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Madam Speaker, I strongly believe that we have to get to a point where we see all the documents before we move forward with our business. This could all end today if the government acted. It does not want to act. We can get back to our work if it stops hiding its documents. What we want is to make sure that we hold those who are responsible accountable and for the money that was wasted and given t…
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Madam Speaker, when we take the oath of office, our job is to make sure we fight for the rights and interests of our constituents. That is the oath I have taken. It is what I try to live by every single day when I am in this chamber. That is what I try to believe, and my Conservative colleagues, and I hope all colleagues, believe in that. At the end of the day, that is what this is all about. It i…
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Madam Speaker, the Auditor General has said that $400 million was misappropriated by the government and that 186 conflicts of interest occurred under the Liberals' watch. That was the Auditor General. They talk about independence and that was her ruling. The Speaker has also ruled. Is the member saying that the Speaker is not independent? Are the Liberals questioning the ruling of the Speaker? It …
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Madam Speaker, it is always an absolute honour to rise in the chamber. My colleague from Saskatchewan's intervention was a great one. I think the topic is very important to all of us. When I was elected over a year and a half ago, I made a promise to my constituents, the people who put their trust in me, that every single day we will fight for their best interests. We will fight for their rights b…
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Madam Speaker, they can heckle me all they want; it is fine. We are not going to be quiet on this side of the House, because we want the truth to come out. Government members can try to heckle and try to delay. They can do whatever they want. We will always fight for the taxpayer. In the new scandal we are talking about today, 400 million of Canadian taxpayers' hard-earned dollars have been misapp…
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Madam Speaker, that is the same entitled behaviour I was talking about in my speech. They just do not care. They have not released all the unredacted documents. They are not providing clarity to the committees. They are not even complying with the ruling from the Speaker. Something I want to highlight is that the government is also now under investigation by the RCMP. It is being investigated beca…
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Mr. Speaker, any person who pushes hate or has a criminal background should not be allowed in our country. Unlike what the government has done by granting ISIS terrorists citizenship, the Conservatives will make sure that our immigration system has the integrity to protect Canadians and not allow criminals into the country.
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Mr. Speaker, I always say that past behaviour predicts future behaviour. We have seen what the Liberals have done in nine years, which is nothing. They have let this issue simmer and get to a point where Canadians are now losing their lives. The member is right that the Liberals like to brag about their record, but it is a record of failure, and they will continue to distract however they can from…
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Mr. Speaker, like with everything else, Liberals want a pat on the back for their own failures; that is their normal behaviour. They talk about a crisis that they have created, and now they want a pat on their own back. How does that make any sense? They dragged their feet on a foreign interference registry. That was under the current government's watch. It would have been a tangible solution, onc…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that is a great question to ask the Liberal government, which the NDP has been in partnership with for the last nine years. The New Democrats could have spoken to the Liberals, but they failed to do that. They failed to raise this when the NDP was in a coalition with the government. It is ironic that the NDP members are talking about a security clearance when their own former …
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is right. When the leader or members of our caucus have visited the GTA, including the member's own riding, we have heard horrific stories of folks being extorted. A 360% increase in extortion has happened under the Liberal government's watch. The Liberals have been in charge for nine years. We never had this problem under our former Conservative government. The Libe…
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Madam Speaker, the news we heard last week from the RCMP was extremely concerning and must be taken seriously. I want to be very clear when it comes to this: Any foreign interference from any country, including India, is unacceptable and must be stopped. Our government's first job is to ensure that Canadians stay safe and that their livelihoods are protected. No Canadian should feel unsafe living …
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Mr. Speaker, this is the same grandstanding that we have seen from the Prime Minister, and now the Liberals have taken up acting classes themselves. When we have soft-on-crime policies, not only are we signalling it domestically, but we are also sending a message to international gangs terrorizing our communities. We are letting them know that we are a playground for foreign interference. The gove…
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Madam Speaker, we had a consensus on immigration. It was never a controversial topic. We had the best immigration system in the world; it was the envy of the world. It was a system that brought in the brightest and the best. It was a system that had integrity. It was a system that worked for newcomers and Canadians who have been here for generations. However, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP go…
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Madam Speaker, as Thanksgiving approaches, we have so much to be grateful for in Oxford, especially our incredible farmers who are working hard on the fall harvest. Oxford farmers are some of the toughest and best farmers in Canada. They are the backbone of our community, rising early and working late hours to ensure food makes its way from their fields to our forks. As the proud dairy capital of …
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Madam Speaker, it is the government that has divided Canadians and misled Canadians for the last nine years. The member opposite talks about the reliability of police certificates. I do not understand this. They may be useful or they may not be useful, but for a permanent resident application, they are a mandatory requirement. If they are not reliable, why are they a requirement for that program? …
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have broken that Canadian dream for newcomers. They have created 99 problems, and they have not been able to fix a single one. They are pretending to be firefighters when they are the ones who are causing the fires. They have been in charge for the last nine years. That newcomer dream that the member spoke about is gone because of his party. When the Liberals are doing al…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a tough act to follow after a great intervention from my colleague from Quebec. As a proud son of immigrants, I have seen that struggle at home personally. My parents chose Canada about 40 years ago. They came to this country a blue-collar, working-class family with not much in their pockets. My dad worked at the same factory for about 30 years. Growing up, I did not get …
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up, time is up, and now visits to Cambridge food banks are also up nearly 20%. The Liberals' carbon tax scam has forced our seniors and our families to rely on food banks for their survival. The NDP continue to prop up its political masters and deny Canadians the carbon tax election they so desperately want. Wh…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate all Paralympians who are competing today, representing our great country on that international stage. I understand that we share a very similar story, with our parents making the sacrifice so that we have a better life. The policies of the government have hurt them the most. If we look at the food bank usage, if we look at the jobless numbers that we are seeing today, a…
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we will work to be partners with indigenous peoples and make sure that they feel heard, loud and clear. I understand why they do not want to go to an election. Just like Canadians, the NDP is broke. The NDP has no money. Just a few months away from receiving his pension, I can see the leader salivating. In six more months, he will get his pension, so the NDP…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' catch-and-release policies, like Bill C-75 and Bill C-5, have released criminals back on to the streets. It is a revolving door that they created. My constituents tell me every single day that because of the violent crime, they are not safe in their communities anymore. They are afraid to walk on their streets and go to the park with their families. That is not the Canad…
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Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the chamber to talk about such an important issue, one we are seeing not only in my riding of Oxford but across this country. After nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, we are seeing a national drug opioid crisis across our country. Since 2015, we have lost 47,000 Canadians to opioid drug overdoses. Because of the government's radical drug poli…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and now time is up. The NDP leader claims to be a voice of opposition, but for the past two years he has sold out Canadians by supporting the Liberals, who are hiking the tax on our food and doubling housing costs, and who have unleashed crime and chaos on our streets. Following his media stunt, he refuses t…
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Madam Speaker, they have had nine years; all we hear is talk and no action. Here is a quote from the chief of the London Police Service: “Diverted safe supply is being resold into our community. It's being trafficked into [our] communities, and it is being used as currency in exchange for fentanyl, fuelling the drug trade.” They are funding organized crime. My very simple question for the governme…
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Madam Speaker, I want first of all to thank my hon. colleague, the deputy leader of our party and great member for Thornhill, who has been a tireless champion in the fight for working-class Canadians. “Choose forward”, “forward for everyone”, “sunny ways” and vote for “real change” were the slogans of the Liberals' campaigns year after year, and we have seen some real change. After nine years of t…
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Madam Speaker, the member is absolutely right. Whenever we are going across the country, especially in NDP-held ridings, people feel as though the party has sold them out and betrayed their values. The NDP was once known as the party of hard-working, union, blue-collar workers, but it has now abandoned them with Versace bags, Rolexes and champagne socialism. Absolutely, we are ready to go to the p…
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Madam Speaker, in Oxford County, we are a farming community. I know much of rural Oxford is also similar to that. When it comes to our farmers and travelling long distances, it will provide a big relief to Quebec families as well. On average, it will save $670 per family just this summer alone. We will find savings by cutting the reckless expenditure on inside consultants that the government has b…
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Madam Speaker, they are desperate. They are running scared, and when the election gets called, they will get a strong response from Canadians. Their reckless path, which raises taxes on our farmers, on our working class and on our families, will be rejected once and for all. If they want to go to the polls, we are ready. Let us do it now.
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Madam Speaker, I understand that the member is having a tough time going back to his riding and explaining why they keep raising taxes time and time again, over and over. I absolutely understand that it will be difficult for them when they hit their doors this summer. I get that they are desperate and divided. They are trying to throw everything they can at everyone else. My response to them is th…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government's soft-on-crime policies, extortions have more than tripled in Canada. They allow criminals to terrorize our communities and businesses, because when they get arrested, they are let out on bail the same day. The Liberals talk a very big game about fighting crime, but when it matters, they are missing in action. Our common-sense Conservati…
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Madam Speaker, when asked by the media, the immigration minister clearly stated that all international students undergo a criminal record check to enter Canada. That is false. Police certificates are not mandatory for international students who enter our country, thanks to the Liberal government. The immigration minister is following the exact same reckless path of his predecessor, who notoriously…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the Prime Minister is not worth the crime, chaos, drugs and disorder. Thanks to his wacko drug policies that have legalized hard drugs like crack, meth and heroin, we are now seeing 22 Canadians die every single day from drug overdose. The Prime Minister has even legalized open drug use in our parks, in our playgrounds and in our schools. Will the Prime Minister show…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government's soft-on-crime policies, crime, chaos and disorder have become the norm in our country. Thanks to Liberal bills, Bill C-75 and Bill C-5, violent crime is up 40% and extortion is up 218%. Towns and suburbs that were once peaceful are now being terrorized by gangsters. Just this week, a 19-year-old connected to a string of extortions was c…
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Mr. Speaker, that minister is so out of touch, because here are the facts. After eight years of the Liberal-NDP government, we have a record-smashing two million Canadians using a food bank in a single month, with over a million more expected this year. Food banks, like the one in Cambridge, are now seeing dual-income families, full-time working Canadians and our seniors lining up at the food bank…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal-NDP government and its carbon tax, Canadians are struggling to put food on their tables. When we tax the farmer who grows the food and tax the trucker who ships the food, we punish all Canadians who buy the food. Food banks, like the Cambridge Food Bank, are now seeing record-breaking demand. The Prime Minister's 23% carbon tax hike is not worth the co…
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Mr. Speaker, while common-sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and bring home safe streets, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost, the corruption or the chaos. GC Strategies, a two-person company, designed the arrive scam app, which did not work, which we did not need and which wrongfully sent 10,000 Canadians to quarantine, resulting in their missing work and t…
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Mr. Speaker, we have seen time and time again that the New Democrats continue to prop up the Liberal government. They are part of the problem. They talk a big game of standing up for Canadians, but when they have the chance to do that, they are in lock arms with the Liberal government. They are part of the same problem. Will they join us in voting for this common-sense Conservative motion to put t…
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Mr. Speaker, let me remind the Prime Minister that he is responsible for the ports, the RCMP, the CBSA and our Criminal Code. Canadians are paying $1 billion more in insurance premiums because of skyrocketing auto theft claims. The Prime Minister has caused this auto theft crisis with bills like Bill C-75 and Bill C-5, which allow criminals to be on the streets the same day. Will the government re…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal-NDP government, auto theft is up over 200% in the GTA. Canadians are waking up to their cars being stolen from their driveway, and they are watching them being shipped out to Africa and Dubai. Even the former Liberal justice minister had his own government cars stolen. The Prime Minister is not worth the cost, the crime or the chaos. Will the Prime Min…
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Mr. Speaker, that was a passionate speech by the member for Thornhill about this issue, the common-sense motion we have brought forward. Axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime: These are the common-sense priorities needed to get our country back on track. That is why it is an honour today to rise in the House on behalf of the good people of Oxford to speak to our fourth pr…
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is obviously entitled to his opinions, but not to his own facts. The government has been in power for the last eight years. It has had eight years to fix this crisis. They are federal courts, federal CBSA, federal RCMP, federal Criminal Code and it is a federal Prime Minister. The Liberals have been sitting on the sidelines watching this crisis unfold. Now that it …
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Mr. Speaker, that is very rich coming from the Bloc when its members supported these catch-and-release, soft-on-crime bills, like Bill C-75 and Bill C-5. Quebec alone has seen a 50% increase of auto thefts in the last few years. Instead of standing up, joining the common-sense Conservatives and supporting our motion to help those in Quebec, he is not. It is time that the Québécois stand with our p…
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal-NDP government's soft-on-crime policies, crime, chaos, drugs and disorder are ravaging communities across our country. Under the Prime Minister, crime is up 39%. Shootings are up, extortion is up, car thefts are up and homicides are up. Canadians do not feel safe walking down their own streets anymore. They are waking up to find their cars stolen and s…
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With regard to funding provided by the government to organizations for the purpose of advocacy, since 2019, and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount of funding on advocacy, broken down by year; (b) what are the details of all government programs that fund advocacy or similar activities, such as lobbying, including, for each, the (i) name of t…
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With regard to the Mortgage Loan Insurance Select program offered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, since 2016: (a) what are the details of all projects completed as a result of the program, including, for each, the (i) location, (ii) number of units, (iii) value of the project, (iv) date of application, (v) date of approval; and (b) what was the number of units completed each year a…
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Mr. Speaker, last night, the Liberal-appointed senators gutted Bill C-234, which will cost our farmers nearly $1 billion in carbon tax by 2030. Farmer Gord in Oxford paid $50,000 for the carbon tax just to run his farm. Thanks to the Liberals, it is now cheaper to buy Mexican asparagus shipped from 3,800 kilometres away than it is to buy asparagus grown in Oxford. After eight years of this Prime M…
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the comments coming from the member are absolutely ridiculous—
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Madam Speaker, those comparisons are beneath this office. I understand he is going to lose his seat. There is a Tory gain happening in Kingston, but—
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Madam Speaker, it is an honour to speak today to such an important motion. I represent the great riding of Oxford, a farming community with a long, proud farming legacy. It is home to nearly 1,900 farms that feed our families from coast to coast to coast. Our farmers are doing extremely hard work. They are doing God's work. Generations are helping out on the farms, making sure our food goes from t…
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