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With regard to the conditions set in place after R. v. Jordan (2016) or the “Jordan Decision”: (a) is there a plan to address the sharp rise in cases exceeding the Jordan Limit since 2019‑20; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what is the government’s plan to address the sharp rise in cases exceeding the Jordan Limit since 2019-20; (c) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what is the governm…
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With regard to the government’s decision to implement changes regarding the regulation of Natural Health Products through regulation enabled by Bill C-47 (Budget Implementation Act, 2023, 44th Parliament) through sections 500-504: (a) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received in support of these regulations to date, broken down by (i) date, (ii) medium (i.e. …
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Mr. Speaker, I have a fairly tough question for my hon. colleague. After a decade of the Liberal government, and should Bill C-5 pass, does the member actually believe that a national energy corridor will get built so that we can replace the $2 billion a year of Saudi oil that is coming into eastern Canada with Canadian oil?
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Mr. Speaker, crime has been rising in my riding since the Liberals formed government, and justice is too often delayed for victims. According to the latest Owen Sound Police Service's annual report, violent crimes are up 14.6%. My communities are worried. To make matters worse, more than 10% of the cases are now exceeding the Jordan limit, delaying justice further. When will the Liberal government…
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Mr. Speaker, this old cabinet minister has not answered the question. Premiers, police organizations and victims are pleading for tougher penalties for repeat violent offenders. Just last week, West Grey police rearrested a repeat violent offender for failing to comply with a release order and who was found in possession of fentanyl and prohibited weapons. The Prime Minister ran on a platform that…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising today on behalf of constituents in my riding who are petitioning the government about a common-sense idea. While the cellphone number known as *16 is used to contact the Canadian Coast Guard in the event of water-related emergencies, it is currently voluntary and only available in some regions of Canada. Therefore, the petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada …
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Madam Speaker, considering this is my first speech of any length during this Parliament, I just want to thank all the constituents of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound for giving me the privilege and honour of being re-elected for the third time to represent them. None of us get here without the incredible hard work of volunteers, supporters and family members, so I just want to thank all of them. Another thi…
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Madam Speaker, I am not going to disagree with the member that over its lifetime, for somebody who is able to buy the vehicle in the first place, it could save money. He is missing the whole point in my speech. The government is forcing people to make this decision, people who do not have the option to buy it in the first place. In ridings like my own, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, even if people buy the…
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Madam Speaker, as I said countless times in my speech and in my previous response, I have nothing against Canadians who want the choice and can afford to buy an electric vehicle. I will not disagree that over the lifetime of the vehicle it can potentially save people money. I do not disagree with the argument of the potential climate benefits that EVs have over a gas-powered vehicle. My point is t…
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Madam Speaker, I fully agree with my colleague's point. This is what I tried to highlight. For rural Canadians, it is just not an option. He specifically targeted farmers and those driving pickup trucks. I have been driving a pickup truck since 1997. I am never going to own a vehicle other than a pickup truck as my primary vehicle, because it is essential for living on a small farm and getting aro…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like my hon. colleague to expand a bit on the hypocrisy of this programming motion, considering the former minister of internal trade in the Liberal government, who is still in cabinet, just said on February 5 that within 30 days, interprovincial trade barriers would be eliminated. Mr. Poilievre tabled a blue seal proposal over two years ago, and now we are in a huge rush to p…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to present a petition initiated by the parents of a young man who was unfortunately killed by a drunk driver. The petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada to amend the Jordan rule to address critical gaps that risk undermining the principles of justice and fairness for victims of crime. The petitioners strongly ask that serious crimes, particularly those…
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Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his being elected to this august chamber. Second, I would like to thank him for his family's service in the Canadian Armed Forces, particularly his brother, who is still serving. My question is about housing. I am just wondering if the member has heard from any of the affordable housing organizations in his riding. I just got emails …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member on her re-election. She mentioned in her speech the lack of infrastructure in the north, in Nunavut, for our military. I would like her to share her opinion on the economic benefits, not just to the military but to the community in the north, when the federal government invests in military infrastructure.
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Mr. Speaker, 100 years ago today, Albert Christian was born in Waterloo, Ontario. At age 17, he was in the local barbershop and overheard two older guys talking about heading to London, where they were going to enlist in the Canadian Army. Bert asked if he could tag along, which he did. Bert passed all the tests, exams and interviews and was enlisted, despite having lied about his age. He served i…
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Madam Speaker, I have two quick questions and a brief commentary. First off, during the study, did the committee look at the fact that the prescribed age of retirement of 60 is really no longer relevant? Just recently, at Remembrance Day, I met two serving members in my own neck of the woods. One just completed basic training at 54. Another one is serving at 58 and still continues to serve and is …
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know what I want to put as a question, necessarily, to the House leader of the NDP. We are here to debate a concurrence motion that I think is very important on an issue the NDP brought forward that we need to address, which is how we take care of our veterans, and especially this concern of marriage after the age of 60. I do not understand. I liked what the Bloc member who s…
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Mr. Speaker, I have more of a comment. I have knocked on doors and reached out to my constituents on this issue. To be frank, there is no other issue I have received this much correspondence on in such a short period of time. I asked my constituents if they thought the government should comply with the will of Parliament and turn these documents over, and whether they thought, if any organization …
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Madam Speaker, I want to give my honourable colleague the opportunity to elaborate even further on why policies and legislation, anything that comes out of the House, should be metrics-based, should be built on results not on virtue signalling and not on putting more money into the government bureaucracy but on actually achieving things. Specifically, in this case, we are discussing the incredible…
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Madam Speaker, I have two quick questions and a comment for the member opposite. He was expounding on the importance of the housing accelerator fund. It is supposed to be an equitable fund for all ridings across the country. First, I would like the member to name one Conservative-held riding in Ontario that got a single penny of the housing accelerator fund. Second, because he thinks this is such …
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the NDP member fully understands that he cannot refer to a person's presence in the chamber.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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With regard to the bare trust reporting requirements from which the government announced there would be an exemption for the 2023 tax year: (a) how was the $250,000 reporting requirement determined; (b) were any consultations held to determine the reporting requirement; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, what groups were consulted, how many people or groups were consulted, and where did cons…
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With regard to the AgriScience Program, Projects Component: (a) how many applications have been (i) received, (ii) approved, since the program’s inception; (b) how much funding has been awarded to date, in total and broken down by sector (beef, dairy, pork, etc.) and by province or territory; (c) what are the details of all funding provided through the component to date, including, for each instan…
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Mr. Speaker, the member has talked specifically about this program that we are debating today, SDTC, and about how it actually functioned for about 20 years with no issues. It is only in the last few years that some insider appointments by the current Liberal government have created this problem. Could he just elaborate on the damage the government has done to this program?
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With regard to government information on the Canadian information and communication technology (ICT) sector: (a) how many Canadian registered companies, broken down by (i) size of the firm, (ii) revenue, (iii) sector, have been acquired by foreign entities each year since 2015; (b) what is the estimated GDP loss due to these acquisitions; (c) what is the estimated tax revenue loss due to these acq…
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Madam Speaker, the member highlighted the concerns around transparency and representing our constituents. When I spoke to this parliamentary privilege motion, I could not believe the amount of feedback when I asked my constituents about just how frustrated they are with the government's unwillingness to comply with the will of this democratic chamber, of Parliament, in turning over the documents. …
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for pointing out throughout her speech the hypocrisy that exists with the government by spending money and not delivering results. Unfortunately, and it refutes the member for Winnipeg North's comment earlier about where we are in this country, the Stats Canada data just out today indicates that our per capita income has shrunk for six consecutive quarte…
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Madam Speaker, I have a simple comment for the member for Winnipeg North. I want to congratulate him. He has spoken over 300 times on this parliamentary question of privilege debate, which is 10 times more than, I believe, any other member in the House of Commons. He has contributed quite a lot to the debate. My question for the member is a question of fairness. Does he think that every member in …
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to sort of pick my hon. colleague's brain a little bit, because I know he has a finance background. He brought up and highlighted in his speech a number of important things that I hear frequently from my constituents too, in particular about the state of our national finances, the sheer amount of interest we are paying on our national debt and how big that national debt is…
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Mr. Speaker, I will keep my answer fairly short because I know the member for Edmonton Griesbach wants to get in a quick question too. The short answer is that I respect the will of Parliament. We will get to a vote on that. I am going to be voting yes on this motion. At the same time, as I have told the member I do not know how many times, I think everybody has a right to speak. Do members know w…
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Mr. Speaker, I think the member was newly elected in 2021. I was only elected in 2019. I cannot speak to past governments, but what I will commit to doing in this chamber is holding any government of any political stripe to account on corruption every darn time, and I will be 100 times harder on a future Conservative government that does anything even half as bad as the current Liberal government.
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Mr. Speaker, that is a good question, and it is something I talked about in my first speech. How did we get into this mess? I highlighted that this fund worked really well for 20 years, but where did it go off the rails? It was when the former Liberal minister, Navdeep Bains, decided to appoint a chair of SDTC who had conflicts of interest, despite being forewarned about the appointment of that me…
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Madam Speaker, hopefully, this time, with enough members of the government listening, the Liberals will actually be willing to comply with the order of the Chair. Last time I got up here, I utilized the opportunity to voice a number of the answers that I got from my constituents of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, and I read those answers directly into the record. I was asking for their feedback on two ques…
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Mr. Speaker, I have complete faith in our committees and our process here. I never once said anything in my speech to the contrary. I am here at the will and privilege of being elected by the great people of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound. I asked for their opinions about whether the government should comply with the will of Parliament. Yes, maybe it is a precedent. Maybe the government should have made th…
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Madam Speaker, I have a very short question. The member was just talking about banning assault-style firearms. Could she point to the definition of that anywhere in legislation or anywhere in the Government of Canada, or even offer her own definition of what she means by that? I have been trying for over five years to get an answer to that question, and the government has none. It does not exist. …
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Madam Speaker, as always, it is a pleasure to rise here in the chamber to speak on behalf of my constituents in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound. This is the second time I have had to speak to this question of privilege. To be frank, I am shocked to get this opportunity because I thought, after hearing my first speech, the Liberal government would have seen the error of its ways and complied with the Speaker…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the incredibly hard work he has been doing. I know he has been at the forefront of uncovering this scandal for a while now. I just learned something new. I was not aware that the Prime Minister's Office basically suggested that the access to information law is somehow more important than the will of Parliament. I flat out disagree with that assertion. I repres…
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Madam Speaker, I just want to thank my colleague for highlighting the incredible service that so many veterans rendered to Canada and for tying it to what we are here to do as a democracy. It is important. I want to highlight his recognizing retired brigadier-general Hayter, a man who served in my regiment. One of my first tasks as a subaltern was to be his aide at a mess dinner. I cannot repeat s…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been consultations among the parties, and I believe if you were to seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, considering the government has stated that there is no prayer ban, the House call on the government to confirm that military chaplains, ahead of Remembrance Day ceremonies, have the right to offer …
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Considering that the government has stated there is no prayer ban, the House calls on the government to confirm that military—
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Madam Speaker, I have a quick comment that goes back to the question my colleague got from the Bloc member about when we are going to have the next confidence vote in this government. I just thought it would be important to put it on the record. We have actually had two since we came back this fall, and both times the Bloc Québécois and the NDP continued to prop up the Liberal government.
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With regard to the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) contribution room being included on the Notice of Assessment (NOA) until February 2011: (a) what was the CRA's justification for removing the TFSA contribution room from the NOA; (b) has the CRA examined other methods to communicate the TFSA contribution room to those without access to the internet or phone services, and, if so, what methods have …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for providing such a clear explanation throughout her speech on why this parliamentary privilege motion is so important for Canadians, especially when it comes to fighting climate change. In my riding, a green hydrogen company was affected by this Liberal scandal that practically ended this federal program. Can my colleague elaborate on the negative impact…
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Mr. Speaker, I will ask the chamber's indulgence on my comment this morning. I woke up happy, I guess, as I do not even know what the right word would be, to see that the Royal Canadian Legion has chosen Maureen Anderson as this year's National Silver Cross Mother. Her family and she, personally, have made more sacrifices for this country than most people understand. She, herself, served in the Ro…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to build on the question from our Bloc colleague to my Conservative colleague about the accusations of holding things up. My colleague got a question from the member for Winnipeg North, and I think if we check the records, the person who spoke more to this privilege motion in the House is the Liberal member from Winnipeg North. The Liberal Party was putting up speakers to this …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for really bringing forth and talking about the accountability issue, because I think it is important. Actually, I would like his opinion, because I know I have no time for corruption regardless of the political party or who is in government. We have to do better here. He mentioned increasing the penalties for conflict of interest, accountability and ethic…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for a very passionate and reasonable take on the question of privilege that we have been debating for the last little while. I was shocked when I had the opportunity to speak to the motion last week. I wanted to understand what my constituents thought; ultimately, we are all here to represent Canadians right across this great nation. I sent an email asking…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for raising the point that she has companies in her riding that are unfortunately being negatively impacted by this Liberal scandal. I have a company that is trying to do great work in green hydrogen, and it is still waiting. The company understood that if the projects were pre-approved, they were not going to be impacted. However, it is out a million doll…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to stand in debate to speak for the first time to the very important motion and question of parliamentary privilege before us. Just as a bit of background, why are we here today? What are we debating? Basically, due to whistle-blower testimony from public servants, the Auditor General found that there were irregularities in the awarding of government grants with Sust…
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