Emergency Debate
Madam Speaker, I just want to ask my hon. colleague a question. We are dealing with the very serious issue here of the RCMP saying that agents of the Indian government have been involved in murders and organized crime in Canada, and serious violence towards Canadians. The Liberal government and its Prime Minister have been in government now for nine years. Foreign interference from a number of cou…
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Mr. Speaker, that absolutely does not make any sense because, when the RCMP discussed this issue with all Canadians on Monday, the Leader of the Opposition received a briefing from Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence adviser to the Prime Minister, the deputy minister of foreign affairs at Global Affairs Canada and the director of CSIS. All of them gave the Leader of the Opposition …
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my hon. colleague's question, and he is absolutely correct. The Liberals would not answer that question, and there is a reason for that: They do not take this issue seriously. We, as a Conservative Party, have been asking for and presenting solutions, such as having a registry for foreign agents. That registry would have helped in this situation, but unfortunately, the Li…
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Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely imperative that we, as a House of Commons and as parliamentarians, bring forward solutions to help the situation. The hon. member appreciates the fact that I brought forward a private member's bill to address the very serious issue of extortion in Canada, but she and her party voted against that solution. It is one thing for them to say that we all need to work togeth…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my colleague from Kildonan—St. Paul. The revelations that the RCMP presented to Canadians last Monday were absolutely shocking. I talked to a number of people across the country who were shocked at the idea that agents of the Government of India were not only involved in foreign interference but also going further than that, and that foreign interferen…
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Mr. Speaker, I will note that the hon. member listed a number of issues on which she felt very disappointed that the Liberal government has failed Canadians. I would actually agree with her on those points, yet she and her leader are the ones who continue to support and prop up the government. On that note, she mentioned that the NDP tried to strike a committee to deal with Canada-India relations …
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Mr. Speaker, in her speech, my hon. colleague mentioned that the RCMP made very serious allegations. Some of them extend to Indian agents, through either money or possibly coercion, using Canadians or people on Canadian soil to conduct extortion. I know that is happening right across the country, but I have heard that a lot of extortion is happening in the Brampton area. There are very serious sit…
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Mr. Speaker, as I have asked before, we are debating a very serious issue today, an issue of foreign interference, an issue of Indian government agents interfering in Canada, using organized crime, extortion, murder and assassinations. Does the hon. member not think that Canadians who have tuned in and who have been paying attention will be disappointed that most of the arguments made by the Liber…
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately that was another Liberal speech that, instead of discussing foreign interference by India and the very serious allegations against that country, was more concerned about the opposition leader. My question for the member is this: He comes from an area where extortion has risen by hundreds of per cent. I have gone there many times and heard from Canadians who are concerned…
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Mr. Speaker, I listened to the member's speech and have listened to a number of Liberal and NDP members speak today, and much in their speeches is about the opposition leader. Instead of talking today about the issue of how we protect Canadians from foreign interference and from what India did and how we can resolve it and have less of it, cutting it down, why are they focusing more on politics th…
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Madam Speaker, my Liberal colleague has explained how agents of the Indian government have been taking part in organized crime in this country. In the last nine years, under the Liberal government, the policies of the country have been changing. It is much softer on crime; it is easier to get bail. Violent crime has been increasing in Canada, and murders are up. Every type of crime statistic is up…
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear from that answer that the corruption cover-up continues. The Liberal minister from Edmonton first said that he did not text with his business partner, but now there is clear evidence that he did. It is no coincidence that after months of looking into this matter, there is no other Randy who can be identified other than the Liberal minister from Edmonton. In fact, the minis…
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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. Now we are dealing with yet another Liberal corruption scandal. The Liberal minister from Edmonton misled a parliamentary committee when he claimed to have had no contact with his business partner around the time of an alleged half-a-million dollar fraud, involving someone named Randy. Howeve…
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Mr. Speaker, last week, when the Edmonton Oilers were down by three games, just one game away from elimination, many people wrote them off. However, Oilers fans across the country knew it was not over yet. There was a hard-fought win in game four, and, last night, the Oilers pulled off another victory and dragged the Panthers all the way back to Alberta. This team is firing on all cylinders. Edmon…
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With regard to government payments: how many recipients of (i) the Canada Pension Plan, (ii) Old Age Security, (iii) the Guaranteed Income Supplement, (iv) Canada Pension Plan disability benefits, (v) Employment Insurance benefits, (vi) the Child Tax benefit, (vii) Survivor’s Pension, received their payments, broken down by method of receival (e.g. direct deposit, physical cheque mailed by the gov…
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With regard to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB): (a) what are the details of all advertisement campaigns by the CPPIB since November 4, 2015, including, for each, the (i) title, (ii) name of the advertising campaign, (iii) objective, (iv) total costs associated with the advertisement campaign, (v) breakdown of the costs; and (b) for each advertisement campaign in (a), was it (i) we…
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the Liberals are trying to hide what Canadians already know: The carbon tax is a costly scheme that is making everything more expensive. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has already proven that the vast majority of Canadians are worse off economically because of the failed scheme. What we did not know is that the government actually went out and did its own economic a…
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Mr. Speaker, all the Conservatives are asking is for the report to be released so Canadians can see the results, because Canadians are the ones who are paying for this expensive, failed Liberal scheme. When the government goes to the trouble of putting together a report and doing an analysis, but keeps the report a secret and does not even allow the Parliamentary Budget Officer to talk about it, w…
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With regard to government investments in businesses that included a commitment to create more than 100 jobs as a result of the investment, since November 4, 2015: for each investment, what was the (i) recipient, (ii) amount of the federal investment, (iii) promised number of jobs created, (iv) number of jobs created to date, (v) date of the investment?
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister is not worth the hunger or the homelessness. The Calgary Herald reports of a single mother struggling to feed her family. Edith said, “I pay all of the important things first, mortgage, utilities, insurance, condo fees. Then feeding the kids. If I have anything left over, they can do activities”. She has resorted to feeding her family a…
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Mr. Speaker, it is the government's failed policies that have doubled the cost of housing. We would cut the carbon tax and allow families like Edith's to afford to pay for groceries. After nine years, the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister is not worth the hunger or the homelessness. According to the Salvation Army, 26% of Canadians are skipping or reducing their meals because they cannot afford to buy gr…
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Madam Speaker, after listening to the debate today and the first session of it as well, I am quite disappointed in hearing that the NDP and the Liberals will not be supporting tougher penalties for such serious crimes as extortion. The fact is that after nine years, backward, soft-on-crime Liberal policies have resulted in a full-blown crisis across Canada. Canadians are suffering the consequences…
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Mr. Speaker, I know we have all heard the horror stories about how bad auto theft has gotten in this country after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government's soft-on-crime policies. Now, we have reports coming out of Toronto that a good Samaritan had pulled over to help somebody in medical distress and, while he was helping them, his car was stolen. That is how broken this country has become. A ca…
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moved that Bill C-381, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (extortion), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, crime is wreaking havoc in our neighbourhoods and communities right across this country. We see extraordinary crime statistics in almost every single category. We continue hearing about incidents that are committed by the same repeat offenders. They get arrested, …
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Mr. Speaker, it is nice to say that we all need to come together to find a solution, but the fact is that the member is part of the government that brought in Bill C-75 and Bill C-5, which make it easier for violent criminals to get back out onto the streets and terrorize the same communities they come from. If we talked to police officers right across the country, they would tell us they are arre…
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Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that, since the government has been in power, over the last nine years, and the NDP member and the NDP-Liberal government have brought in these soft-on-crime policies, crime has gone up. Every statistic across the country on violent crime has gone up. We have made a commitment to Canadians that we would put these criminals behind bars. A repeat, violent offen…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is right, we have to take the side of victims right across the country. I continue to meet with so many victims who are just lost for words. What can they do to protect their families? Many of them are new Canadians who came to this country expecting a better future, and they feel that they cannot do anything. Many are having their vehicles stolen, and there is nothing th…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government's soft-on-crime policies, more and more Canadians are becoming victims of violent crime right across the country. The Toronto Star reports that carjackings have more than doubled so far in 2024, and break and enters for the purpose of car theft have already exceeded the total number for all of last year. Canadians are not only concerned …
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Mr. Speaker, what the Liberals did was bring in Bill C-5 and Bill C-75, which allow these same criminals to quickly get bail and be out on the streets, sometimes on the same day. As a result, small businesses across the country are not only dealing with higher taxes, like the carbon tax that the Liberals brought forward, but are now having to pay for extra security to protect their businesses and …
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-381, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (extortion). Madam Speaker, with the Liberals' soft-on-crime policies, violent crime has risen to an unprecedented level across the country, including extortion. Businesses are being extorted at the highest levels we have ever seen. Extortion offences have increased by over 218% since the government came into office. The pr…
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Mr. Speaker, while the Liberals continue to hold meetings, criminals are going to continue to steal cars. After eight years of the NDP-Liberal soft-on-crime policies, our police forces are powerless to stop car thieves. Liberal Bill C-5 allows house arrest for these criminals and Bill C-75 allows repeat offenders to be released on bail just hours after they were arrested. The Prime Minister has ca…
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Madam Speaker, we have already proposed ideas for legislation that would bring in mandatory minimums for those who have committed car theft for a third time. Currently under the Liberals, the minimum sentence is only six months. Our proposal would bring it up to three years. We are going to get tough on criminals and make streets safer for Canadians.
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moved: That, given that, (i) after eight years of soft on crime policies, this Prime Minister has created the auto theft crisis, (ii) according to the Liberal government’s own news release, auto theft in Toronto is up 300% since 2015, and Statistics Canada data shows auto-theft is up 190% in Moncton, 122% in Ottawa-Gatineau, 106% in Montréal, 62% in Winnipeg, since 2015, (iii) the Port of Montreal…
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Madam Speaker, the member wants to talk about stats. Here are some stats: Violent crime is up by 39% since the Liberals have been in government for the last eight years. Gang-related homicides are up 108% since they have been in government, and violent gun crime has increased. Murders are up, and yes, car thefts are also up. It is not just about the cars; it is also about the fact that the insuran…
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Madam Speaker, Conservatives have been steadfast in supporting communities and calling for safer communities. We brought forward legislation in the past, when we were in government, to have mandatory minimums. These were actually repealed by the Liberal government, which has made it easier for criminals to get bail and to serve their sentence at home. We have opposed those measures all along the w…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, car thefts have skyrocketed across the country. They are up 300% in Toronto and up over 100% in other Canadian cities. Car theft now costs the insurance industry over $1 billion a year. That means that every Canadian is spending more every month for their insurance premiums. The Prime Minister has caused this auto theft crisis. His catch-and-re…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Prime Minister is just not worth the chaos and crime. Canadian businesses across the country are being extorted by international gangsters because of the NDP-Liberal government's ideological, soft-on-crime policies. Businesses and family homes are being shot at. In Edmonton, since November, over a dozen houses under construction by different home builders have b…
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With regard to visas for international students in Canada: how many international students are (i) currently studying in Canada, (ii) studying at institutions accredited by Universities Canada, (iii) in post-graduate studies, (iv) studying at institutions accredited by the National Association of Career Colleges?
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With regard to the Federal Skilled Worker Program, in the past five years: (a) how many and what percentage of applications exceeded the six months service standard for processing; and (b) of the applications in (a), how many and what percentage took (i) six months to nine months, (ii) nine months to one year, (iii) one year to 18 months, (iv) 18 months to five years, (v) more than five years, to …
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With regard to the finding in the Auditor General’s report entitled “The Benefits Delivery Modernization Programme”, that “Employment and Social Development Canada, in 2017, encountered numerous obstacles and delays in its implementation of the programme and had to make difficult choices about the sequence of key steps”: (a) what were these obstacles and delays; and (b) what difficult choices were…
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Mr. Speaker, that is another bill blocked by more Liberal senators. It was actually the Liberal government's soft-on-crime policies like Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 that let serious violent criminals back onto our streets, and incidents of violent crimes have skyrocketed since then. Violent crime is up by 39%. Murders are up 43%. Gang-related homicides and violent gun crimes are up over 100%. Only Cons…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister's soft-on-crime policies, crime, chaos and disorder have become the norm in Canada. Just in the last week, we have seen armed robberies, shootings of businesses, armed carjackings, extortion letters sent to business owners and international gangsters directing shootings at families here in Canada. When will the Prime Minister finally take the sa…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, we know that this NDP-Liberal government and this Prime Minister are just not worth the cost. They want Canadians to believe that they are the saviours of the environment, but their record says otherwise. In fact, we are the only G7 nation that has failed to reduce its emissions. This NDP-Liberal government does not have an environmental plan. It has a tax plan, and…
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Madam Speaker, I am honoured to rise to present a petition signed by almost 1,000 Canadians, many of whom are members of the Internationally Trained Dentists Association of Canada. Internationally trained dentists are more than willing to prove their competence through their examinations, but the lengthy delays for exams, the lack of seats, lack of proper communication and transparency and the hig…
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Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely important that, when new Canadians come to Canada, they have an opportunity to succeed. This includes the availability of jobs for them to be able to provide for their families and the opportunity to purchase a home and for their children to go to school, as well as access to the health care system. It is absolutely imperative that this is all in place when we allow i…
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Mr. Speaker, I know that they do not want to discuss their flip-flop and how they are hurting Canadians right across the country. The fact of the matter is that, with the Prime Minister's carbon tax flip-flop, he has effectively created two classes of Canadians, one that gets the carbon tax exemption on home heating they announced and the other massive group of Canadians who do not, such as my con…
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Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely imperative that we build more homes in Canada. What we support is actually a private member's bill that we have by the Conservative leader right now: the building homes not bureaucracy act. This bill would help to build more homes so new Canadians and Canadians who are already here can move into homes. We need more homes in Canada. We need to work with municipalities …
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Mr. Speaker, I will just take a minute to address something I have received a number of calls about in the last day or so, and it is this Prime Minister's carbon tax flip-flop. The Prime Minister has effectively created two classes of Canadians, one that—
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Mr. Speaker, that is an important category. I actually talked about that in my speech, and it is an important part of our plan for Canadians to be able to reconnect with their loved ones. However, one of the biggest problems here is that, instead of having some certainty for families as to when their parents or grandparents would be able to come and get through the whole immigration process, the L…
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Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to address the fact that the government's incompetence is not in only one area and that the Prime Minister's carbon tax gimmick will not help 97% of Canadians, such as Canadians in Alberta. It will help only one region of the country. There is only one answer on home heating: We need to remove the carbon tax from all forms of heating. I will also address anothe…
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