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House Hansard - 217

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/20/23 3:13:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, rising food prices are putting pressure on families. Edmonton's Food Bank has had to cut the amount of food in its hampers by 25% to meet demand, and 40,000 Albertan kids who get lunch at school will go without once the school rises for the summer. Grocery CEOs are making millions in surplus profits, and the government is doing nothing to help Canadians. While the Prime Minister and the leader of the official opposition have private chefs and fridges full of food, Canadian children are going hungry. When will the Prime Minister finally start tackling corporate greed and implement a windfall tax?
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Ms. Ya'ara Saks (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/20/23 3:14:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we understand that food insecurity has been on the rise, and we continue to make investments to support those facing hardships. We have made significant investments for Canadian families through targeted social programs and income supplements such as the CCB so families do not need to make difficult choices when it comes to food and other essential needs. We have made funding available to food banks and charities, and we will continue to trust the work against food insecurity, including delivering on our national school food policy program. The Prime Minister highlighted this priority in his mandate letters to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. We will continue to work for Canadians.
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Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jun/20/23 3:14:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the other day I got an email from the owner of Grizzly Jim's General Store in Topley, B.C. Like hundreds of thousands of other small business owners across this country, he accessed the Canada Emergency Business Account to keep his doors open during some of the most difficult times this country has seen. Revenues have still not fully recovered, and now small businesses are facing the added pressures of inflation and a tight labour market. There is a simple way the minister could help businesses such as Grizzly Jim's, and that is to extend the repayment period for the CEBA business loans by an additional year. Will the minister do this?
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Hon. Mary Ng (Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/20/23 3:15:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his advocacy, and thank all members for their advocacy in the House for small businesses across the country. It was really heartening to see that almost a million small businesses got through the pandemic with the CEBA loan. We have, of course, been in touch with many of the businesses, some of which we know are still having a tough time throughout this period. I want to thank the Canadian small businesses for their resiliency, and we will continue to keep working on this very issue.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:16:16 p.m.
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The opposition whip is rising on a point of order.
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Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay
  • Jun/20/23 3:16:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Mr. Speaker, I have received a notice that the chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security has unilaterally cancelled the committee's meeting this afternoon. The committee was scheduled to meet to begin a clause-by-clause study of Bill C-20, government legislation regarding a complaints process for the RCMP and the CBSA. Conservatives have given notice of a motion to call the Minister of Public Safety to appear on the Bernardo transfer travesty. I call on all party whips to manage the resources of the House in a way that reflects the priorities of the House.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:16:59 p.m.
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The hon. member for Elmwood—Transcona is rising on a point of order.
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Mr. Daniel Blaikie
  • Jun/20/23 3:17:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am just rising to express concern about an issue coming out of question period. Not for the first time at committee, a chair has been asked a question in question period, and the government House leader has either answered himself or has been allowed to pick who asks. In this case, where committee chairs are asked a question, I think it is very important that either a committee chair or a committee vice-chair, when they show up, is allowed to be able to answer that question as a matter of priority. I think this is important to protect the independence of the committee. It should not be the government who chooses who answers on behalf of a committee that is properly independent from the government.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:18:37 p.m.
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The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands is rising on a point of order.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Jun/20/23 3:18:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was just going to add this: Although I would agree with the member that there are certain circumstances in which a chair would be asked a question, the content of the question is what is key here. It has to be about the schedule or the agenda of the committee. One cannot just ask about any issue they want. I would encourage you to consider— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:19:08 p.m.
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Order. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! The Speaker: If I could have your attention, please. I have just consulted with the Table, and the rules are that if the chair of the committee stands, then that person gets to— Some hon. members: Oh, oh! The Speaker: One second. Let me apologize in earnest, please. I want to say that two people were up, and I recognized the House leader. Unfortunately, according to the rules, I should have recognized the chair of the committee. I apologize, and we will know for next time. The hon. member for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner is rising on a point of order.
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Mr. Glen Motz
  • Jun/20/23 3:20:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out two things. First, I would ask for unanimous consent for the chair of the public safety committee to actually answer the question that was posed to him. Second, I would also ask for unanimous consent to present the notice of meeting that was published by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, speaking to the seven to nine witnesses whom we had scheduled for this afternoon at the meeting.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:20:40 p.m.
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It being 3:20 p.m., pursuant to order made on Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at report stage of Bill C-42. Call in the members.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:20:40 p.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. An hon. member: Nay.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:49:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-42 
I declare Motion No. 1 lost.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 3:50:03 p.m.
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If a member of a recognized party present in the House wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division or wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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Hon. Dan Vandal
  • Jun/20/23 3:50:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-42 
moved that the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
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Mrs. Sherry Romanado
  • Jun/20/23 3:50:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/20/23 4:01:49 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-42 
I declare the motion carried.
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The Speaker
I have the honour to inform the House that a communication has been received as follows: Rideau Hall Ottawa June 19, 2023 Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 19th day of June, 2023, at 11:47 a.m. Yours sincerely, Christine MacIntyre Deputy Secretary to the Governor General The schedule indicates the bills assented to were Bill S-246, An Act respecting Lebanese Heritage Month; Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts; Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts; and Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act
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