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House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Dec/7/23 1:55:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member is operating under good instruction from his whip's desk to keep calling out points of order on me. Congratulations to him. However, in the document, “The True North Strong and Free”, Stephen Harper's plan for Canadians, there is actually reference to pricing pollution in here through the cap-and-trade model that Ontario, Quebec and a number of states in the United States adopted. That member ran in 2021 on Erin O'Toole's plan to price pollution—
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 1:56:23 p.m.
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There is a point of order from the hon. member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman.
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Mr. James Bezan
  • Dec/7/23 1:56:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, under Standing Order 18, a member cannot stand in this place and talk disparagingly about other members in this place. I ask that he monitor his language very carefully. Rather than being a disruptive individual in the House and using bully-boy tactics, he actually should be more parliamentarian in his address to the House of Commons.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 1:56:46 p.m.
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I appreciate the help. I would also remind people to be very judicious with the words they are using and how they are characterizing other parties in this House of Commons. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Dec/7/23 1:56:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all of the Conservatives ran on that platform. Now, if some of them decided sometime during that election campaign that they chose—
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 1:57:05 p.m.
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There is another point of order from the hon. member for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies.
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Mr. Bob Zimmer
  • Dec/7/23 1:57:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Kingston and the Islands just threatened this side. I do not know if that is common practice to do that or allowed in the House, but I wish he would retract it and apologize.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 1:57:23 p.m.
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I did not hear that part, but I will go back and listen. I would suggest that we are getting close to two o'clock when we have to do Statements By Members, so let us get the hon. member to at least five minutes into his speech. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Dec/7/23 1:57:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member is referring to when the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman stood up and I said, “Would you like me to bring up Ukraine?”, but I was not going to do that until the second half of my speech after question period. I will hold off and I will be judicious in my timing, but if the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman would like to hear that, I invite him to stick around after question period. The reality is that all the Conservatives ran on pricing pollution. Each and every one of them ran on pricing pollution. Now, if they chose not to, then they should table for this House where in their campaign literature they were going against Mr. O'Toole. I wait with anticipation for that. However, here is the reality of what Conservatives continually miss. It is the fact that many more people, eight out of 10 people, get back more than they pay in. According to Statistics Canada, 94%—
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Mr. Kyle Seeback
  • Dec/7/23 1:58:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. That is factually inaccurate. If one reads the distributional analysis provided by the PBO, that point—
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 1:58:41 p.m.
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We keep getting into debate, and this is debate. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby.
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Mr. Peter Julian
  • Dec/7/23 1:58:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative behaviour is absolutely unacceptable. They should stop harassing people who are trying to give legitimate speeches. Shame on every one of them.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 1:59:01 p.m.
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In the House, sometimes it seems that what goes around comes around. What I would suggest to everyone, and I will ask this personally, is that when there are points of order, they actually be points of order, not points of debate. It makes it a lot easier and allows people to complete the debate we are trying to have on the floor. I thank the hon. members for trying to help out, but let us ensure that they are real points of order. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Dec/7/23 1:59:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, who definitely gets back more than they put in? The Leader of the Opposition. This is an individual who lives in a government-funded house. This is an individual who has a private driver. I would like to know—
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Mr. Marty Morantz
  • Dec/7/23 1:59:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like you to rule on whether the point the member just made regarding the residence of the leader of the official opposition is relevant to the debate that we are having currently in the House.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 2:00:15 p.m.
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At least we have a relevance question, which is actually a point of order. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Dec/7/23 2:00:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to know if the Leader of the Opposition cashed his rebate cheque that he would have received. Would he like to table his bank statements to prove to us whether he did?
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Dec/7/23 2:00:32 p.m.
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That is really getting into questions and comments, and we are not at that point of the day.
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Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal (Surrey—Newton, Lib.)
  • Dec/7/23 2:01:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion, two local media outlets in Surrey—Newton, Connect FM and RED FM, held radiothon fundraisers. Through the generous support of the community, RED FM raised over $1 million for the Surrey Hospitals Foundation, to bring two much-needed cardiac cath labs to Surrey Memorial Hospital, which will be the first-ever labs built south of the Fraser River. Connect FM raised over $175,000 in support of the Guru Nanak's Free Kitchen, a community organization that has been feeding those in need in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver and other areas of B.C. since 2006. I thank all those who gave generously to both these worthy causes, and to the leadership, staff and volunteers of Connect FM and RED FM.
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Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Dec/7/23 2:02:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on March 17, Canada is set to go down a very dangerous road when MAID will become available for persons suffering solely from mental illness. Last year, the government delayed this expansion after leading medical professionals, including the chairs of psychiatry from all 17 medical schools, said that Canada was not ready. That is because it is impossible to predict whether someone with a mental illness will not get better. In other words, persons who could get better would have their lives prematurely ended. Recently, the Special Joint Committee on MAID wrapped up its hearings and heard loud and clear from experts that Canada still is not ready. I urge the government to follow the evidence, stop the madness and immediately introduce legislation to permanently scrap this dangerous expansion of MAID.
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