44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2023 02:00PM
- Nov/29/23 3:14:29 p.m.
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Order, please.
The right hon. Prime Minister has the floor.
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- Nov/29/23 3:14:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he has had 19 years as a member of Parliament. Perhaps we need to make sure that they understand commercial sensitivities to guarantee good jobs for Canadians.
Our investments have been supported by labour unions and are supported by local leadership, which understands we are building jobs not only for right now but also for coming generations. Working hand in hand with companies to make those investments in Canada is what this government is focused on.
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- Nov/29/23 3:15:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what he is focused on is diverting Canadian tax dollars away from union workers in places such as Windsor to foreign replacement workers from South Korea. Canada's Building Trades Unions said that its members could do all the work the Prime Minister has chosen to outsource to foreign workers, and they will lose $300 million in wages as a result of the replacement workers the Prime Minister intends to bring in.
If anything the Prime Minister is saying about this $15-billion contract is true, why is he so afraid to release the contract?
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- Nov/29/23 3:16:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, training up an already world-class Canadian workforce in more innovative and highly specialized machinery is good for the thousands of long-term, quality jobs that Canadians are gaining with these investments.
It is obvious that the Conservative leader is yet again looking for a slogan to justify his ideological opposition to investing in Canadians' futures. His crusade against facts shows us once again that he will do anything to advance his own personal political interests, even if that means ignoring the likes of Unifor and other unions and ripping up Canadian jobs.
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Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister with respect to Bill C-57.
This fall, as the Ukrainian people fight to defend themselves against Russia's genocidal invasion, the Canadian government has signed a historic, modernized Canada- Ukraine free trade agreement with the Government of Ukraine. It is important to remember that the Ukrainian people are not just fighting for their own freedom and survival; they are also fighting for us, and we need to be fighting for them.
Most MPs voted in favour of the free trade agreement, but every single Conservative MP voted against it. They voted unanimously against supporting Ukraine.
My question for the Prime Minister is, will he share with Canadians why the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement is so important to Canada and to Ukraine?
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- Nov/29/23 3:17:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Etobicoke Centre for his long-standing commitment to the Ukrainian people.
While Ukrainians are fighting for freedom and their very right to exist, the Conservative leader is pandering to far right, Republican-style politics that are creeping into his party. By voting against a crucial bill for Ukraine, the leader is playing into the Kremlin's hands.
On this side of the House, without question, we will never back down in our support of Ukraine.
Slava Ukraini.
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- Nov/29/23 3:18:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister could not care less about Ukraine. He only cares about the fact that he is losing the carbon tax debate so badly that he would suggest that anyone who is against the carbon tax is against Ukraine.
The exact opposite is true. He is not bringing in a free trade agreement with Ukraine; we already have a free trade agreement with Ukraine, which Conservatives initiated and he had no part in.
Will the Prime Minister stop trying to distract from his losing debate on the carbon tax and on the suffering Canadians here at home, and finally take responsibility for all the misery he is causing?
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- Nov/29/23 3:19:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, not only does the Leader of the Opposition think he knows better than everyone else in the House, but he also thinks he knows better than Volodymyr Zelenskyy what Ukraine needs right now.
President Zelenskyy and his government are asking us to pass the modernizing of the Canada-Ukraine free trade deal. The Leader of the Opposition is saying, “No, no, no. We don't support, because it would impose a carbon price on Ukrainians.” Of course, the fact that the Ukrainian embassy is pointing out that it would do no such thing and, that indeed, they have had a price on pollution for years now, is proof that he is just trying to make an ideological argument.
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- Nov/29/23 3:19:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's ideological argument is that he would block selling Canadian natural gas in order to force Europeans to buy Russian gas. He would give the money to the Kremlin rather than give it to Canadian workers. He exported a gigantic turbine to Putin to pump gas into Europe and fund the war over there. Meanwhile, he imposes a carbon tax here at home.
He can try all he wants to impose the carbon tax through a trade agreement or by delaying the carbon tax election, but here are the facts: I will win the carbon tax election, and I will axe the tax. When will the Prime Minister get it through his head?
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- Nov/29/23 3:20:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we recognize that even as the world is in a complicated place because of multiple global factors, like Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, we need to stay focused on being there for Canadians, both now and into the future.
That is exactly what we are doing. Our recent fall economic statement delivers more housing for Canadians right across the country, delivers stability and competition in grocery prices and builds on the jobs and careers that Canadians are going to be able to benefit from in a net-zero world.
The Conservative Party's climate denialism is not building a stronger economy for Canadians.
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- Nov/29/23 3:21:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that got him to back down real quick, did it not?
We know that the Prime Minister is ashamed of the hideous record he has of sending two million people to a food bank, of doubling the rent, of making it so that nine out of 10 young people cannot a afford home, and of a massive increase in the number of people who have jobs who have to resort to breadlines in order to eat. He does not talk anymore about the middle class and those working hard to join it.
The Prime Minister is trying to distract Canadians every day and in every way from the misery he has caused at home. Why does he not take responsibility for that misery and finally do his job?
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- Nov/29/23 3:22:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives look at Canadians who are struggling right now, who are hurting right now, and they have made the choice to amplify their fears, to exaggerate them and to gin them up; to make people angry about everything; and to point out that everything is broken in this country. I disagree both with the substance of the Conservative leader's argument and the way he is going about it.
I know what Canadians are doing. They are rolling up their sleeves, leaning on each other and building a better future by fighting climate change, investing in their neighbours and being there to support each other.
The Conservative leader might want to run on anger in a couple of years; we are going to run on a positive, ambitious vision for this country, which Canadians—
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- Nov/29/23 3:23:10 p.m.
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The hon. member for Surrey—Newton.
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- Nov/29/23 3:23:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, workers have built this country and they will build the Canada of tomorrow. Our government recently introduced important legislation that would ban replacement workers. While the opposition pretends to be for workers, it has stalled the passing of the legislation.
Can the Prime Minister tell workers across the country why we have their backs?
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- Nov/29/23 3:23:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Surrey—Newton for his hard work.
Members of the Canadian Labour Congress were in Ottawa this week to express their frustration with the Conservative leader's silence on our government's replacement worker legislation. The last time that party stayed silent on a piece of legislation, it voted against Ukraine. For the 19 years the leader has been elected to the House, he has always voted against unions, including with Stephen Harper's Bill C-377 and Bill C-525, and it is increasingly obvious he will always stand against workers.
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- Nov/29/23 3:24:37 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, the federal housing advocate has reported that the government fails to protect Inuit's right to housing. Inuit have to take shifts to sleep because of overcrowding. In the fall economic statement, the government is spending more to settle historic injustices than it is to help indigenous peoples in housing. Liberals have to get this right: Invest in indigenous housing and end these injustices.
When will the Prime Minister finally invest in what is needed? Will he wait until he is forced to by the courts?
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- Nov/29/23 3:25:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know how important it is to continue to work with the governments of the territories and with indigenous partners, like ITK, to build more housing. We have made significant announcements and significant investments in creating more housing, but there is, as my hon. colleague has said, much more to do.
We will continue to be there as partners for the north as we invest in housing and as we create more opportunities.
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- Nov/29/23 3:25:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 35 doctors and addiction experts recently wrote to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, recommending significant reform or outright abolishment of the safe-supply strategy. Harm reduction without treatment does not break the cycle of addiction. In Toronto and across Canada, the strategy is not working and is wreaking havoc on communities. Without a federal exemption, injection sites would be illegal.
Will the Prime Minister listen to the experts and either reform safe supply and provide funding to keep host neighbourhoods safe, or eliminate injection sites altogether?
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- Nov/29/23 3:26:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a scientific and proven evidentiary fact that safe supply and harm reduction save lives.
We know that there is much more to do, and we will continue to do it, working with partners across the country, investing in more supports for communities and moving forward in a way that is grounded in science, to save lives and support people.
Part of our $200-billion investment in health over the next 10 years is aimed at support for mental health and addictions. We are there, but we will remain grounded in science, not ideology.
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- Nov/29/23 3:27:46 p.m.
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I wish to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Jill Balser, Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration for the great province of Nova Scotia.
Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
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