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Mr. Speaker, September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the time to honour the children and their families facing cancer. MPs today are wearing gold pins to emphasize the importance of awareness, hope and research for childhood cancer, the leading cause of death by disease for Canadian children. Dave and Maureen Jenkins from Belmont, Ontario, provided these pins in memory of their daughter Mag…
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Mr. Speaker, I have a point of order. I am new to the chamber. I thought there was supposed to be a question, and the comment was to the member who gave the—
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for raising the alarming civil liberties violations that the Liberal government is trying to sneak in under the auspices of this border bill. Much of the response we get from the government effectively boils down to “just trust us”. Do Canadians have any reason to trust the government that it will not abuse the broad latitude it is trying to give itself with …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of Canadians alarmed by the House of Commons finance committee's recommendations in its pre-budget report: recommendation 429, which proposes revoking the charitable status of pro-life organizations; and recommendation 430, which proposes removing “advancement of religion” as a recognized charitable purpose under the Income Tax Act. I have received from houses of wors…
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Madam Speaker, I know my hon. colleague has, as all Conservatives have, spent time engaging with police chiefs and police officers in his riding and across his province. Has any police chief said that the pressing crime issue they need to deal with is people using cash? The bill goes far beyond what the Liberal government says it will. It would prohibit otherwise law-abiding citizens from buying a…
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Mr. Speaker, I have noticed a trend with the Liberal government, where they identify a legitimate problem, but its solution only targets the people who are not perpetuating that problem. An example is money laundering. There is no argument from us that this is the real issue, but banning law-abiding citizens from transacting in cash is not the answer. Gun crime is a huge issue, in fact even bigger…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the question from the member for Winnipeg North, because he acknowledged that, even in a hypothetical scenario, the economic situation is so dire that a Canadian needs to go overseas to find employment. I have a question for my colleague, who I think exemplifies what it means to become a Canadian when one is born elsewhere, to love this country and to adopt this country …
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With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Airbus and Polaris aircraft, since October 1, 2024: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume …
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With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Challenger aircraft, since October 1, 2024: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel …
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With regard to legal services and the Department of Justice: what are the total legal costs incurred by the government, broken down by (i) Canadian Frontline Nurses and Kristen Nagle v. Attorney General of Canada, (ii) Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Attorney General of Canada, (iii) Canadian Constitution Foundation v. Attorney General of Canada, (iv) Jeremiah Jost, Edward Cornell, Vincent…
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Mr. Speaker, it has been nearly three months, actually a little over three months, since I asked the Minister of Justice a very important question for the people in my constituency and across the country, which was, in essence, when is the Liberal government going to stop putting the rights of offenders ahead of the rights of victims in this country? Over the summer, we have seen a proliferation, …
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With regard to the Public Order Emergency Commission: (a) what are the commission’s total expenditures to date; (b) what is the breakdown of the expenditures incurred by the commission, by type of expense (lawyers, witness travel, staff salaries, etc.); and (c) what are the total expenditures to date of each government department or agency related to the commission, including but not limited to th…
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Mr. Speaker, there may have been a misunderstanding here. I do not have a question about my taxes. I do not have a question about the lack of a budget from the Liberal government. I do not know why a question about bail reform was met with a response by the parliamentary secretary for finance and national revenue. Evidently, addressing bail reform is not a priority for the justice minister or even…
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Mr. Speaker, during question period, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Government Transformation and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health erroneously referred to something called a “new government” and—
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Mr. Speaker, Canada Day may still be a couple of weeks away, but the students of East Elgin Secondary School are already putting their pride in our great country on display. Over 30 grade 10 art students, led by teachers Robert Ponzio and Aimee Sawyers, have spent months crafting a magnificent 16-foot-by-20-foot mural of a Canadian flag made up of self-portraits of all of the young artists. The ma…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to be able to rise on an issue as important as a bill that deals with Canada's border. I have been among those people sounding the alarm for years about the Liberal government's inaction on the border. When there has been action, it was action that aggravated and exacerbated the problems. These are long-standing challenges caused by a Liberal government that, despite i…
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Mr. Speaker, a worker at a so-called safe injection site in Toronto helped someone literally try to get away with murder. Her sentence was a house arrest sentence with educational programming and daily trips to the gym, par for the course from the lawless Liberals, who care more about criminals than victims and who think bail should be as easy to get as free drugs. When will the Liberals stop igno…
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Mr. Speaker, if the minister does not want to be criticized for caring more about criminals than victims, he should look at his own government's record. The Liberals adjourned the justice committee meeting yesterday after 16 minutes to start their summer vacation, without tabling or discussing a single motion or bill related to justice. Violent crime is up 50%. Opioid overdoses are up 200%. Health…
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. parliamentary secretary made, in a throwaway comment, the claim that Canada Post's powers under the bill to open mail unilaterally would be subject to a warrant. I have studied the bill, and I even looked at it just after the member said that. The word “warrant” does not appear once in part 4 of the act, which deals with the powers of Canada Post. It says very clearly “the co…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am happy to chat with the member. He is speaking to me directly by using the word “you”, and in doing so, not answering the question.
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Mr. Speaker, while I am honoured to represent just shy of 20,000 Londoners, London is a part of a riding that also encompasses the County of Elgin and St. Thomas and Aylmer. The fact that the voters in my riding elected a Conservative member of Parliament is an important indication of what the constituents I represent believe. They were saying they wanted the Liberals to get tough with respect to …
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member's very insightful question. I cannot answer to what the government members were thinking by putting this forward, but I do know that there is a general trend that we have seen from the Liberal government, of trying to do omnibus legislation so they can advance things that are very unpopular or unconstitutional while hiding behind things that are popular an…
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Mr. Speaker, as some members of this House may know, I used to have a career in media before I joined here. A few days ago, I saw a clip from question period that was a couple of years old, but I thought it was recent because the front bench was entirely the same. I do think that for a party that insists on saying that it is a new government, there is a heck of a lot of continuity, not just in the…
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Mr. Speaker, I welcome the hon. member to this chamber, but ultimately the direction that the party has taken is a continuation of Justin Trudeau. In fact, the Prime Minister's most recent résumé line item was as an adviser to Justin Trudeau. If there has been a break in the timeline, I am not exactly sure when it was.
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Mr. Speaker, the question I asked the public safety minister in a question period recently stemmed from a rather bizarre exchange I had with him during committee of the whole, in which the minister responsible for overseeing Canada's gun laws admitted that he did not know what a firearms licence was. He admitted he did not know about the Canadian firearms safety course that all Canadian firearms o…
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Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary had the audacity to mention the Portapique shooting to justify the Liberal government's attack on gun owners. The brutal murderer, in that case, used illegally acquired guns. He himself did not legally own them. It is disgraceful that the government would take advantage of those victims to score political points off the backs of law-abiding gun owners. He s…
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Mr. Speaker, I extend my congratulations to the hon. member opposite on her maiden speech. She spoke a lot about the Liberal government's plans, dreams and aspirations for housing, but missing from a lot of this was a frank discussion about its record. Under the last 10 years of the Liberals, home prices have doubled. The housing accelerator fund the member touts gave out hundreds of millions of d…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, someone who is not a member of this chamber was, a moment ago, taking photos on the other side.
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Mr. Speaker, I cannot help but notice that the Prime Minister has moved the goalposts here. It was to be unequivocal free trade by Canada Day. Now the government is saying, “Well, this is provincial, and that is provincial.” Why has the commitment not been met?
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Mr. Chair, I will not allow the minister to be a demagogue when we have such limited time. He heard the question. If he would like to answer it on my next one, he is fully able to. What benchmarks does the federal government use to ensure that the public service is delivering value to taxpayers?
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Mr. Chair, the minister either did not listen to the question or did not care about it. These are important questions that deserve answers. It is shameful that the minister responsible for the federal public service has no interest in talking about whether that service is operating effectively. The federal public service has grown by 40% in the last 10 years. Are Canadians getting their money's wo…
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Mr. Chair, how many people work for the federal public service?
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Mr. Chair, how many worked for the federal government when the Liberals took over in 2015?
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Mr. Chair, the main estimates include the money spent on personnel in the federal government. Are taxpayers getting 40% more out of the federal public service than they were in 2015?
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Mr. Speaker, baseless smears like that are why the Liberals cannot be trusted to regulate speech in this country. For years, the Liberal government has been determined to censor what Canadians see and say online, from Bill C-11, which put the Liberals in control of YouTube algorithms, to Bill C-18, which squeezed out small and independent media, and their thought crime bill, Bill C-63. Now we have…
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Apparently, the minister is not here to talk about anything, Mr. Chair, but I will try again. In 2023-24, the Public Service Commission annual report said there was a 3% increase in the federal public service. The Canadian population grew by 1.8% in 2024. Does the minister think it is normal and justifiable that the federal public service is outpacing population growth?
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Mr. Chair, I thank the minister for giving me something to work with here. Does the minister think that population growth and growth in the public service should be the same?
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Mr. Chair, one of the minister's aides just handed him a piece of paper. I am hoping it has the answer. How many people worked for the federal government in 2015 when the Liberals took office?
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Mr. Chair, I will spot the minister; I am feeling generous. In 2015, it was 250,000. That is an increase of 107,000, or 40%, in the last 10 years. Are taxpayers getting 40% more out of their federal government?
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Mr. Chair, if the minister does not know the main estimates, I will ask a question he does know. Since becoming the Treasury Board president, how many briefings has he received?
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Mr. Chair, the main estimates show $62.7 billion in spending on personnel. That is an increase over last year of $3.5 billion. Are Canadian taxpayers getting more from the federal public service this year?
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Mr. Speaker, I send my heartfelt congratulations to my colleague in the House. My riding does not have the Rockies, which my colleague's does, but we do have a significant agricultural base, as I know his does. In his remarks, he mentioned farmers in his riding. I was wondering if he could speak to the connection he has to that and what he brings to this chamber now as he takes a role as MP.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for finally acknowledging what Conservatives have been talking about for years, which is how harmful the consumer carbon tax is for a great many Canadians. I appreciated very much his willingness to explain exactly how the increase to the price of fuel has been hurting people. I am a little confused, though, because I brought this up to the very same member l…
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Madam Speaker, the Minister of Public Safety accused me of editing, in a misleading way, his own comments from committee of the whole. What was out of context? He said very clearly that he did not know what a fire—
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Madam Speaker, last night the Minister of Public Safety made some shocking admissions. He is the minister responsible for confiscating law-abiding firearms owners' guns. He does not know what the firearms safety course is. He does not even know what a firearms licence is. I invite him to come out to my local range, the East Elgin Sportsmen's Association, and learn the things he needs to know to do…
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Mr. Chair, how much has been spent in total by the government between May 1, 2020 and now?
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Mr. Chair, I will stipulate that it is the Canadian Firearms Safety Course, which all gun owners in Canada have to do to get their firearms licence. Has the minister ever done the Canadian Firearms Safety Course?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister know what the CFSC is?
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Mr. Chair, I will rephrase. Does the minister know what an RPAL is?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister have an RPAL?
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