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House Hansard - 212

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:06:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, certainly affordability is a critically important concern for this government. We have made enormous efforts to work with Canadians to try to ensure that affordability applies to everyone in this country. Certainly we agree with the opposition that it is an important issue that needs to be addressed. However, to talk about out of touch, we are seeing forest fires across this country that are the product of climate change. We are facing a party that has no policy on climate change; in fact, it is not even clear that Conservatives believe in climate change and the scientific reality of climate change. That is being out of touch.
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Ms. Anju Dhillon (Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:06:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, was in Montreal yesterday to announce a significant contribution to social finance, not only for Quebec, but also for the rest of Canada. Can the minister tell us more about how the social finance fund will help increase the positive impact that social purpose organizations have on our society?
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Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:07:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday we celebrated the launch of the social finance fund, a $755‑million initiative to advance the growth of the social finance market. Social finance plays a crucial role in tackling issues such as access to affordable housing, food insecurity and poverty. By increasing access to flexible financing opportunities, the social finance fund will help social purpose organizations grow, innovate and enhance their social, economic and environmental impacts.
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Ms. Lianne Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, CPC)
  • Jun/13/23 3:07:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the carbon tax could cost each farmer $150,000 per year, and that is before the second carbon tax comes next month. This tax on tax on tax drives up the cost of food production. It is simple math: If it costs the farmer more to grow food, it is going to cost Canadians more to feed their families, and it is going to put the future of our Canadian farms at risk. No farms, no food. Will this government give Canadians a break and axe its carbon taxes?
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Mr. Francis Drouin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:08:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in this country, rage farming is not an agricultural policy. On this side of the House, we believe in investing in farmers. We have invested $500 million to support our agricultural sector. We have invested almost $1 billion to support farmers' transition as they buy new equipment to lower their carbon footprint. Climate change is real. In 2021, 30% of the grains did not make it to market. On that side of the House, they still do not have a climate plan.
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Ms. Lianne Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, CPC)
  • Jun/13/23 3:09:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we cannot fight fires with inflation—
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The Speaker
  • Jun/13/23 3:09:04 p.m.
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Order. The hon. member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex can begin from the top, please.
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Ms. Lianne Rood
  • Jun/13/23 3:09:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we cannot fight fires with inflation. The government's inflation is causing the cost of food and groceries to skyrocket. Farmers pay carbon tax to get their crops from the field to their warehouse and from their warehouse to the grocer's warehouse. Then the grocer pays carbon tax to get the food to the grocery store, and then families pay carbon tax to drive to the grocery store to buy their food. This tax on tax on tax never ends, and it is increasing the cost of our food. There is no common sense in this, so when will the government axe the carbon tax?
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Mr. Francis Drouin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:09:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows, farm fuel is exempt from any price on pollution. I would encourage her to speak to canola farmers, as she would know then that the clean fuel standard is great for farmers—
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The Speaker
  • Jun/13/23 3:09:59 p.m.
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We were doing so well. I am going to ask everybody to take a deep breath. Order. Now, let us all listen to each other, not while we are shouting, but just while one person is speaking. Then, one person will ask a question and one person will answer. That is the way it is supposed to work. The hon. parliamentary secretary can take it from the top, please.
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Mr. Francis Drouin
  • Jun/13/23 3:10:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a noisy plan is not a climate plan. We believe on this side of the House that farm fuels should be exempted on farms, and they are. We also believe that the clean fuel standard will bring great opportunities for farmers and especially canola farmers. I would encourage the members on the other side, especially from out west, to have a conversation with the canola growers and see if they are supportive of this particular policy, because they are.
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Mr. Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, CPC)
  • Jun/13/23 3:11:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are at it again, trying to silence those who disagree. Because I clapped in support of a public inquiry, the Attorney General sent an email from his official account. The email outlined that he was the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. It clearly threatened my legal reputation and my professional future. However, we as Conservatives will not be silenced. Does the Attorney General think it is acceptable to intimidate an MP and threaten his reputation because the MP supports an inquiry?
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Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:11:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I did nothing of the sort. I was deeply disappointed all week to hear Conservatives attacking the reputation of Frank Iacobucci, who is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and was a deputy minister of—
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The Speaker
  • Jun/13/23 3:12:06 p.m.
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I am trying to hear what the hon. minister has to say, but the shouting is getting louder and louder. The hon. member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo asked a question; I think he deserves an answer. The hon. minister.
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Hon. David Lametti
  • Jun/13/23 3:12:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was merely reacting to the fact that all week the Conservatives have been attacking Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former deputy minister of justice under the Conservatives under Brian Mulroney. The hon. member clapped loudly when Mr. Justice Iacobucci's name was—
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The Speaker
  • Jun/13/23 3:12:49 p.m.
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The hon. member for Don Valley East.
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Mr. Michael Coteau (Don Valley East, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:12:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, Bill C-21 was designed to be part of a larger solution to mitigating gun violence here in Canada. We know that banning handguns was one part of the solution, but we also know that preventive measures can have a major impact on gun violence. Our government is investing resources into supporting programs and working with young people to prevent them from getting involved in crime at a young age. Can the minister please share with this House some of the steps we are taking to invest in preventive programs and services directly aimed at young people?
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Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 3:13:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, to eradicate gun violence, we need strong laws and strong borders and strong prevention. We are rolling out a $250-million “building safer communities” fund to address the root causes that my colleague talks about. However, I also want to call on the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada to free his Conservative senators and free the bill. Bill C-21 is in the Senate right now. We need to read it, debate it and pass it into law so that we can save lives. It is only the Conservatives who continue to stand in the way of this legislation. All other four parties in this House passed it. Let us save lives.
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Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jun/13/23 3:14:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 port expansion is fully automated, it could cause a ripple effect across other Canadian ports that could cost thousands of jobs. Mr. Speaker, I am going to start again, if you do not mind. Members could pipe down a bit in their rage farming.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/13/23 3:14:27 p.m.
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I am sorry. I was distracted. I could not hear the noise that was going on because we were trying to look at what is going on. I am going to ask the hon. member to start from the top so that we can hear his question. I am going to ask everyone to take a deep breath and not heckle each other. Just try to be nice. The hon. member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley.
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