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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister follows one of the strictest codes of ethics in the world. He is not doing anything for Brookfield.
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Mr. Speaker, we are back to the imaginary taxes again. There is no tax on food. Farms are largely, if not totally, exempt from the industrial carbon tax. Even their favourite Twitter guy, the food professor, says there is no incidence on food prices from the matters the member mentions. I would invite her to correct herself.
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Mr. Speaker, I have had a great time touring around and promoting all of the good transportation news coming out of this budget for Quebec. In fact, after receiving numerous requests from the Bloc Québécois, including one to extend the runway on the Magdalen Islands, I was very pleased to go there and share the good news. I would like to thank the people of the Magdalen Islands for their warm welc…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister did indeed have a choice to make this week. He chose to be here in the House twice to vote for a historic budget for Quebeckers and Canadians. This Prime Minister will always act in the best interests of Canada, will always act in favour of opportunities and will always act to build and improve the possibilities and opportunities available to Quebeckers. The Bloc Qu…
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Mr. Speaker, the United Arab Emirates is one of the world's largest investors in renewable energy.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier today in the chamber, the member for Calgary Midnapore said that the Prime Minister's loyalty was not to Canada or to Canadians. That is a direct quote. I would invite her to retract that statement at this very time.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think debate in the chamber is served by challenging a Prime Minister who has stood up for public service in Canada, challenging his patriotism or his service to his country. I know that member does not believe those things. I would invite her to restrain her comments with respect to the Prime Minister's feelings about the country and about the people that he serves. I would …
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Mr. Speaker, it is always funny when I hear the critic for immigration talking in the House about immigration, when they systematically slapped down any possibility of improving our immigration system prior to the last election. Now the member for Vaughan—Woodbridge stands up and dares to ask what tools we are putting in place to prevent extortion. He is in the way. Tell the whip to get his boot o…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to end question period, at least for this Conservative question, with this. We started question period talking about a very unfortunate quote by the member for Calgary Midnapore. I want to draw members' attention to a quote from the member for Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke that I do not think really elevates the nature of debate in this House. She said, in referring to the budget,…
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Mr. Speaker, in those long, barren Harper years when the member was a minister, the only pipeline that was built was the pipeline full of hot air that led to nothing. Not a single energy-exporting piece of tidewater infrastructure was ever constructed under a Conservative government. We have built one. We just heard the minister talking about a process on another. If someone wants to vote for ener…
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Mr. Speaker, the deputy leader of the Conservative Party should ask the question in reverse. Why is it that when the Leader of the Opposition flies out of the city to far-flung places across our vast and grand land, his polling results go down every single time he lands at a great Canadian airport? The deputy leader should demand more of her leader and demand bigger results from her leader. The de…
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moved that the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
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moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.
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Mr. Speaker, the House has before it measures, contained in Bill C-2, that would give the police long-requested abilities to prevent extortion and to catch extortionists and criminals in our country. The Conservatives, and the Conservatives alone, stood in the way of those particular measures, demanding their removal from Bill C-2. That member needs to talk to his whip, talk to his leader, and get…
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Mr. Speaker, like my colleague who just listed the budget points that highlight our achievements and commitments to culture, I am baffled to see that Bloc members are demanding landing strips, ports, docks in Saguenay, investments in major projects, support for health care and housing in Quebec and then, oops, they cross the bridge over the Ottawa River and vote against all of that. Why did the Bl…
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Mr. Speaker, of course, there is a well-worn process for the appointment of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, which involves consulting with all members of the House, including the Leader of the Opposition. We look forward to the members' feedback on that very important job search.
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Mr. Speaker, the member is an experienced member, so experienced, in fact, that he was here for the 10-year river of Harper red ink, with the biggest budget deficits on record in the history of the country. It is funny; he was not talking about that then. What he has done is vote against a budget that creates opportunity right throughout Atlantic Canada and right throughout the province of New Bru…
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Mr. Speaker, sometimes I wonder if the Conservatives do not just sit on Twitter all day trying to figure out what they are going to say in the House of Commons, instead of the opposite. This is absolutely groundless. This is absolutely baseless. There are no facts involved in anything the member just said. The member for London West has always taken a prudent and responsible approach to public fin…
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Mr. Speaker, this morning brings the outstanding news of tens of thousands, in fact, 69,000, new jobs in Canada, in the second straight month of employment growth in this country. What is happening, as the Minister of Natural Resources informed us yesterday, is that investors are piling into Canada. They are expressing confidence in our country. The entrepreneurs, the tech sector and young people …
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Mr. Speaker, we are fully confident that Quebeckers have seen the investments this budget is making in culture. They have confidence in that. They have confidence in our investments in housing. They have confidence in our investments in the military sector to create jobs at Davie and in aerospace. They have confidence that the Liberal Party will protect our language, culture and Radio-Canada acros…
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Mr. Speaker, the member in question was present. He momentarily lifted his body out of the seat for a second and returned to his seat immediately. He heard the question and cast his vote. I would ask the indulgence of members on the other side of the House to overlook this very brief, minor error.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to join my hon. friend in saluting our country's veterans, their families and their communities, and all of those we take a moment to remember on November 11. I know all of those people deeply appreciate the support that Canadians demonstrate in their communities on Remembrance Day. I want to join my friend, the opposition House leader, in sending along those wishes. I want to …
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Mr. Speaker, once again, the leader persists with and doubles down on these fake, imaginary taxes that exist only in his head and in the talking points that he hands out. What I will tell him is that this is a budget that Conservative-minded voters, people who think of voting Conservative in elections, can like. What do they like about it? They like the hope. They like the ambition. They like the …
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Mr. Speaker, do members know what this budget does? It builds communities. It builds opportunities for young people in our communities. It ties this country together in a common refrain of hope, optimism and investing in ourselves. We are going to be investing in new homes. We are going to be investing in housing for young people. We are going to build it with Canadian steel. We are going to build…
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Mr. Speaker, of course we are always listening to Canadians. I would stress to the hon. member that this is a budget that invests historically in climate competitiveness in this country, in getting Canada to net zero by 2050 and in making sure that Canada remains a leader in the worldwide fight against climate change. I would invite the member to compare us to any country around the world, especia…
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Mr. Speaker, today is a great day for the member opposite because we will have an affordable budget that protects the most vulnerable, invests in our young people, invests in all Canadians, invests in communities and regions across the country, builds the country and creates employment and investment opportunities in Canada, all to build the strongest economy in the G7. I invite the member to supp…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a great day for the official opposition because we are going to have an affordable budget. We are going to have a historic budget that creates opportunity for young people and Canadians from coast to coast to coast, so we can build this country and make sure that government works for people and invests in their communities. We look forward to having the Conservatives support thi…
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Here we go again, Mr. Speaker, with these imaginary taxes. There is no tax on food. There will never be a tax on groceries. I have great news for the opposition. Today's budget will not have any of these imaginary taxes in it either. The budget will have historic investments in young people, in building this country, in building communities and in making this country stronger.
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Mr. Speaker, my esteemed colleague will have to wait for the budget, but I can confirm that we will maintain Canada's climate change leadership on the world stage. I can confirm that Canada will not go backward, but will march relentlessly forward. I am sure the member would not want us to avoid undertaking major projects in Quebec and the rest of Canada. I can assure the member that we will inves…
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Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues have said, there is no tax. It is an imaginary tax. There is no tax on food packaging in Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, there is no food packaging tax. There is no food labelling tax. There is no tax on groceries. These are imaginary taxes, and repeating these same lines is not going to make them real.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that there is no tax on packaging, that the taxes described by the member do not exist. There are no taxes on food at the grocery store. There are no taxes. The Conservatives are talking about imaginary taxes. They do not exist, and Canadians know it. It is time for the Conservatives to realize that as well.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, these are imaginary taxes; they do not exist. There is no tax on food packaging. The member can cite all the imaginary people he wants to, but there are no taxes on food packaging. Good news is that the budget will not include any either.
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Mr. Speaker, once again the opposition is talking about imaginary taxes. I will tell members something that is not imaginary, because I get to be the House leader and actually see things that are not imaginary. We are debating Bill C-4, which would do three things: cut income taxes for every single person who pays income tax, cut the GST for first-time homebuyers, and, guess what, get rid of the c…
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Mr. Speaker, it may not be written in the notes that the Leader of the Opposition just passed him, but the member should talk to his colleagues, the ones who are delaying the passage of Bill C‑4, since it reduces taxes for everyone who pays income tax in Canada, lowers the GST on homes for first-time buyers and eliminates the carbon tax. The member opposite should rise and stop delaying a bill tha…
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Mr. Speaker, we are of course listening attentively to what the opposition has to say. The good news is that I think I just heard the Leader of the Opposition say he is going to get all his colleagues to support the budget because it will, in fact, be an affordable budget. It will be a budget that builds Canada. It will be a budget that Canadians will be very proud of. We very much welcome the sup…
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Mr. Speaker, it will indeed be an affordable budget for an affordable life. Not only that, but it will be a budget that opens the door to opportunities for Canadians and young Canadians across the country, for tradespeople, for Canadian softwood lumber, steel and aluminum. We are going to build this big beautiful country in an affordable way. We are going to make history by building a better Canad…
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Mr. Speaker, obviously we have listened attentively to what the opposition has to say, and I think I just heard good news, with the Leader of the Opposition saying that he is going to order his troops, and himself, to walk in here and support this great, affordable Liberal budget that is coming tomorrow. It is a budget that brings down taxes for Canadians, a budget that brings down taxes and GST f…
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Mr. Speaker, it was going so well up until now. We still have hope, though, that the Leader of the Opposition will not want to send Canadians, including our great farmers, to the polls over the Christmas season. The Conservative leader continues to bring up these imaginary taxes. We would be happy to explain, once again, that farmers in this country are mostly exempt from any of those industrial c…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday was municipal election day in Quebec. I do not think the member will mind if I congratulate all of the candidates, the winners and all those who ran. As for our talks, the member is well aware that we have had some good discussions with her leader, with her and with other members of her team. As for listening, we are listening to the 44 Liberal members from Quebec, who do a …
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Mr. Speaker, six months ago, this government was elected to develop a budget that will build Quebec and create opportunities for Quebeckers and Canadians across the country, from coast to coast to coast. The projects and the investments in tomorrow's budget will create opportunities for young people, for the people of Quebec and everywhere else. I think that the Bloc Québécois, like all members of…
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Madam Speaker, Canada's pension plans, the Maple Eight and others, lead the world not only in securing returns and a prosperous future for our retirees and our pensioners but also in ethical and above-board investments all over the world, including in Canada. The CPPIB and other pension funds in this country will continue, I am sure, to take investing in Canada very, very seriously.
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Madam Speaker, first of all, I want to wish everyone here in the House a happy Halloween. Another holiday that is coming up is Christmas. Canadians are looking forward to Christmas. This has been a big year for Canada. This year, people want to celebrate Christmas, but they do not want to go to the polls. We are going to table a budget. Canadians hope that the House will pass the Liberal plan, our…
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, the Conservatives have consistently voted against support measures that help Canadians make ends meet. Whether it is school food programs, dental care, drug coverage or child benefits, the Conservatives consistently vote against the measures we are putting in place to help Canadians make ends meet.
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Madam Speaker, do members know what my hon. friend has done? Time after time, on the measures that would help Canadian youth, they are against them. Whether it be student loan relief, the savings program for first-time homebuyers or creating and building national projects that are going to give opportunities to young people from coast to coast to coast, this member stands in this place and votes a…
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Madam Speaker, it is Halloween, and we certainly want to wish a happy Halloween to all Canadians. There is another big holiday coming up. Canadians would like to have a Christmas, a holiday season, in peace; no ads with the Leader of the Opposition, that grinchy guy, screaming at them through their television screens or their telephone screens. The finance critic on the other side should stand in …
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Madam Speaker, let me point out to my colleague that the Bloc Québécois, representing 22 ridings, has made 36 billion dollars' worth of demands, along with additional expenses payable by Canadian taxpayers. Yes, we are listening. Yes, we are working with all the opposition parties. Yes, we obviously want this budget to pass and avoid a Christmas election. I have a question for my colleague. Will h…
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Madam Speaker, my leader and my colleague, the Minister of Finance, have shown great openness. It is the Bloc Québécois leader who said, without reading a single word of the budget, that he will be voting against. Who is the one not being constructive here? Is it the person who says he is voting against the budget no matter what we say or is it the people who are listening, working with the opposi…
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Mr. Speaker, the only question on everyone's lips is this: Will the Conservatives ruin Christmas for Canadians by triggering a snap election? The last election was only six months ago. We were given a mandate, and we will present a plan to build the strongest economy in the G7, a strong Canada, with housing and job opportunities for young people from coast to coast to coast. Will the member ruin C…
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