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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Party of Canada is the party of national division at a time when Canadians are facing an immigration crisis, a cost of living crisis, a debt crisis, a crime crisis and a housing crisis that was intentionally perpetuated by the Liberal government. I am wondering why the Liberal Prime Minister is so keen on distracting Canadians by creating a national unity crisis at this ti…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians elected us as parliamentarians to work together to solve the crises that the Liberal government has caused: the immigration crisis, the cost of living crisis, the debt crisis, the inflation crisis and the housing crisis. I wanted to ask our colleague whether he agrees that this is just another distraction that the Liberal Prime Minister is trying to stir up for Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned the unemployment that people are facing in his community. I am curious why the Liberal government is not addressing the unemployment crisis that Canadians are facing all across the country. We are faced with a youth unemployment crisis that economists are saying is at a recessionary level. Why not address the crisis the Liberal government has created instead of cr…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of the Liberal government, our immigration system is in chaos. This summer, illegal border crossers claiming asylum surged by a staggering 277%. Most of their claims will be bogus. This has put massive pressure on housing, health care and benefits across Canada, especially in Quebec. What did the immigration minister do? She did absolutely nothing. She enjoyed her summe…
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals call this bill the strong borders act. Canadians want secure borders, something the Liberals have opened up in the last 10 years through their intentional policies. Why do Canadians want a secure border? It is because the root of the issue comes down to public safety, again something the Liberals have completely shattered in the last 10 years with procrime policies that…
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Mr. Speaker, only a Liberal prime minister could promise to secure our border and fail in just six months. Over the summer, asylum claims from illegal U.S. crossings spiked dramatically, piling onto a staggering backlog of nearly 300,000 unprocessed claims. Many of these are likely bogus, yet claimants are immediately entitled to work permits, health care and benefits on the backs of Canadian taxp…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have spent the last 10 years erasing our heritage and breaking our immigration system. Instead of trying to fix that immigration system, fixing that backlog and capping the levels of immigration, they have decided to exploit this opportunity, a bill that was tabled by our side of the aisle under the Senate, and turn it into some vanity ideological project. It is simply in…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today, not just as the member of Parliament for Richmond Hill South, but as a representative of one of the ridings with the highest concentration of first-generation and second-generation Canadians, where close to 90% of residents are either immigrants to Canada themselves or have parents who were immigrants to Canada. This is not just a statistic. It is the lived experience of…
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Mr. Speaker, rights come with responsibilities. Citizenship is more than a legal status; it is a bond to this country. If someone has never lived here, never contributed and never shown any connection to Canada beyond a parent's passport, how can we say they are truly Canadian? We are not talking about military families or aid workers here. We are talking about a wide open policy with no limits an…
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Mr. Speaker, let us be clear here. This is not about punishing Canadians born abroad. It is about respecting the meaning of Canadian citizenship. My constituents in Richmond Hill South did not get citizenship handed to them by bloodline. They earned it. They waited. They worked. They sacrificed. All we are saying is, if someone wants citizenship, they should show the same commitment. The bill eras…
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Mr. Speaker, if the Liberals truly cared about fairness and cared about fixing their legislation, they would clear the backlog that real immigrants are facing right now, instead of turning the bill and this opportunity into a vanity ideological project.
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Mr. Speaker, we all remember fond childhood experiences. For me, I grew up going to Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill with my family. It is a place where, for over half a century, seniors gathered at the food court for coffee and families came to shop and connect. It was always a safe, welcoming space and a pillar of our community. Just last week, another violent robbery at Hillcrest Mall shook our …
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Mr. Speaker, only the Liberal government could spend more taxpayer money and deliver less. Its so-called housing accelerator fund gave the City of Toronto $471 million, and what did Canadians get in return? According to the Liberal government's own housing agency, Toronto's housing starts dropped a whopping 58% compared to last year. This is a classic example of a Liberal-style failure. The Libera…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his remarks and for a wonderful speech. The Liberals want Canadians to believe this was just a one-off misstep in government procurement, but the facts seem to tell a very different story. It seems to be a troubling pattern. In 2020, the Liberal government awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a two-person shell company, which raised eyebrows …
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Mr. Speaker, it would cost the average Canadian $5,100 per year. To put it in terms the Minister of Transport would understand, that is a lot of Disney+ subscriptions. Is it not true that the Liberal government has not done anything in the last 10 years to address the interprovincial trade barriers that you just admitted exist?
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Mr. Speaker, is it currently easier for a company in Ontario to export to the United States than it is to Quebec?
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Mr. Speaker, the Constitution gives the federal government jurisdiction over interprovincial trade, and that is under the purview of the minister. Has the Liberal government ever exercised federal jurisdiction in the last 10 years over interprovincial trade barriers?
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Mr. Speaker, how many interprovincial trade barriers exist in Canada?
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Mr. Speaker, the answer is 66%, according to his government's website. While he accuses us of not reading, I guess he does not read his website either. How much of our GDP is interprovincial trade worth?
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Mr. Speaker, how much of our GDP is international trade worth?
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Mr. Speaker, does Canada trade more internationally than within its own borders?
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Mr. Speaker, it is 36%. That is according to the government's website. Is this imbalance not evidence that the Liberal government has failed to support Canadian companies doing business with each other?
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Mr. Speaker, does the Liberal government plan to incentivize the provinces to remove trade barriers?
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Mr. Speaker, it is ironic that the minister is talking about diversifying trade. Should it be easier for a Canadian to import wine from California than it is to import wine from Ontario?
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of the Liberal government, Canada is barely recognizable. We used to be a country where seniors could walk to the park in peace and where parents could let their kids walk to school safely, but not anymore. Just yesterday, York Regional Police executed 15 search warrants in Richmond Hill and neighbouring communities against criminal organizations. Twenty-three people we…
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Mr. Speaker, since 2016, over 50,000 Canadians have died from the Liberal-sponsored opioid crisis. Over 80% of accidental opioid deaths involve fentanyl, and it takes just two milligrams of fentanyl to kill someone. The Liberals legalized possession of 2,500 milligrams of fentanyl. That means possessing 1,200 lethal doses is permitted. This is not the public health solution the Liberals make it ou…
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Mr. Speaker, it is not fearmongering. This is just the reality we live in. It is a crime wave. Carjackings are up; home invasions are up; violent crime is up; gun crime is up. The Liberals sponsored this catch-and-release policy. The flower shop I go to got robbed. The grocery store I normally go to got robbed. My dentist got robbed. My pharmacist got robbed. My optometrist got robbed, too. My nei…
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Mr. Speaker, 50,000 people have died from this opioid crisis in the last 10 years. That death toll is higher than that of the Second World War. This is the human tragedy we are talking about: the failed drug policies, the decriminalization of hard drugs, drugs like crack cocaine and fentanyl, which the Liberals have sponsored federally. With things like fentanyl, 2.5 grams of fentanyl can kill eve…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this chamber for the first time as the newly elected member of Parliament for Richmond Hill South, the place I have called home for the vast majority of my life. I do so with humility and deep gratitude to the people who placed their trust in me and are letting me be their voice. I thank the people of Richmond Hill. They voted for me, for change, and I will …
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Mr. Speaker, let us not let the Liberals distract us from their horrible record over the last 10 years, the crime wave they have unleashed into our communities and the housing crisis they have perpetuated in the last 10 years. When I was knocking on doors during the last election campaign, that is what I was hearing. It is this housing crisis that the Liberal government has perpetuated. I have spo…
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Mr. Speaker, according to new data, Ontario's homeowners are missing mortgage payments in record numbers. The 90-day mortgage delinquency rate has jumped 71% since last year. Canadians are facing 40-year inflation highs, lacklustre housing supply and skyrocketing mortgage rates. What does the housing minister have to say? He says that prices do not need to come down. As Vancouver's mayor, he overs…
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