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Madam Speaker, I spoke with many auto manufacturers and groups yesterday, and the answer is this: The member said it; the word is “targets”. Targets are just fine. Auto manufacturers and the auto sector are fine with targets. Targets are something they can strive for. A mandate that controls what Canadians buy is unacceptable.
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Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise today again to speak to our Conservative motion as the member of Parliament for Oshawa. We know that the motion is to end the ban on gas-powered vehicles, not to stop the production of electric vehicles in any way. My city has been the heartbeat of Canada's automotive industry for over a century now. For generations, Oshawa has helped drive this country forwa…
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Mr. Speaker, yes, it does send a chill of fear through constituents in my riding. In Oshawa, it was announced that we are losing a third line, that third shift. Jobs are already being lost because of sales going down. It is really a matter of choice. It comes back to choice all the time. As I said before, targets are fine. We all want a cleaner environment and lower emissions. We want to reach goa…
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, let us look at some actual facts. StatsCan reports that for every dollar of disposable income, Canadians now owe $1.74; this is the worst debt ratio in the G7. Oshawa's unemployment is at 9.1%, and TD Bank warns of a looming recession, with 100,000 jobs at risk. The government's response is to blow through $500 billion with no budget, no plan and no accountability. Will the Liber…
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Mr. Speaker, it feels like I am at Sunday morning church right now. The amazing member here has inspired us with his words, and I am grateful for those words. When I think about Sunday morning, I think about the word “trust”. Canadians are feeling like they cannot trust the government opposite, because it has been saying one thing for 10 years and now it is doing something else, claiming that it n…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a huge question. I feel like those are a pittance. They are little pieces of the puzzle that many Canadians do not have access to other than, of course, the child benefit. In terms of child care, I would invite the member to tell the shift workers in my community about the $10-a-day child care. They do not have access to it because they work midnight shift. The child care is m…
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Mr. Speaker, I referred to this in my speech as having a massive impact. We have seen a major increase in food bank usage. Simcoe Hall Settlement House, which has been serving our community for 90 years, has seen a 55% increase. It cannot keep groceries on the shelves. It is running out to the grocery store, spending the money it is getting from gifts from the community to fill up its shelves, but…
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Mr. Speaker, I definitely heard those across the aisle blaming global inflation, which is a tired deflection. Canadians do not care where it all started. They care that it is worse here and that they are paying for it. The government's refusal to control its spending and the industrial carbon tax directly drives up costs across the supply chain, from farms to trucks to store shelves. It is not a g…
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I would much rather trust the members on this side of the aisle, who have lived regular lives and understand what it is like to go to a grocery store. Our Prime Minister admitted that he has never really even been in a grocery store. What we are saying here is very top level, but we need to tell that to the parent putting apples back at the till or the senior who is skipping their meals. We cannot…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time today with the member for Tobique—Mactaquac. It is an honour to rise again today on behalf of Oshawa and the countless families, seniors and everyday Canadians who, unfortunately, are being punished even though they are doing everything right. They work hard. They pay their taxes. They follow the rules. What do they get in return? They get soaring grocery bil…
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Mr. Chair, through you, does the minister believe our justice system puts the needs of criminals ahead of victims?
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Madam Chair, on a point of order, I believe the answers have to be the same amount of time as the question posed. He was given—
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Mr. Chair, clearly the minister will not take responsibility. Earlier I listed a number of services and resources that offenders receive. Can the minister name just one that victims receive?
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Mr. Chair, in one of these letters to a victim of crime, whose father was bludgeoned to death by an axe murderer in Oshawa when I was a teenager, she was told that the parole board would make a decision and—
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Mr. Chair, has the member ever seen a letter from the parole board to a victim of a crime?
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Mr. Chair, in these instances, we know that even a pandemic could not revoke an offender's rights or alter the date book in any way. Why were victims not afforded that same right?
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Mr. Chair, clearly we do not have any answers to that. Is the minister aware of any time in the past, let us say, five years that a victim was denied their right to attend a parole hearing?
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Mr. Chair, I am happy to read a few of them: cognitive behavioural therapy, education and literacy programs, psychiatric care and counselling, addiction treatment, risk and needs assessments, employment assistance, parenting programs and all sorts of things like that. Is there one thing in that list that victims have access to?
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Earlier I listed them all and clearly you cannot name one. Is that correct?
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Mr. Chair, should victims be granted more rights than they currently have?
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Mr. Chair, offender supports are centrally coordinated and funded, while victim supports are quite fragmented. Do you think that is fair?
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Mr. Chair, what about victims? Do they have any sort of need when they are in society after being victims of violent crimes?
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Mr. Chair, I understand offenders who have been convicted of violent crimes do have rights. They are given access to many services and resources including substance abuse treatment, anger and violence management, sex offender treatment, cognitive behavioural therapy, education and literacy programs, employment skills training, psychiatric care and counselling, addiction treatment, risk and needs a…
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Does the minister think victims are adequately respected in the Canadian criminal justice system?
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Are you saying that victims' rights and criminals' rights are balanced?
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