44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2022 10:00AM
Madam Speaker, in addition to having one of the largest indigenous populations of our relatives in Winnipeg North, the member's riding is also home to one of the largest apprehension rates from Child and Family Services in Canada. In addition, this is a member of the government.
However, do not take it from me, take it from a previous auditor general, who said in 2011, at the end of her mandate, that she was not impressed. After 10 years of audits, it was simply unacceptable. The auditor general after that said it was more unacceptable.
The current Auditor General's report, which was just recently published, says that the government is failing to put the interests of first nations at the heart of its mandate.
When will the government truly take indigenous issues seriously? The government has had seven years. We cannot wait. When?
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Madam Speaker, it has truly been an honour to work on that committee. When we are talking about people working together, it is at committee when we ask the member for Winnipeg Centre to explain things to us. Those are the types of things we talk about. It is that interconnection where the member's stories are helping us learn. When it is my turn, maybe I can teach her something as well.
However, when it comes to this, it is exactly about having the truth and having those stories from the elders and from people who are representing organizations. The truth can only come out when people are willing to tell it and when they are invited to the table.
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Madam Speaker, I too share an immense respect for my colleague from Winnipeg Centre. She is well aware of many of the efforts undertaken by the government. I do not believe it is just 13, and that is the reason we need a council that can objectively give us a sense of where we are at with the calls to action.
It does not just end there. Yesterday, for example, I had the honour of introducing Justice O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court. It is another very important move forward in ensuring that our courts reflect the true nature and fabric of Canada.
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- Nov/29/22 5:08:07 p.m.
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Is it agreed?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
The Deputy Speaker: The hon. member for Winnipeg Centre.
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- Nov/29/22 6:50:13 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on behalf of the overtaxed residents of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, I asked this government if Canadians could expect any tax relief.
Taxes on fertilizer and fuel are making food more expensive. The government's plan to enact the biggest excise tax in Canadian history will punish the hospitality sector before it has had a chance to recover from the government lockdowns.
Seniors are asking how they are going to be able to afford to heat their homes this winter, and what was the government's response? The member for Winnipeg South stood in the House and questioned why Conservatives had not spent taxpayer dollars to fly on a junket to a luxury resort town in Egypt. Canadians are worried about freezing in their homes, and the government complains that Conservatives are not enjoying Egyptian beaches.
In case there was any confusion about how the Liberals really feel about the great white north, just look at the Minister of Labour. Last week he said he was sick and tired of people complaining about the cold winter. It is almost as though the Liberal caucus has a bet to see who can be the most arrogant and dismissive of Canadians.
It is obvious from their responses in question period that the Liberals would rather be sitting on a sunny beach, sipping margaritas and mai tais. It is ironic that the member for Winnipeg South would talk about the COP27 meeting instead of taxes, unless it is an admission that COP27 is all about ways to crank out new taxes.
Less than a month ago, during these same adjournment proceedings, I asked the Liberals how many envirocrats and climate groupies would be going to COP27. Did they answer? Of course they did not. They never answer the question. We ask now how many people they sent to COP27, and they answer that zero Conservatives attended. They attack us for not attending, yet refuse to answer how many Liberals attended. COP27 is just a distraction from the carbon tax being imposed on Atlantic Canada.
The Liberals' new fuel standards regulations clearly state that the cost will be borne disproportionately by rural Atlantic Canadians, yet Liberals claim that nobody uses home heating oil any more. The Liberals are clearly gaslighting Atlantic Canadians, then charging them a carbon tax on that same gas.
Before any of the Liberals get up to spread more misinformation, I challenge them to read their own regulatory analysis. This is not Conservatives saying it, and it is not the Parliamentary Budget Officer. These are the Liberal government's own words. It said:
It is estimated that provinces in Atlantic Canada would be more negatively affected by the proposed Regulations. This is largely because the Atlantic provinces use more [light fuel oil] for home heating than other provinces.
It later said:
This may be most acute for seniors living in the Atlantic provinces, where they account for a higher share of the total population compared to other Canadian provinces and are also more likely to experience some of the highest energy expenditures in Canada proportional to income.
The carbon tax is bad for everyone, but it is worse for Canadians in rural and remote communities. It is worse for Canadians on fixed incomes. For seniors living on fixed incomes in rural and remote communities, it could very well mean the end. Faced with a choice between heating and eating, at least rural Canadians had the option of hunting. Now this socialist government and its urban, vegan, elite base of voters want to take that away too.
The government has been clear. It does not care about the costs it imposes on Canadians, and it is tired of hearing people complain about it. Will the parliamentary secretary disavow the Minister of Labour's statement, or is he also tired of Canadians complaining about being left out in the cold?
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