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House Hansard - 333

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 17, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)
  • Jun/17/24 3:05:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, anti-Semitism has become a plague on university campuses. Hamas sympathizers camping out at McGill are promoting the “revolutionary summer program”, featuring images of kaffiyeh-clad fighters brandishing machine guns. It is appalling. Summer camp used to be about campfires and canoeing. After nine years of the Prime Minister, it has become “Bring your machine gun to camp to threaten and harass Jewish students.” It must be stopped. What is the government going to do about it?
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Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:06:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think every single Canadian and every single member of the House condemns anti-Semitism. We know that combatting anti-Semitism and hate takes concrete action. That is why in this particular budget we are investing $273 million toward Canada's first-ever action plan on combatting hate. We have also invested more than $200 million toward Canada's anti-racism strategy. We have launched a community resiliency fund. We are working with the Minister of Public Safety. We are going to continue to do everything possible to make sure we combat hate in this country and around the world.
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Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, CPC)
  • Jun/17/24 3:06:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Foreign Affairs told CBC News, last week, that it was news to her that Russian warships were docked alongside one of our Canadian naval vessels in Havana celebrating the Cuban Communist dictatorship. This morning, the Minister of National Defence was asked whether he had told the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and of course he denied it. It is both reckless and dangerous for the Liberals to honour Cuba, Russia's junior partner, and once again they are undermining our relationship and support for Ukraine. Why is the Minister of National Defence using our navy to cozy up to the Communist regime in Cuba with our Russian adversaries?
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Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:07:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to act surprised that the Conservatives are politicizing the Royal Canadian Navy deployments, but frankly I am not. To be very clear, it was a military mission. Along with our American allies, the Canadian Navy and Air Force have been tracking the movements and activity of a Russian naval flotilla along the eastern seaboard and into Cuba with our Aurora aircraft and the HMCS Ville de Québec. Upon the advice and at the request of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Joint Operations Command, I authorised the HMCS Margaret Brooke to visit Havana. We were well aware that the Russians would be present at the same time and we planned our mission accordingly.
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Mr. Francesco Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:08:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that auto theft is a growing problem and that organized crime is constantly reinventing itself to foil the tactics of our police forces. Yesterday, our government announced the deployment of a mobile X-ray scanner that can scan cargo containers to find stolen vehicles. Can the Minister of Public Safety tell the House what our government has done to intercept more stolen vehicles and thwart the organized crime groups behind auto theft?
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Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:09:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank our colleague from Vaughan—Woodbridge for his work on this issue and for speaking French. The deployment of an X-ray scanner to detect stolen vehicles inside cargo containers is an important tool for the CBSA in the fight against organized crime across the country. When the Conservatives were in power, they cut the CBSA's funding, reduced the capabilities of our law enforcement agencies to fight organized crime and cut services for Canadians. We are doing the opposite. We will protect Canadians.
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Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/17/24 3:09:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, It has been three years since Kabul fell, and for Afghans life gets worse every day. Canadians want to help Afghans living under the horrific Taliban rule, but the Canadian government is getting in the way. The flawed bill that the Liberals passed a year ago, Bill C-41, has not been implemented. There has been no guidance and no funding for any Canadian organization, nothing. As Afghan girls face gender apartheid and as people starve, the incompetence of the Liberals is staggering. Why is the government delaying the much-needed aid to save lives?
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Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of International Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:10:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in June of last year, Bill C-41, which created a humanitarian exception as an authorization regime, was passed. The new legislation facilitates Canada's engagement to address humanitarian crises and advance human rights globally while also ensuring strong counterterrorism financing provisions. There is no doubt that any delays on such an important matter are frustrating for all of us. We are hopeful that this will launch in the near future.
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Mr. Kevin Vuong (Spadina—Fort York, Ind.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:10:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister once said that he thought NSICOP was well suited to examine foreign interference in Canada's democracy and democratic institutions, but apparently not anymore. Why the change? Was it an NSICOP report that shed some redacted light on the willing involvement of Liberals guilty of seeking political and financial benefit? Does the Prime Minister still feel that “Canadians need to have faith in their institutions and deserve answers and transparency”, or have his party's Beijing masters called for a reversal?
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Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 3:11:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our colleague should be careful before he simply makes up stuff in question period and asserts things that he knows are absolutely false. He knows very well that our government created, for the first time ever, a committee of parliamentarians to oversee the work of our security agencies. We think it is important for parliamentarians from every political party and from the other place to do this important work. We have acted on their recommendations. We thank them for this important contribution to the fight against foreign interference and for a series of other measures that are important for assuring the national security of all Canadians.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:12:10 p.m.
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I wish to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Ryan Straughn, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados. Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:12:42 p.m.
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I would also like to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Lennox Andrews, Minister for Economic Development, Planning, Agriculture and Lands, Forestry, Marine Resources and Cooperatives of Grenada. Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:13:02 p.m.
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Finally, I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago. Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
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Ms. Heather McPherson
  • Jun/17/24 3:13:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been discussions among the parties and, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:13:39 p.m.
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It being 3:14 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at report stage of Bill C-40. Call in the members. And the bells having rung:
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:13:39 p.m.
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I regret to inform the hon. member that there have been several noes. I will say this once again, that to ensure we use the time efficiently, if it is possible, that a member get agreement before rising to seek unanimous consent.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:36:55 p.m.
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The question is on Motion No. 1. A vote on this motion also applies to Motions Nos. 2 to 20.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:44:03 p.m.
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I declare Motion No. 1 defeated. I therefore declare Motions Nos. 2 to 20 defeated.
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Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/17/24 3:44:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek unanimous consent for the following motion: That the House: (a) condemn the death sentence of Iranian musician and vocal critic of the Iranian regime, Toomaj Salehi; (b) urge the Government of Canada to impose targeted sanctions on the thirty-one judges, prosecutors, and investigators of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Courts included on the "TOOMAJ" list, who are responsible for sham trials, torture, and the inhumane treatment of Iranian protesters and political dissidents; (c) condemn gender apartheid, violations of civil liberties, killings, intimidation, and acts of violence initiated by the Islamic Republic against the people of Iran; and (d) reiterate its unconditional support for Iranians advocating for human rights and democracy as part of the Women, Life, Freedom movement.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/17/24 3:45:51 p.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member moving the motion will please say nay. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.
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