44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 27, 2022 02:00PM
- Apr/27/22 2:56:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the party opposite is short on material, because it is raising the same issues that were brought up by the Conservative leader three Conservative leaders ago.
Conservative politicians want to keep manufacturing distractions instead of talking about things that are important to Canadians, such as the economy and the environment.
What is clear is that they do not want to talk about the need to ensure that our economic recovery leaves no one behind, they do not want to talk about the climate crisis or even acknowledge that it exists, and above all, they do not want to talk about the fact that we have made communities safer by banning assault weapons.
We will continue to work for Canadians.
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- Apr/27/22 2:57:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, page 56 of the RCMP's criminal brief into the Prime Minister said that the Prime Minister's actions were “more damaging to the Government of Canada’s appearance of integrity than would similar actions carried out by a lower-ranking government official”.
Canadians expect the highest standard of integrity from the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister believe that he is above that standard?
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- Apr/27/22 2:58:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we see how short of ideas or relevance the Conservative Party of Canada is right now when it does not have anything to say about the housing crisis that we just put forward strong measures to address in our budget of two weeks ago. We moved forward on initiatives to invest in the green transition and the green economy in ways that will make a huge difference in the lives of Canadians from coast to coast to coast, and the Conservatives have nothing to say about that. They have nothing to say on the issues facing Canadians. Instead, they just want to fling mud. They just want to make personal attacks on me. I am going to stay focused on Canadians.
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- Apr/27/22 2:58:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister incriminated himself by admitting to the only element that the RCMP could not establish to charge the Prime Minister with fraud.
Will the Prime Minister share that information with the RCMP? If not, is it because he is afraid he will be charged?
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- Apr/27/22 2:59:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians of all backgrounds and walks of life are watching question period, and what they see right now is a Conservative Party desperate to distract—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Apr/27/22 2:59:25 p.m.
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Order. Please, let us respect the process here of asking a question and having an answer. We will try our best to do that.
The Right Hon. Prime Minister.
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- Apr/27/22 2:59:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what Canadians watching question period see today is a Conservative Party flailing about, desperate to bring up issues that were dealt with years ago and desperate to try to distract from the fact that they have nothing to offer Canadians. They have no solutions on the housing crisis that Canadians are facing. They cannot even criticize us for the solutions we put forward two weeks ago in the budget.
We continue to stay focused on Canadians, while they stay focused on me.
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Apr/27/22 3:00:12 p.m.
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I am going to wait a second. I am hearing a lot back there. If the member wants to be on the list to ask a question, I am sure he can talk to his folks and get on the list.
The hon. member for Charlesbourg—Haute‑Saint‑Charles.
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- Apr/27/22 3:00:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister sees all of our questions as personal attacks.
In fact, we are asking questions of the person who is meant to represent moral authority. The title “right honourable” comes with certain responsibilities.
In the House yesterday, the Prime Minister admitted to the one thing that the RCMP was unable to establish in order to charge him with fraud.
Will the Prime Minister proactively share that information with the RCMP? If not, is it because he is afraid of being charged with fraud?
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- Apr/27/22 3:00:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago, we tabled an historic budget that will help Canadians buy a new home, that will help fight climate change by creating a greener economy, and that will invest in indigenous communities and their economic empowerment.
The Conservative Party has nothing to say. It has no questions, no criticism, no counter-proposals. Instead, the Conservatives want to bring up an issue that was thoroughly dealt with years ago. We will continue to stay focused on our work for Canadians.
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- Apr/27/22 3:01:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the federal government is not prepared for the green transition. The environment commissioner released a report yesterday that said there was no federal implementation plan, formal governance structure, or monitoring and reporting system in place to support a just transition.
The commissioner also said that the government is not prepared to provide appropriate support to more than 50 communities and 170,000 workers in the fossil fuels sector.
We must transition away from oil. Why has the Prime Minister done nothing for these workers?
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- Apr/27/22 3:02:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, our government has a clear plan for a just transition.
We have a comprehensive action plan that includes legislation. We are in talks with workers, unions, indigenous groups, stakeholders, and the provinces and territories to find the best way forward.
We are making strategic investments in skills and training. Regional strategies and projects across Canada will help create sustainable jobs. By planning together, we can ensure that Canadians have sustainable jobs that will help them tomorrow and in the future. That is exactly what we are doing.
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- Apr/27/22 3:02:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the environment commissioner disagrees.
He says that the Prime Minister has not done anything to help workers in the oil and gas sector make the green transition. That is not to say that the Prime Minister has done nothing at all. On the contrary, he has done quite a bit when it comes to oil. He bought Trans Mountain, and he just approved Bay du Nord, a project that will produce one billion additional barrels of oil.
The question is this: If the environment commissioner thinks that the federal government is not ready for the green transition, is it simply because the Prime Minister never had any intention of starting this transition in the first place?
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- Apr/27/22 3:03:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we thank the environment commissioner for his latest reports. His work shows how far we have come and how much more we can do.
After a decade of inaction under the former Conservative government, we have made tremendous progress, whether it is building the green economy of the future, putting a price on pollution across Canada, or protecting an unprecedented amount of our lands and waters.
We are ready to do even more to keep our air clean, create jobs for the middle class and grow a strong economy.
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- Apr/27/22 3:04:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important to remember that the Ambassador Bridge and the Coutts, Alberta crossings were cleared before the Emergencies Act was invoked. The act was not needed to clear the border blockades, and police were well equipped to take care of this with all the existing laws and powers.
What, then, was the national security threat that met the extraordinarily high threshold needed to invoke this act? Is there something they are not telling us, or was the Prime Minister trying to cover up for his incompetent management of the protest?
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- Apr/27/22 3:04:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when illegal blockades hurt workers and endangered public safety, police were clear that they needed tools not held by any federal, provincial or territorial law. It was only after we got advice from law enforcement that we invoked the Emergencies Act. The Canadian Police Association and the Canadian and Ontario associations of chiefs of police all agreed that this was how the legislation should be used: for emergencies.
We have now announced the independent inquiry to examine the circumstances that led to the declaration and the measures taken in response, and we all look forward to Justice Rouleau's work.
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- Apr/27/22 3:05:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the protest organizers are being held accountable in courts as we speak, but this inquiry is to ensure the government is being held accountable. Invoking an act with the power to override charter rights is dangerous, so the purpose of the inquiry is to tell the public whether the threshold needed to invoke the act was in fact met.
The Liberal government has not made a convincing argument. Whether it met the threshold remains in serious doubt, so either it is hiding something or it is covering up for incompetence.
Will the Prime Minister waive cabinet confidence and let Canadians know the true story?
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- Apr/27/22 3:06:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when we invoked the Emergencies Act in a restrained and limited way, we also committed to the full transparency that goes with the invocation of these powers, whether it is a parliamentary committee that has been examining the issue or whether it is a full public inquiry that will be transparent and have the power to understand the circumstances and the use of the Emergencies Act.
That is the kind of thing everyone should look forward to. Unfortunately, Conservatives are made uneasy by the fact that they were standing against hard-working Canadians by standing with people who were illegally blockading our economy.
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- Apr/27/22 3:06:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, I think the Prime Minister's definition of transparency is different from Canadians' definition.
The Emergencies Act stipulates that the special joint committee and the inquiry are responsible for holding the actions of the government to account, and not that of Canadian citizens.
At last night’s committee meeting, the Minister of Public Safety and the Minister of Justice continued to hide behind cabinet confidences and lawyer-client privilege.
Will the Prime Minister be transparent and accountable to Canadians and release the documents the government relied upon to justify the invocation of the Emergencies Act?
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- Apr/27/22 3:07:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, an integral part of invoking acts like the Emergencies Act, unutilized to this point, is a level of transparency and accountability that comes through a parliamentary committee created to look into exactly that, and a transparent public inquiry headed by Justice Rouleau, who will be able to examine all these questions around the circumstances that led up to the invocation and the use of the act itself.
That is what Canadians expect, but that is exactly what makes Conservatives uncomfortable, because of their support of those convoys.
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