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Madam Speaker, the good news is that this member will get not just one but two chances to support the creation of new opportunities and jobs for all Canadians. Today, we are going to debate the affordability bill, which lowers taxes for 22 million Canadians. Later on, we are going to introduce a bill backed by stakeholders in Quebec and the Government of Quebec to create opportunities and launch m…
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Madam Speaker, the member asks about budgets. She should ask her colleagues in her own caucus about past budgets, budgets that have helped the very people of whom she speaks: the people who are looking for school nutrition programs, who benefit monthly from the indexed Canada child benefit or who take their kids and drop them off at federally subsidized child care—
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Madam Speaker, the member should ask her colleagues, and maybe plead with them. The next time we bring in a measure to help Canadians get ahead, maybe they should support it.
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Madam Speaker, sometimes the member talks about concrete actions. For one rare occasion, she gets to not just simply criticise, but gets to stand up for workers, stand up for the Government of Alberta, stand up for all the premiers and all the territories in this country and stand up for workers, unions, businesses and people who want to build this country and want to create opportunity in this co…
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Madam Speaker, that member, just like all of his colleagues, is going to have a golden opportunity. Presented later today, there will be a bill with a plan, a plan to build this country with wood, steel and aluminum; with companies; with unions; with workers, men and women from right across this country, to build the economy of tomorrow. That member will have a golden opportunity to support this g…
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Madam Speaker, we welcome our new colleague to the House. He is lucky because today he will have the opportunity to support a bill that will lower taxes for the woman in Victoriaville he is talking about. He will also have the opportunity to support a bill, supported by his former boss, Mr. Legault, that will create and build major projects, create opportunities, create economic activity and even …
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moved: Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House: (a) for the duration of the 45th Parliament, (i) Standing Order 104(2) be amended by adding, after the words “10 members,” the following: “which shall be composed of five me…
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Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is a person of integrity who has been involved in public service on many levels and who has opted to serve her constituents and the public in this way. She is committed to healthy workplaces, she is committed to respect, she is committed to compassion and she will be working hard to deliver results for her constituents, the people of Manitoba and indeed all Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is obviously committed to fostering a healthy work environment for everyone in the workplace, characterized by collegiality and mutual respect, and that is what we have to say on the matter.
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Mr. Speaker, it must be said that rarely is the sequel better than the original, but the member will have an opportunity to prove the opposite. We are particularly grateful to the opposition and, through my hon. colleague, his caucus. I thank them for adopting a great throne speech that sketches out a very clear and bold agenda for fixing the Canadian economy and taking on the tariffs. It must be …
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Mr. Speaker, today in the House and across the country, we are mourning the loss of a great Canadian and honouring his memory. This man dedicated his life to serving his country, and his legacy will echo far beyond these walls. Canada has lost one of its most accomplished citizens. From his early days as an officer in the navy and his pioneering journey as the first Canadian in space to his many y…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday was an incredible day for the country. Yesterday was the day 13 provinces and territories, plus the Prime Minister, got together to talk about significant national projects so that we can build this country, so that we can build it with the great men and women in our skilled trades, so that we can build it with great Canadian steel and so that we can build it with great Cana…
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Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister often says, no one can be against the good things that Canadians can do for themselves. The Prime Minister and ministers are in Saskatoon today doing the hard work of removing red tape in the form of internal trade barriers so we can have one Canadian economy and not 13 Canadian economies. This could lower prices up to 15%, increase productivity up to 7% and add …
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Mr. Speaker, Elections Canada is an independent agency that securely and effectively protects our democracy. In fact, it is one of the best such agencies in the world. If there are problems with an election or the way it is carried out in Canada, then obviously the questions should be addressed to Elections Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member is well aware, if there are problems, he can obviously share his concerns with Elections Canada, as can all Canadians. I am sure that this independent agency, which is the envy of the world, will try to answer these questions. It goes without saying that Canadians have an absolute right to vote. We fight for that every day in the House. Elections Canada is responsib…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is indeed meeting the 13 provincial and territorial leaders today with one clear goal: to support nation-building projects that bring Canadians together by ensuring that they are expedited but also efficiently reviewed. As the Prime Minister said, any project will need to get consensus from the provinces, indigenous communities and private partners and will be subje…
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Mr. Speaker, we were served another reminder just this weekend of the threats we face in terms of trade around the world. This government will fight, protect and build. The Prime Minister is in Saskatoon today with 13 provincial and territorial leaders to build one Canadian economy, not 13. We intend to build this country. We intend to build major national projects in this country, and we intend t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has been very clear, and I do not know if my friends across the aisle have heard it clearly. Certainly Canadians heard it in the last federal election, as they returned a Liberal government with a very clear mandate to fight for this country, fight against trade threats from other places, protect the citizens of this country, protect our natural resources, protect o…
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Mr. Speaker, once again, I do not know how we can be much more clear. The Prime Minister convened the 13 provincial and territorial leaders today with the express purpose of discussing with them the kinds of major national nation-building projects that this country can consider undertaking. That is what is going on in Saskatoon. I do not know if the members across actually follow the news or follo…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is indeed in Saskatoon today. What is he talking about there? He is talking about energy. He is talking about projects of national significance. He is talking about removing barriers between Canada's 13 provinces and territories to create one economy, which some economists estimate could increase our gross domestic product by 4%. We are obviously going to work to pr…
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Mr. Speaker, I know the member is new here. I do not know if he follows the news, but the Prime Minister is in Saskatoon. He is working with all of the provinces and territories. What are they talking about at that meeting? They are talking about energy projects and other initiatives to make Canada a global economic superpower. Building Canada is our mandate. That is the mandate we sought in the e…
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, we welcome the appointment of a new chief of staff in the Office of the Prime Minister. Mr. Blanchard is a great public servant and a great Canadian who has had a stellar career in the private and public sectors. We welcome him back to the public service. As for the Prime Minister, he follows, as all members must, the most stringent code of ethics for elected members in …
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Mr. Speaker, there seems to be a very odd fixation on the personnel decisions in the Prime Minister's Office. The obvious accountability is done in the House, as the member well knows, and he can ask any question he wants of any minister of the House without impugning people who are not here. Mr. Lametti, for his part, is a great former parliamentarian, a great Italian Canadian and a distinguished…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not understand this odd fixation with personnel decisions. What we have in this House are a number of public servants who are quite willing to answer questions about the public policies of this government and to be held accountable for those. We, obviously, celebrate when distinguished, capable and talented people join the Government of Canada. That is certainly the case, as we h…
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Mr. Speaker, I have taken careful note. Of course, standing committees will be constituted in this House, as they always are. I wonder where that member was last fall, when his party spent three straight months refusing to hear one single government proposal with respect to improving the lives of Canadians, with respect to improving our environment and with respect to moving forward on projects. W…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the House that compliance with the ethics rules is not optional in Canada. It is an obligation that all elected members of the House must comply with, regardless of their position. These rules are designed to guarantee the integrity of our institutions and to maintain the trust that Canadians place in us. The Prime Minister must obey the same rules as every othe…
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Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. The Prime Minister fully complied with the Conflict of Interest Act and even went above and beyond what was required. From the outset, he proactively disclosed all relevant information to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, demonstrating his commitment to the transparency and accountability that this role demands. Canada has some of the strictest ethics …
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Mr. Speaker, we know that, in this time of uncertainty around tariffs and trade with the United States, protecting our workers is critical. That is why we made EI easier to access. We eliminated the one-week waiting period for employment insurance. Also, severance and vacation pay and so on are no longer taken into account, thereby ensuring that workers can benefit from the employment insurance sy…
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are so proud to have a new Prime Minister with a clear vision of the country and with a plan to rebuild our economy, a plan to take on the tariff challenges with the United States, a plan to give prosperity to all Canadians and, of course, a plan to comply stringently with the code of ethics for all parliamentarians, which is among the most stringent in t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has been the governor of two central banks. He has had a successful career, which I am sure he is very proud of, in the private sector, and he has come to public service once again. This is another tour of public service for our Prime Minister, with a clear plan to get Canada's economy back on track. That is what the Prime Minister is up to. What the Prime Minister …
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Mr. Speaker, I am sure you will permit me one burst of enthusiasm to congratulate the people of Edmonton. All Canadians join them in saying, “Go, Oilers, go.” I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians should feel very reassured that we have among the most stringent ethics requirements for public office holders in the world. The Prime Minister has not only complied with all of those requirements but has also proactively and pre-emptively filed all the information the Ethics Commissioner requires. Obviously, complying with the rules is something we will always do on this si…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know that evoking conspiracy theories is going to advance the case of the Conservative Party. What I would say, to repeat one more time, is that Canadians should feel very reassured by the fact that we have among the most stringent ethics guidelines in the world and that the Prime Minister has not only met those requirements but exceeded them.
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Mr. Speaker, I welcome my hon. colleague from Beauce. What he, like any new member of the House, will learn is that the rules and compliance with our code of ethics are non-negotiable. That is why the Prime Minister was proactive and went above and beyond the requirements of the code of ethics, which the member must also comply with. I hope that he, too, will comply with the code, just like the Pr…
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Mr. Speaker, the Thursday question seems to have grown enormously since the election. I have some advice for my friend from Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière: Be concise and hire an editor. I would like to acknowledge his constituents, as well as my own constituents in Gatineau. My fellow Quebeckers across Quebec can rest assured: This new government has a grand vision, a plan for the country's growth,…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister followed all the rules even before they were required. He will continue complying with all the rules. Opposition members like to distract Canadians with these hypotheticals and conjured scenarios. The fact is that we have a Prime Minister and a new government that are hard at work creating opportunity for Canadians, creating the strongest economy in the G7 and reduc…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has among the most stringent ethics guidelines in the world. The Prime Minister has complied with those ethics guidelines and surpassed the requirements contained in those ethics guidelines. What the Prime Minister is busy doing is not what the member is busy doing. The Prime Minister is busy creating opportunity for Canada, standing up in a trade war against the United States,…
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Mr. Speaker, it did not take long for the Conservative Party's question-generating machine to run out of steam. The Conservatives keep saying the same thing over and over. What we are doing here is creating jobs, building a strong economy and standing up to the United States. Naturally, the Prime Minister is meeting and exceeding all the requirements in the ethics code, the most stringent such cod…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians should rest easy knowing that Parliament and our institutions are governed by one of the most, if not the most, stringent ethics codes in the world. The Prime Minister did everything he could to meet and even exceed his obligations. If the Conservative Party wants to keep trying to dig up dirt, I think voters are going to be disgusted. Our constituents expect us to work here…
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Mr. Speaker, allow me to take a moment to tell all my hon. colleagues that tomorrow, the House will hold its first day of debate on the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. We anticipate that the six days of debate on the address will be consecutive and that the final vote will take place next Wednesday. In closing, I move: That this House do now adjourn.
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Mr. Speaker, later today, the government will present its economic plan. It is a solid plan for Canadians that will help us ensure fairness, maintain jobs and continue to look out for the best economic interests of all Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, it is time to set partisanship aside and join forces, because Canada will indeed face a protectionist threat from the other side of the border. We are getting ready and we will have a solid plan. I hope we can count on this member and his party when the time comes for Canada to address this threat.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada went through a four-week postal strike where letter carriers, who we do thank for their service to Canadians and who I know we all have deep affinity for, were out for a very long time. Not only the government but the Canada Industrial Relations Board has judged there to be a fundamental impasse in the negotiations. We have found an imaginative way forward, a way to get a colle…
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Mr. Speaker, as that member well knows, postal workers and Canada Post were struggling to find a path forward at the negotiating table. It had gone on for four weeks. Canadians were, quite rightly, whether they were indigenous or in remote communities, whether they were small business persons or whether they were people expecting medicines, pressing us to act. We found an imaginative way forward w…
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Mr. Speaker, it is customary in the House for the Bloc members to dismiss the government's economic plans out of hand, before even reading them. That is why they voted against the Canada child benefit. That is why they refused to support the dental plan for Canadians, which benefits many Quebeckers. They voted against the guaranteed income supplement. They consistently vote against many measures t…
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Mr. Speaker, shouting partisan slogans, like the member opposite is doing, is certainly not going to unite this country. The government has a serious plan to move forward in the face of American protectionist threats. As part of our economic statement to be presented later today, we will deliver prosperity for all Canadians. Yes, we will be there to protect Canadians from any protectionist threat.
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Mr. Speaker, of course we did respect and do respect workers' rights to negotiate a collective agreement. That is why the government has proposed, and I have proposed, a way forward where we can avoid the postal workers' being on picket lines for an untold and unknown amount of time, take a pause and have an independent, respected arbitrator look at the situation, propose a way forward and indeed …
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