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Mr. Speaker, if Liberal excuses could fill a shopping cart, no one in this country would go hungry, but families cannot eat the word salad these ministers keep dishing out. Today, 25% of households cannot afford food. Many are having to skip meals for days. This hardship is the direct result of the Liberal government's reckless spending. Every dollar the Liberals add to the deficit feeds inflation…
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With regard to the government's response to Order Paper Question Q-3051 of the first session of the 44th Parliament showing the number of taxpayers in each riding that received the Canada Carbon Rebate rural supplement: what is the government's explanation for why certain individuals in completely urban ridings, such as Winnipeg Centre, Ottawa Centre and numerous completely urban ridings in the Gr…
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With regard to the government’s announcement in budget 2024 that they will create a new “capstone research funding organization”: (a) what will be the purpose of this organization; (b) how much money has been allocated to, or is projected to be required by, this organization to date and over each of the next five fiscal years; (c) what specific gaps, deficiencies, or coordination challenges in the…
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Let us just call it the soup and salad bowl of Canada, Madam Speaker. We are still waiting for our rural top-up from the member for Kingston and the Islands, who thinks if he says it loud enough it must be true in this place. There was a lot to unpack in the member's speech. I have driven a Ford F-150 Lightning and can tell the House that, under load, in cold conditions up in Thunder Bay, that thi…
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Mr. Speaker, I like the way my colleague speaks in reality. The reality is, we know the government has forgotten about rural Canadians. The member talks about power. The Liberals have trouble doing math. In my riding, I have a lot of people still on 60-amp service; in old cottage country, it is 100-amp service. The government put out heat pumps. The reality is that we have people who cannot even g…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal housing minister says he does not want house prices to go down. While everyday Canadians are priced out of a home, he says he is focused on protecting people's assets. Well, now we know why. From his Vancouver penthouse, the minister is sitting atop a personal real estate empire worth over $10 million, including luxury properties in Tofino, Squamish and English Bay. Why is…
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Mr. Speaker, Liberals are just like atoms: They make up everything. More Canadians than ever are watching the dream of home ownership slip further out of reach, but the housing minister is not focused on solving the housing crisis because he is profiting from it. The average home in Canada now costs $680,000; it is $1.2 million in Vancouver. Rents and mortgages have doubled, and housing starts are…
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Mr. Speaker, that answer would not take the scum off rice pudding. The report from the Auditor General was clear: No work was done. The only thing delivered was a cheque to Liberal insiders. Despite an RCMP investigation and $64 million wasted, the cabinet ministers responsible were not fired. They were promoted to new titles, bigger offices, all courtesy of the Prime Minister; talk about failing …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government ignored procurement rules, accountability and basic common sense to funnel sweetheart contracts to their friends at GC Strategies, the ones who were behind ArriveCAN. It handed out an eyewatering $64 million in taxpayer money to Liberal insiders, with no evidence that any work was actually completed. Will the Liberals take responsibility, show respect to Canadia…
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Mr. Chair, since there has been no budget from the Liberal government, how much money is being allocated to “build Canada homes”?
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Mr. Chair, what is the average household income in Ontario?
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Mr. Chair, could the minister point to where I would find that out in the estimates, please?
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Mr. Chair, the number is 30%. That is up 50% since 2015, since the Liberal government has been in power. How many investment properties does the minister own?
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Mr. Chair, how many rental units does the Minister of Housing own?
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Mr. Chair, what percentage of homes in Canada are owned by investors?
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Mr. Chair, this is what frustrates Canadians. We ask a question and expect an answer, and I know that the minister can answer the question, so we are going to try again. There are two clocks in here. What time is it?
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Mr. Chair, it certainly is. We do need action. Does the minister understand that home prices have skyrocketed far beyond what most Canadians can afford?
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Mr. Chair, I was looking for the number. How many investment properties does the Minister of Housing own?
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Mr. Chair, the minister said to all Canadians that house prices do not need to go down. Why does preserving high real estate values matter more to him than ensuring that people can afford a home?
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Mr. Chair, which party has been in government for the past decade?
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Mr. Chair, what is the price of a home in Ontario?
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Mr. Chair, how many new public servants will be hired for the agency?
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time three ways. Why is it so hard for Canadians to afford a home?
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Mr. Chair, the minister spoke so much tonight about housing but answered no questions. Hopefully he can give Canadians an answer to this: On what date, what exact date, will the average Canadian who is priced out of a home right now be able to afford one? Just—
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Mr. Chair, these are important questions that Canadians need answers to. Will the creation of “build Canada homes” just lead to more red tape and government bureaucracy?
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Mr. Speaker, again, it is about binoculars. I cannot see the CN Tower from here. I cannot see the CN Tower from my riding. The government divided Canadians, rolled back the CMA data and classified my riding as not being rural but part of Toronto. Again, we cannot see the CN Tower. We were denied the rural top-up we were entitled to. Now, people who mistakenly got the rural top-up have the CRA comi…
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Madam Speaker, we are still waiting. We are waiting for action from the government in my riding. The Liberals did their heat pump announcement out east, with the carbon tax, and then decided to divide Canadians, rolling the CMAs and the census data back to benefit Liberal ridings. The member talks about indigenous Canadians. In York central, we have the Chippewas of Georgina Island, in the middle …
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Mr. Speaker, there is something special about life in a Canadian small town, especially in New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury. These are places shaped by open fields, quiet roads and a strong sense of community. People look out for one another, show up for local events and take pride in the place they call home. That spirit is what Canada is all about. On July 1, we will kick things off with my annual Cana…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has admitted that he does not do his own grocery shopping. He does not even know how much a family of four spends on groceries. He either does not know or does not care that Canadian families are struggling to put food on the table because of the Liberal government's failure to tackle inflation. Under the Liberals, the most expensive vehicle to operate in Canada is …
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Mr. Speaker, it was the Prime Minister who said that Canadians will hold them accountable based on their experience at the grocery store. The experience is a nightmare, and Canadians are getting fed up. Under the Liberal government, food prices have skyrocketed, but instead of offering a real budget plan, the Liberals are plowing ahead with a half trillion dollars in new spending. Hard-working Can…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague just alluded to the carbon tax. I have spoken many times about the rural top-up that residents in my riding were denied. The fact of the matter is that there is now a very concerning issue that has come up. I now have the CRA coming after constituents who have mistakenly received the rural top-up that they actually thought they were entitled to. We had government-approved…
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Mr. Speaker, unemployment is up 7%. Youth unemployment is at 14%. Canadians cannot find work, and the burden of government red tape is making things even worse. Small businesses spend 32 working days every year wrapped up in excessive regulations. It is no wonder they cannot afford to hire or innovate. Will the Liberals finally cut the red tape strangling our economy so businesses can hire and Can…
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Mr. Speaker, it has been 10 years that I have been listening to Canadians. The minister should listen to Canadians who cannot find a job. There are fewer new entrepreneurs than ever. Productivity and growth are down. Forget the scissors and the pruners. We need a chainsaw to cut through all this red tape. It is time to clear a path for Canadians to be successful and to hire. Why do the Liberals ke…
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Mr. Speaker, what we are going to do as His Majesty's loyal opposition is make the government the best it can be. As my colleague said, we heard this time and time again at the doors: People are flat broke, and the government continues to spend. If we think of a family now with a leased car, mortgage payments, insurance, cellphone bills and grocery bills, they just cannot do it. We have to make th…
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Mr. Speaker, what a great day it was to see the King. I walked to the Senate; I did not take the bus, and to see the crowd, to see the Canadian flags, I thought he inspired Canadians. This truly is the true north strong and free. It will never be the 51st state. I would invite the King back. I would love to see him again.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague cares about the environment. We are going to work on plastics again, and I want to thank him for that. My comment is on the Liberal housing decelerator fund. Is it decelerator or accelerator? I cannot remember. This is the problem: It does not build houses. We have municipalities that lack infrastructure and have crumbling infrastructure.
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Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you in the chair. Keep your stick on the ice. I should have had a footnote for that comment. It is an honour to rise today as the member of Parliament for New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury and to be given the opportunity to stand up for the communities of Bradford West Gwillimbury, the soup and salad bowl of Canada; East Gwillimbury, home to the Sharon Temple and the birthp…
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Mr. Speaker, I support all tax cuts, but quite frankly, this tax cut is just not enough. I alluded in my speech to the rural top-up. This is money that my constituents have spent and paid. They are owed this money, and the government has failed to do anything about it. Now my constituents are getting letters from the CRA demanding this money back. We have Order Paper questions to the government on…
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Mr. Speaker, just for the opposition, could you clarify who the deputy prime minister is and who the minister of finance is at this time?
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Madam Speaker, sadly, this is the problem. With the current government, there is no update. We have been trying over three years, and four transport ministers, to put a stop to this illegal fill that is going on at an aerodrome. This company, with directors who have been charged and convicted for illegally dumping fill, has purchased land under the guise of an aerodrome, if members can believe it.…
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Madam Speaker, as I said, this is about affordability. This is about transparency for taxpayers. This is what is so frustrating for Canadians. We are talking about $400 million. We have someone on a phone over here. They are on the phone now, trying to call me in. It is unbelievable. We are talking about $400 million. I have not seen one NDP or Liberal member of Parliament stand up and ask if anyo…
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Madam Speaker, the most important scandal the member left out is the scandal the NDP-Liberal government is actually putting on Canadians. That is the scandal of affordability. When we look at the GST trick and the $250 giveaway, we remember that the leader of the NDP ripped up that agreement and said he was done with the Liberals. The fact is that he actually wrote that bill in conjunction with th…
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Madam Speaker, quite frankly, I wish I did not have to talk about this. I wish the government promise that they put in the budget last year had addressed this problem. The government loves to divide Canadians, and it has divided them based on geography. My riding is the soup and salad bowl of Canada. I cannot even see the CN Tower from my riding. However, the government has classified us as Toront…
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Madam Speaker, that is quite true. Actually, the promise was made on the shores of Lake Simcoe. The Deputy Prime Minister promised $40 million for Lake Simcoe because the Liberals cancelled the cleanup fund. What happened was promises, promises, promises. Circling back to how important the environment is, I want to point out that this was from a government that did not support my bill, Bill C-204,…
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Madam Speaker, we can talk about déjà vu all over again. It is another day here in Ottawa; most Canadians would expect to see the NDP-Liberal government working to put out the many fires it has lit that are raging across the country: an economic recession, the housing and affordability crisis, disorder at the border, trade relations with the United States and seniors who have had to take a second …
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General has revealed that the NDP-Liberal government has paid out $3.5 billion in taxpayer funds to tens of thousands of people who were never entitled to receive it in the first place. The Prime Minister loves to spend Canadians' money and he does not care if it is wasted or misspent, just as long as he can pose for the photo. Will the Prime Minister admit he has lost con…
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Mr. Speaker, it is not that often that I would rise and thank the Prime Minister, but he came to my riding, to East Gwillimbury, with the member for Newmarket—Aurora. He could not even do an announcement in a Liberal riding. He had to set-up a mock grocery store above a grocery store because he could not do an announcement in the store. Every time he comes to my riding, I get so many lawn sign req…
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With regard to the Canada Carbon Rebate rural supplement (top-up), broken down by year since the rural supplement began: what was the total (i) amount of top-up money paid, (ii) number of top-up recipients, broken down by each federal riding which qualified for the rural supplement?
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With regard to government employees and full-time equivalents at the executive (EX) level or higher: (a) what was the number of such employees during the (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2023-24, fiscal year, in total and broken down by department, agency, or Crown corporation; and (b) what was the amount paid in salaries and other financial compensation to such employees during the (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2023-24, fi…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Foothills for his speech. The House has been seized with this issue for almost a month now, and it could end tonight if the Liberals would just produce the documents. What is concerning is the pressing issues that we are not dealing with. For example, my colleague from Foothills knows that the carbon tax issue for my riding of York—Simcoe is that we are not…
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