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Madam Speaker, that very Speaker has, of course, said that the House has the undoubted right to order the production of all of the documents, so the Liberals should give them to us. Common-sense Conservatives are here to hold the government accountable for its failures, corruption and wrongdoing. MPs request the documents for scrutiny, not only by the RCMP but also by members of Parliament, as is …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my powerful, compassionate, joyful, loving colleague from King—Vaughan. I was moved and appalled by the experience that she talked about last night. The worst part is that it is becoming common; violent crimes, crimes by gangsters, drive-by shootings, kidnappings, violent thefts and robberies have all skyrocketed, by more than 100%, since the Liberals took office. That is wh…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost to Canada. We have the worst decline in living standards in four decades, the worst drop in income per person in the G7 and the worst economic growth in the OECD. What is their wacko plan now? It is to slap a job-killing oil and gas cap on Canada, make everything even more expensive and drive out jobs, businesses, money, tech…
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Madam Speaker, they keep telling Canadians they have never had it so good. The truth is that the NDP-Liberals hurt Canadians every time but help the U.S. and hostile regimes. It is nuts because so many countries want Canada's energy. Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Japan, South Korea, Greece and Latvia all ask for LNG, but the NDP-Liberals say no. A million Canadians need powerful paycheques from oil an…
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Madam Speaker, is that eloquent, articulate, powerful colleague not exactly right on? That is what is so disgusting: these high-flying, high-carbon hypocrites bringing in tax after tax and ban after ban and punishment after punishment to make it so Canadians cannot afford to heat, house, fuel, power or drive themselves, especially, as the member just said, as our big northern country heads right i…
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Madam Speaker, Parliament is still at a standstill after six weeks because the Liberals refused to turn over documents related to their Sustainable Development Technology Canada fund, SDTC, or better known by Canadians now, more accurately, as the Liberal green slush fund. Common-sense Conservatives want transparency and accountability for Canadians about the Liberals' repeated pattern of entitled…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for such a powerful speech about his role and duty as a member of Parliament since 2015 and for all of the advocacy he has done for his constituents, including the most vulnerable among them. I wonder if he has more to say about the advocacy he has done for the essential needs of indigenous people and indigenous communities. What does he think…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up, but this fake feminist Prime Minister is still up to his old tricks. Like so many women before, he shoved aside his female finance minister for his rich, conflict of interest, carbon tax crony, I mean Carney, to take over. Carbon tax Carney will slap the carbon tax right back on home heating …
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years under the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. The NDP leader claimed he would be an opposition voice, but promptly hooked up to help the Liberal Prime Minister hike taxes and food costs, double housing costs, and unleash crime and chaos in once-safe Canadian streets. That is the definition of selling out workers, voters and communitie…
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Mr. Speaker, today I am proud to present a petition on behalf of thousands of Canadians who call on the government to stop its divisive anti-energy, anti-private sector, top-down Bill C-50 just-transition agenda, which would cause fuel and power shortages, and even more energy poverty, while hurting Canada's standard of living. The NDP-Liberal's so-called just transition would hike the cost of liv…
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With regard to firearms which were prohibited as a result of the May 1, 2020, Order in Council SOR/2020-96: (a) how many have been (i) turned in, (ii) seized, (iii) confiscated, (iv) otherwise obtained by the government broken down by how it was obtained; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by those firearms which were previously in the possession of individuals versus businesses; and (c) what is the…
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Mr. Speaker, common-sense Conservatives got proof that the Liberals kicked and screamed to hide, but most Canadians already know that after nine years, the NDP-Liberals' carbon tax is not worth the cost. It will gouge Canada's economy for about $30 billion. That is almost $2,000 for every household each year. In Lakeland, a family farm paid nearly $500 in carbon taxes in one month. An agricultural…
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Mr. Speaker, he should actually listen to what Canadians are pleading with him about, because emissions are up and so is the price of everything. It is all a sham. The truth is that not once did the 1,200-page analysis show that Canadians were better off with the carbon tax and rebate. The worst thing is the Prime Minister fought to hide the real costs of his agenda, even though he has never had t…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, poverty and food insecurity are emergencies in Canada. Last year, a record two million Canadians had to visit food banks in a single month. Food Banks Canada says nearly half of Canadians feel financially worse off since last year, and 25% cannot afford to feed themselves. An Alberta food bank reported that four times more working people have to access help than in 2…
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Mr. Speaker, two years after Putin's illegal attack on Ukraine, many Lakeland towns, groups and people have opened their hearts to displaced Ukrainians who now call Canada their home. These are families like the Krawecs from Athabasca, who started by filling out immigration forms and then found furnishings for multiple homes. There are volunteer settlement committees, like Vegreville and Area Stan…
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With regard to expenditures made by the government under object code 0207 (Employee relocation in Canada) in each of the last three fiscal years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23): (a) what was the total amount spent each year, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity; and (b) what was the total amount spent each year for the relocation of ministerial exempt staff …
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, Canadians cannot afford the costly coalition's carbon tax, but the Prime Minister does not care. He will quadruple it, even though 70% of Canadians and seven out of 10 premiers told him to spike the hike. The Conservatives' common-sense plan is to axe all federal taxes on gas until Labour Day to save Canadians 35¢ a litre. That is more than $955 of needed savings for…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years it is clear that everyone but the out-of-touch, elite NDP-Liberals knows the carbon tax is not worth the cost. Page 4 of last year's parliamentary budget office report says, “Taking into consideration...fiscal and economic impacts...most households will see a net loss”. The NDP-Liberals' inflationary tax-and-spend agenda makes everything more expensive and hurts vulne…
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Mr. Speaker, I am proud to present a petition on behalf of the good people of Hairy Hill in Lakeland. It calls on the government to increase the tax credits for volunteer firefighting and search and rescue services. Volunteer firefighters make up about 71% of Canada's total firefighting essential first responders, and approximately 8,000 essential search and rescue volunteers respond to thousands …
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moved: Motion No. 64 That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 7 with the following: “(b) three members who, among them, represent unionized and non-unionized workers;” Motion No. 69 That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 7 with the following: “(c) three members who represent lndigenous peoples, of whom at least two also represent workers or…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 9 and 10 on page 7 with the following: “cluding at the national, provincial and territorial levels, in accordance with the terms of”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by deleting lines 19 to 28 on page 7
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moved: That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 4 on page 3 with the following: “communities, recognizing that 93% of the oil and gas sector is composed of small businesses each employing fewer than 100 individuals, as well as the achievement of”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 3 with the following: “communities, non-unionized workers, non-governmental organizations and”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 11 with the following: “territories, Indigenous peoples, trade unions, non-unionized workers, munici-”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 27 and 28 on page 5 with the following: “decent work, namely work — including, but not limited to, jobs in which workers are represented by a trade union that has entered”
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moved: That Bill C-50 be amended by deleting the preamble.
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moved: Motion No. 3 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 2 with the following: “fostering the creation of sustainable jobs and, given an anticipated 170,000 immediate job losses plus a further 2,700,000 disrupted jobs, imple-” Motion No. 4 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 14 and 15 on page 2 with the following: “menting measures to …
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 4 to 6 on page 7 with the following: “ters on potential areas of cooperation in relation to the Sustainable”
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Madam Speaker, is the member not concerned about, or has she not been able to see, the government's internal memo during the discussions and consultations on the concept of the just transition? However, they are not on Bill C-50, because of course no Canadian will be heard on that. Is she not concerned about the fact the government's own internal memo said that the result of Bill C-50 and the just…
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moved: Motion No. 8 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 7 on page 3 with the following: “(v) advance the well-being of workers;” Motion No. 9 That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 3 with the following: “(v) recognize the anticipated 170,000 immediate job losses and 2,700,000 other jobs which will be disrupted and, therefore, advance…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the Greens for being honest about this bill. I would invite the member to expand, if he wants, on his thoughts. There was a previous just transition study, and the Liberals and the NDP changed the name of it at the last minute. However, as the member pointed out, the bill would not deliver any jobs or skills training programs, particularly. The member brought up …
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Mr. Speaker, the member just likened duly elected members of Parliament on the Standing Committee on Natural Resources to Brownshirts.
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Madam Speaker, I know that it was possible to participate in COP21 virtually, because our shadow minister for the environment did. He participated virtually. I just want to acknowledge and credit the Bloc Québécois and the Green Party members here. Conservatives are the only pro-energy party and, therefore, the only pro-Canada party in the House of Commons. Of all of the anti-energy parties, the B…
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Mr. Speaker, for that exact member to be characterizing the actions of my duly elected colleagues, who are Conservative members on the natural resources committee, in the way that he has actually lines up perfectly given that he told me to “eff off” in the committee meeting—
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing lines 13 and 14 on page 13 with the following: “those measures across federal entities, working within their respective areas of jurisdiction and responsi-”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing lines 22 to 24 on page 13 with the following: “al-territorial initiatives related to the Plans;”
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 13 with the following: “services for workers with respect to”
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Madam Speaker, on what planet have I ever advocated and would ever support the concept of requiring taxpayer subsidies and governments to nationalize and socialize the energy sector in Canada? The Conservatives, under former prime minister Stephen Harper, eliminated the vast majority of direct subsidies to oil and gas companies, yet the Liberals, who I have been happy to defend for the last nine y…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing line 18 on page 12 with the following: “perts, partners and stakeholders, including those representing Black and other racialized individuals or from non-”
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Madam Speaker, in December, while the NDP-Liberals’ self-proclaimed socialist environment minister hung out with 70,000 sanctimonious politicians and wealthy elites at a sprawling air-conditioned steel complex in a major petro-state, without a hint of shame or irony, I might add, who all flew from around the world on publicly funded, commercial and private airplanes and jets, even though virtual a…
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Mr. Speaker, since the minister was not on the committee, I appreciate his commendation of his cohorts for colluding in the costly coalition cover-up. The Liberal members of his party rejected a Bloc Québécois motion that would have ensured that Bill C-50 supported “the decarbonization of workplaces while preserving existing jobs, minimizing job losses, and encouraging the involvement of workers a…
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Madam Speaker, it just happens to be the case that I have an academic background in political philosophy and globalism is a legitimate and actual theory of policy development. The just transition has been developed over time at global gatherings of countries that are imposing global policies or are aiming to impose global policies on countries around the world. The Conservatives want to bring home…
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 1 to 6 on page 11 with the following: “growth and the labour market in a net-zero economy;”
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moved: Motion No. 141 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 11 on page 11 with the following: “graph (c);” Motion No. 142 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 11 with the following: “ing data in relation to Indigenous peoples or Black and other racialized individuals, describe”
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moved: Motion No. 129 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 10 with the following: “ing the guiding principles set out in the preamble while respecting the constitutional jurisdiction of the provinces and territories;”.” Motion No. 130 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 10 with the following: “ing the guiding principles set out in …
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by deleting lines 21 to 25 on page 11.
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 10 on page 5 with the following: “net-zero economy means an economy in which any anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are balanced by anthropogenic removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere over a specified period. (économie carboneutre)”
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