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Mr. Speaker, we will see what the amendments are and what the process brings.
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Mr. Speaker, the problem is not as much with the courts as it is with the speed of justice that the government feels they need to pursue. When it comes to the issue of Liberal bail, they Liberals say they have been waiting for that, they are waiting for this, they are waiting for a trade deal. They are waiting and waiting. Canadians are tired of waiting for the Liberals. They use lots of nice word…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians hold deep pride in the men and women who wear the uniform of the Canadian Armed Forces. They serve in dangerous places with courage to defend the values and freedoms we hold dear. We ask them to put country before self, to risk their lives so that we can continue to live in safety and freedom. For far too long, too many of those who have served have had to fight another batt…
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Mr. Speaker, this bill is about the prosecution of serious criminal offences around sexual misconduct. The government has had 10 years and six months to bring this forward. We need to get it right and we need to work together to do that.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his question. I think he has raised a point that really needs to be addressed. We have gotten to a point on this file where the trust is so low that we need to move these kinds of offences into the criminal justice system. I really cannot help but wonder what would have happened if the Liberal government had acted faster during the 10 years it had to d…
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member defended the Liberal record on bail reform, yet he acknowledges that serious violent crime is on the rise. We have certainly heard member after member tell tragic stories of situations that occurred in our ridings with people out on bail. The Conservative bill we are debating today talks about protection of the public. I am wondering how the hon. member believes that c…
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask my hon. colleague to elaborate a bit on the ways in which a Conservative government would address the issue.
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal government wastes means higher taxes hidden in Canadian grocery bills. The Prime Minister has not even spared our morning coffee. Since he took office, the price of coffee is up 23%, and sugar is up 20%. Liberals refuse to scrap the industrial carbon tax, the packaging tax and the fuel standard tax. The sweet things in life should not come at a bitter price. W…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that is a really important point. One of the real struggles, particularly in the last couple of years, has been for people who are experiencing extreme examples of hatred and violence in their communities and on the streets. We have had a lot of instances where people stand on one side of the street and yell at people on the other side of the street with law enforcement in bet…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that is a good question. Part of the challenge with this legislation is that it leads to legislative whack-a-mole when we start talking about different locations. I fear that it really will drive people back into residential neighbourhoods. Then we will be constantly trying to chase these protests around to different locations. We have had these protests in so many different l…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians believe in a country where everyone can speak freely, worship freely and live without fear. I believe that all hon. members of the House agree that no one should face threats because of their race, their faith or who they love, yet today, Canadians are confronting an alarming reality. The police tell us that hate crimes have risen sharply since the Liberals came to power, up…
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Mr. Speaker, I really want to thank the hon. member for everything he has done to support his community and our communities. He has really shown care. I am personally grateful for that. When it comes down to whether or not we need new laws, we are only going to find that out when we make a sincere effort to enforce the ones we already have. Yes, that will involve working with our provincial counte…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for his remarks. I particularly appreciate the depth of the historical references and the research he has done. Turning to the situation and the serious challenges that we are facing today, including things like failure to get a trade deal, mounting federal debt, runaway costs and serious crime in our communities, I wonder if the hon. member agrees that…
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Mr. Speaker, more than 52,000 Canadians have died since the addictions crisis was declared a public health emergency in 2016. Over 16,000 of those deaths were in B.C., including heartbreaking losses in Nanaimo—Ladysmith, yet the Liberal government has quietly extended overdose prevention site exemptions by a year while failing to expand treatment and recovery. Why are the Liberals doubling down on…
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Mr. Speaker, Alberta's prevention sites were meant to be temporary, but the Liberal government just extended its legal exemption by a year without consulting local governments or residents. Nanaimo's city council debated spending $412,000 of taxpayers' money to fence off City Hall because of issues tied to our downtown overdose prevention site, and it still has a deferred motion on the books calli…
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Mr. Speaker, I often rise in this House to speak about crime in my community: street disorder, property theft and the ever-present threat of fires from discarded drug pipes. However, today I rise to address something very different: the crimes of repeat violent offenders. These are not the petty offences of someone down on their luck or struggling with addiction. These are acts of violence committ…
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Mr. Speaker, I think what is important to remember is that we are talking here about serious, violent, repeat offenders. The motion is not targeted toward people who are serving short sentences in the community.
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Mr. Speaker, as Pierre Elliott Trudeau said, “The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find greatness.” Our constitution is a living tree, and I have confidence that this motion, which has been carefully considered, would pass muster at the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member read from a September 9 Winnipeg editorial citing the need for more provincial prosecutors. Does the hon. member understand that it is the Liberal government's revolving door that is keeping prosecutors busy and that scrapping Bill C-75 would free those prosecutors up to focus on other cases?
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague has spoken eloquently about the impact of these Liberal policies on his riding. One thing I have heard about repeatedly in my riding is the trauma that victims of crime experience and the retraumatization that happens when repeat offenders are present in the community and walk by them on the street or show up in their neighbourhood. I am wondering if my colleague might sp…
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Mr. Speaker, I am always so sad and distressed when I hear of a police officer being harmed while on duty. What is really important about this motion is that when violent repeat offenders are released on bail and are present in the community, it provides an additional form of retraumatization for our officers and our first responders, who know who these people are, and who end up being retraumatiz…
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear that the hon. member across is enthusiastic about the legislation that will be coming forward later this fall. I would love to see it, and if the legislation contains the kinds of provisions that we are calling for and would make Canadians safer, then I would be delighted to support it. In the meantime, I would ask him, as a show of good faith, to support our motion …
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised to double housing starts, but they are down 16%. It is no surprise when we see who is in charge. The housing minister oversaw a 150% surge in home prices and doubled rents in Vancouver, while the new $13-billion housing czar helped hike Toronto homebuilding taxes by 700%. When will the Prime Minister admit that all he is doubling are gatekeepers and deficit…
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Mr. Speaker, regulatory search powers often overlap with law enforcement. This is a question of whether we inspect first and then get a warrant or we get a warrant and then inspect. The law as it stands is fine and clear.
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Mr. Speaker, many MPs have spoken about different aspects of the very lengthy Bill C-2 today. This afternoon, I rise to focus on just four small words whose removal from the Canada Post Corporation Act would transform this bill from being an act that promises security into one that delivers surveillance. Those words are “other than a letter”. Under the current Canada Post Corporation Act, Canada P…
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Mr. Speaker, I live in a community that is deeply affected by the addictions crisis, and I share the government's desire to stop fentanyl in its tracks. We propose to treat fentanyl dealers as murderers. The government proposes to allow all Canadians' mail to be opened in the hope of finding things in it. I will leave it to Canadians watching this debate at home to decide which would be more effec…
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Mr. Speaker, I echo my colleague's sentiments. I am not sure that I have an answer that would disagree with him. With respect to fentanyl, I would like the government to act with a broad array of measures. I ran on a promise to bring our loved ones home drug-free. What I would really like to see the government do is commit to providing the funding that would allow us to provide the treatment and r…
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Mr. Speaker, of course I support the process that currently exists where law enforcement has to get warrants to search people's property, including their mail. To the extent that those in law enforcement have reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been committed or is going to be committed, they already have the tools to do that in a court of law. I am not sure what the member thinks he is…
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With regard to the $5 million promised by the government to the Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank in December of 2024: (a) how much of the funding has been delivered to date; (b) on what dates was funding delivered to the food bank and how much was delivered on each date; and (c) what are the dates and amounts of future payments by the government to the food bank which have not yet occ…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to welcome back my hon. colleague and all those who have returned to the House with the goal of making Canadians' lives better. The hon. member rightly points out that this bill is about fixing an infringement to the rights of a group of people with a substantial connection to Canada who, through an accident of fate, did not fit certain technical rules that were enacted…
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With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency during the 2024 calendar year: (a) how many registered charities existed; (b) of the charities in (a), how many and what percentage were religious charities or charities whose primary purpose is related to the advancement of religion; (c) how many and what percentage of charities were audited; and (d) how many and what percentage of religious charities, or …
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the House on behalf of the people of Nanaimo—Ladysmith. Today, that honour comes with a sense of duty to speak clearly and seriously about the need to uphold the integrity of Canadian citizenship. Let me begin by saying clearly and unequivocally, Conservatives support the court's decision in Bjorkquist v. Canada. Conservatives believe in the rule of l…
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Mr. Speaker, the BC Ferries deal did not sink Canadian shipbuilders; Ottawa did. Our shipbuilding unions say Canadian companies could not bid because federal policies stack the deck against them. It is the federal government's job to set fair conditions so provinces can build at home, but all the government does is rearrange Liberal deck chairs. What I want to know is this: Will the Liberals fix t…
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Mr. Speaker, while I think my hon. colleague is incredibly eloquent, I do not believe there was a question in his remarks, so I would like to return the floor to you because perhaps someone else might have a question.
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Madam Speaker, Canadians want clean air and innovation, but they do not want and cannot afford another heavy-handed Ottawa mandate that drives up cost and takes away choice. I have listened to the hon. member, and that is exactly what the Liberal “no more gas” policy does. It is not a target; it is a mandate backed by fines that will be passed down to the consumer. It is true that EV adoption has …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians want clean air. Canadians want innovation. Many Canadians, especially in my home province of British Columbia, are eager to embrace electric vehicles. I come from one of the most beautiful and most creative parts of the country. We are deeply committed to preserving that beauty, and we strive to find the technologies that will protect it. I am genuinely excited about the fut…
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Mr. Speaker, the incredible thing about evolution and the incredible thing about innovation is that, when we embark on that journey, we do not know where it is going to take us. When the combustion engine was originally created, and when it was originally started, there were lots of models and lots of designs. Over time, we got an incredible variety. From the little horses and buggies and the litt…
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Mr. Speaker, one of the incredible things about car dealerships is that they are often family businesses. I grew up down the street from a car dealer, and his son is now running that particular business. There is incredible investment that comes with running a car dealership. It involves renting space. It involves hiring a large number of employees. Car dealers are among the largest employers in m…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says he wants to “build, baby, build”, but he cannot even get the B.C. NDP to build Canadian ships for Canadian taxpayers in Canada. Instead, the Liberal government is letting BC Ferries send good-paying union jobs to a Chinese shipyard, even as China punishes our exporters with tariffs. What happened to “elbows up”? How is the Liberal government going to build one …
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Mr. Speaker, the government might like to put its head in the sand, but Canadian workers are struggling, and China is deliberately targeting them. Canadian canola, seafood and pork have all been hit with punishing tariffs, and the government is standing by while a critical infrastructure contract goes to a Chinese state enterprise. China uses trade as a weapon and detains our citizens. Is it the L…
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Mr. Chair, is the minister aware that the Prime Minister called Beijing the biggest security threat to Canada?
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Mr. Chair, is the minister aware that BC Ferries intends to purchase four new vessels from a Chinese Communist Party state-owned enterprise?
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Mr. Chair, the minister is a senior minister, and he grew up in British Columbia. Has he ever taken a ferry?
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Mr. Chair, if the government wants to build big projects, why is the government letting B.C. give away a major project for unionized Canadian steel and shipbuilding workers?
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Mr. Chair, if this were resource infrastructure instead of ferries, would the minister accept Beijing's state-owned firms' undercutting Canadians?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister believe that Canadian taxpayer dollars should be supporting Chinese state-owned enterprises at the expense of Canadian workers?
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Mr. Chair, if the minister is going to keep passing the buck, maybe I should ask the housing minister, who is a senior minister from British Columbia and the former mayor of Vancouver. It is astonishing that no minister of the government is capable of denouncing the deal.
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Mr. Chair, the more the ministers dodge, the clearer it is that the government is soft on Beijing. The minister is a former MLA, and when he was an MLA, he never claimed that BC Ferries was provincial when he was asking the federal government for money. When will the government stop passing the buck?
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Mr. Chair, would the minister put conditions on the almost $40 million transferred to BC Ferries?
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Mr. Chair, on election night, the Prime Minister committed to creating an industrial strategy that makes Canada more competitive. How does handing over Canadian shipbuilding jobs to Beijing make Canada more competitive?
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