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House Hansard - 316

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 23, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • May/23/24 1:10:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, Toronto is a big city. Montreal is a global city; I think this fact certainly offends many in the Bloc and certain independentists in Quebec, who are constantly undermining Montreal's position. My colleague talked about McGill, which is a world-class university. McGill draws people from around the world to Montreal, not only because of its culture but also because it is an education centre. However, we see McGill having to go to court to defend the right of students to be educated, to challenge the unconstitutional attack on a world-class institution. What does my colleague think about a government that attacks an institution that is this respected around the world just for partisan points to please the sovereigntists?
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • May/23/24 2:30:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Still, I would like to remind him that, when we took office in 2015, Canada was not even protecting 1% of its territorial waters and coastlines. Now, that figure is 15% and will likely rise to 20% in the next few years, as we make our way to at least 30% by 2030, the target agreed upon by all the countries at COP15 in Montreal. We are investing record amounts, particularly in partnership with indigenous peoples across the country, to protect more and more of our land.
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Ms. Melissa Lantsman
  • May/23/24 7:14:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is well known that the cars that are stolen end up in the port of Montreal, or at least many of them do. There are 1.7 million containers at the port of Montreal. How many of them are scanned?
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Hon. Arif Virani
  • May/23/24 7:15:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can indicate to the member opposite that we put $28 million toward scanning more of those containers, and that has resulted in the interception of over 1,000 cars by CBSA in 2024, including at the port of Montreal.
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Hon. Arif Virani (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • May/23/24 8:19:57 p.m.
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Madam Chair, what I can tell the member from Quebec is that the export of stolen vehicles from the port of Montreal is indeed a problem that we need to solve. However, the resale of vehicles is also happening across the country. We made investments in the port to resolve this problem and we are already seeing results. The CBSA intercepted over 1,000 vehicles at the port of Montreal.
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/23/24 8:22:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, can the minister tell us how many scanners could have been provided to the port of Montreal with the $60 million that was wasted by the Canada Border Services Agency on ArriveCAN?
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Mr. Martin Champoux
  • May/23/24 10:04:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will keep an open mind and hope to be surprised. It is a far cry from the attitude and approach we saw from Meta during our most recent legislative efforts. In October 2021, the Commissioner of Official Languages, Raymond Théberge, responded to a complaint by a Montreal lawyer asking for translations of Supreme Court rulings handed down prior to 1970. The recommendation was brought to the attention of the Supreme Court, which has yet to take action. The court did not follow up on the Commissioner of Official Languages' recommendations. Will the minister commit to provide the Supreme Court of Canada with the resources to translate its pre-1970 decisions?
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Context: House Hansard - 316 - May/23/24
Hon. Arif Virani
  • May/23/24 10:45:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would indicate that, since the changes and investments that we put in place with respect to auto theft, more than 1,000 vehicles have been intercepted by the CBSA at the Montreal port. This shows that those investments are doing the work they need to do to keep Canadians safe.
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