44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2022 02:00PM
- Oct/26/22 3:12:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, during this unprecedented pandemic, all parties worked together to deliver the kinds of supports Canadians needed, whether it was CERB, whether it was the CEBA account for small businesses or whether it was support for seniors or support for students. We continued to step up. This government led the way, but we had the support of members across the aisle for many of these initiatives.
Now the members across the aisle are saying we should not have been there for Canadians, that we should not have spent that money supporting Canadians with the CERB and the CEBA. I ask Canadians to think back over the past couple of years and imagine what it would have been like had we not been there to support them.
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- Oct/26/22 3:13:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the problem is that the Prime Minister spent $200 million more than Canadians needed to get through the pandemic. He did not mention that.
We are getting used to the Prime Minister not answering questions. He hedges, deflects questions, and gives answers that are not related to the questions he is being asked. Citizens keep asking me whether the Prime Minister will answer a question one day.
I have a simple one for him today. Can he tell us who slept in that infamous $6,000 room in London?
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- Oct/26/22 3:14:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while the Conservative Party is busy attacking the government and, apparently, our presence at Her Majesty the Queen's funeral, we will continue to be there to deliver real results for Canadians with a GST rebate cheque that will go into the bank accounts of 11 million Canadians in the coming weeks, with dental care assistance and help for low-income renters. The Conservatives are opposed to those last two initiatives.
Why are the Conservatives not there for Canadians?
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- Oct/26/22 3:15:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder how he can say that and also justify staying in a $6,000 room. Not many Canadians can afford to stay in a room that costs $6,000.
I misspoke earlier. It was not $200 million more that was spent during the pandemic but that had nothing to do with the pandemic. It was $200 billion. That is the reality. When will the Prime Minister stop blaming everyone else and start taking responsibility for his incompetence?
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- Oct/26/22 3:15:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, we all worked together to ensure that Canadians had the support they needed to get through the pandemic. From creating the Canada emergency response benefit to helping employers, small businesses and seniors, we all worked together, and our government provided a tremendous amount of help to get Canadians through those tough times.
Now that our economy is back in full swing, we can see that many Canadians are still having a tough time. That is why we are providing help for dental care and help for renters, but the Conservatives are against that.
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- Oct/26/22 3:16:23 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, indigenous children have been torn from their families, communities and cultural practices for decades. Yesterday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal reaffirmed our knowledge that the government continues to wilfully discriminate against indigenous children. The government must listen to advocates and make sure every child affected is eligible for compensation and leaves no one behind.
Will the government find solutions outside of the courts so that children do not have to wait any longer?
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- Oct/26/22 3:16:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, exactly what we did was work directly with indigenous peoples, first nations and other indigenous peoples, to ensure that we were moving forward on supporting the people who needed it and on getting that compensation to those people who had been harmed by the practices of governments past.
We are continuing to stand with the AFN and Trout and Moushoom to make sure that we are working to deliver compensation to these kids as quickly as possible. We know that they deserve compensation. We want to be there for them, as we have always said we would be.
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- Oct/26/22 3:17:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, oil companies are getting rich off the backs of Canadians but the Liberals keep handing them billions of dollars in public money. These same companies are fuelling the climate crisis. A new report from the International Institute on Sustainable Development confirms that paying big oil to reduce their emissions is a bad investment. These handouts mean less investment in climate solutions that support workers.
When will the government stop subsidizing big oil and start making them pay what they owe?
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- Oct/26/22 3:18:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there has been a long-standing disagreement between the Liberal Party on this side and the NDP on that side about the use of investing, for example, in CCUS technology to ensure that we can decarbonize our oil and gas production, so that we can continue to deliver the energy that the world needs while we go through this energy transition at lower emission levels.
That is why we are working closely with industry on decarbonization measures. That is why we put a price on pollution, to give a clear price incentive for companies to reduce their carbon emissions. This is the kind of work that we are doing, because we know that we need to be there for workers and build a strong future—
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- Oct/26/22 3:18:56 p.m.
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The hon. member for Brampton South.
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- Oct/26/22 3:18:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, handguns have ripped our communities apart. We have seen this first-hand in Brampton and in the greater Toronto area. The Toronto Danforth shooting, the Quebec City mosque attack and the Edmonton shooting all involved senseless handgun violence that claimed loved ones too soon. While Conservatives are trying to make assault weapons legal again, the Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety are taking swift action to protect Canadians.
Could the right hon. Prime Minister please share with the House how the handgun freeze will protect all Canadian communities?
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- Oct/26/22 3:19:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Brampton South for her hard work and advocacy on this matter.
We are taking the strongest action in a generation to keep communities safe from gun violence, including a national freeze on handguns, because it is time to get handguns off the streets, out of abusive homes and out of the hands of criminals.
We will never apologize for acting with urgency to protect Canadians from gun violence. We will let the Conservative Party explain for itself why it believes that weapons meant for the battlefield should remain in our neighbourhoods.
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- Oct/26/22 3:20:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the audio file Commissioner Lucki states, “the Minister wants to speak with me...once again, I dropped the ball.”
It goes on: “I have apologized to the Minister; I’m waiting for the Prime Minister to call me so I can apologize”.
The former minister of public safety needs to stop the deception, fiction, fabrication and disinformation. He needs to respect Nova Scotians and resign for his actions and political interference in the investigations of the deaths of 22 Nova Scotians and an unborn child.
Will the Prime Minister accept the resignation of this minister?
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- Oct/26/22 3:20:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as always, our thoughts are with the families as they continue to grieve, and my efforts are focused squarely, as they have been since day one, on supporting them.
As the commissioner and the minister have clearly stated, the decision on what information is released and when is that of the police alone, and that was fully respected.
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- Oct/26/22 3:21:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with this Liberal RCMP political interference scandal, the minister continues to avoid accountability by using very specific legal words concerning ministerial directives to the RCMP. We are not asking about legal directives. We are asking about political interference.
Did the minister, his chief of staff or anyone from his office discuss the forthcoming Liberal gun control legislation with the RCMP commissioner or her staff between the dates of the Nova Scotia mass murder and the April 28 press conference? Did they politicize the deaths of 22 people, yes or no?
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- Oct/26/22 3:21:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect their government to respond quickly and effectively to crises, and answer their questions, but it is interesting to see how Conservative politicians are changing their tune. I will remind the member that her colleagues from Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and West Nova asked on at least three occasions, between May 20 and May 28, 2020, when all of this information would finally be made transparent and public.
I am focused on supporting the families affected by this tragedy and taking action to ensure that it never happens again.
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- Oct/26/22 3:22:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, new evidence of this cover-up is coming out every day. We just learned that the RCMP director of media relations, who also happens to be a former Liberal staffer, is being investigated for covering up the audio recording that is at the centre of this entire scandal. That same audio recording has the commissioner directly contradicting the minister. There are lies here.
Who is getting fired, the minister, the commissioner or both?
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- Oct/26/22 3:23:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as all Canadians know, when an emergency arises, accurate and timely information is crucial.
As the commissioner stated:
Keeping the government informed through timely and accurate information sharing is not interference. It's standard procedure, and these situational updates are provided without compromising the operational integrity of an investigation.
Canadians rightfully have questions about the public communications that occurred during and after our country's most devastating mass casualty. That is why it is a focus of our inquiry.
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- Oct/26/22 3:23:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the former emergency preparedness minister politicized the criminal inquiry into the largest mass killing in Canada's history. There is no use denying it, the evidence is there. It is serious. He put pressure on the RCMP commissioner to disclose sensitive information so he could advance the Liberal agenda, although he was advised that it could hurt the investigation.
Today, I have the following question for the Prime Minister: When will he fire him?
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- Oct/26/22 3:24:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first, our thoughts are with the families who are still grieving. We are focusing our efforts on the assistance to give them.
The commissioner and the minister have reiterated many times that it is up to the police to decide what information is to be disclosed and when. This principle was fully respected in this situation and in all other situations.
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