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Mr. Speaker, for two and a half months, the House has been seized with this privilege motion. We are still waiting on documents that were ordered by the House months ago, documents that would shed light on the misuse of taxpayer dollars through the Sustainable Development Technology Canada green slush fund. Despite a clear parliamentary order, the Liberal government has refused to comply, obstruct…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on his new role and the new responsibility that he gets to bear. It is quite interesting, actually. We know that the NDP has voted confidence in the Liberal government, not sometimes but literally all the time. We do know that right before the Elmwood—Transcona by-election, the leader of the NDP ripped up the supply and confidence agreement. We know…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the kind words. It is just so sad, especially coming up to Christmas. I was at the grocery store on the weekend, and I saw people who had to take things off the conveyor belt to put them back. What is baffling to me and what I do not understand is that what we are debating today is the Liberal government's failure to produce documents that they were ordered by…
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Mr. Speaker, I absolutely do agree that the leader of the NDP cares about himself, his own self-interest, padding his pension and making sure he checks that box, and he does not care whom he is hurting along the way. It does not matter whether it is his own caucus members, many of whom will not return to this place because they are not putting the interests of Canadians first, or whether it is Can…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is, in my opinion, the best country in the world. We do have the best people. I go home every weekend and I speak with Canadians who had never used a food bank before but are now using one, and with Canadians who are losing their house because they do not have a job. The Liberal government, where I am from, has attacked our energy sector and our agriculture sector to the point …
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has lost control of spending and his cabinet. The finance minister promised to cap the deficit at an already reckless $40 billion, but now it turns out he is shoving her through her own guardrail. The fake feminist Prime Minister is setting up Canada's first female finance minister to take the hit for his reckless spending so that he can then officially bring in the…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians cannot afford the Prime Minister's fake feminism. He had the gall this week to say, “I want you to know that I am, and always will be, a proud feminist. You will always have an ally in me and in my government”, while working overtime behind the scenes to throw Canada's first female finance minister under the bus for his reckless spending. Will the so-called feminist Prime Mi…
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Madam Speaker, it is just about having the floor once the member for Thornhill is done, on the question of privilege.
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Mr. Speaker, this is going on across the country. This is the backdrop I have in my mind; it is going through my mind, and I am trying to figure out if it is safe or not safe. This was described as a passive sit-in protest, which it was not. I heard the yelling and chanting; I felt the intimidation. Because of what he witnessed, one of my children felt scared for his mom, asking if it is okay for …
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Mr. Speaker, this is what I have been trying to do. I have literally three sentences left. As I was saying, I believe this is added evidence that the New Democrats are not only contributing to the hostile work environment in the opposition lobby and in the House of Commons but that they are also among the—
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Mr. Speaker, just in response to that, the member for Timmins—James Bay should be very careful with what he is saying. I came to the office at basically the time when we received the situational advisory. I had two children with me. There was no way for me to be able to do everything at once: checking my email, walking with my kids and entering the building. I would just ask the member not to be p…
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, I have two sentences left. That is all I ask.
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I would like to finish my last two sentences—
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Mr. Speaker, our safety as parliamentarians, those who are in this place and also our staff, should be of utmost importance in this place, and so I will continue. I had a staff member from another member of Parliament's office knock on my door and advise me that PPS was going to be removing protesters and I should keep my door locked because officers were bringing them through my hallway. Why did …
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising to add to the question of privilege that was raised by my colleague from Thornhill. I also just want to note that I am deeply offended by the previous interventions in regard to the point of order from the member for Timmins—James Bay. For him to suggest that this is a filibuster tactic is completely disrespectful. My safety and my staff's safety were jeopardized on Tuesda…
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That is not fair. I literally have two sentences left.
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Mr. Speaker, I will close with this. Security of all staff, members of Parliament and those who are visiting this institution to see how our democracy works and to visit the heart of the nation must be taken seriously. I ask the Speaker to look through the lens of those who were intimidated, traumatized and scared for their safety, and that he also review the procedures that were used and put in p…
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Madam Speaker, I am asking, through you, that the leader of the NDP withdraw his comments. You very clearly made the member for Calgary Forest Lawn do that, and I would expect there would be consistency and that he would have to withdraw his comments.
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Mr. Speaker, what is ridiculous is Canadians are struggling to feed, heat and house themselves while the NDP leader waits to get his pension. In a by-election stunt, he claimed to rip up his agreement with the Liberals, yet the NDP's actions prove the carbon tax coalition is driven by his pension and the Prime Minister's lust for power. Canadians cannot afford this costly coalition. Will the NDP v…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Prime Minister, Canadians cannot afford their rent or mortgages. The NDP leader has called the Liberals too weak, selfish and beholden to corporate interests to fight for Canadians, but it is the NDP leader who is keeping the Prime Minister in power. Conservatives have tabled a motion of confidence using the NDP leader's own words. Will the NDP leader stand beh…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Prime Minister, life has never been more expensive for Canadians. Grocery prices have skyrocketed and Canadians are struggling to feed their families. Record numbers of Canadians are being forced to rely on food banks to survive and many food banks are running out of food. Food insecurity has reached such alarming levels that 27 cases of scurvy have been identi…
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Mr. Speaker, under the Prime Minister's carbon tax regime, grocery prices have skyrocketed to the point that scurvy is now a serious health concern in Canada, with 27 cases of scurvy having been identified in northern Saskatchewan. The Prime Minister wants to blame “propaganda, misinformation...and flat-out lies” for opposition to his carbon tax. Unlike him, Canadians do not get to turn a blind ey…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost. The Prime Minister got on his taxpayer-funded, carbon-emitting jet, flew to Brazil and bragged about how great his punitive carbon tax was. His carbon tax has done nothing for the environment, while literally making life's basic necessities unaffordable. The Prime Minister called it the best tool out there, but the only tool t…
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Madam Speaker, we know that the cost of living in Canada has never been higher. Life has become unaffordable for far too many Canadians, and this historic cost of living crisis is not by chance. It is a direct result of the NDP-Liberal government's inflationary taxes and reckless spending. The Liberals' costly and punishing carbon tax is significantly adding to the cost of gas, groceries, home hea…
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Madam Speaker, we know that the NDP-Liberal carbon tax is an expensive scam. Saskatchewanians are not receiving back more than they pay into it. We know that the Liberals have failed to meet every single one of their own environmental targets, but what they have unfortunately succeeded in doing is impoverishing Canadians. The member on the other side says that food is not taxed, but he obviously d…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, the majority of young Canadians have now abandoned the dream of home ownership. While housing starts fail to keep up with Canada's population growth, the Americans are building four times more housing per new resident. The Conservatives have announced a plan to axe the federal sales tax on new homes, and we have called on the provinces to do the s…
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Mr. Speaker, the wannabe minister is desperately clinging to the $8-billion failed Liberal housing photo op program that has built zero houses. The Conservatives have proposed “the most significant housing policy commitment made in the past two decades.” Those are not my words. That is what the West End Home Builders Association has said. The Canadian Real Estate Association called it a positive s…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are simply not worth the cost. Low-income Canadians are now spending 80% of their income on housing and food. The NDP-Liberals' housing and food inflation is forcing millions of Canadians to rely on food banks. Still, the Liberal government is hell-bent on continuing to increase the cost of groceries with its punishing carbon tax. Will the Prime Mini…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government is pushing Canadians to the brink. The Liberals should be ashamed of their carbon tax fixation, which has made life's basic necessities unaffordable. Housing costs have doubled and food bank usage has soared past two million visits per month. It has gotten so dire that 30% of food banks are now running out of food. It is quite simple. Will the Prime Minister cal…
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Madam Speaker, we do know that the Auditor General gave SDTC a clean bill of health in 2017, and it was only after the Prime Minister handpicked the Liberal board that the board members who were appointed started giving themselves, and companies that they owned, money. Whose side is the NDP on? Is the NDP not telling the Liberals to just release the documents so this could be put to an end?
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Madam Speaker, we do know that the current Prime Minister is the only one to have committed ethics violations over and over again. With respect to the corruption and the withholding of documents, I spoke about this in my remarks about the Winnipeg lab. He went so far as to call a snap election in the middle of a pandemic, when he was telling everybody to stay home. It is baffling. The government j…
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Madam Speaker, we are definitely not hiding anything. I can tell the House that the member gets up an awful lot to defend the corruption of the Prime Minister and his cabinet. How come the member is not encouraging his leadership to release the names? What is he hiding? What are they hiding on that side?
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Madam Speaker, the government is absolutely tired and out of ideas, which is why it even prorogued Parliament not that long ago. We could say that the government is stubborn. I might say the government could be corrupt. However, there is no willingness to just hand over the documents that have been asked for. Yes, the NDP-Liberal government is tired, out of ideas and corrupt. It just needs to hand…
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Madam Speaker, when I was preparing my remarks today, it got me reflecting on my time in this place. When I asked my very first question, which is a privilege for each and every one of us when we are first elected here, it was regarding an illegal trip that the Prime Minister had received. There is this trend with the Prime Minister, the leader of the Liberal Party, in which he thinks he is above …
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Madam Speaker, as I said at the beginning of my remarks, there was a motion passed in June that stated that the documents were supposed to be brought forward within 14 days. It has been four months, and there has been no movement. Not everything has been brought forward. Things have been redacted. Some departments have said they do not need to bring forward documents as they are not even part of t…
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Mr. Speaker, for weeks now, the regular business of this chamber has been put on hold because of the Liberal government's refusal to produce the documents ordered by the House. Parliament is, in fact, seized by this issue. We are unable to get back to the regular business of this place. Whether it is the doubling of housing costs, Liberal food inflation or the crime and chaos in our streets, there…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, costs are up, crimes is up and time is up. The costly NDP-Liberal coalition has doubled the cost of housing, and the majority of Canadians are unable to keep up with their grocery needs. Canadians have had enough, but the NDP-Liberal coalition only wants to drive up costs by quadrupling its carbon tax. Will the Prime Minist…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians who are lined up at food banks are not buying their pathetic rhetoric. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has already confirmed, once again, that the carbon tax is costing Canadians more than they receive in rebates. For families in Saskatchewan, the quadrupled carbon tax is $2,000. Will the Prime Minister finally give Canadians the carbon tax election that they so desperately…
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Madam Speaker, I am surprised that member can look her constituents in the eye, when she voted and supported at committee the benefit we have today. There were no amendments with regulation, timelines or accountability. I would ask her to look in the mirror.
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Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time this afternoon with the member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin. With the cost of living crisis soaring in our country, many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet. For Canadians with a disability, who have higher living costs, those costs are disproportionate. In addition to the surging costs of essentials like groceries, fuel, housing and home heating, perso…
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Madam Speaker, the irony of this is that his own minister at the time could not guarantee this. We know that for nine years, the Liberal government has been propped up by the NDP. It is very ironic that the New Democrats have brought this forward today. Those members have voted at every single step to support the Liberals. We know the Liberals have broken promise after promise. At the end of the d…
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Madam Speaker, we are hearing this right now in real time at the HUMA committee, since we are doing a study on a Canada without barriers. There are so many invisible barriers. A lot of times when Canadians hear of a barrier, they think of a sidewalk, or a stairwell or a lack of a ramp. What about the red tape or the language that is not plain and easily read, understood and accessible? These are t…
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Mr. Speaker, after years of the Prime Minister, life has never been more expensive for Canadians. He has doubled the debt, doubled housing costs, caused the worst inflation in 40 years, sent two million people to the food bank and unleashed crime and chaos in our communities. The Liberals' NDP coalition partners have been there to support them every turn of the way. The NDP leader claimed he rippe…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader of Canada has been to every area of the country, genuinely listening, not just coming in and going out, but listening and talking with Canadians from every background. He is the only leader in the House who is representing Canadians and representing them well.
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Mr. Speaker, we can see the flip-flopping. An agreement was torn up, and now arts and craft time is here taping up the agreement again. We will see when the rubber hits the road who has confidence in the government. I sure the heck hope that it is not the NDP or the Bloc, because we do not either.
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Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn. Canadians are desperate. They are desperate for a new government. That is because after nine years of the Prime Minister, life has never been harder for Canadians. His failed policies, propped up by the NDP at every opportunity, have doubled the debt, doubled housing costs, caused the worst inflation in…
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Mr. Speaker, I am gravely offended by my colleague suggesting that I am delusional or obsessed. The only thing I am obsessed about is representing the people who put me on the ballot, which is my job. It is the job of other opposition parties to do the same, but also the government to listen. The Liberals are destroying the livelihood of the people who I represent. How dare you suggest that I am d…
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Mr. Speaker, the member should come to Saskatchewan and tell my farmers and energy workers that they have never had it so good under the Liberal government, propped up by the NDP. They want to work. They want to provide for their families. My farmers know who has been on their side, and it sure as hell has not been the NDP or the Liberals.
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Madam Speaker, I listened to the member's speech. Near the beginning of his remarks, he made a comment that the NDP has been fighting for relief for Canadians, so my question is very simple. I just want to know how that is so, given the fact that New Democrats have voted for tax increases at every single opportunity that the Liberal government has given them, and that they have voted 24 times to k…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal government, we know that life has never cost Canadians more. Across the country, Canadians are going hungry in record numbers. The Prime Minister's reckless budgeting and failed policies have caused the worst inflation in 40 years, and food prices have skyrocketed. This year alone, families will spend $700 more on groceries than they did last year, an…
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