44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 7, 2022 10:00AM
- Apr/7/22 3:06:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, the Minister of Sport announced the appointment of Canada's first sport integrity commissioner. The goal is to eliminate the abusive, inappropriate and unacceptable conduct that is too often part of Canadian sport.
Abuse has a significant negative impact on our athletes' development, and the appointment of a person of integrity like former athlete Sarah-Ève Pelletier will go a long way toward improving the situation. Can the minister explain how this new position will have a positive impact on young Canadian athletes?
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- Apr/7/22 3:07:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question and her excellent work in the riding of Saint-Laurent.
It it is vital that we protect our athletes, and that is what the new sport integrity commissioner will do. The appointment of Sarah-Ève Pelletier is a critical step in moving toward a sport system free of harassment, abuse, discrimination and maltreatment.
We will make this independent mechanism mandatory for all federally funded national sports organizations. These abuses must and will stop.
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- Apr/7/22 3:07:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has an intellectual property problem. Yearly, Canada produces $39 billion in intellectual property, the currency of innovation, while the U.S.A., in comparison, produces $6.6 trillion, or 169 times what Canada produces. What is worse, we are giving our IP away. This year the former Google chairman thanked Canada for IP that Canada had developed and which was commercialized in the U.S.
Will Canada, in this budget, have an intelligent budget to ensure Canada produces its own intellectual property, or are we going to continue to let the U.S.A. eat our IP for lunch?
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- Apr/7/22 3:08:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we introduced Canada's first ever intellectual property strategy in 2018 with investments of over $85 million, and we have built on those investments. Budget 2021 proposed to invest $90 million to create ElevateIP, a program to help accelerators and incubators provide start-ups with access to intellectual property expertise. Moreover, budget 2021 also proposed $75 million for the National Research Council's industrial research assistance program to provide high-growth client firms with access to expert intellectual property services.
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- Apr/7/22 3:09:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every day the Liberal government says, “We have got Canadians' backs”. Do they realize how insulting this sounds to people who are suffering? Work happy while people suffer—
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- Apr/7/22 3:09:23 p.m.
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Order. It works both ways folks.
The hon. member for Peterborough—Kawartha can start again.
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- Apr/7/22 3:09:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every day the Liberal government tells us how much money the Liberals have spent to help people. Do they know how insulting this sounds to people who are suffering, such as the 12,000 independent travel advisers, all women, who have been left out of financial supports? How does that sound to Diane, a senior who cannot afford her $430 propane bill? How does it sound to 30-year old Chelsea, who will never afford a home? What about Brian, who cannot afford to run his farm?
Will the government actually have Canadians' backs in today's budget, or will it just be more debt and “Justinflation”?
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- Apr/7/22 3:10:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since the fall, we have invested over $12 billion in tourism, the hardest-hit sector, so that every single tourism operator in this country can have a chance to get back on their feet. We have reduced the border restrictions. Tourism is now on the rise.
If the opposition, which is opportunistic and obstructionist, wants to help Canadians and focus on affordability, they can do the right thing, bring Bill C-8 to a vote, get us past 40 hours of debate and actually get affordability back on the table for Canadians.
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- Apr/7/22 3:11:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, imagine being a victim of Canada's worst ever mass shooting where 23 lives were senselessly taken, including that of a baby. The federal government has promised an advocate. For seven months the position of the federal ombudsman for the victims of crime remains unfilled. It has not been filled in due time as promised by the Minister of Justice. Despite the efforts of the Mass Casualty Commission, affected families have nowhere to turn because of this unfilled vacancy.
When will the minister do right by the families, all Nova Scotians and many others affected, and appoint a victims advocate?
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- Apr/7/22 3:11:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I extend my support and condolences to all of those families affected. I can assure the hon. member, this House and all Canadians that the filling of that position is moving in due course according to the rules of fair hiring we have put in place, and I would expect that announcement will be made very soon.
We have invested in victims across Canada in a variety of programs. We will continue to do that. Victims remain at the centre of what we do—
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- Apr/7/22 3:12:23 p.m.
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As a Nova Scotian, I want to hear the answer to this one.
If the hon. minister wants to take another 10 seconds, he can finish his comment.
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- Apr/7/22 3:12:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was concluding by saying that we support victims. They are at the centre of all the reform we are doing, and we will make that announcement very soon.
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- Apr/7/22 3:12:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know this government is committed to ensuring Canada's economic recovery continues at warp speed. In fact, the government has had such success that some sectors are facing labour shortages. One of the best ways to manage this is to welcome temporary foreign workers into Canada.
This week, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion announced a series of significant enhancements that will make the TFW program more flexible for employers while adding protections for employees. Could the minister share with us some of the changes outlined in the announcement?
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- Apr/7/22 3:13:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Surrey Centre for his hard work on this file.
The TFW workforce solutions road map aims to improve the program for employers while strengthening worker protection without compromising Canadians' jobs. Canada has a low unemployment rate and an unmet demand in many sectors.
Stakeholders across the country have rallied in support of these measures. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce said the measures will fill job vacancies across our economy and support our postpandemic recovery and economic growth. We agree.
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- Apr/7/22 3:14:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been almost a year since Greyhound ended its bus service in Canada. Last May, the minister told us that he would provide “safe, reliable and affordable transportation across the country.” One year later, rural communities are still waiting to hear the plan. Without reliable buses, people cannot get to work or access services, and here in northwest British Columbia on the Highway of Tears, it is particularly concerning for indigenous women and girls.
Will the minister tell us when rural communities will have bus service they can rely on?
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- Apr/7/22 3:14:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I share my hon. colleague's concern about several communities in rural parts of our country that have been lacking access to intercity bus service. Our government is very much concerned with this reality. As I shared with my colleague, the issue is a provincial responsibility. We continue to work with our provincial partners to identify ideas of how we can move forward. I met with several bus operators. We are looking for ways to support them, ensuring that residents in rural areas have access to affordable, reliable and safe intercity bus service.
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- Apr/7/22 3:15:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, enough of the political games. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change today is responding to questions from the Bloc and the NDP citing his approval of Baie du Nord, when he knows he is setting a net-zero condition that will not worth the paper it is printed on if we emit up to 100 coal-fired power plants in the year before we even get to that point.
He cites the IPCC when he knows full well it has said that investing in projects like this is a moral and economic madness. Production would not even start until 2028. When will the government realize that being a climate leader means investing in a just transition for workers and not in caving to the oil and gas lobby?
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- Apr/7/22 3:16:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the IPCC did not say what he just said. The secretary general of the United Nations said that. There is a big difference.
The IPCC said every country needs to reduce its emissions by 43% by 2030. That is exactly what we are doing. The IPCC said any fossil fuel that we will still be using needs to be abated. That is exactly what we are doing by putting in place mandatory measures for net zero by 2050. We will continue to do that.
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- Apr/7/22 3:16:46 p.m.
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Following discussions among representatives of all parties in the House, I understand there is agreement to observe a moment of silence. I now invite the House to rise and observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the tragic event that happened two years ago in Nova Scotia.
[A moment of silence observed]
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- Apr/7/22 3:18:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a tradition in the House to have the Thursday question done by the House leader, so in his stead, I will do so. There is a two-week break coming up for Easter. It is also the month of Ramadan and it is also Passover.
Upon our return, I am wondering if the government House leader could inform the House how he plans to budget the time of the House of Commons.
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