44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 12, 2024 02:00PM
- Jun/12/24 2:54:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will make sure that both sides remain at the table and that they are fully supported by our federal mediation and conciliation service, which has a 96% success rate in preventing work stoppages and strikes. We stand with them. They are well supported at the table.
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- Jun/12/24 2:54:57 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, for 30 years, Johannes Rivoire sexually abused children in Nunavut when he was supposed to be their priest. Instead of being tried for his crimes, Rivoire escaped to France. The churches failed the victims. The RCMP failed the victims. Now the federal governments keep failing the victims. He died before justice was ever served. People are still hurting. When will the government act to ensure the victims of Rivoire get the justice they deserve?
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- Jun/12/24 2:55:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the sad history surrounding the abuses in the north with Reverend Rivoire is devastating. Many people have been impacted, and I have been able to speak to many survivors. He passed away recently, yet that does not bring justice to those who are seeking justice. We will continue to work and support the families and those who survived.
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- Jun/12/24 2:56:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Winnipeg's downtown is full of historical buildings. One of our most iconic is the old Hudson's Bay building located at the corner of Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard. It holds a storied history for Winnipeggers. A vibrant downtown is vital for a strong economy. Over the past few months, our government has been working closely in collaboration with local first nations to revitalize the Bay building. The ability for first nations themselves to be at the forefront of such a development is critical.
Can the Minister responsible for PrairiesCan update the House on the co-operative work under way?
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- Jun/12/24 2:56:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I recently had the honour to make an announcement of a $31-million investment into the former Hudson's Bay building in downtown Winnipeg. The plan that was developed by the Southern Chiefs' Organization includes over 350 affordable housing units, assisted living units for elders, a child care centre and amazing public spaces. What the Southern Chiefs' Organization, led by Grand Chief Jerry Daniels, is doing in Winnipeg stands as a prime example of economic reconciliation that the entire country of Canada can be proud of.
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- Jun/12/24 2:57:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a wonderful grandmother, 93-year-old Liz Diachun, is severing a few lots off her long-time family farm to give to her kids and grandkids so that they can have a place to live in this terrible housing crisis. She was surprised to learn she is going to be paying this latest Liberal tax increase. She was asked, “Are you rich?” She said, “Are you kidding me? I am on a pension.”
Will the finance minister amend her bill so that low-income grandmothers who are passing on a bit of land for their kids to live on will not be hit by this tax increase?
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- Jun/12/24 2:58:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to share another quote: “the wealthiest 1% who own the most expensive and luxurious real estate and have in their portfolios the most stocks and bonds...will continue to see their net worth expand, having done nothing, by the way, to deserve that expanded net worth.” That is a quote from the member for Carleton, but that was when he was being a fake populist. When they sell those assets, they accrue a capital gain. We think more of it should be taxed.
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- Jun/12/24 2:58:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Liz Diachun is not among the wealthy one per cent the member just described. She has a pension of probably $45,000 a year. She is a grandmother who is simply trying to sever off a few lots so that her kids and her grandkids can have a place to live. Those lots have enough value that they will be hit by capital gains tax, and they are over $250,000, so she will pay the 66% tax. Very simply, will the minister amend the law so that this wonderful grandmother does not have to pay higher taxes?
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- Jun/12/24 2:59:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think the Conservative leader is a bit confused; he seemed to think that the words I quoted were mine. I was, in fact, quoting him. I was quoting his words about the wealthiest 1% and their stock portfolios and luxury real estate, but that was back when the Conservative leader was pretending to be a friend of working people. He was pretending to be on the side of the little guy. Yesterday we learned that is just not true, but we are on the side of fairness.
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- Jun/12/24 3:00:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is true that this government has unjustly enriched the wealthiest 1% with its inflationary policies. So, let us just make sure that no one else pays the bill for that. Will the minister accept an amendment to her proposal to ensure that the 99% of lowest-income earners do not pay this tax increase so this wonderful grandmother does not have to pay the bill?
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- Jun/12/24 3:00:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leader opposite has spent the entire question period talking about electricians, farmers, fishers and carpenters—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Jun/12/24 3:00:59 p.m.
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The hon. government House leader can start from the top.
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- Jun/12/24 3:01:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leader opposite cites electricians, carpenters and plumbers. I come from a family, as do many of us, of farmers and electricians and people who bring home a T4 slip at the end of the year. These people who earn an honest paycheque, what do they expect from their government? They expect tax fairness. We are asking all those who gain $250,000 on their investments in a given year, 0.13% of the population, to pay a little bit more. I do not know any electricians who are in that category.
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- Jun/12/24 3:02:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if that were true, then the Liberals would be prepared to put in writing, in the law, that no farmer, fisher or electrician will pay any new tax under this increase. Will they?
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- Jun/12/24 3:02:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what will be in the law is that anyone who makes a capital gain over $250,000 in a given year, the first $250,000 being exempt, 50% inclusion rate, will pay 66%. That is less than what Brian Mulroney asked them to pay. It gets us closer to the fairness that is being asked for by the electricians, the farmers, the teachers, the nurses, the fishers, the people in Canada who expect us to stand up for tax fairness, and against that.
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- Jun/12/24 3:03:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker,
Allah, take care of these Zionist aggressors. Allah, take care of the enemies of the people of Gaza. Allah, identify them all, then exterminate them. And don't spare any of them.
That is what Adil Charkaoui said in Montreal on October 28, 2023.
He did not suffer any consequences because, in Canada, the law allows a person to ask for the extermination of an entire people under the cover of religion. The RCMP is calling for the modernization of the Criminal Code so that it will be better equipped to deal with hate crimes. The Bloc Québécois is proposing that this religious exemption be repealed.
Will the minister support us?
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- Jun/12/24 3:04:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no form of hatred will ever be tolerated. Our government will always fight any form of hatred, whether it be discrimination, racism, Islamophobia or anti-Semitism. Religion must not become an excuse for spreading such hatred.
That is why the government introduced its bill to address online hate. I hope that the Bloc Québécois will support it.
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- Jun/12/24 3:04:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government tells us that Canada is secular, but that is not true. The religious exemption is the opposite of secularism. It allows for the commission of a crime that would otherwise be punishable under the law. Hate speech incites violence.
Is it normal to be able to hide behind a god? Should the Criminal Code include religious exemptions, as in the current case, that justify calling for the extermination of people in the form of a prayer?
We know that is preposterous. The RCMP knows it. The government knows it.
Will the government vote in favour of the Bloc Québécois's bill and abolish the religious exemption?
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- Jun/12/24 3:05:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is a secular country, a secular society. No form of hate speech will be accepted or tolerated. We have always fought against it and that is precisely why we introduced a bill to combat online hate, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and all forms of discrimination because hate, whether online or in the street, hurts individuals and society. I hope that the Bloc Québécois will vote with the government.
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- Jun/12/24 3:05:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister proposes this new tax increase on every single dollar that a fisherman earns inside of his small business. There is no $250,000 exemption for him. Even if he just earns $1,000, he will have to pay the tax increase. We forget that it is not just our wonderful farmers who feed us, but also our fishermen.
Will the finance minister amend her bill to ensure that there will not be a single fish harvester anywhere in Canada who will face a tax increase?
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