44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 3, 2024 10:00AM
- May/3/24 11:23:09 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, of course British Columbia is proposing adjustments to its pilot project and we support them.
Our approach is and always has been to save lives and reduce the risk to our communities. That is what we are committed to doing.
We have nothing to learn from the Conservative Party and the failure of its immoral policy, that even an adviser to Stephen Harper described as immoral and antiquated. We will not take any lessons from them and we are looking after Canadians.
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- May/3/24 11:24:32 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite knows full well that no active requests have been made by authorities in Montreal, Quebec or elsewhere, so this pilot project will not be extended to Quebec or Montreal. He is well aware of that, and I would invite him to watch what he says about that.
That being said, we will not take any lessons from the Conservative Party, whose senior adviser has done an about-face and is saying that what the Conservatives did when they were in government was immoral.
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- May/3/24 11:26:52 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, ever since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was born 42 years ago, Canadians have had confidence that their federal government will respect their charter-guaranteed rights and freedoms.
Now the Conservative Party will not say that it has promised to tear up the Charter of Rights in matters of criminal justice. Where will the Conservatives stop? They have not ruled out extending it to reproductive rights. They have not ruled out extending it to the rights of people to a fair trial.
Where will the Conservatives stop when it comes to ripping up the rights of Canadians?
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- May/3/24 11:35:20 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that question has been asked many times and answered many times by my hon. colleague, the minister.
I want to know something. The member is a female member of her caucus. This morning, a headline reads, “Conservatives don’t rule out using notwithstanding clause beyond criminal justice matters”. Fifty years ago, Roe v. Wade was enacted in the U.S., and women have lived under that protection in the U.S. for 50 years. For 42 years—
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- May/3/24 11:36:07 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for 50 years, women in the U.S. have lived under the protection of Roe v. Wade. For 42 years, women in Canada have lived under the protection of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Conservatives will now not rule out using the notwithstanding clause beyond criminal justice matters.
Will the member stand in her place to tell us what rights she intends to take away from women?
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- May/3/24 11:39:07 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that question has been asked and answered. B.C. has been making adjustments to its pilot project. Of course, we are supporting that.
I had no luck with the last member. Let me ask this member if Conservatives will not rule out using the notwithstanding clause—
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- May/3/24 11:39:38 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, of course, B.C. is making adjustments to its pilot project, and we are supporting it in that endeavour. The member should be under no ambiguity about that.
However, the member is ambiguous, just like his previous colleague, about which charter protections his party would rip up. Is it reproductive rights? Is it the right to a fair trial? Is it the right to free expression?
That member, that party and that leader need to get up to tell Canadians exactly which fundamental charter rights they will be taking away from Canadians.
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- May/3/24 11:41:08 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that member needs to unplug from the wall, replug and reboot. He is not listening to the earlier questions.
We have told them, very clearly, that B.C. has requested changes, and we are working with B.C. to make those changes.
Maybe that member will tell us, specifically, which freedoms and which rights described in the 42-year-old Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which Canadians cherish, he will be advocating for removing from Canadian women and from Canadian people. Is it the freedom of expression? Is it reproductive rights?
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- May/3/24 11:46:48 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, that question has been asked many times and answered. I wonder about the hon. members' hearing over there.
We get mail. One example reads, “Canada's significant credit strengths will continue to preserve its AAA-rated sovereign credit profile, underpinned by its high economic strength and very strong institutions and governance. Together, these factors provide Canada with a strong foundation for future growth and a very high degree of economic resiliency to potential shocks”.
I am thankful for Moody's credit rating.
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- May/3/24 11:48:05 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that question has been asked and answered, but the letter goes on: “In addition, Canada's credit profile has very limited susceptibility to event risks, supported by stable political institutions, a strong and well-regulated banking system, and reserve currency status which underscores the government's deep and unfettered market access. At the same time, despite an initial sharp deterioration in the government's fiscal position from the pandemic, Canada's debt ratios have since materially improved and the government is pursuing a gradual path of...fiscal consolidation.”
I am thankful for Moody's credit rating.
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- May/3/24 11:56:02 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada, of course, has the most stringent ethics rules for parliamentarians in almost all of the world. The minister has addressed the question.
It is pretty clear that the Conservatives will do anything they can to distract from their vow to rip up the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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- May/3/24 11:57:06 a.m.
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It is very nice, Mr. Speaker, to have some clarity on that. I would remind the member that at one time in this country, reproductive rights were a criminal matter.
Could the member lay out, in very specific detail for the House, now that he is talking about the notwithstanding clause, whether he would make reproductive rights for women in this country a criminal matter once again, yes or no?
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- May/3/24 11:58:13 a.m.
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Canada has incredibly stringent ethics rules, Mr. Speaker, and the minister has addressed those questions.
I do not know whether the member has communicated with his hon. friend who just got up, but maybe he could answer for us specifically now which criminal matters will apply to the ripping up of Canada's fundamental rights and freedoms? I would ask him to be very specific and point us to chapter and verse. Which rights of Canadians is he vowing to rip up today?
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- May/3/24 11:59:20 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, of course, the minister has addressed that question, but I want to return to this theme. The Conservatives—
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- May/3/24 11:59:46 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is pretty clear that the folks over here have not really spoken and gotten their story straight. The member is proposing to put reproductive rights back into a category of criminal behaviour. Other members will not answer which specific rights they would take away.
The member has refused to stand up to answer the question of which rights. Is it the freedom of expression? What specific rights would your leader take away as a result of his vow to tear up the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
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- May/3/24 12:08:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will tell my hon. colleague what Quebeckers have gained.
They got dental care. They got a school nutrition program. They got nearly 35,000 new child care spaces funded by the Government of Canada. They got a housing plan and $1.8 billion to speed up the construction of new housing under an agreement with the Legault government.
With our government, Quebeckers have regained progress, well-being and a government that forges ahead for them.
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- May/3/24 12:10:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps my colleague did not read the same thing as I did. The Governor of the Bank of Canada—the very one whom the Conservatives promised to fire right away, I might add—said yesterday that he could consider a return to lower interest rates. All of this has been confirmed by international credit rating agencies, such as Moody's. Canada is maintaining its AAA credit rating with a stable outlook. That is gold.
We are responsible, and we are governing for Quebeckers and Canadians.
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- May/3/24 12:11:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the people of Beauce benefit not only from all the investments I have just listed to my colleague opposite, but also from an AAA credit rating. This is the highest possible rating for G7 countries. Moody's spoke specifically about Canada's stable fiscal and economic outlook. This assertion was backed up yesterday by the Governor of the Bank of Canada, who said that he could see interest rates falling in the near future. We are delighted about that, and things are going well.
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- May/3/24 12:12:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this past week and, I dare say, this past half hour, have been a sad point in time for Canadian democracy. We have a Conservative Party that is promising, as we have just heard, to shred the fundamental rights of Canadians.
The week in question started on Monday, when I pointed out that the Leader of the Opposition had encouraged white supremacy, anarchy and misogyny.
I do not know what is happening on the other side, but we are drifting into something that is not normal. I invite—
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- May/3/24 12:16:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am happy to withdraw whatever comment the member is referring to.
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