44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 11, 2022 10:00AM
- Feb/11/22 12:00:02 p.m.
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The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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- Feb/11/22 12:00:11 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, our Canadian Armed Forces did everything we asked of them under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Canada was part of an air bridge with our allies that saved as many people as we could. Our armed forces worked around the clock to evacuate as many people as possible for as long as conditions permitted, including our former interpreters and local staff and citizens of allied countries.
Under the leadership of the Minister of Immigration, we are committed to bringing 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada.
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- Feb/11/22 12:00:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, experts, NGOs and veterans have all been critical in their analysis that one of the leading reasons for Canada's failure last summer in saving Afghans' lives was due to a lack of leadership and not having one Liberal minister assigned as the lead department. Testimony this week at the Afghanistan committee indicates nothing has changed, as many of the ongoing issues cross Global Affairs, Immigration and Public Safety.
My question is simple. Would the lead minister responsible to coordinate the solutions to this ongoing humanitarian-aid crisis please stand up?
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- Feb/11/22 12:01:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to clarify that I have been appointed as the lead minister responsible for the resettlement of 40,000 Afghan refugees. I am further pleased to share that hundreds of Afghan refugees have arrived on 20 different commercial flights in the past few weeks and we are seeing a regular pace of arrivals.
With or without the co-operation of Her Majesty's loyal opposition, we will move forward and we will not waver until we achieve our goal of successfully resettling at least 40,000 Afghan refugees, which represents one of the most substantial commitments of any country in the world.
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- Feb/11/22 12:02:01 p.m.
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- Re: Bill C-8
Madam Speaker, across the country, businesses are gradually reopening, and they want to improve their ability to guarantee the safest environment possible for their customers.
We know that ventilation that replaces indoor air with outdoor air is an important tool for preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Can the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance tell the House how Bill C‑8—
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- Feb/11/22 12:02:38 p.m.
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Order. The hon. Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance.
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- Feb/11/22 12:02:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague from Halifax West for this excellent question.
Bill C‑8 would give businesses a 25% refundable tax credit to improve ventilation systems by increasing outdoor air intake or improving air purification.
Owners of small local businesses who need help buying a HEPA filter can take advantage of this new measure. It is an excellent measure for businesses. I hope that the opposition will support it.
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- Feb/11/22 12:03:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, Canadian dairy producers are tired of the government ignoring their expertise. In 2018, the former minister of agriculture announced the new dairy vision working group. This group was meant to craft a vision for the future of Canadian dairy, yet industry officials explained to me that the minister has only consulted scientists and has yet to work with farmers.
If the opinion of the dairy farmers is key to the successful future of this industry, why is the minister following the lead of the Prime Minister and not meeting with actual dairy farmers?
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- Feb/11/22 12:03:55 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, dairy farmers in my riding must be laughing. I have hundreds of dairy farmers in my riding and I am in close contact with them. I am in regular contact with the Canadian Dairy Commission and the Dairy Processors Association of Canada. We work closely together. They are working on their—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Feb/11/22 12:04:14 p.m.
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Can we listen to the answer that the minister is trying to provide to the question?
The hon. minister.
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- Feb/11/22 12:04:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I follow the dairy file very closely. I have hundreds of dairy farms in my own riding. I am in constant collaboration and discussion with their leaders, and I can assure the member that we are working closely together for a vision for the industry.
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- Feb/11/22 12:04:44 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, municipalities in my riding appreciate the essential work that the RCMP does in our communities. While municipalities expected increased policing costs in the recent negotiated agreement, the increases are much higher than anticipated. Despite their exclusion from this process, the municipalities are still on the hook for these costs and, for my constituents, this bill ultimately means fewer essential services or higher taxes.
Will the Liberal government throw them a lifeline and absorb the one-time cost of this back pay?
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- Feb/11/22 12:05:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I can assure my colleague that we are in touch with her community. I also want to say that the arrangements that exist between the RCMP and provinces and municipalities are well established, so there is a framework there to ensure that there is a cost-sharing agreement. Of course, we want to be fair and equitable as much as possible and those processes will follow.
I want to take a moment to thank the RCMP for all of the concrete support that it is offering communities right now with the illegal blockades, which is why it is imperative that the protesters go home.
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- Feb/11/22 12:05:55 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, RCMP members are the providers of public safety in rural Canada. They deserve the increase in pay they negotiated with the federal government, but it should not be left to local municipalities to foot the entire bill. Rural communities and municipalities do not have the Liberal government's capacity to borrow or print money. They are required to balance their budgets.
Why is the soft-on-crime Liberal government sticking municipalities with the entire bill and putting rural public safety at risk?
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- Feb/11/22 12:06:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, to be clear, there are long-standing arrangements that exist between the federal government, the provinces and the municipalities. Of course, we remain in very close touch with them to ensure that there is fair and equitable support when it comes to the RCMP.
We will always be sure that the RCMP are properly resourced so that they can provide public safety in communities across the country, which is something that we need now more than ever as we see illegal blockades. It is important that those blockades end and protestors go home so that Canadians can get back to their normal lives.
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- Feb/11/22 12:07:08 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my constituents in Etobicoke Centre consistently share with me that they expect us to do all we can to fight climate change. Transportation accounts for one-quarter of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions and many Canadians are reducing their carbon footprints by making a switch to zero-emission vehicles.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources please explain what our government is doing to ensure that Canada's charging and refuelling infrastructure is keeping up with and anticipating the growing adoption of zero-emission vehicles?
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- Feb/11/22 12:07:46 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Etobicoke Centre for that important question about zero-emission vehicles and the infrastructure across our country. Expanding Canada's infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles is important to making sure that we support Canadians to make that choice for these vehicles.
We have invested in expanding the network. People can now drive from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Victoria using a zero-emission vehicle. However, we are doing more, including a recently opened program in Toronto and the GTA that will expand the network by up to 300 new chargers to support—
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- Feb/11/22 12:08:19 p.m.
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The hon. member for Courtenay—Alberni.
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- Feb/11/22 12:08:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, last week, reports emerged that the government has been polling to see if it could get away with cutting back the Canada Post services Canadians rely on. Across the country, hundreds of thousands of people including seniors and people with disabilities rely on door-to-door delivery.
While he says he is a friend to labour, the Prime Minister continues to undermine union rights and good-paying jobs. He failed to restore the door-to-door mail delivery cut by Stephen Harper despite a 2015 campaign promise to save the service.
Will the government confirm today that it will not cut the Canada Post services and the jobs that Canadians rely on?
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- Feb/11/22 12:09:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, from coast to coast, Canadians rely on Canada Post and its employees. Canada Post works to ensure its services are available to every Canadian in a timely manner. As the member said, we imposed a moratorium on removing home delivery back in 2017. We are going to continue to provide excellent services to all Canadians through Canada Post.
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