposed tariffs on the products of our farmers and fishers. It …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are paying the price for the Prime Minister through record-high grocery and housing cost inflation, but he wants them to pay even more. He has doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit. It is the biggest deficit in Canadian history outside of COVID and $16 billion bigger than he promised. He shattered his other promise to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio. The bureaucracy is taking the li…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is beginning another costly photo op tour. It is time to start asking for the results of the more than 20 international trips and the 150,000 kilometres, which are enough to circle the globe four times. It would be great if he were actually getting something done. When he met with the Americans, they doubled tariffs on our products. He met with the Chinese and they …
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Mr. Speaker, all that adds up to not a single tariff reduced in the Prime Minister's eight months of travelling the globe. Now let us move on to his costly agenda on pipelines. In June 2014, the Conservative government approved a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific. On November 29, 2016, the Liberal government cancelled that pipeline, ordering the energy board to dismiss it. On March 27, 2021, th…
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Mr. Speaker, we are hoping the Prime Minister will announce he was wrong and that the Liberal government was wrong to kill the northern gateway pipeline that had been approved back in 2014. Nine years have since been lost after the Liberal government blocked it. However, it also put in a ban on shipping Canadian energy off the northwest coast of B.C., so if there is a pipeline while the Liberal ba…
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Mr. Speaker, let us say someone mortgaged their house and took risks. They stayed up late wondering how they would pay the bills. Finally, after all that, they have success: a wonderful business with 30 to 50 people that is growing every day. Then suddenly the phone rings, and on the other end of the line, someone is threatening that if they do not pay millions of dollars to a gang, their house wi…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians needed an affordable budget for an affordable life. They can no longer pay their bills or buy groceries, yet the Prime Minister's latest budget has saddled them with more inflation. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, this is the largest deficit in the country's history other than during the pandemic. It is twice as big as Justin Trudeau's deficit. It is $16 billi…
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Mr. Speaker, what are Canadians getting for the 150,000 kilometres this Prime Minister has travelled? That is the equivalent of circling the globe four times. He met with the Americans, and they doubled tariffs on our steel, aluminum and vehicles. He met with Indian officials, and they increased tariffs on our peas. He met with the Chinese, and they also increased tariffs on our farmers and fish h…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are cash-strapped and needed a break. Instead, the Prime Minister gave them the costliest budget in Canadian history and put it all on the national credit card. The Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed that the Prime Minister doubled Trudeau's deficits, added $16 billion more to the debt than he promised and is increasing the debt-to-GDP ratio, breaking another promise. The…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think anybody has been able to cram that many slogans into one answer, and this is coming from me. Let us take housing. The minister says they are spending billions of dollars more on housing. The results are out today, and housing starts are down 17% year over year. Where we need the most, in Toronto, they are down 42% year over year. In Vancouver they are down 36% year over…
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Mr. Speaker, what are Canadians getting for the 28 trips, the 150,000 kilometres, which is enough to circle the world four times, that the Prime Minister has billed back to Canadians? He met with the Americans, and they doubled tariffs on our steel, aluminum and autos, and tripled them on our forestry. He met with the Chinese, who increased tariffs on our farmers and fish harvesters. He met with t…
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Mr. Speaker, with the Prime Minister billing millions of dollars for his high-flying trips around the world, 28 trips and 150,000 kilometres, now is the time for a scorecard. The Americans have increased tariffs on Canadian autos, aluminum, steel and lumber. The Indians have increased tariffs on our peas. The Chinese increased them on our farmers and our fish harvesters. Now, allow me to introduce…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve an affordable life with an affordable budget, but this Prime Minister is using his budget and the deficit like a credit card with no limit. In doing so, he is driving up the price of groceries, housing and future taxes. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the Prime Minister has doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit. That is a record deficit outside of COVID‑19.…
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Mr. Speaker, this is multi-generational debt. Canadians deserve affordable groceries. In fact, the Prime Minister promised that he would be judged by the price of groceries. Today, Statistics Canada released data showing that food inflation is almost double the Bank of Canada's target. It is increasing 40% faster here than in the United States, all because of Liberal taxes. The Prime Minister is u…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's costly deficit gambles our future on the national credit card, and it drives up food, housing and tax bills. In fact, the Parliamentary Budget Officer has revealed, in his recent report, the Prime Minister has doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit and he has brought in the biggest deficit in Canadian history outside of the pandemic, which is $16 billion bigger than he …
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Mr. Speaker, maybe it is a good day for the Prime Minister and his Brookfield buddies, who are dodging their tax bills, but it is a terrible day for the Canadian people, stuck paying record-high grocery bills. In fact the Prime Minister said he would be judged by prices at the grocery store. Today, Statistics Canada revealed that grocery price inflation is almost double the Bank of Canada's target…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is not investing in Canada; he is dodging his taxes by putting his money outside Canada, while the Canadian people cannot afford to eat, to heat, or to house themselves. Inflation is now nearly twice the target rate when it comes to the measurement of food, rising 40% faster in this country than south of the border. We have 100% more people lined up at food banks th…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister was right by Surrey the other day, handing out tax dollars and doughnuts in a photo op, but he refused to take questions on the 330% increase in extortion that Liberals caused with soft-on-crime laws and open border policies. They have allowed extortionists out of prison by eliminating mandatory prison sentences, and they have allowed foreign gangsters to have visit…
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Mr. Speaker, he says it is imaginary, but it is in his budget. Does that mean the budget is a fictional document? Here it is, on page 106: “Strengthening Industrial Carbon Pricing”—
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Mr. Speaker, they say their budget is a prop and its contents are imaginary. We are in real trouble today. Homes take steel. They take aluminum. They take concrete, cement and glass. The industrial carbon tax drives all those things up. With our youth unable to afford homes, why do the Liberals not get rid of this tax so that we can bring down the cost of housing?
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Mr. Speaker, never before in history has a budget forced Canadians to pay so much for so little. Every dollar that the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. He broke his promises. He promised to spend less, yet he is increasing net spending by an additional $90 billion. That amounts to $5,400 per family. He has doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit and has added more debt than in…
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Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister is becoming the most costly Prime Minister in the history of our country, and it is actually the bankers who stand to benefit the most. Now the interest on the national debt is going to cost Canadians $55 billion. That is more than we spend on health transfers, and it is more than the government takes in from the GST. Every penny that Canadians pay in GST does not …
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Mr. Speaker, never before have Canadians had to spend so much to get so little. The budget, with its record deficit outside of COVID, has a deficit twice the size of the one Trudeau left behind and $16 billion bigger than the Prime Minister promised. It has, in its spending, $5,400 of extra costs for every family, in more expensive government. While Canadians are already unable to eat, heat and ho…
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Mr. Speaker, it is twice as expensive as any other budget, and it makes generational debt. Speaking of sovereignty, what about food sovereignty? The Prime Minister's budget increases taxes on food production. With the industrial carbon tax on farm equipment, fertilizer, storage bins and food processing plants, Sylvain Charlebois, Canada's food professor, says it is arguably the most damaging aspec…
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Mr. Speaker, apparently the Prime Minister is still under the misconception that Canadians do not use steel. Do members remember that interview when he asked the CTV interviewer, Steve, if he used steel? Of course, farmers use steel in order to produce their food and in order to store their grains. Processors use steel in the apparatuses of their conveyor belts. The tax on fertilizer and equipment…
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The Prime Minister still thinks we use zero steel, Mr. Speaker. On another subject, unfortunately a much darker subject, last week, the Supreme Court ruled that a one-year prison sentence was too much for possession of child abuse and exploitation materials. That sentence was already far too low for the two dirtbags who had literally hundreds of impressions and videos of children being tortured. W…
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Mr. Speaker, in addition to cooking the books, the Prime Minister also rigged his GST rebate on housing to make sure that 95% of homebuyers would not qualify for any break at all: zero, zip, zilch. The Prime Minister meanwhile would put a new rising tax on steel, aluminum, glass, cement and concrete, all the things that go into making a home. In other words, the industrial carbon tax is a housing …
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Mr. Speaker, after the Prime Minister's depressing speech demanding that young people make more sacrifices, I think the Liberal House leader asked ChatGPT to write him up a little poem about how he could inject hope into his message. It did not work. Young people need houses for them to have hope. Houses are needed to raise families. Houses are needed to build equity, collateral and credit history…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government has doubled lineups at food banks to well over two million people, and right now food prices are rising 40% faster in Canada than they are in the United States, which means we cannot blame some global or foreign factor for those rising costs. Sylvain Charlebois, Canada's leading food price expert, says the industrial carbon tax, which not only is still in place …
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Mr. Speaker, since they started promising that program, the number of children lined up at food banks has doubled to 700,000, and food prices are actually rising 40% faster in Canada than they are in the United States of America. The questions I have been asking are for the Prime Minister. Apparently, he does not have time to answer questions about homes and food when Canadians cannot afford to fe…
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Madam Speaker, there are times in the life of a Parliament when Canadians are not looking for showy speeches, sound bites for TikTok or corporate buzzwords. Sometimes people look to the House of Commons and wonder whether the people entrusted with power are listening to them, are able to understand them, and are making efforts to solve the real problems in their lives. Canadians are exhausted. The…
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Madam Speaker, yes, I do see a lot of inconsistency in the member's question. His leader was elected promising to spend less, and he is spending 100% more in deficits than his predecessor. He promised that he would deliver the fastest-growing economy in the G7, and he has delivered the fastest-shrinking economy. He promised more investment, but the government's own documents in the budget demonstr…
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Madam Speaker, I must admit that I am not jealous at all. In fact, I am a little depressed to see the size of the Liberal deficit. When the Conservatives were in power, yes, there were some short-term deficits, but we managed to balance the budget a few years later, after the financial crisis in the United States. We left Canada in the best fiscal position of any country in the G7. That is the app…
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Madam Speaker, first of all, I have to say that this is the first time that anyone on that side of the House of Commons has congratulated me for speaking for a really long time. I did not expect that. Second, I have not read the book Abundance, but frankly, the member opposite says that one cannot build anything in the United States. The economy there is actually growing. The most recent quarter w…
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Madam Speaker, since the Liberals brought in this program, the number of kids relying on food banks has doubled, to 700,000. By the way, according to their own government data, 90% do not get any meals at all from this program. It is not clear what happens with the remaining 10%. The member uses the term “garbage”. There is a Facebook page called the “Dumpster Diving Network” with Canadians who sh…
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