44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 29, 2023 10:00AM
- Sep/29/23 11:46:57 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is clear that the member opposite is distancing himself from the truth once again. In fact, all members of the committee came together to bring forward—
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- Sep/29/23 11:47:09 a.m.
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Order, please.
I think members on all sides actually have used these things, so I want to ask members to please be careful with their words. One cannot do indirectly what one cannot do directly.
The hon. parliamentary secretary has the floor.
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- Sep/29/23 11:47:42 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, let me clarify the facts for the member opposite. What happened at the public safety committee was that all members of the committee came together to move forward to do a study on putting forward the rights of victims of crime and to look into how reclassifications and transfers are handled. Do members know what happened? The Conservatives voted against it. They talk tough in front of the cameras, but when it comes time to act, they do nothing.
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- Sep/29/23 11:48:16 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, after eight years, the Liberals still do not understand how to help our farmers, who are a fundamental part of our ability to eat.
They, along with their Bloc Québécois partners, would rather send families out on the street than cancel the carbon tax. What is worse, they want to see it drastically increased. They are stoking the inflationary fire and want to further increase the cost of living. It is costly to vote for the Bloc Québécois.
When will the Bloc-Liberal coalition put an end to its infamous carbon tax and listen to common-sense Conservatives?
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- Sep/29/23 11:48:53 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that federal carbon pricing does not apply in Quebec. For many, many years, Quebec has had its own system, a cap-and-trade system, for greenhouse gas emissions
I would also like to remind him that it is certainly not common sense to ignore the impact climate change is having on our farmers across the country, especially in Quebec. I meet farmers who are experiencing the repercussions of climate change: too much water, not enough water, too much heat, not enough heat, pests. However, the Conservatives have not said a single word about what they are going to do to help our farmers deal with the consequences of climate change.
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- Sep/29/23 11:49:33 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Hamilton Community Foundation's Vital Signs report says that for every new unit of affordable housing built, Hamilton is losing 23 units. It also confirms what tenants have always known: Corporate landlords are evicting tenants to jack up rents at a record rate while leaving Hamiltonians out in the cold. The Liberal government is leaving people to fend for themselves while big developers are cashing in on what is left of our city's rental apartment buildings.
Will the government adopt our NDP affordable housing plan to create an acquisition fund to save the affordable rentals left in Hamilton?
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- Sep/29/23 11:50:14 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I know the member has a passion for dealing with homelessness and addressing issues of affordability more generally. This government has put substantial investment forward through the national housing strategy to combat homelessness. It is a difficult challenge for sure, but one that we are getting results on.
It is not over. That fight continues and is combined with efforts to build more by lifting GST from rental construction, for example, and to make changes to the Canada mortgage bond borrowing limit. All of these things combine, and the bottom line is that we are going to see more homes built. Affordability is the result from that.
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- Sep/29/23 11:50:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, maybe the hon. member heard my question, but clearly he was not listening, because if he was, he would know that the winter months are approaching and it is going to be life or death for the increasing number of people who are being left on the streets to live in tent encampments. Cities like Hamilton are facing double digit property tax increases in order to fill the crucial gaps in funding for social housing. In Hamilton, there is a seven-year wait-list. This is life or death.
Will the government immediately respond to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' demand for direct funding in order to repair existing social housing units in order to address our seven-year wait-list?
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- Sep/29/23 11:51:34 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have been there for cities like Hamilton and other Canadian cities and towns through programs like Reaching Home and the rapid housing initiative, and in other ways, to help not-for-profits that are on the ground doing the very hard work.
I know the member cares very much about this issue. I am happy to have further discussions with him, but I go back to the point that we are going to advance issues around this through collaboration with the private sector, the not-for-profit sector and municipalities as well.
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- Sep/29/23 11:52:07 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, tomorrow is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a day that recognizes first nations, Inuit and Métis children who were separated from their families, their culture and their communities. While the Leader of the Opposition fails to advance on indigenous issues such as UNDRIP, which he voted against, our government will be there to work with indigenous peoples.
Can the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations update the House on our government's record on reconciliation?
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- Sep/29/23 11:52:37 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, when it comes to indigenous issues, the record of the Leader of the Opposition is almost as shameful as his comments—
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- Sep/29/23 11:52:50 a.m.
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Order. I just want to remind members to ensure that we have respect here in the House. I know that hon. members would like to hear the answers.
The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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- Sep/29/23 11:53:02 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, when it comes to indigenous issues, the shameful record of the Leader of the Opposition on voting is almost as shameful as his words when he said that instead of compensation for abuses suffered at Indian residential schools, aboriginals need to learn the value of hard work. In contrast, our government has a record of historic firsts. We passed UNDRIP into law. We had the first-ever indigenous languages commissioner, the first-ever indigenous Governor General and the first-ever indigenous Supreme Court justice. I will stand on our record of historic firsts every day, including the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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- Sep/29/23 11:53:40 a.m.
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Again, there are some interruptions going on while members are speaking. I would just ask members to please hold off on any questions they may have, or thoughts.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes): Order. If individuals want to have conversations they should take them out. If this continues, someone is going to end up losing a question.
The hon. member for Calgary Heritage.
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- Sep/29/23 11:54:25 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, after eight long years of an incompetent NDP-Liberal government, there has been diplomatic disaster after diplomatic disaster; one in five Canadians is skipping meals; crime, chaos, drugs and disorder rage across our streets; and a carbon tax is making gas, groceries and home heating more expensive, a tax that does nothing to achieve climate targets, a tax inflating everything and devastating everyone.
When will the Prime Minister finally axe the tax?
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- Sep/29/23 11:55:02 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, last week, during the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York, I was at an event with West Kelowna's fire chief, Jason Brolund. Chief Brolund vividly described the trauma of fighting this summer's massive wildfires, of sending his team into danger, of fighting to protect homes and lives. It was a miracle that no one died in Kelowna. He called it a once-in-a-lifetime fire, but then told us it was the second once-in-a-lifetime fire he has faced in 20 years. That is the impact of climate change.
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- Sep/29/23 11:55:39 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, Alberta farmers and families are paying more tax than ever. When we tax Stamp Seeds, which grows food; Reimer Trucking, which ships food; Drost Farms, which processes food; and Sunterra Market, which sells food, we are taxing everyone who buys food. The Prime Minister is just not worth it.
Alberta farmers need to keep feeding the world. Will the Prime Minister axe his carbon tax?
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- Sep/29/23 11:56:09 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have seen the impact of climate change devastating provinces right across this country and impacting most significantly our farmers. In winter, we saw record cold temperatures, leading to damaged homes, businesses and crop results.
Canadian farmers are on the front line of climate change, and that is exactly why we are investing nearly half a billion dollars in programs like the agricultural technology program and the climate solutions program. We will continue to do everything that is necessary to help our farmers deal with the increasing effects of climate change.
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- Sep/29/23 11:56:44 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is scrambling to convince Quebeckers that the carbon tax will have no impact on Quebec. Nothing could be further from the truth. Everything that is transported from one province to another and ends up in our shops costs more because of this tax. Everything, including voting for the Bloc, costs more. After eight years of this government, many Quebeckers are being squeezed.
Will the Prime Minister finally call off this costly Bloc-Liberal tax?
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- Sep/29/23 11:57:20 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I find the attacks against the Bloc Québécois to be very mean, but I would like to say that if the Conservatives are the least bit interested in the economy in Quebec, they would acknowledge yesterday's historic announcement that will lead to the creation of 3,000 jobs. We are making a green shift, a shift to the future. We are going to produce the greenest batteries in the world. This represents 3,000 direct jobs, thousands of indirect jobs and Quebec and Canadian batteries in cars around the world.
They do not even acknowledge it. The Conservatives do not care at all about Quebec.
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