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Mr. Speaker, I also bring forward a petition addressing Bill C-9, which will be voted on later today. The petitioning Canadian citizens wish to bring to the attention of the government the fact that the Liberals have proposed removing from the Criminal Code safeguards that protect good-faith expressions of sincerely held religious beliefs, including those based on religious texts like the Bible, t…
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Mr. Speaker, I was very pleased to hear my colleague from Winnipeg North, early in his speech, confirm to the House and Canadians that the auto pact plan, presented by the Conservatives through the member for Dufferin—Caledon and the leader of the official opposition, holds water. Those were the words he spoke. We know the plan that the Liberals have been following does not hold water. We have see…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition from dozens of Canadians who are concerned about mental illness and recognize that mental illness is a serious and real illness, but who are calling on the House to support Bill C-218, which would reverse the law extending eligibility for MAID to people with mental illness as their sole underlying medical condition. They believe that mental illness s…
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Mr. Speaker, my friend has done a phenomenal job on the justice committee of identifying the problems with Bill C-9 and defending not only the Christian faith but all faiths that would be implicated in this legislation. When I look at my community, I do not think there has been a bill or an issue that has had more correspondence directed to me, or to many members in this House on both sides, with …
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Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rise in the House to give my thoughts on Bill C-9. Hate, threats and intimidation are real. The issue is not whether hate exists, because it does. As a Christian, I condemn it. The issue is the Liberals using Bill C-9 to criminalize lawful speech, emotion and expression, sincerely held religious beliefs and ordinary public discourse. That is what this bill is atte…
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Mr. Speaker, when I left off before question period, I was talking about a comment that the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture made at committee. He said that books from the Holy Bible, such as Deuteronomy, Leviticus and Romans, would be considered hate language. We were just diving into Romans and found out that the author was the apostle Paul, who was raised as a Jew in the strict sect of…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is conflating many different thoughts in his question. The minister made it very clear when he was the chairman of the committee that books in the Bible, such as Deuteronomy, Leviticus and Romans, were, in his opinion, hate language. If a pastor or a Sunday school teacher were to teach, in a good-faith way, what is written in those books, then under the removal of that part…
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Mr. Speaker, as we all know, and as Canadians should know, the Liberals made a deal with the Bloc to garner support for the bill. The Bloc had one request: to remove the good-faith religious exemption from the Criminal Code. The Liberals said, “Sure, we'll throw them under the bus. We really don't care. We want this legislation passed. We want to be able to control speech, emotion, thought and dis…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government treats inflation as if it were a natural disaster, something it cannot control, when in reality it is a policy it authored. The Liberals are not just watching prices rise; they are actively driving the spike with a tax-and-spend agenda that ignores the reality of the Canadian kitchen table. The industrial carbon tax is a prime example. It is not just another num…
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Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully and my Liberal colleague was speaking, at the end of his speech, about the benefits to an organization like Hatch. Who does Hatch work for? Actually, I want to ask a few more questions. When the Prime Minister travels to China, who gets a billion-dollar loan? When the Prime Minister travels to Washington, who gets an $80-billion nuclear contract? When the Prime Mi…
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Mr. Speaker, in the petition I am presenting today, petitioners are recognizing that the Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is mental illness. Mental illness is treatable, recovery is possible and experts agree that it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable. Expanding MAID in this wa…
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Mr. Speaker, I too am hearing overwhelmingly from my constituents the concern they have about Bill C-9, in general on how it attacks free speech and freedom of expression, but specifically about the amendment tabled by the Liberals and the Bloc to remove the exemption for good-faith religious discussion about texts. We have already heard the former chair of the justice committee, now the Minister …
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Mr. Speaker, I am always intrigued by the fact that the Liberals are not really acquainted with the truth at all. The member kept referring to misinformation, disinformation and falsehoods. She knows full well that the very things she described are not anything that this legislation would touch. It is already addressed in the Criminal Code. This would not change any acts of violence or criminal ac…
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Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the Liberals respond to the arguments and the debate all day long. They keep insisting that nothing will change with respect to religious speech and religious institutions. If nothing is changing, why remove the exemption in the first place?
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition directed to the Government of Canada. The petitioners are concerned that the Liberal-Bloc amendment to Bill C-9 would potentially criminalize the reading or the teaching of certain passages of the Bible, the Quran and the Torah. Petitioners want the government to take note of that, immediately withdraw the amendment and also shelve Bill C-9.
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Mr. Speaker, young Canadians face rising food costs, rising debt and rising house prices. What else is rising? Their fears about their future are. The Liberal government provides only more excuses, more deficits and more broken promises. In my hometown of Steinbach, the price of a single-family home has gone up 8% this past year. This generation should be building wealth, but instead they are fall…
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No, the word that came after that. It started with a J.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a point of order. There was unparliamentary language that came from the parliamentary secretary again.
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Madam Speaker, it is always a privilege to stand and speak in the House on behalf of my constituents. I want to start off by thanking the member for Cariboo—Prince George for his efforts in trying to get this bill at least back to where it was in the previous Parliament, as Bill C-321. We want to recognize the good work that he has done so far, and also that it was unanimously approved by all part…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals say they are trying to help Canadians who need assistance because of the crisis that they have created in this country with affordability. We know that the cost of food and groceries has increased exponentially and that it is creating a real hardship for many Canadian families. Does the member not realize that there is a much simpler way to address the problem than just a…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has doubled down again. Since he took office, food inflation has doubled. Compared to that in the United States, food inflation has doubled. Since the Liberals took power, food bank usage has doubled. The Liberal fuel standard tax already adds 7¢ per litre to the cost of fuel; the Prime Minister wants to more than double that to 17¢ per litre, further increasing foo…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. On Monday and Tuesday of this week, my votes were recorded in error, and I would like them stricken from the record.
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Mr. Speaker, many faith leaders and individuals in my community have reached out to me with concerns about Bill C-9 and the infringement on freedom of speech, and, in particular, the amendment that was brought forward that would remove the religious exemption and potentially target pastors while reading passages out of the Bible. The chair of that committee, who has since been promoted to Minister…
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Mr. Speaker, as Canadians, Christmas reminds us of the many blessings we enjoy. The greatest among them is the gift of Jesus Christ, when God became man to redeem humanity and bring light into a dark world. During the Christmas season, we are reminded that the Bible was the foundation that shaped the roots of Canada. From the words of Psalm 72, “He shall have dominion...from sea to sea”, that are …
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is a fellow member of the industry committee, where we talk about economic growth. The first question he asked was about expanding our conversations with India. We know what that has done so far. It has resulted in an increased tariff on our yellow pea products that we have been sending to India. Whenever the Prime Minister travels abroad anywhere, Canadians get nothing s…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to present two petitions this morning. The first petition is from a group of individuals who are asking the House of Commons to urge the Government of Canada to call for the end of persecution of the Falun Gong in China and to take strong measures to combat the Chinese Communist Party's transnational repression in Canada. The petitioners ask that the Government of Canada …
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Mr. Speaker, my second petition is from a group of individuals who say that choosing medical assistance in dying because of a lack of available services or treatments is not a real choice. Allowing medical assistance in dying for those with disabilities or chronic illnesses who are not dying devalues their lives, tacitly endorsing the notion that life with disability is optional and, by extension,…
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Madam Speaker, it is a privilege for me to stand here this morning to speak on behalf of the many hard-working constituents in Provencher, my riding, to address this budget implementation act. A government is judged by the condition of its people. Our Prime Minister stated that he should be judged by the prices at the grocery store. As of today, that would be a failing grade. After only eight mont…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague from the Bloc raises a very important question about what is missing in the budget. There is a lot missing in the budget. What is missing is a pathway for young couples and families in Canada to be able to afford to build a house. Home ownership is missing. Further to the question from my colleague from the other side about Churchill, there is another hollow promise in th…
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Mr. Speaker, to put it quite bluntly, the consequences for an action like that would be immediate termination, which is exactly what should happen with the Liberal government. It should be immediately terminated if it cannot do what Canadians have asked it to do, which is make life more affordable, open up our resources and get our natural resources to tidewater through the use of pipelines and po…
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Mr. Speaker, the member talked a lot about some of the needs in health care and how the budget fails to address them. He talked about credential recognition. Could he also expand briefly on how the amount of interest that we are going to be paying on the ever-accumulating debt of the Liberal government is going to negatively impact our ability to do what he suggests?
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Mr. Speaker, I believe the member from across the way is genuine in his concern for the residents of the island, but the budget does not contain any provisions at all for the retraction of the clean-fuel standard or the industrial carbon tax, which both add significant cost for the people he represents. What are his feelings about that?
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North is my friend, although I disagree with just about everything he said. He is a great defender of Liberal propaganda. What the member failed to mention is that the Prime Minister made a promise that the deficit would not exceed $62 billion. It is at $78 billion. It is indeed a generational budget, because it is adding generational debt for our children and …
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to get back to the industrial carbon tax and the clean-fuel standard. I do not know if the member realizes the significance of their cost and what they are doing to add to the cost of living for such basic things as groceries and transportation. Does the member have no concern for the residents of P.E.I. about the increased costs and the increased number of people who hav…
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Mr. Speaker, all the Prime Minister has achieved is higher air miles, higher altitudes and higher tariffs. With 28 trips and enough kilometres travelled to circle the earth four times, Canadians expect more than just photo ops and hollow letters of intent. When he travelled to China, Canadians got higher tariffs. When he travelled to India, Canadians got higher tariffs. When he travelled to Washin…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians want stronger paycheques, safer streets, secure borders and a self-reliant country. They cannot get that from the Prime Minister, who puts Brookfield, the company he chaired, first. When the Prime Minister met Donald Trump, he brought home nothing for Canada, only an $80-billion U.S. nuclear reactor deal for Brookfield, giving Donald Trump the jobs, the investment and a 20% …
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Mr. Speaker, the current government is the most expensive in Canadian history. Every dollar that the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. The more he spends, the more things cost. The Prime Minister promised Canadians that he would keep the deficit at less than $62 billion; instead, it is $78 billion. He told Canadians that he would get rid of the consumer carbon tax; inste…
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member from Saskatchewan for her observations about the damage being done by these supervised injection sites. It is reprehensible and abhorrent that some of these sites are located next to schools where children are exposed to that kind of activity. They also have to be careful that they avoid used needles and other debris and carnage from that kind of acti…
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Madam Speaker, before I dive into my comments on Bill C-12, I want to acknowledge that I was here 11 years ago on this date, October 22, when Parliament came under attack by a lone gunman. I want to publicly thank the Parliamentary Protective Service and the RCMP for the safety they provided to all members of the House. I also want to acknowledge that, during that same series of events, Corporal N…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Victoria for acknowledging many of the things I said in my speech. The lack of accountability, the lack of real consequences for repeat violent offenders and doing things like putting injection sites next to schools are all creating many problems in society and in our communities. I applaud the member for his recognition of the things I identified in my speech…
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Madam Speaker, of course, we were very disappointed in the Liberal government's failure to hire the 1,000 CBSA officers that were promised and would have strengthened our security at our borders. Would we support expanding the authority that CBSA officers have in between ports, as they only have jurisdiction within a certain perimeter around each port of entry? I think that should be looked at and…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I take exception to the language that the member on the opposite side is using. We all know what the reference to the Prince of Darkness is. He does too. I would ask him to withdraw that statement.
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Mr. Speaker, it was interesting listening the member's speech. He spoke eloquently, but he did not have a basic understanding of finances when he referred to deficits and the accumulation of debt as being the same thing. They are absolutely very different from each other. I would hope that he would educate himself on the difference between deficits and debt. The government has signalled that it is…
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Mr. Speaker, have you ever dreamed about winning the lottery? Well, Donald Trump hit the jackpot. Yesterday, the Prime Minister committed $1 trillion of investment to the United States. That is on top of the $500 billion that fled from Canada in the last five years and the $50 billion that left just this year under the government. Let us put this into perspective. That is the equivalent of doublin…
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Mr. Speaker, loose lips sink ships. In a stunning display of incompetence, the public safety minister admitted that spending $750 million on a gun grab will not work. The same minister has lost track of 600 foreign national criminals and failed to hire 1,000 additional border guards. Canadians want a government that can keep them safe, but instead of protecting Canadians, the Prime Minister would …
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Mr. Speaker, I think the member misrepresented what the bill really does. What the bill really does is expand surveillance and data collection from individuals without requiring a judicial warrant. She said it would require one. That is not what the bill says. Could she clarify her comments?
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Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise this afternoon to speak to Bill C-3. Canadian citizenship is one of the most important things our country has to offer. It is not just a document or a passport; it is a commitment to Canada, its people and its values. It carries not only rights and privileges, but also responsibilities, and that is why citizenship must be defended and upheld. It cannot be tr…
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With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) how many migrant workers entered Canada between (i) April 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020, (ii) April 1, 2021, and October 31, 2021, (iii) April 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022, broken down by province; (b) what are the details of the quarantine period, including (i) how many …
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Madam Speaker, the bill is about providing citizenship to multi-generational people who have never lived here, who have no intention of living here and who have never been in Canada. Under the bill, to become a Canadian citizen, a person would not be required to have spent a day in Canada. The parents are required to spend 1,095 days in Canada over their lifetime. However, a person could conceivab…
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With regard to expenditures on consulting services by the government in the 2024 calendar year, broken down by department, agency or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount spent on (i) training consultants (code 0446), (ii) information technology and telecommunications consultants (code 0473), (iii) management consulting (code 0491), (iv) other types of consultants or consulting, b…
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