44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 24, 2024 10:00AM
- May/24/24 11:18:54 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is certainly well known that grocery price inflation is a problem that all countries are facing around the world. As for grocery price inflation in Canada, there is some good news that just came in with a report that shows that food price inflation is in fact coming down in Canada. It is at 1.4% in April, down from 1.9% the month before. That is certainly encouraging news for Canadians, but it is cold comfort, for sure. We are addressing the root causes of the issue by increasing competition in the marketplace and by investing in a national school food program.
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- May/24/24 11:19:35 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, grocery prices have actually gone up under the Liberal-NDP government, and now Canadians are facing hunger and homelessness at unprecedented rates. The Liberal-NDP Prime Minister is just not worth the cost. Of the mortgages outstanding, as of February 2024, 76% of them will be up for renewal in 2026.
When will the Liberal-NDP Prime Minister stop his inflationary spending so Canadians can afford food and shelter once again?
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- May/24/24 11:20:11 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us note, first of all, that this is the same member who called for Canada to exit the United Nations. This is the same member who sat down, with other members of her caucus, with far-right European politicians.
To the substance of the question, she talks about homelessness. She ought to read the most recent report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, which makes clear that no fewer than 50,000 Canadians have been supported by this government's national housing strategy and specifically the reaching home program, which they would cut because they have an austerity agenda that they are ideologically committed to.
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- May/24/24 11:20:51 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals love to deflect away from Canadian suffering. The facts are that after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, it is still not worth the cost of homelessness and hunger that Canadians are feeling.
According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, chronic homelessness is up 38% across Canada. Nearly 80% of all homeless people say they just cannot afford a home to live in.
When will the NDP-Liberal government cap its inflationary spending and build the homes that Canadians need to live in dignity?
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- May/24/24 11:21:28 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, it is ironic, coming from a member who has been advocating and has actually written a petition to this House of Commons for Canada to leave the United Nations altogether. We see, yet again, more disinformation from the Conservative members on climate change and affordability, two issues that they either do not understand or simply do not care about. If they did care, they would acknowledge that Canada is reducing our pollution and inflation is coming down, but the Leader of the Opposition wants to scrap it all. He does not want Canadians to receive their Canada carbon rebate on July 15. He just wants to make sure his rich oil and gas friends can pollute even more and get even richer.
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- May/24/24 11:22:09 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this Liberal Prime Minister, more and more Quebeckers are going hungry. I was touring Abitibi last week, and the food bank in Rouyn-Noranda is witnessing a very disturbing trend: fully 54% of the people who use the food bank in Rouyn-Noranda have a job. These people are working and getting paid, they do have money, but they do not have enough money to feed themselves. That is what Canada has come to, after nine years of this Liberal government, with the support of the Bloc Québécois, which blindly voted for $500 billion in inflationary spending.
Is the government aware of this mess?
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- May/24/24 11:22:47 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it seems that my colleagues on the other side of the House are unaware of what we have been through in recent years. Yes, it is true that people need help, and we are there for them. All the Conservatives know how to do is make cuts. Everywhere they have been, they have made cuts.
We are addressing food security. We are setting up a food program in schools, in partnership with the provinces. We have also introduced the Canada child benefit. Let us keep in mind that under the Conservative government, all families with children of the same age were given the same cheque. Ours are based on salary. We have lifted 500,000 children out of poverty with this program.
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- May/24/24 11:23:19 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, their plan is working so well that I have to describe what is happening in my community of Loretteville. It is an unusual situation, something I never thought I would see in my lifetime. Someone from Loretteville posted the following message online: “I was wondering if someone could trade me two or three home-cooked meals for some work. I can fix pretty much anything”.
After nine years of this government, a man has to ask his neighbours for food.
Does the government realize that we are in this situation because it has racked up deficit after deficit, doubled the debt and raised taxes?
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- May/24/24 11:23:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is true that people are struggling. I have visited people in my riding, too. Across the province and all across Canada, we are meeting with people at food banks and with our partners.
We just went through a pandemic, which led to abnormally high inflation. It is coming down precisely because we are making the right decisions and focusing our investments and assistance on the people who need it most.
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- May/24/24 11:24:28 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal calvary was out in full force yesterday to save the president of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. In what was basically an unprecedented—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
Mrs. Marilène Gill: Mr. Speaker, can I start again?
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- May/24/24 11:24:58 a.m.
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The hon. member for Manicouagan.
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- May/24/24 11:25:02 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal calvary was out in full force yesterday to save the president of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. In what was basically—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- May/24/24 11:25:11 a.m.
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Order.
The hon. member for Manicouagan.
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- May/24/24 11:25:18 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal calvary was out in full force yesterday to save the president—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
Mrs. Marilène Gill: Mr. Speaker, this is obstruction.
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- May/24/24 11:25:56 a.m.
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For the third time, the hon. member for Manicouagan.
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- May/24/24 11:25:59 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this unrelenting attack on a representative of Canada's francophonie brings dishonour to the Bloc Québécois.
People comment quite often that when the time comes to decide whether or not to support people who stand up for Canada's francophonie, the Bloc Québécois is strangely absent from the debate.
We are proud of our colleague. His presidency of the international Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie brings honour to us, and we are very eager to support him further.
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- May/24/24 11:25:59 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have all weekend.
The Liberal calvary was out in full force yesterday to save the president of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, or APF. In what was basically an unprecedented situation, interpreters were needed at the meeting because many of the new members do not understand French.
We know the result. The president of the APF kept his position, despite the hurtful, scatological comments he made.
Does anyone in this government seriously think that this is helping the APF's credibility or that this incident has helped the French community here or elsewhere?
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- May/24/24 11:26:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the Bloc Québécois defends all francophones against violence, insult and injury, I believe it is working on behalf of all of La Francophonie.
Here are some of this morning's headlines: “Confidence vote: [APF president] saved by the Liberal cavalry”; “Full of s***”; “[The member] stays on as APF president”.
That is what the Liberals' stunt has led to. Gross insults against witnesses can be overlooked because Liberals stand together. Standing together as Liberals means not standing together with La Francophonie.
Does the government realize that all it has accomplished is to weaken and perhaps even prevent a parliamentary assembly from working—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- May/24/24 11:27:19 a.m.
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The hon. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
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- May/24/24 11:27:23 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what weakens the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, or APF, is not the fact that more members have joined. It is the fact that the Bloc Québécois is going after a member who took responsibility for what he said, apologized many times and now continues to stand up for francophones across Canada and to honour us by being president of this international organization that is getting ready to soon welcome the world.
We will all stand behind the president of the APF as he carries out his duties.
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