44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2023 02:00PM
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Mr. Speaker, in my conversations with farmers over the years, I have heard directly from them how concerned they are about the long-term sustainability of their families, of their industries and of their ability to continue to deliver high-quality food to all Canadians. That is why they are focused on fighting climate change and doing so in a way that is going to make sure we are building a stronger future for everyone.
We will continue to work with farmers across this country to make sure they are equipped for the changes that are coming while at the same time able to continue to thrive in their communities and in their families as they work hard to feed all Canadians.
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- Feb/8/23 2:54:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the number one concern of Canadian farmers, the number one threat to their livelihood, is Liberal government policy. The Liberals have to understand there are consequences. Taxing Canadian food production is taxing Canadian families out of being able to put food on the table.
The consequences are that grocery prices are up 11%, the highest in 40 years. Let us put that specifically. Vegetables are up 13%, pasta is up more than 20% and margarine is up more than 30%. Canadian families cannot afford to put food on the table.
Yesterday I had a poultry farmer, Hessel, call me and say his carbon tax bill for the month of January is $20,000. Will the Prime Minister cut the carbon—
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- Feb/8/23 2:55:02 p.m.
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The right hon. Prime Minister.
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- Feb/8/23 2:55:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the farmers I speak to talk about the fact that flood, drought, fire and upheavals in our climate are the challenges they are most worried about for their kids and grandkids, and continuing—
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- Feb/8/23 2:55:21 p.m.
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I am just going to interrupt. I am going to help the whip.
Please continue.
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- Feb/8/23 2:55:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, farmers are concerned about their futures, about their kids, about their next generations of farmers and their communities. That is why they know that fighting climate change is important, but they also know they should not be carrying that burden alone. That is why we are continuing to support them in innovation, transformation and success so that they are going to be able to continue to feed Canadians with pride for generations.
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- Feb/8/23 2:55:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in December 2019, Dan's heating bill was $175. In January of this year, using the same amount of heat, it nearly tripled to almost $400.
After eight years of the Prime Minister, the Liberals continue to take away what Canadians need to survive: heating, housing and food. There are no solutions, just more tax. How is this compassionate? How is this leadership?
We know they are capable of backtracking. Will the Liberals do it? Will they keep the heat on and take the tax off?
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- Feb/8/23 2:56:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the price on pollution that we brought in delivers, as well, a carbon incentive, a climate action rebate that gives more money back to average families than they pay, in the areas that have the carbon tax federal backstop applied.
These are things that are facts, that the Conservatives continue to deny. On top of that, Conservatives continue to pretend that we can have a plan for the future of the economy without having a plan to fight climate change, which is simply wrong.
We will be there to fight climate change and support Canadians.
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- Feb/8/23 2:57:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, Canadians are out of money.
The $40 a month of carbon tax may not be anything to him, but in reality it is a lot to most Canadian families. It is the difference between giving their kids snacks or not. Read the room. Talk to real Canadians. Listen to them instead of listening to yourself.
Will you keep the heat on, Mr. Prime Minister, and take the tax off?
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- Feb/8/23 2:57:45 p.m.
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I just want to remind the hon. members to speak through the Speaker not directly to each other.
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- Feb/8/23 2:57:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member were listening to her constituents instead of Conservative misinformation, she would have heard that a family of four in her riding just received the first of four cheques for $185 with the climate action incentive, just this past month.
We are there to invest in supporting Canadians, while at the same time we fight against the impacts of climate change. We are there putting more money in families' pockets with a plan to fight climate change, which is what people across Ontario and across the country need from their governments.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Standing Committee on Official Languages turned into a full-blown circus because some Liberal members refused to acknowledge French as the common language of Quebec. The Liberal government is even jeopardizing its own Bill C-13, which is unprecedented.
Yesterday, a Franco-Ontarian member had the courage to speak out against the appalling spectacle these members were putting on and the false information they are spreading about Bill 101. However, to date, not a single Liberal member from Quebec has shown this kind of courage and stood up for French.
Will the Prime Minister condemn the Liberal disinformation?
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Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a member from Quebec and a proud Quebecker who stands up in the House today and every day—
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- Feb/8/23 2:59:25 p.m.
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Order.
The right hon. Prime Minister can start over.
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Mr. Speaker, I am a proud Quebecker who stands up in the House every day to defend French in Quebec and across Canada.
Our government was the first to recognize in a throne speech that we must protect French, and not just as one of our country's official languages. We also need to do more to protect French in Quebec.
That is exactly what we are doing with Bill C-13, which seeks to protect linguistic minorities across the country and protect French in Quebec. We are here to protect French. We are here for our beautiful French language.
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Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk about the Liberal members who have turned the Standing Committee on Official Languages into a circus. There has been less talk about the responsibility of the Prime Minister, who continued day after day to delegate these members despite their shameful missteps.
The Prime Minister sanctioned the disinformation that needlessly caused anxiety. Could he now do the right thing and reassure anglophones by confirming that neither Bill C‑13 nor Bill 96 will prevent them from receiving health care in their language?
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement that I know will get a reaction out of the Bloc Québécois MPs. I fundamentally believe that the Bloc Québécois is not concerned one bit about the fate of French in Canada. The Bloc is concerned about the fate of French in Quebec, certainly. However, they do not give a damn about francophone minorities across the country.
It is the federal government's job to be there for francophones across the country, just like we are there for francophones in Quebec. We will continue to be there and we will always stand up for our official languages.
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- Feb/8/23 3:01:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Liberal government has added more to the national debt than every other government combined. Wait times for health care are the longest they have been in three decades. Canadians cannot buy medicines for their sick children. Canadians do not have a family doctor. I bet many Canadians watching this today are in that group. Canadians are tragically dying in emergency rooms around this country. The cupboard has been spent bare.
When will the Prime Minister take responsibility for the broken health care system and step aside so that we can fix what he broke?
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- Feb/8/23 3:02:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the member opposite that yesterday we announced $198 billion worth of additional funds in health care over the coming 10 years. This is money that the provinces will be investing to make sure that people have better access to family doctors, that there is better and more timely mental health care, that we are supporting our frontline workers and that we are grounding our systems in better data and better health information.
On top of that, for the emergency rooms that the member opposite is worried about, we are sending $2 billion immediately to provinces and territories so they can deal with the important pressures facing them. We are here to help on health care.
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- Feb/8/23 3:03:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform the member for Papineau that after eight years of the Liberal government everything in Canada is broken. Canadians cannot get a passport, 1.5 million Canadians are visiting a food bank every month, five million Canadians do not have a family doctor and Canadians cannot afford rent or a mortgage. Canadians have to choose between heating their homes and eating. This is all under under the watchful gaze of the member for Papineau.
Everything in Canada is broken. When will the Prime Minister take responsibility for these problems and step aside so that Conservatives can fix what he broke?
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