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With that, I will bring questions and comments to a close. Resuming debate, the member for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek.
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The member will be able to continue his comments during questions and comments. The member for Central Newfoundland has the floor.
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Resuming debate. The hon. member for York Centre.
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I remind the member that he is not allowed to name the Prime Minister. Members must be referred to by their titles. The member from Repentigny.
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The member for Eglinton—Lawrence.
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Questions and comments. The member for Laurentides—Labelle.
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I thank the member for discharging his duties as the national caucus chair for the Conservatives.
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We have interpretation now. The problem has been fixed, so the member for Bourassa can restart his speech.
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Before we continue with questions and comments, I would like to remind the hon. member that he must address his comments to the Chair and not directly to other members. I am hearing some members say “you”, but I have no opinion on the issues being discussed. The hon. member for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj.
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Before moving on to questions and comments, I want to remind new members that references to people in the public gallery must always be made through the Chair. Only the Chair may acknowledge the presence of people here with us in the galleries. The hon. member for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan.
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I regret to interrupt the member. It is now time for Statements by Members. The member will have about five minutes after question period is done.
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The member for Richmond Centre—Marpole.
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The member for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.
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The hon. minister.
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The member for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes.
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The hon. member for St. Boniface—St. Vital.
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The Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs has the floor.
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Is that agreed?
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The member will have to continue her thoughts during questions and comments. It is always important to look up at the Chair for a moment, as I am trying to signal members when their time is elapsing. I want to give members the maximum amount of time. Questions and comments, the member for Winnipeg North.
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I must allow enough time for the member to respond to the comments that have been made. The member for Shefford.
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Of course, Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely right. He read directly from the finance minister's resignation letter. The government is in complete free fall on the day of the fall economic statement, which the Liberals have been touting as a restart and the answer to all that ails them. The only things that ail them are their polling numbers, which are really the only thing that they are looki…
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Mr. Speaker, I was hoping that the parliamentary secretary would perhaps begin with less partisanship. This is quite a solemn day, with the Deputy Prime Minister now having resigned. I will note we are not playing politics; in fact, it is the member's government playing politics. In the same Deputy Prime Minister's resignation letter, we read, “They know when we are working for them, and they equa…
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Mr. Speaker, the member asks an interesting question. In fact, hundreds of millions of dollars were corruptly spent via the green slush fund, by appointees of the Liberal government. Hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes were taken away from constituents of mine and his as well, so they could be corruptly dispensed. We see the potential that, later today, the fall economic statement will show b…
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Mr. Speaker, the member said that the Prime Minister has failed, the Deputy Prime Minister has quit and the housing minister has quit. Still, when it comes time to vote on confidence in the government, we know that the member and his entire caucus will again vote to support a crumbling government.
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Dufferin—Caledon makes a great point. When I talk to my constituents back home or to any Canadians, when I meet them all across Canada, I hear that the NDP caucus has been singularly focused on one issue this fall. The New Democrats have been completely, 100%, working extremely hard on it. It has not been housing affordability. It has not been getting rid of the carbon …
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Mr. Speaker, on the day of the fall economic statement, the parliamentary secretary is again engaging in more talking points; the Liberals are in it for themselves. It is not us saying it. It is the now former deputy prime minister and finance minister, who suddenly resigned and shut the door. She said in her resignation letter, “They know when we are working for them, and they equally know when w…
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Mr. Speaker, I think the NDP leader will go as far as he needs to go. There is only a singular issue that the New Democrats could be counted on to vote for, and it is on behalf of not all Canadians, but one Canadian. They have been singularly focused on ensuring that their leader is eligible for that pension. No other Canadians in Canada believe anything they have to say. I would not be surprised …
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Mr. Speaker, this week we mark Yalda, an old Aramaic word marking Show Chilla Hanari. It marks the winter solstice, an ancient practice celebrated for thousands of years across Iran and surrounding states. It is also called pomegranate night by Kurds from Rojhelat. Yalda falls on the longest night of the year and symbolizes the renewal of light over darkness, a time for reflection and hope. Yet in…
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Mr. Speaker, I caught your eye right away so that I could rise and speak to this issue once again and raise matters that are of great importance to the residents of my riding, Calgary Shepard. They care about government accountability and the efforts of the government to continue to hide nearly 30,000 pages of blacked-out, redacted documents that the House and a majority of members of Parliament h…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Speaker for recognizing that fact. I was indeed there because I was hoping to be drawn with the high number so I could put forward another private member's bill, perhaps on the disability tax credit or on bereavement leave, which was something the House was able to agree on in Bill C-3, so let it not be shown that we cannot reach some type of accommodation. It actually hap…
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Madam Speaker, today, we are continuing to ask about the immigration levels plan. I want to draw the attention of the parliamentary secretary to annex 4, this loose-leaf piece of paper that was added to the annex. It was actually a separate document. There was a printed document and a bunch of loose-leaf pieces of paper from a photocopier. I want to draw the attention of the parliamentary secretar…
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary said that the border was secure. Perhaps he would like to comment on this headline from The Globe and Mail that reads, “Jordanian terror suspect deported from the U.S. had crossed the Canada-U.S. border illegally twice”. This person crossed illegally into Canada in 2017, made a refugee claim and was rejected for that refugee claim at the same refugee bord…
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Madam Speaker, as I was saying, I am talking about report 8: “Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance, and Border Control Measures”. The border control measures are the most important and are of great interest to me, because today is an opposition supply day. We now know, both from public media reports and from statements by the incoming U.S. administration that will be swearing its oath next month, t…
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Madam Speaker, I move that the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, be concurred in.
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Madam Speaker, as we were so rudely interrupted by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, allow me the opportunity to rise and speak on behalf of the residents of the riding of Calgary Shepard on the eighth report of the public accounts committee, for which I was briefly the chair. The report is entitled “Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance—
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Madam Speaker, the member needs to understand that between 2006 and 2015 there was a 45% increase to CBSA's budget. There were 1,000 more full-time equivalent employees at the agency and 26% more border agents assigned at the agency. Those are the numbers.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member from Quebec for that great question. That is exactly what the Premier of Alberta did. She said that Alberta's provincial police forces were ready to step in and ensure border control, since the federal government seemed incapable of enforcing the law, exercising its power or resolving threats along our border. It has also failed to stop organized criminals from br…
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Madam Speaker, there were 26% more border guards between 2006 and 2015. There were 1,000 more FTE employees; the member did not hear that. There was a 45% higher budget between 2006 and 2015. Most importantly, it is the New Democrat member and his party, which kept supporting the Liberal government, that have led to the crisis of today. What really breaks Parliament is when an opposition party los…
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Madam speaker, the NDP leader says he is fighting for Canadians, but his actions speak louder than his empty promises. After 24 votes in obedience to the Prime Minister to hike the inflationary carbon tax and hike grocery bills, and record-breaking food bank lineups, it is all to protect a $2.2-million pension. The luxury Maserati Marxist does not come cheap. ConsumerAffairs says, “Maserati upkeep…
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Mr. Speaker, this is commentary on what I just heard from the member for Kingston and the Islands. Members in the House come from different parts of the country. Many members have constituencies that are very large with lots of varying issues that people really care about. This Parliament would not be paralyzed if the government would just hand over the documents in their unredacted form. Because …
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Madam Speaker, I am rising again to follow up with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration on a similar issue. It is on immigration levels and the immigration levels plan. I want to draw his attention to comments made by a senior member of the Liberal Party who is deeply involved in the Prime Minister's economic planning. Of course, I mean the former Bank of Canada governor, Mar…
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Madam Speaker, with all respect to the parliamentary secretary, he did not answer the question, so I am going to follow up on a different part in the immigration levels plan. There is a specific line item now for those people who claim asylum from Canada, and the government has put a target. Part of the target is that the people who apply at the Immigration and Refugee Board get approved. Not gett…
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Mr. Speaker, the public safety minister said yesterday that bolstering CBSA powers to secure our borders is “not a priority.” Meanwhile, three million temporary resident visas are set to expire at the end of next year. Illegal border crossings are rising, and the newly elected U.S. president-elect is threatening a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods, which is an economic challenge we cannot ignore. W…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Prime Minister's breaking the immigration system, do we trust the guy who did it? There are 260,000 unprocessed asylum claims right now, a record high. That is a 2,502% increase since 2015. There are around half a million people in Canada illegally, and there is a 630% increase in U.S. border control encounters of people illegally attempting to get into the Uni…
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Madam Speaker, the government has no border plan and no immigration plan. While the minister is busy rage-tweeting and name-calling, he has no answer for how to manage over three million temporary residents before the deadline, no strategy for removals and no serious border enforcement measures in place. The minister's antics are not just embarrassing; they are reckless, risking chaos at our borde…
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Mr. Speaker, “Canada's 3M temporary migrants do not appear poised to leave 'voluntarily'” is the headline from a major Canadian newspaper. The immigration minister naively expects they will leave voluntarily. Migrant advocates admit they have no such plans. This sets the stage for mass overstays and more illegal border crossings into the United States. This strains our relations with the newly ele…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister had no answers at committee when I asked him the same questions. He does not know his numbers because he has no plan. It is really simple. The lack of a plan threatens the integrity of our immigration system. It wreaks significant diplomatic damage with this newly incoming U.S. administration. Is the government deploying more police to the border? The Liberals do not know…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, government documents show that about 1.1 million temporary resident visas will expire by the end of next year, yet when asked at committee how his department would ensure these individuals leave once their visas expire, the immigration minister had no plan. After nine years of mismanagement, the minister's only solution is to hope people leave voluntarily. At committee, he deflected, …
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