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Mr. Chair, would the hon. member not agree that there could possibly be other policies implemented by the government that have caused crises in the auto sector, for example, the lack of an industrial carbon tax in the United States and the lack of an EV mandate in the United States? The sector is telling all politicians here in the House that no one is going to be able to meet those EV targets and…
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Mr. Chair, my colleague said it best earlier: It is 10 years of failed Liberal policies. We have the tariff issue to contend with, but the success of the auto sector in this country was based on the regulatory harmony that existed between Canada and the United States since the implementation of the auto pact in the 1960s. What has happened since the tariffs have been put in place? Well, guess what…
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Mr. Chair, there is a sense of pride among auto workers in the quality of the products that they produce. In fact, in St. Catharines we do make the V8 engines that go into the Silverado in Oshawa. There is a reason the auto workers call themselves brothers and sisters as members of locals there. I have local 199 in St. Catharines. That is being put at risk by the policies of the government not to …
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Mr. Chair, the member indicated in his remarks that $220 million had gone to Stellantis and $400 million had gone to Algoma, and no guardrails were put in place for those dollars to flow. What does the member think are their main concerns? Why has the government been unable to get an agreement with the United States? It has been 10 years with regard to softwood lumber. Why is the government failin…
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Mr. Chair, Canada has a proud history of being an auto manufacturing nation. In fact, Canada's auto industry contributes $14 billion to our nation's GDP. In Niagara, General Motors has been in St. Catharines since 1929, nearly 100 years. However, whether GM will be open for business in St. Catharines to celebrate its century milestone has been cast in a nervous uncertainty, thanks to President Tru…
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Mr. Chair, I would like to welcome my colleague to the House. He has just come here, and he will probably work with his Liberal colleagues to build on that 10-year record of failure. That is why we voted against these budgets. For 10 years, we have voted against budgets that let the price of housing double. The price of mortgages has doubled and the price of rent has doubled, all during their peri…
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Mr. Chair, my colleague's comments build on the weekend comments that he made. He has become a social media star, I would suggest, and it is great that he is doing that. They were great comments with regard to your concerns about this government's actions going from elbows up to, “Who cares?” Your notions about providing—
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Mr. Speaker, the member should talk to the residents in his riding who lost their jobs when GM cut the third shift in Oshawa. This summer, GM announced plans to invest $4 billion in three auto plants. That does not include the $800 million in Tonawanda, New York, just across the border from us, and it is not St. Catharines. As billions of dollars flee Canada for the U.S., Canadian auto workers are…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberal government, Canada has the fastest-shrinking economy of any G7 country. Since the Prime Minister's visit to Washington, the U.S. commerce secretary stated that car assembly is going to be in America and there is nothing Canada can do about it. The Liberal Prime Minister recently promised the President that $1 trillion of new investment will flow into the Unit…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7 and the second-highest unemployment levels. If we listen to the U.S. commerce secretary, it is only going to get worse for auto workers, including those at the local GM plant in St. Catharines. In May, GM announced its largest investment ever in an engine plant just across the border from us in Tonawanda, New York. Meanwhile, it was c…
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Mr. Speaker, General Motors has had a presence in St. Catharines since 1929, nearly 100 years. If the Liberal government does not act, it might not reach the century mark. As billions of dollars flee Canada for the U.S., Canadian auto workers are watching in dismay as their Prime Minister offers up their jobs to the Trump administration, and for what, a free lunch? When will the Liberal Prime Mini…
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberals spend comes out of the pockets of Canadians and inflates the price of everything, including food. The Prime Minister told Canadians when he was sworn in that they should judge him by the cost at the grocery store. Well, the results are in after six months in office. Food Banks Canada has given the Prime Minister and his Liberal government a D on poverty and f…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of passing catch-and-release laws that turn criminals loose on our streets, the Liberals are obstructing the passage of common-sense jail-not-bail proposals. Violent crime is up 55%. In Niagara, residents were horrified when they heard the news of Daniel Senecal breaking into a Welland home and sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl while her family slept. On Monday,…
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-232, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders). Mr. Speaker, enough is enough. After 10 years of Liberal soft-on-crime policies and reforms, Canadians are now looking to us to restore common sense to our criminal justice system in Canada. My private member's bill would help do exactly that, and it is a response to c…
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Mr. Speaker, the cities of Welland, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls have all indicated that our justice system fails Canadians when repeat violent offenders are allowed back onto our streets. That is why common-sense Conservatives have proposed a jail-not-bail law, a “three strikes and you're out” bill and more. Today, I will introduce a bill that proposes to keep monsters like Paul Bernardo lock…
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With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada transferring refugees to Niagara Falls, Ontario, between January 1, 2024 and June 1, 2025: (a) how many have been transferred to Niagara Falls in total; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of the number of refugees transferred to Niagara Falls; (c) which hotels is the government using to lodge refugees in Niagara Falls; (d) how many hotel r…
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With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the over-14-day exemption to the Safe Third Country Agreement, from 2019 to 2025: (a) how many claimants qualified under the over-14-day exemption, in each of the past five calendar years, broken down by year; (b) how many claims from (a), were processed in each province or territory, broken down by year; (c) how many claims from (a), were from e…
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With regard to the federal Tourism Growth Fund that was announced by the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec on November 20, 2023: (a) how much of the $108 million from the Tourism Growth Fund has been spent as of June 1, 2025; (b) what is the spending breakdown for each of the seven regional development agencies, inc…
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With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the four exception categories to the Safe Third Country Agreement, from 2019 to 2025: (a) how many claimants qualified under each of the following exception categories, broken down by year, including 2025 to date, (i) family member exceptions, (ii) unaccompanied minors, (iii) document holders (valid visa, work permit, study permit, etc.), (iv) pu…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise in this chamber as the first vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Research, representing the Conservatives. Witnesses, committee analysts and parliamentarians from all parties contributed their valuable time and effort into producing this report in the previous Parliament, and I am pleased to see this report being tabled today. His Majesty's opposition did submit…
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Mr. Speaker, in May, GM announced a record-setting $888-million investment in one of our local V8 engine plants. The problem is that it is investing it in Tonawanda, New York, just miles away from our very own V8 engine plant in St. Catharines. Workers in Niagara are worried about their future, and now a new report says that the unjustified U.S. tariffs could kill over 50,000 auto sector jobs in C…
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's comments are absolutely correct. The hard-working people of Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake sit around their kitchen table and plan a budget. They plan for the hardships they have been undertaking because of the government. We are in an affordability crisis. People are pinching their pennies, and yet they see a government that wastefully spent $64 billion. On top o…
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Mr. Speaker, I welcome the hon. member to this place. The Auditor General indicated that emergency measures' being put in place does not mean that the government cannot still follow the rules, and it should ensure that it does follow the procurement rules. In this case, it failed to do so, and that was to the detriment of Canadians, not only taxpayers but also the tourism sector in particular, whi…
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Mr. Speaker, in a simple word, I do not trust the government. Where is the budget? Again, we get back to the issue of $9 billion. Where is that money, where is the revenue and how is it to be spent?
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Bloc for its support for the motion and the upcoming vote on the motion. What is important is that we have put a timeline on it. What we are asking is for the government to act and to act with a sense of urgency. What I mentioned in my remarks is that this is $64 million we could actually recover. With respect to the damage the government did through its ArriveCAN app to t…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Windsor West. One of our primary duties as members of His Majesty's loyal opposition is to hold the federal government to account. Although the new Prime Minister wishes to reset the clock as if this were a new Liberal government, the reality is the team around him is made up of the same old scandal-plagued, tired Liberals, who are carry-o…
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Mr. Speaker, we go back to June 10 on the issue, when the original motion was put forward. We are still waiting for documents to be produced. Why is that? The situation could end tomorrow. We could be speaking about issues, such as, for example, border control. We could purchase a lot of border control with $400 million. We are building a new infrastructure, a $400-million waste treatment facility…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely right. The former finance minister said exactly that. I would like to take this opportunity to read from her resignation letter. She says, “Our country today faces a grave challenge.” She goes on to say, “That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment.” Here we …
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Mr. Speaker, go Bills. My colleague is absolutely right. In my community, for example, there are four international border crossings. Two of the four bridges in my community alone are two of the four busiest commercial bridge crossings into the United States for commerce and for tourism, for example. In our community, there was $2.4 billion in tourism receipts alone in 2019, prior to COVID. The ma…
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Mr. Speaker, we are nine days away from Christmas, and the debate about the $400-million green slush fund scandal continues on in this place, despite the crisis in confidence we are witnessing in this Liberal caucus today and in this failed Prime Minister. Yet, this NDP-Liberal government continues to ignore your order, Mr. Speaker, and this self-imposed deadline and the mess that they have create…
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Mr. Speaker, it is unbelievable. The Prime Minister has real difficulty when it comes to people who want to speak truth to power. When that truth is spoken, they are then subjected to having to resign from cabinet. The finance minister said it best herself in her resignation letter, when she said, “Inevitably, our time in government will come to an end.” Better words could not have been spoken. It…
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Mr. Speaker, what we are trying to do is just get the documents. I cannot understand why we are continuing the debate. It has been 189 days now. What is the government trying to hide? The documents would go to the law clerk and then they would be presented to the RCMP. We are not telling the RCMP what to do with them; we are asking that they be presented to it. What is the government trying to hid…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, groceries, gas and home heating are getting more expensive, and a two-month tax trick is nothing but a lump of coal in Canadians' Christmas stockings. As we await the fall economic statement, the finance minister has to worry about carbon tax Carney breathing down her neck as the Prime Minister tries his best to entice him to take over f…
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With regard to travellers entering Canada, broken down by month since January 1, 2024: (a) how many travellers entered Canada, in total, and broken down by type of point of entry (air, road, marine); and (b) for each category in (a), how many and what percentage of travellers (i) submitted their declaration through the ArriveCAN application prior to arrival, (ii) arrived without using the ArriveCA…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years of the failed NDP-Liberal government, more and more Canadians are going hungry. They see the Liberal two-month tax trick for what it is: nothing more than a lump of coal in their Christmas stockings. One million people are visiting a food bank each month in Ontario. In Niagara Falls, 120 families per day on average are visiting Project Share, our local food bank, be…
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Madam Speaker, a two-month Liberal tax trick does not provide the broad-based, permanent tax relief Canadians need. Sadly, the Liberals plan to raise the carbon tax again next year. One in seven residents in my community of Niagara Falls has visited Project Share. Almost 5,000 residents visited for the first time last year alone. Canadians need our help. They need permanent, broad-based tax relief…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on the same question of privilege. I take no pleasure in standing here. I am just building on what our House leader would have to say in the report he will be coming back with, with further comments. I was one of those witnesses that evening in the lobby. I want to bring a little clarification to what the member opposite said. Unfortunately, she used her position of power to bu…
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Madam Speaker, the hope that someone leaves Canada is not a plan. My own community has four international border crossings. Cross-border visitation and tourism have been a strength of our region, yet that is being placed at risk because of the government's incompetence. We have three million expiring visas in Canada by the end of December next year. Without a plan, many of those individuals may at…
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Madam Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, everything is broken. For over a century, there was a consensus on the importance and value of immigration, yet that is being placed at risk by the government's incompetence. By December of next year, three million visas will expire, and individuals will need to obey the law and voluntarily leave Canada. The problem is there is no way …
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Madam Speaker, the Speaker ruled that the privileges of the House had been breached by the government's failure to produce those documents. This could end tomorrow. All the government has to do is produce those documents. We are not asking for the RCMP to make rulings. We are asking for those documents be provided to the RCMP. It would then be up to the RCMP to determine what to do with anything g…
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That is not a point of order, and I mentioned it in my—
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Madam Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. The government is not willing to proceed on other issues. It has no further agenda items. It is a government that has lost its way. Do members know that SDTC has the ability to go and get that $400 million? Why has it not gone back to get that money back for the taxpayers of Canada? That money could be going to support the people who need it most in…
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Madam Speaker, in my speech, I read what the motion indicated. It said: That the House order the government, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and the Auditor General of Canada each to deposit with the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, within 14 days of the adoption of this order, the following documents, created or dated since January 1, 2017, which are in its or her possession,…
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Madam Speaker, at a time when Canadians are struggling to put food on their tables, when the dream of home ownership in Canada is just that, a dream for many young Canadians, and when our country is plagued by so many other serious challenges brought upon us by the failed policies of this incompetent and reckless NDP-Liberal government, here we are again this afternoon continuing debate on the gov…
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Madam Speaker, with Veterans' Week coming up, I want to thank all those who have served and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Lest we forget. Instead of talking about the government complying with this order and providing the documents, we should be talking about issues such as homelessness and individuals going to the food bank. It is sad to see the number of veterans going to food banks has…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost, corruption or crime. Since 2015, when they formed government, violent crime has skyrocketed by 50%. Sadly, during their reign of error, they have also allowed an evil monster, Paul Bernardo, to be transferred to a medium-security institution. On November 26, this child rapist and serial killer is scheduled to have a parole hea…
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Madam Speaker, it is important. When my colleague talks about transparency and the government listening to the advice, first of all, this all could have been avoided. When we go back to the appointment of the chair of the foundation, we find that the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office and even individuals from the foundation indicated the chair of the board was in a conflict of inte…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the costly NDP-Liberal coalition, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. Through the coalition, the NDP leader has sold out workers and residents in my community, which has resulted in taxes being higher, food costs ballooning, housing costs doubling and crime and chaos being unleashed in our once-safe streets. Their joint plan to quadruple the car…
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Mr. Speaker, across our country, millions of Canadians selflessly invest their time and energy to help make our communities great. One such individual is Steffanie Bjorgan, who has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of life for children and their parents through the establishment of the Red Roof Retreat. The Red Roof Retreat was established in 2000, but the journey to its creation began in 1…
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With regard to Destination Canada: (a) how much economic activity is generated in Canada each summer from the domestic tourism industry; (b) of the economic activity in (a), how much and what percentage of (i) passengers, (ii) economic activity, is from domestic tourists who arrived via automobiles or road trips; and (c) what is Destination Canada's position on the statement regarding car trips th…
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