44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 21, 2024 10:00AM
- May/21/24 2:48:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he should have invited me. Next time, I will go.
Quebec is asking to be reimbursed $1 billion for the cost of welcoming refugee claimants. Quebec is asking that the cost of welcoming refugee claimants be shared with provinces that are not carrying their fair share of the load. Quebec is asking for a temporary reduction in immigration as well as the power to approve all applicants. Quebec is asking that federal programs have French language requirements.
What did the immigration minister offer Quebeckers, after months of shirking his responsibilities? He offered a committee.
Does his committee at least have a deadline to start delivering results?
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- May/21/24 2:49:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we do not invite at these meetings is bickering.
Working together is very important to us. For once, Quebec fully agreed with the news release we issued.
In terms of French language training, we have given Quebec $5.2 billion since 2015. We are committed. We want to ensure, once again, that French, the common language, is strengthened in Quebec.
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- May/21/24 2:49:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after the meeting, the Minister of Immigration stated that the status quo was no longer acceptable. However, as we speak, it is still the status quo. Nothing has changed on the ground. As of now, the federal government has not paid back a penny, and Quebec is still taking in more than half of all of Canada's asylum seekers.
His committee must not become a gimmick that will sit around being useless until the election. We needed results yesterday. Today, it is a matter of urgency. When are we going to see results?
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- May/21/24 2:50:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the status quo is the Bloc Québécois doing nothing for 30 years, while we make $5.2 billion available to Quebec for French language training, with clear results.
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- May/21/24 2:50:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine summers, Canadians know the Prime Minister is not worth the cost. His carbon tax has hiked up the prices of everything. Canadians deserve relief, not taxes. Unlike the coalition of convenience, Conservatives have a solution: It is to cancel all federal tax on gas from now until Labour Day, keeping nearly $600 in the bank accounts of Ontarians to spend on basic needs and maybe even visit family.
Would it be too much to ask for the Prime Minister to lend a helping hand to Canadians and take the tax off their summer road trips?
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- May/21/24 2:51:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am curious about whether the hon. member has actually approached Conservative premiers across Canada, who maintain their own taxes on fuel. In particular, in the province of Alberta, Danielle Smith has increased the price of fuel by 13¢ and offers no rebate. I expect she knows very well that the majority of families receive more than they pay in a fuel tax, but facts do not seem to matter to a party that is committed to eroding all the environmental protections that exist in this country and has virtually no plans to invest in the things that are going to help working-class families address the cost of living.
We are in search of solutions, not fights. I wish Conservatives would at least come armed with facts.
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- May/21/24 2:52:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives are calling on the NDP-Liberals to axe the carbon tax and all federal taxes on gas from Victoria Day to Labour Day. For Nova Scotians, this would represent $542 of savings per family this summer. After nine years, we know the Prime Minister will jet off to surf in Tofino this summer at taxpayers' expense while Nova Scotians cannot afford a summer road trip.
Will the Prime Minister do a surfing cutback to help Canadians by taking the tax off the summer road trip?
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- May/21/24 2:52:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know the Conservatives are excited because they think they have found a new bumper sticker, but what would they say to families? Not only are they taking away their carbon rebate, but they would also be taking away child care. They would be taking away their dental care. They would be taking away their diabetes medication. What they would give in exchange for taking all those things away from vulnerable people is a false, empty promise. That is what we have on the other side: empty rhetoric and attacking vulnerable people at a time when they most need help.
We will continue to stand with those who need help.
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- May/21/24 2:53:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, Canadians cannot afford the NDP-Liberal government's carbon tax that it just increased by 23%. That is why Conservatives announced a common-sense plan to axe the carbon tax and all federal taxes on gas from Victoria Day to Labour Day. It would mean saving 35¢ per litre. In Manitoba, that would represent over $600 in savings for each family during the summer.
Will the Prime Minister lend a helping hand to Canadians and take the tax off their summer road trip?
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- May/21/24 2:53:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was actually just in Manitoba last week, where we were announcing supports for Canadian families with more investment in creating more child care spaces to relieve the burden for families. These are programs that we continue to invest in, such as the Canada child benefit, dental plan and investments in Canadians, while we see the Conservatives continue to vote against them.
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- May/21/24 2:54:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, people cannot afford to live or die. Funeral costs are now out of reach for Canadians in Ontario. The increase in unclaimed bodies is 488% since 2013. The Prime Minister is not worth the cost. Seniors are already struggling with the affordability crisis. They built this country and now they cannot afford to bid their loved ones farewell.
When will the Prime Minister show some compassion and stop the out-of-control spending so people can live and die with dignity?
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- May/21/24 2:55:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for somebody to live with dignity, they need access to dental care. For somebody to live with dignity, they need access to their diabetes medication. For somebody to live with dignity, they need access to the medicine, support and health care that we are making sure we deliver each and every day.
For the party opposite, the Conservatives, to say that the solution to global inflation and the crisis that people are seeing all over the world is to slash supports to vulnerable peoples and attack the very supports that lift them up in the darkest times that we have faced in generations, we say “no”.
We will continue to be there for Canadians and make sure they get what they need.
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- May/21/24 2:55:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past three years, the price of groceries has gone up by 21%. No wonder food banks are swamped. The Liberals and Conservatives could not care less, however.
When the CEO of Metro is a Conservative donor, it is clear who the official opposition leader is working for. Meanwhile, the Liberals are giving Loblaw and Costco millions of dollars in handouts. While ordinary folks are going hungry, CEOs are getting the VIP treatment. Enough is enough.
Will the Liberals support the NDP motion to make wealthy CEOs pay their fair share?
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- May/21/24 2:56:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have an economic plan that is fair for all Canadians, for every generation. We understand that, in order to fund this plan in a fiscally responsible manner, we need to ask the wealthiest Canadians to pay a bit more. That is what our government is doing.
The question should really go to the Conservatives, who are opposed to our plan. The Conservatives are the ones who are against a fair plan.
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- May/21/24 2:57:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are hungry and hurting. Liberals have failed to lower food prices while Conservatives promote corporate greed. Over the last three years, grocery prices increased 21% while portions shrank. In 2023 alone, grocery giants made a record $6 billion in profit, all while Canadian families were tightening their belts and missing meals. That is why today New Democrats are forcing Liberals to take a stand.
Will Liberals support our motion to make CEOs pay what they owe or continue to put profits over people like the Conservatives do?
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- May/21/24 2:57:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government has put forward a plan for fairness for every generation, a plan to invest in housing, in affordability and in economic growth. We have done it in a fiscally responsible way because we know inflation has to come down, so that interest rates can come down. To do that, we are asking those who are the most successful in our amazing country to contribute a little bit more.
That is tax fairness. We support it. The party that opposes it is the Conservatives.
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- May/21/24 2:58:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, eight out of 10 Canadians support a woman's right to choose. Yet, it seems the Conservative leader is unwilling to assure Canadians that he and his party will defend this fundamental right.
Could the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth remind the House of our government's position on a woman's right to choose?
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- May/21/24 2:59:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her advocacy and her tireless work.
I am proud to stand in this House to tell Canadians our government will always defend and support a woman's right to choose. Conservatives claim this is settled, yet anti-choice bills and petitions keep cropping up.
It is settled for us. No ifs, buts or maybes. We will never stop defending the rights that women in this country have fought so hard for.
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- May/21/24 2:59:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, July 1 is shaping up to be a disaster for people looking for housing in Quebec. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, new housing construction in Montreal has decreased compared to last year for both multi-unit dwellings and detached homes. Clearly, this Prime Minister's strategy is just one more in a long list of failures.
Will the Prime Minister remove the barriers to building instead of wasting Quebeckers' money?
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- May/21/24 3:00:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is interesting, considering that my colleague who asked the question has no plan to fix the situation.
We have a plan to make the investments needed to build housing. For example, we signed an agreement with Quebec to build 8,000 affordable housing units.
To contrast, the Leader of the Opposition, when he was housing minister, was only able to build six units across the entire country. The Conservatives are going to cut programs for housing. We are going to make the investments. There is no clearer contrast.
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