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Context: House Hansard - 258 - Nov/29/23

Nov/29/23 2:19:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark. The Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement represents Canada's opportunity to assist in the rebuilding of Ukraine, and it is utterly disappointing to see the Conservatives stand opposed to that. Ukraine can continue to count on Canada on this side of the House.

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Mr. Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:20:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister, his billion-dollar green slush fund is engulfed in corruption. His hand-picked board chair was caught funnelling $220,000 to her own company and then paid herself $120,000. Then she and the CEO both resigned in disgrace. We learned yesterday that another board member funnelled millions of taxpayer dollars to not one, not two, not three, but four companies that she personally had an interest in. The Liberals knew about the corruption and ineligible payments and they did absolutely nothing. One senior government official called it an ad scam-level payout. Meanwhile, whistle-blowers are afraid of professional and legal reprisals because the Liberals refused to offer them any protection. At every level of the Prime Minister's green slush fund, there is corruption and more insiders getting paid. With an Auditor General investigation and an Ethics Commissioner investigation, it is clear that the Prime Minister just is not worth the cost. Conservatives will keep fighting to expose Liberal corruption and find out who got rich.

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Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:21:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, he is not worth the cost as life has become so expensive that Canadians are having to choose between eating and other necessities. So far in 2023, more Canadians have gone to food banks than at any time in our recent history. Locally, in Medicine Hat, the Root Cellar Food & Wellness Hub, which is our food bank, has a brown bag lunch program that feeds 1,500 children every single day who come to school without lunch. The Root Cellar is feeding a total of 4% of our community and reports a 33% increase in food bank usage over the last two years alone. These numbers continue to grow, with an average of 200 new clients each and every month, mostly two-income families, seniors and students. Food bank clients overwhelmingly state the reason for needing to access emergency food is the inflationary rise in the cost of living. These are real-life consequences to the economic crisis the government has inflicted on Canadians. It is time for the Prime Minister to do Canadians a favour and take a walk in the snow.

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Mr. Francesco Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:22:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, confident countries invest in their workers. Confident countries invest in their future. We are confident in Canada. We are not only investing in Canadians, but we also continue to attract transformational investments. These include more than $40 billion in less than three years, and thousands of good-paying jobs now and for years to come with Volkswagen, Stellantis, Northvolt, GM and Umicore. The world is looking to Canada and choosing Canada. Conservatives have given up on Canada’s auto industry. They are putting their partisan games and misinformation ahead of good middle-class jobs for Canadians. Today, Canada is the only country in the western hemisphere with an end-to-end supply chain for electric vehicles. On this side of the House, we recognize that Canada has vast reserves of critical minerals, clean energy and the expertise to continue making the vehicles that Canadians want and that are better for the environment. We will always stand by, and with, Canadian workers and our roaring Canadian auto industry.

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Investments

Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)

Nov/29/23 2:23:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, more than two million innocent lives remain trapped in Israel's siege of Gaza, trying to survive amid the most horrific and inhumane conditions. Thousands of children have been killed. As a mother, my heart aches for those families. Survivors are being deprived of clean drinking water, food, medicine, sanitation, fuel and electricity. More than 1.7 million Palestinians are displaced from their homes in their ancestral homeland. Among them are people with disabilities, women, children, seniors and beloved family members of hundreds of people in Canada. The Australian government has enacted special immigration measures, including a special visa program to prioritize visa assessment for those seeking to depart Gaza. Canada must do the same. I am calling on the Liberals to immediately enact special immigration measures to facilitate the evacuation of extended family members of Canadians and permanent residents of Gaza, and I renew my call for a permanent ceasefire.

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Mrs. Marilène Gill (Manicouagan, BQ)

Nov/29/23 2:24:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, goaltender Marc‑André Fleury has won the Stanley Cup and the Vezina trophy, but he has just given us another reason to be proud of him. It was first nations heritage night at Friday's game in Minnesota. Since his wife Véronique is indigenous, this goalie from Sorel was planning to wear a special mask designed by Dakota artist Cole Redhorse Taylor. It was covered in a traditional Dakota floral motif, in honour of Fleury's name, and was to be sold to raise money for a project in support of indigenous families. However, the National Hockey League threatened Fleury with a hefty fine if he wore the mask, since Commissioner Bettman does not allow players to show support for special causes. Nevertheless, when Marc‑André Fleury took to the ice that night, he proudly wore the mask. Knowing when to stand up is an important skill for a goaltender, but knowing when to stand up as a human is even more impressive. Bravo to Marc‑André Fleury.

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Mr. Eric Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:26:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are increasingly frustrated as they watch Liberal-appointed senators stall and delay our common-sense Conservative bill that would carve out a much needed carbon tax exemption for our Canadian farmers. Farm businesses are seeing their carbon taxes totalling over $100,000 per year just to use propane and natural gas to dry their crops. The worst part is that the worst is yet to come, because the NDP-Liberal coalition will quadruple the carbon tax. That is enough with the delay and games. Canadian farmers are facing a $1 billion carbon tax bill from the Prime Minister that no one can afford. Food banks are at record use, with two million people per month. After eight years, Canadians know the Prime Minister is just not worth the cost, because as farmers feed cities, Canadians know the Prime Minister just wants to tax them all even more.

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Farmers

Mr. Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:27:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Métis Nation British Columbia, MNBC, represents the section 35 rights of over 24,000 Métis citizens, advocates for over 98,000 self-identified Métis and represents 39 Métis chartered communities across British Columbia. MNBC strives to promote a strong future for the Métis people in British Columbia, where the rich Métis culture, heritage and languages thrive. Métis communities achieve strong socio-economic outcomes and Métis rights as an indigenous people are recognized. On April 13, 2017, the Prime Minister, Métis Nation president Chartier and the president of the MNBC governing members signed the Canada-Métis Nation Accord during the first Crown-Métis Nation Summit in Ottawa, marking a significant step toward a renewed government-to-government relationship based on the recognition of rights, respect and partnership. I am pleased to have an organization like MNBC headquartered in my beautiful riding of Surrey Centre. Today, its members are here in this gallery advocating for their people.

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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:28:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, never has a Prime Minister been so ashamed to defend his own economic update, and we know why. Years after he said that there would be no consequences for doubling the national debt, we have learned that this Prime Minister is going to spend more next year on interest on the debt than he does on health care. Once again, why does the Prime Minister want to give more to bankers than to nurses?

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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:29:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it would be more credible if the Leader of the Opposition had not spoken out against our historic $200‑billion health care agreements with the provinces over the next 10 years. We are there to invest in the health care system. We are there to invest so that we can deliver results for Canadians. The Conservative Party is only there for austerity and budget cuts. With respect to our economic statement, we have invested in housing and in making sure there is more competition to stabilize grocery prices. We are there to invest in good careers for years to come in industries across Canada. We will continue to be there in a responsible way for Canadians.

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Austerity

Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:29:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians' fridges are empty and they are being forced to turn to food banks. After eight years of this Prime Minister, they are already living with austerity in their daily lives. The Prime Minister wants to make their situation even worse by creating another deficit with $20 billion in inflationary spending and by increasing interest and inflation at Canadians' expense. Will he reverse his inflationary policies so that Canadians can put food on the table?

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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:30:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the opposition leader is not being completely logical. He is right that Canadians are struggling because of high grocery prices, but he is proposing government austerity as a solution to help those families. It is completely ridiculous. We are here to help families with investments in housing and investments to lower and stabilize grocery prices. We are here to invest in careers and jobs for the future. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party is against dental care for seniors and against help for businesses that will increase the employment rate.

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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:31:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, never has a prime minister been so ashamed of his own economic update that he wants to avoid talking about it for the week that follows, and we can understand why. Next year, the Prime Minister wants to spend $53 billion on debt interest, a record-smashing amount that is higher than the amount we spend on health care. It works out to $3,000 for every Canadian family. According to the Bank of Nova Scotia, this is going to increase interest rates by two full percentage points, or $700 a year, directly attributable to the government's deficit spending. Will the Prime Minister get control of himself and his spending so Canadians can get control of their mortgage costs?

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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:32:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will admit openly to you and to others in the House that the media did not cover our fall economic statement as much as we would have liked last week because they were so busy talking about what a terrible week the Conservative Party had on Ukraine, on allegations of terrorism, and on attacking Stellantis and jobs in southern Ontario. Yes, the media were totally wrapped up in the Leader of the Opposition's terrible week. We stay focused on investing in housing for Canadians, on stepping up, on more competition to help with grocery prices, and on moving forward and creating great jobs and careers for Canadians for decades to come.

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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:32:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, maybe he should just give the media even more money to cover the news how he would like it, because we know he is so desperate to debate me on the carbon tax, a debate he has been losing badly. Canadians overwhelmingly want him to axe the tax. That is why he panicked and flip-flopped to take the tax off for a short time, and only for those people who are in a region where he is plummeting in the polls and his caucus is revolting. With two million Canadians forced to go to a food bank, will he stop thinking about buying himself better news coverage and start thinking about the Canadians who have to buy themselves better food?

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News

Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:33:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to hear the Conservative leader again attacking the media, particularly on a day when we stood up and arranged a deal with Google to make sure that local journalism, independent journalism and the work that our news media is going to do will be able to stand the test of time through the transforming times we live in. The Leader of the Opposition continues to want to stand with big data and with internet giants, and to sidle up to his billionaire buddies down south. We are going to continue to stand up for local journalism, for the work that professionals do to support our democracy in small towns and communities right across the country.

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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/29/23 2:34:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he does not want to debate on the carbon tax because he knows that Canadians know they cannot afford the cost of food as he intends to continue raising taxes, so instead, he tries to distract with media buyouts and by censoring views with which he disagrees. Will he have the courage to actually defend his carbon tax as two million people line up in breadlines like those we have not seen since the Great Depression, and will he support our common-sense bill to axe the tax on the farmers who feed us?

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Carbon

Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:34:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians right across the country, including and especially our hard-working farm families, are seeing the impacts of climate change increasingly, every single year. It has become glaringly obvious to everyone, except for certain MAGA Conservatives, that the fight against climate change is a fight for the future of our economy. We cannot separate fighting climate change from growing good jobs in a strong economy into the future, yet that is exactly what Conservatives continue to say. We put a price on pollution. We are putting more money back into the pockets of Canadians, and we are creating great jobs for the long term.

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Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Nov/29/23 2:35:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, according to media reports, the government is still refusing to launch a competition for the replacement of the surveillance aircraft fleet. What is worse, it has no interest in finding out what the results of a competition would be. Instead, it is taking on that role itself and, based on its own analysis, it has chosen an American company. We have nothing against the Americans, but we want the process to be fair and equitable. Has the government actually ruled out a competition? Has it actually ruled out Bombardier? Has it actually ruled out Quebec?

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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Nov/29/23 2:36:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in these uncertain times, we have two main priorities. First, we must ensure that our military and armed forces have the equipment they need to do their jobs. We also need to ensure that there are good jobs in the aerospace industry for Canadians across the country. Those are our two goals, and that is what we are going to continue working on. The ministers involved will make an announcement in due course.

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