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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-242, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act. Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to introduce my private member's bill, the jail not bail act. This bill would fix the broken bail system, lock up repeat violent offenders who are terrorizing our communities, and restore safe streets. We have been lucky and blessed to have the support …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal gun grab scam unfairly targets law-abiding Canadians while giving criminals a free pass. This failed scam has been rejected by the police, the provinces, Canada Post and now even their own public safety minister. In a leaked audio, he says the Prime Minister pressured him. He admits that this plan will not work, and he even promised to pay his tenant's bail if he is arrest…
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Mr. Speaker, I understand this is a huge concern for those in Quebec as well. In Kelowna, the same 15 offenders have committed 1,300 crimes. In Vancouver, the same 40 offenders have committed 6,000 crimes in a single year. There is a direct correlation. I know the member was asking about correlation. If we lock up the repeat violent offenders who are clogging up our justice system and going out in…
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Mr. Speaker, we stand with victims and their families every step of the way. Unfortunately, the mess the Liberals have created with Bill C-75 and Bill C-5 has caused the chaos we see in our communities today. The catch-and-release policies and revolving door are things the Liberals created. If we look at the numbers, the previous Conservative government's numbers were at an all-time low. As soon a…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to rise and to follow the deputy leader, whom I thank for a great intervention. I would also like to start by thanking the farmers in Oxford and across our country who are now busy harvesting. I want to wish them a very successful and bountiful harvest and to remind all those who share the road to watch out for farm equipment. When someone sees a farmer, they sh…
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Mr. Speaker, soft-on-crime Liberal laws are hard on Canadians and our communities. Just yesterday, Halton region passed a unanimous motion demanding action from the Liberals on repeat violent offenders now, not in October, and not next year. After a decade of Liberal catch-and-release laws, which have allowed criminals to terrorize our communities, they are now obstructing Conservative jail not ba…
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Mr. Speaker, the government prides itself on being a feminist government, yet its policies are hurting women the most. Cait Alexander from End Violence Everywhere, who has supported our Conservative approach to stopping crime, was left to die in her home by her ex-partner. Guess what. He was let out on bail with only a condition of $500. She has had to leave the country. Bailey McCourt was killed …
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Mr. Speaker, violent crime is up over 55% and more than half of Canadians do not feel safe in their own neighbourhoods. The Prime Minister promised to crack down on crime, yet repeat offenders keep getting out on bail. That is another broken promise and Canadians are paying the price. Families are shattered. Lives have been lost. That is why my jail-not-bail act will put these criminals behind bar…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to rise on behalf of petitioners from Oxford County, who are raising concerns about the finance committee's recommendation 430, which would potentially strip charitable status from our places of worship and from religious organizations. The petitioners are raising concerns, especially because these organizations and houses of worship do so much good work in our …
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Mr. Speaker, Oxford is home to thousands of hard-working auto workers and spinoff jobs that fuel our economy. A new report warns that the unjustified U.S. tariffs on the auto sector could kill 50,000 jobs. Our families are worried, our workers are terrified and the layoffs have already started. The Prime Minister claimed to be the man with a plan, but as we have not gotten a deal done, we are suff…
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Mr. Chair, what is the point of setting targets if we are not going to meet them? Why are—
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Mr. Chair, is the over $800 million for the interim federal health program sustainable, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, how many of those who have been ordered to leave so far have left Canada?
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Mr. Chair, the Liberals' #WelcomeToCanada and open borders have led to the highest asylum claims in our country. How many asylum claims are pending right now?
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Mr. Chair, that was not the question. The question was how many asylum claims are pending right now. What is in the inventory?
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time three ways. Canada's population keeps increasing at record numbers, and the Canadian Medical Association is quoted as saying, “our health care system is on its knees. We're not meeting the needs of our population.” Does the minister think it is responsible to maintain the current immigration levels during this health care crisis?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister agree with experts that a massive spike in immigration to Canada is putting pressure on health care in our country?
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Mr. Chair, is it causing pressure on our system, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, if that is the case, how come the numbers keep going up, with hundreds of thousands of people coming to our country?
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Mr. Chair, one in five Canadians and one in two newcomers cannot find access to a family doctor right now. Why is the minister bringing hundreds of thousands of foreign students and low-skilled labour to Canada in the middle of a health care crisis?
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Mr. Chair, the Liberals' words are not matching their actions. Canadians are dying in ER rooms, and the wait times keep going up. Newcomers and Canadians cannot find a doctor. We have massive shortages of support in the health care system. Does the minister not think it is irresponsible to be piling hundreds of thousands more immigrants into our country when we are facing this crisis in our countr…
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Mr. Chair, Canada is already short 23,000 doctors right now. How many doctors will we be bringing into the country?
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Mr. Chair, how many will there be, just a number?
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Mr. Chair, clearly, the minister has no idea of who she is bringing into the country. There is a STEM program that is bringing in insurance brokers and agents. They have lost control of the system and have totally collapsed the system. Can the minister tell us today how many highly skilled immigrants she is bringing into the country?
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Mr. Chair, hospitals are bursting at the seams. Frontline staff are exhausted. Doctors are overworked. Why is the minister admitting more immigrants without even removing those who have overstayed their visa?
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Mr. Chair, these are basic questions. How long does it take to process an asylum claim in our country? I would like just the amount of time.
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Mr. Chair, let me do the minister's job for her. The number is 281,000 as of March 31. That is a record. Can the minister tell me what the average time is to process this claim?
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Mr. Chair, that number is way off. This number is right from her ministry. It is about four years to process the claim. In the four years to process a refugee claim, the Government of Canada provides a work permit, health care, legal fees, housing, dental care, eye care and prescriptions. Is that true, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, that was not the question. The question was this: Are these services provided to asylum seekers while they are waiting for their cases to be heard?
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Mr. Chair, what is the average cost per refugee per year?
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Mr. Chair, under the Liberal government, fraudulent refugee claims have skyrocketed, making it a backdoor entry to stay in Canada. The minister's predecessor himself has called this “gaming”. Does the minister agree that under the Liberals' watch, there has been gaming happening in our asylum system?
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Mr. Chair, the Liberal government is requesting over $800 million for an interim federal health program. This is up almost 15 times since 2017, and the asks keeps going up. Why?
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Mr. Chair, who is on the hook for this $800 million? Is it federal taxpayers or provincial taxpayers?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister think it is fair to add hundreds of thousands of asylum claimants, many of whom do not have valid claims, to Canada's already strained health care system?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister think it is right to pay asylum claimants social assistance payments for years when they might not have a valid claim in the system?
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Mr. Speaker, despite the Liberals' promising Canadians that they are capping immigration, here are the facts. They added over 500,000 more international students. They approved nearly 180,000 more temporary foreign workers. Now we have millions of people in our country with expired or expiring visas and no plan on how they will leave. The Liberals' mismanagement has put pressure on housing, health…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years, the Liberals have destroyed our immigration system. It used to work for newcomers, for Canadians and for our country, but the Liberals' radical policies have unleashed chaos. They ignored warnings from their own officials, skipped vetting on applications and allowed fraud and abuse in our TFW, international student and refugee programs. Now we have millions of people i…
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Mr. Speaker, surprise, surprise, the Liberals cannot give us a number. Now Trump's 50% tariffs on steel will shut down our plants across our country. Thousands of jobs are on the line. Layoffs have already started in Oxford. There is anxiety on our shop floors and at our kitchen tables. It is not just Trump's tariffs that are killing jobs; it is also the Liberal industrial carbon tax. If the Prime…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised elbows up, promised dollar-for-dollar tariffs on the U.S. and promised he would collect $20 billion in revenue, but in reality, he quietly dropped the tariffs on the U.S., practically to zero. Now Donald Trump is threatening to double tariffs on Canadian steel to 50%. This will destroy our industry and punish our workers. Since the Canadian tax revenue was …
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, I congratulate the Deputy Speaker on his new role. My colleague across mentioned public safety. I think he is right. It is an issue that we have been hearing about right across our country. Under their government, under their Liberal watch, we have seen violent crime, extortion and auto theft go up. That is unacceptable. Our Conservative team has brought forward bills to…
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Mr. Speaker, again, there is no plan from the minister. After nine years of breaking our immigration system, his plan is to ask people nicely to leave. We are now staring at 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods, which will crush our Canadian workers and cripple our economy. We need a Canada first plan that fixes the immigration system and ensures that the five million people will leave when their vis…
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Mr. Speaker, we have learned from the government's own immigration documents that nearly five million people will have their temporary visa expire next year. The Minister of Immigration was asked for his plan in committee yesterday, but he had no plan. Can the Prime Minister correct his minister and tell us his plan to enforce and ensure that nearly five million people will leave Canada when their…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, it has broken our immigration system. It ignored warnings from its own government officials, dropped security checks and even skipped vetting. This has caused chaos. We have seen the fastest population growth since the 1950s; the Liberals now admit that this has put pressure on housing, health care and jobs. We have seen the highest surg…
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Mr. Speaker, today, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists from across Canada and around the world celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights. Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas symbolize the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. The stories and traditions may vary, but their universal message continues to unite people from all walks of life. This is more impor…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Oxford County who state that after nine years of the Liberal government, homelessness is a growing crisis in communities right across our country. There are over 1,400 homeless encampments in Ontario alone. The petitioners are speaking particularly about the encampments that have become a visible and urgent is…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and chaos in our immigration system is also up. The Liberal-NDP government has broken our world-class immigration system with its reckless policies, and today's immigration flip-flop is a massive admission of its failures. The Prime Minister said that he “didn't get the balance quite right”. That is clearly …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are trying to be firefighters when they are the ones causing the fires in the first place. We had a consensus on immigration in this country, and the incompetent Prime Minister broke it. The Liberals ignored warnings from their own officials. They dropped police clearance certificates from their own background checks for temporary residents. They even told their own offic…
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Madam Speaker, I think all of us in this House share that we have to continue to fight for the taxpayer, because that money is given to us on trust, and the government has broken that trust. Once the documents are given to us, we are going to keep on fighting for Canadians just like we have for the last number of years. We are going to keep fighting to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget …
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Madam Speaker, I was just at one of the farms in my riding. It is harvest season right now, and some of the families have been making immense sacrifices to get food on our tables. They do not get days off or time off. They are up early in the mornings; they are working late, until about midnight some days, harvesting. Then, when they bring home the harvest, they are getting to keep less money. The…
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