44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2024 10:00AM
- Sep/19/24 2:34:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, New Democrats built medicare; Liberals and Conservatives are tearing it down.
The Liberals promised to help seniors in Quebec with the age well at home initiative, but Quebeckers are not receiving anything because the Liberals and the Legault government are too busy bickering.
Will the Prime Minister stop this nonsense and finally deliver on the promise to help Quebeckers?
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- Sep/19/24 2:35:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, did the New Democrats choose to continue the work on pharmacare? No. Did they choose to continue the progress on dental? No. Did they choose to make progress on working with provinces and territories in a spirit of collaboration? No. Instead, the New Democrats yielded to a bully. They abdicated the field. They got afraid. They walked away.
We are not afraid. We are going to stand up, and we are going to fight for public health care in this country. We are going to get it done. We are going to deliver dental care. We are going to deliver diabetes medication. We are going to make sure that every woman has access to contraceptives, and nothing is going to stop us.
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- Sep/19/24 2:36:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, prices are up, crime is up and time is up, and the NDP leader has sold out workers by devaluing their paycheque by supporting Liberal inflationary deficits.
He sold out seniors and families by hiking the carbon tax, driving up the cost of food and home heating, and he has sold out young Canadians, who have given up on the dream of home ownership thanks to the doubling of housing costs. What did he sell them out for? It was to protect his pension. Canadians now have to suffer longer just so he can get paid.
Why does the Prime Minister not just call a carbon tax election so Canadians can decide?
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- Sep/19/24 2:36:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think we should be politicizing pensions, but if the member opposite or his leader wants to talk about the size of their pensions, they should talk about that. At a time when they will be getting millions of dollars in government pensions, they also look to cut the pensions of everyday Canadians. We are here to support seniors no matter where they worked, not just parliamentarians with their pensions.
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- Sep/19/24 2:37:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadian seniors are cutting back because of the government's cost of living crisis. They are cutting back on food and home heating because of the carbon tax and inflation that the government caused.
Let us go back to the NDP leader. He had a really dramatic show this summer in which he pretended to rip up the agreement. However, he would never commit to actually voting non-confidence and giving Canadians the carbon tax election they so desperately want. It was all just a show.
My question is simple. During all those meetings between the Prime Minister and the leader of the NDP, was the Prime Minister just giving him acting lessons?
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- Sep/19/24 2:37:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is very interesting to hear my friend from Regina—Qu'Appelle, who was around in those days. In fact, he was sitting right where you are sitting, Mr. Speaker, when Prime Minister Harper went to, yes, Davos. As a reminder for some members in the back, that is the World Economic Forum. He went there to do what? He went there to tell Canadian seniors that their retirement age was moving to 67 from 65.
How dare the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle stand in the House and talk to us about pensions?
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- Sep/19/24 2:38:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years under the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. The Liberals and the NDP believe in quadrupling the carbon taxes to 61¢ a litre. This is at a time when two million Canadians a month are going to food banks, seniors are turning down their heat and people are living in RVs at truck stops. Canadians cannot afford this costly coalition.
When will Canadians have a carbon tax election so they can decide between the costly NDP-Liberal coalition and common-sense Conservatives?
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- Sep/19/24 2:39:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it would be nice if people actually used facts in the House. At the end of the day, a price on pollution is actually an affordability mechanism. To get rid of the carbon rebate would actually make people who live on modest incomes poorer. At the same time, it would imperil the future of our children, abandoning them to a future where we have runaway climate change. It is so ridiculous that, after 300 economists have said it and the Leader of the Opposition refuses to talk to any one of them, that Conservatives can get up and make up these fairy tales.
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- Sep/19/24 2:40:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not a fairy tale that people cannot afford to feed themselves in Canada. The NDP leader has voted 24 times for the carbon tax. The NDP members talk a big talk, but they cannot be trusted to do what is best for Canadian families. The NDP-Liberals tax people's food, punish their work, take their money, double their housing costs and unleash crime and drugs in their communities. Common-sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime. Time is up.
When will we have a carbon tax election so Canadians can choose their future?
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- Sep/19/24 2:40:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, setting aside the fact that both the Parliamentary Budget Officer and 300 economists have said that eight out of 10 Canadians get more money than they pay in carbon pricing, we have a report today from the independent organization, the Climate Institute, which shows that emissions were down again in Canada in 2023. The report also shows that, without our plan, emissions would be 41% higher. The Conservative Party of Canada has a non-plan. It would be the equivalent, in terms of pollution, of an added 60 million vehicles on our road. That is what we are talking about here.
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- Sep/19/24 2:41:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and now time is up. The Liberals have ballooned costs and driven up taxes to the point where people are struggling to feed, heat and house themselves. It is why Canadians deserve a carbon tax election, where they would be able to choose between our common-sense plan to axe the tax or the NDP-Liberal plan to quadruple the tax.
Why is the NDP continuing to sell Canadians out by supporting the Liberal government?
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- Sep/19/24 2:42:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity that the Conservatives have given me to speak about what is up. Do members know what is up? The number of child care spaces available for families across this country is up. In addition, women's participation in the workforce is at an all-time high. Because of our investments in the early childhood educator workforce, we have also seen that wages have gone up for this workforce. One more thing is that the Canada child benefit was raised in the summer, going up.
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- Sep/19/24 2:43:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is cold comfort to the people struggling to fill their gas tanks, put food on the table and afford simple basic necessities. We know the NDP members will only pretend to stand up for Canadians if they can be assured that they have the backing of the Bloc to keep this tired and corrupt government in power. In fact, 24 times the NDP voted in favour of the carbon tax while Canadians struggled just to get by. Once again, this is why we need a carbon tax election: so that Canadians can choose between our plan and the NDP-Liberal plan.
Why are they so afraid to give Canadians a choice at the ballot box?
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- Sep/19/24 2:43:41 p.m.
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Some voices are more distinct than others. The hon. member knows whom I mean. I just remind all members to keep their voices down unless they are recognized.
The hon. member for Shefford.
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- Sep/19/24 2:44:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us not forget that seniors are watching us. They have had it with evasive answers. It is time for decisions.
All year, I have been meeting with seniors throughout Quebec, and they are unanimous. The Liberals have to increase old age security for people aged 65 to 74, just like they did for people 75 and older. It is urgent. There is no justification for creating two classes of seniors.
Will the Liberals end this by raising old age security by 10% starting at age 65?
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- Sep/19/24 2:44:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know that it is painful. I know that they do not like to hear this, but actions and votes have consequences. The Bloc Québécois voted against the national dental care program that is currently under way in the member's riding. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Bromont in the Eastern Townships with my colleague. I met one of her constituents, who is one of the 14,000 people in that riding who are currently receiving dental care. She expressed her thanks.
My colleague voted against that.
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- Sep/19/24 2:45:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have a choice: Either they put an end to the two classes of seniors that they created or they go to the polls to keep those two classes of seniors.
The Bloc Québécois has made its choice. We choose the side of all seniors, the side of equity and justice. It is time for the Liberals to make a choice. They can choose to do away with age discrimination or they can choose to promote this unjustifiable discrimination.
What will it be?
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- Sep/19/24 2:46:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, the member is raising the spectre of an unnecessary election instead of taking concrete action, like voting to help Quebec seniors, which is something she has not done since she arrived here. She voted against increasing the guaranteed income supplement. She voted against the dental care plan that 14,000 people in her own riding have signed up for. Still, the member claims to speak on behalf of seniors.
The government that is getting things done for our seniors is a Liberal government.
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Sep/19/24 2:46:43 p.m.
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Once again, loud voices are being heard. I know the member knows who I mean. I therefore ask members not to speak until they are recognized by the Chair.
The hon. member for Jonquière.
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- Sep/19/24 2:46:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, not only are the Liberals discriminating against seniors, but they are even going so far as to cut funding to the organizations that support them. For months, they have been depriving community organizations of funding from the age well at home initiative because they refuse to come to an agreement with Quebec. This is yet another cynical attempt to encroach upon Quebec's jurisdictions at the expense of seniors.
Quebec's intergovernmental affairs minister said, “That is disgusting”. Those are his words, not mine.
When will the Liberals come to an agreement with Quebec and stop holding seniors hostage?
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