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Madam Speaker, I would like to send the member a mirror today, because he and his government need one. They should look into the mirror to see what their former prime minister did and what he called the RCMP. Other members on his side have asked to defund the police. I am not sure why they did that. Maybe a mirror is needed today.
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Madam Speaker, every time I meet with constituents, the topic of immigration comes up. The government has left a mess by opening the floodgates to get all kinds of people into Canada, millions and millions of them, without even thinking about the economic impact on Canadians, such as there being no schooling or housing available and no health care or social supports. The Liberals have left this me…
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Madam Speaker, I extend my offer of another mirror to this member.
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Mr. Speaker, what I gather from the member's speech, as far as the seriousness of the government or the military commitment or leadership, is that the rights of those serving in the institution were neglected completely and ignored in terms of what happened in the last 10 years. What in the bill would assure us that we are going to change the conduct of the past to give people the rights they dese…
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Defence is new to the job. He inherited a mess from his predecessors and is now trying to fix a decade of Liberal mismanagement and neglect. I hear him saying the right things about Bill C-11. I am sure he believed it when he stated: Canada’s military justice system must reflect the values of fairness, accountability, and respect that Canadians expect. With th…
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Mr. Speaker, I was hoping the hon. member on the government side would at least recognize the 10 years of misconduct, the 10 years of mismanagement and not taking the issues that happened in the military seriously. He used the podium to praise the current government. He missed my point when I spoke about the last 10 years, the last prime minister and what they have done by filibustering at the com…
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is absolutely correct. Canadians have seen complete neglect of the justice system in the way of approaching crime and the way of dealing with it. That is why I was hoping they would stand up today, admit to the mistakes of the past and assure us, and Canadians, that they can move forward seriously and honestly to make sure they correct the wrongdoing.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, the government has not learned at all after the last 10 years. It is still the same rhetoric, name calling and talking about American politics to somehow convince Canadians otherwise. Liberals have to be serious. They are in government. They have to be serious about these issues and deal with them responsibly. That is what they are not hearing. By the way, I insinuated in m…
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Mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister promised the fastest-growing economy in the G7, we thought he meant Canada. He obviously did not. Canada has the fastest-shrinking economy, the second-highest unemployment, the worst household debt and the most expensive housing in the G7. It is just another broken Liberal promise. The Prime Minister said to judge him by the prices at the grocery store. Food pr…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is highlighting an important issue. We hear a lot of concerns from Canadians about Bill C-8. She included some of them in her speech. If she could shed light again on those concerns, it would be great.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously the government likes more control over Canadians through Bill C-8. Can the hon. member, through his wonderful and detailed speech, explain to us where the government wants overreach and more control over Canadians?
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Madam Speaker, let us remind one another that the government weakened the Criminal Code a lot when it introduced Bill C-75 in 2016-17. The government did that so badly that we see crime rates and hate rates on the rise in Canada. We seem to be out of control on how to fight crime and make sure we protect Canadians. That is why the bill before us is empty except for a definition, and a definition d…
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Madam Speaker, is the hon. member certain that this bill would really help as intended?
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Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Elgin—St. Thomas—London South. Our society has changed in recent years. Change can be a good thing. None of us wants to return to a past before we had things like refrigeration and modern medicine, although I suppose there are many who wish we could return to a past without social media. I can certainly sympathize with that. It se…
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Madam Speaker, the member and I disagree on this point quite a bit, because I think the government is trying to show that it is serious about the issue, but the Liberals have been dragging their feet for 10 years in dealing seriously with crimes taking place in Canada. That is the addressing that we need to look at. The government has always been virtue signalling and has been very symbolic on eve…
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Madam Speaker, the bill is a matter of changing a definition, and nothing but. There is nothing concrete in the bill that would ensure Canadians the protection that the member is suggesting. We are standing on where Canadians can be protected, regardless of their race, religion, colour, sexual orientation or anything else, but the bill would not do what the hon. member thinks it would do.
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Madam Speaker, the private sector in general is ready to protect itself, especially on the cybersecurity front, otherwise it cannot really do business in this world. The government, on the other side, is not ready. It has been dragging its feet since the last Parliament by killing Bill C-26. Will the hon. member be honest and tell Canadians why the government killed Bill C-26?
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Madam Speaker, the government is very creative in bringing more taxes on Canadians. Here is why: Beef is up 33%, canned tuna is up 19%, potatoes are up 16%, pork is up 14%, vegetables are up 13%, oranges are up 12%, and chicken is up 11%. How many food banks need to come to Edmonton Manning before the Prime Minister cuts taxes on food for Canadians?
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Madam Speaker, I have four food banks in my riding, and that tells the Liberals something: There is a food crisis. Canadians cannot afford to buy groceries or enough of them anymore. They are choosing less nutritious food and eating less quantity and quality. Since the Liberals took power, groceries have soared by 40%. The Prime Minister can do something. He can stop taxing food so Canadians can e…
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Mr. Speaker, the bad news is that today there are 4,700 Canadians awaiting a life-saving organ transplant. The good news is that most of those on the waiting list could be saved by a living donor. A living donor is someone who donates all or part of an organ to save the life of a fellow Canadian. I am a living donor. On December 8, 2003, I donated part of my liver to save the life of my son Tyler,…
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, I will be done in a minute. We recognize citizens for bravery, selfless acts and compassion toward their fellow citizens. This should be no different for living donors. The medal would be a way to raise awareness and discussion surrounding living donation. It would save more lives. If we do this, Canada would be only the second country in the world to add living donors to its nat…
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-234, An Act respecting the establishment and award of a living donor recognition medal.
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Mr. Speaker, an Ipsos poll says that two-thirds of Canadians disagree with the disastrous Liberal plan for the ban of the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The EV mandate would eliminate 38,000 jobs and cost $138.7 billion. U.S. tariffs could mean 1,000 more jobs lost. Prices will go up by $20,000 per vehicle. Canadian jobs will vanish. When will the Liberals repeal their EV mandate?
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Mr. Speaker, it is nice to hear the government wants to build special projects, specifically the pipelines that Alberta has been asking for for a long time, but the same government has put up barriers so that these projects cannot go through, such as Bill C-69 and Bill C-48, which are still in place. I am not sure how the Liberals can explain to Canadians how they are going to build projects while…
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Mr. Speaker, the average Canadian family will pay $16,834 for food this year, which is about an $800 increase from last year. That is $15 more weekly than last year, bringing a grocery tab to $324 each week. How will the government's policy, in trying to help Canadians, make an impact when its proposed tax cut will probably only be worth two weeks of groceries for Canadians?
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Mr. Speaker, the grocery bill for Canadian families is $16,834, which is an $800 increase since last year, about 5%. The government is claiming that inflation is at 1.7%. Economically speaking, can the hon. member explain that if inflation is at 1.7% and groceries are going up by 5%, how that can happen?
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member and his government are refusing to table a budget. It is as if they are telling the world, "We have no idea what we are doing. We have no plan, and we are just going to hope that we can stumble along and figure things out as we go, not making too much of a mess as we do it." This is exactly why they have not presented a budget. They had better have an answer for Canadi…
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Mr. Speaker, TD Bank says the Prime Minister's housing policy promises are not enough for the federal government to reach its goal of 500,000 new units annually over the next decade. In fact, housing starts are expected to decline next year. The Prime Minister's proposed new bureaucracy will not build any homes. There is too much red tape. Canadians deserve better. When will the government table a…
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Mr. Speaker, congratulations; you look good there. I also congratulate the new member from P.E.I. The member mentioned the operating budget. For the sake of our audience, can he define what an operating budget is and what it represents of the general budget, in dollars and in percentage?
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal plan for Canada to become the world's leading energy superpower is just an empty promise. Where is the investment in infrastructure? Where is the commitment to repeal the job-killing Liberal anti-energy laws from the last Parliament? Albertans want to know if the government understands how important our clean, ethical fossil fuels are to the Canadian economy and to the wor…
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With regard to media reports that the CRA discovered hackers had used H&R Block credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians' personal CRA accounts, change direct deposit information, submit false returns and pocket more than $6 million in fraudulent refunds: (a) how many users' accounts were accessed; (b) how many accounts had their direct deposit information changed by hacke…
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Mr. Speaker, this is a government that uses band-aids solutions. It has no real solutions to anything. It does it, as we call it, death by a thousand cuts. The people who are supposed to benefit the most from these measures, like seniors and people with disabilities, are left out. Funnily enough, when Canadians cannot even put food on their table, or cannot even afford to buy groceries because the…
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Mr. Speaker, axe the carbon tax and call an election as soon as possible. That is what Canadians want. That is what Canadians are expecting us to do.
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Mr. Speaker, thank you for your service today. It gives me an opportunity to practice my French, one of the two official languages of my country of birth, Lebanon. Today is Lebanese independence day. I want to take this opportunity to say to my birth country and the people of Lebanon that I hope for an end to the war that has been going on there for two months now. It is raining today in Ottawa, a…
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Mr. Speaker, for some reason the member chose this time to wish me a good Lebanese Independence Day. A week ago, she would not even sympathize with me about what is happening in my home country. The message to the member is to stop—
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' Bill C-83 allows serial killer Paul Bernardo to be transferred out of maximum-security prison, and Liberal policy allows child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic to have access to children through a mother-child program. This is shameful. The Liberals' “soft on heinous killers” policies are devastating to the victims' families. Will the government immediately reverse these pol…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his explanation about the French word for “slush”. I will now use it in French. This is unprecedented. There are 186 cases we know about. There could be way more than that. It could go much deeper than $400 million and 186 cases. I still cannot comprehend how we can accept that this happened in Canada. I have had different experiences in countries where cor…
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Mr. Speaker, there are 186 cases that we know about. That is beyond any comprehension whatsoever. It is beyond belief that we are still debating this while government members are sitting on their hands rather than handing over the documents. The government should show some respect to Canadians for the mismanagement and misuse of their funds.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are tired of the Liberals' incompetence and high taxes. They want the Prime Minister to call an election so they can show him the door, but the leader of the NDP keeps propping him up. The NDP leader said “the Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to fight for people,” but he keeps propping them up. Merriam-Webster tells us a hypocrite is…
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, this is the Liberal fantasyland that I was talking about. People cannot be fed reports and papers. The only documents that Canadians would love for the government to talk about are the documents that it has to release to the House to uncover the scandals. If the hon. member can help me with some of his good colleagues on the other side and push the Prime Minister, the m…
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Mr. Speaker, if anyone needs to apologize, it is the member. She continues to meddle in the business of my community for her own political fortune and for her party's political fortune. On the irrelevant question from her—
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Mr. Speaker, it seems the government does not want to be responsible for any of its actions whatsoever. Everything is other people's fault. Liberals take no responsibility whatsoever for what they do. They create the problem. They are sitting there, trying to defend themselves, and blaming all other parties. If they are transparent, and if they tell the truth and do the right thing, no one wants t…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my Bloc colleague for his question. The government has started asking the opposition parties to do something. The Liberals should ask themselves to do what is their duty, which is requested and expected by Canadians. That is the first thing. They have to look in the mirror and ask themselves to do this. That is what the Conservatives expect from this debate. As soon as…
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Mr. Speaker, the ask is mutual. The government has to be responsible, answer questions, tell the truth and uncover what it is trying to cover up, such as the scandal of $400 million of taxpayers' money. The member is a symptom of a government that expects everybody to do its dirty work. This is a government that hides things every day and that has been a government of secrecy since day one. It is …
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP has been propping up the government for the last two years, on good and bad issues, to get to this stage. The government felt so comfortable to do whatever it wished to do. Of course, it was supported heavily by the NDP. The NDP should ask the government, as they were partners with a kind of marriage, over two years, and they are still working together, to do the right thing, …
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Mr. Speaker, members opposite may think that we are here to talk about the production of documents, something that has engaged the House for weeks now. I suspect that the Liberals have set themselves to tune out any words I say and perhaps instead are watching cat videos on their phones. The documents in question are really not the issue here, and the government knows that. The government does not…
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Mr. Speaker, the $400 million could be more. That is why the government is fearful of releasing any source of information on this, hiding behind certain things that it believes that it can convince Canadians of. The first responsibility for decision-makers, policy-makers and representatives of Canadians is to tell the truth. We are supposed to be managing the money and wealth of Canadians properly…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know how the multi-billion dollar scandal government can face others and ask them to do something that it does not do itself in the first place. It is very unfortunate, but knowing the nature of the government, and of the member who asks the same question over and over again, the answer is simple. They should be transparent and tell Canadians what they are hiding about that $…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve to know the truth about the $400 million, the waste of money, and the mismanagement of their wealth, the taxes that they work hard for to pay to the government. That is what Canadians expect. The government can try to change the channel as much as it wants. Is it going to happen? We know exactly what Liberals are looking for, and we know what they are hiding. Canadia…
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Mr. Speaker, congratulations to the hon. member for Thornhill for such a precise and detailed speech about an important issue. There are so many scandals that people have stopped counting, and it is still going on day after day. There is never a week without a new scandal coming up, and the size of the scandals is getting bigger and bigger. We are now talking about $400 million. My fear is that co…
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