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Mr. Speaker, I rise to mark a very important occasion in the history of Canada and Parliament. Sixty years ago, a prairie girl was inspired by her grade 6 teacher's lessons celebrating Canada's 100th birthday, so inspired that a seed was planted in her heart. What she was not taught, and what, I dare say, was not even known at the time, was that a special event was being planned on the Hill by par…
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Mr. Speaker, my first petition is in support of the member for Cloverdale—Langley City's private member's bill, Bill C-218, an act to amend the Criminal Code regarding medical assistance in dying. These individuals say that the Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness. The petitioners say mental illness is tr…
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Mr. Speaker, there are a number of petitions that I want to present this morning, and there are so many coming in that I cannot do them one by one. They are all in regard to Bill C-9. These citizens and residents of Canada draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following issue. Canadians are concerned about the Liberal-Bloc amendments to Bill C-9, which could be used to criminalize pass…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. He is absolutely correct on that point. The Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness. Mental illness is treatable, recovery is possible and experts agree that it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable. Petitioners have many reasons to …
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Mr. Speaker, I have one other petition. Citizens across this nation have been very concerned about the direction Bill C-9 is going and have indicated that they are concerned that the Liberal-Bloc amendment to Bill C-9 could be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, the Quran, the Torah and other sacred texts. The state has no place in the religious texts or teachings of any faith community. …
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Mr. Speaker, I am standing on behalf of individuals who are in support of MP Tamara Jansen's private member's bill, Bill C-218, an act to amend the Criminal Code with respect to medical assistance in dying. The Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness. However, petitioners say that it is treatable, recovery i…
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Madam Speaker, what this individual does not understand is the beauty of this country that already exists and was totally ignored by the government when the Liberals came into power. In this country, our agriculture, and any industry that did anything of significance, which was done extensively in agriculture across this country, made us the most innovative and clean country to grow food. In this …
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Madam Speaker, we all know that Liberals want us to buy from Canada, and food in Canada is the best. However, it requires fertilizer. We heard about a number of issues where the government is attacking our farmers and all types of foods that farmers grow. Now, on top of what has been mentioned already, the government wants them to grow more canola and more grains but use 30% less fertilizer by 203…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today on behalf of Canadians across this country who have been tuning in to the committee study of Bill C-9. They are concerned that the Liberal and Bloc amendments to Bill C-9 could be used to criminalize passages of scripture. The state has no place in the religious texts or teaching of any faith community. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are fund…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals claim they care, yet they create a problem and end up coming up with a solution for it that is short term. A member across the floor, when talking about the school food program, said that parents should be grateful because they do not have to spend the $800 on food that the government is spending on a food program in schools. I am just wondering what the member might have…
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Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to rise on behalf of the wonderful hard-working farmers and producers in the constituency of Yorkton—Melville and across Canada. While I speak tonight in the dead of winter, it is important for all Canadians to know that a farmer's work does not end with the harvest; it is a relentless, continuous job of meticulous planning, precision and execution, w…
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Mr. Speaker, our farmers are the cleanest in the world and have the most innovative farming in the world. They should not be penalized. Judging from the empty rhetoric we have heard from the government in recent days, farmers and producers are in for another season of uncertainty when it comes to keeping their businesses competitive. It is also clear that Canadian families must brace for another y…
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Madam Speaker, the member's industry minister spoke prior to him. She talked about the importance of learning from Trans Mountain, that we have to have a proponent for the pipeline and indigenous buy-in. Well, here is the thing that causes a total lack of confidence on the Conservative side of the House and among Canadians. It was the current government that forced Kinder Morgan to go south, takin…
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Mr. Speaker, I am standing today on behalf of people who are calling for freedom of choice in health care, which is becoming increasingly curtailed and further threatened by legislation and statutory regulations of the Government of Canada. It is a fundamental right of individuals to be able to choose how to prevent illness or how to address illness or injury in their own body. Canadians want the …
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Mr. Speaker, fertilizer production is essential to our Canadian farmers. Over 118,000 people are directly or indirectly employed by the industry, but the Liberal government's industrial carbon tax puts producers at a global disadvantage, burdening them with up to $1.3 billion in carbon costs by 2030. Domestic fertilizer producers cannot pass those costs down to our farmers as they have to absorb t…
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Mr. Speaker, I so appreciate the direction in which my colleague has gone today to protect people with a mental illness only. I can say personally, having served this whole decade on the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, that the issue is being abused within our own government and with our veterans, who come for help but are literally receiving suggestions that they consider MAID. This is ou…
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Mr. Speaker, if only fertilizer's challenges ended with the industrial carbon tax. To add to that billion-dollar burden, the government's mandatory bulk fertilizer label changes will cost the industry over $120 million. The Liberals' 30% by 2030 fertilizer emissions target could also lead to $48 billion in losses. These costs are ultimately passed on to Canadian farmers and, by extension, Canadian…
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Mr. Speaker, it is obvious the government does not care about telling Canadians about the true state of our democracy and about the true state of our economy. In addition to that, it appears that the Liberals are very intentional in misleading Canadians. That is why we need to remove the current government, so that Canadians can have a prime minister who truly is a servant of the people.
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Mr. Speaker, I will gladly send over an article that describes exactly where that $4 billion is being cut. A portion of it is in regard to cannabis, but I guarantee that it is far from accounting for the total amount of $4 billion. Let us talk about the offices that were closed. They were closed on the recommendation of the bureaucrats, who said that they were not being used extensively. Did we sh…
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Mr. Speaker, that is the crux of the problem I have been pretty much entirely focused on in my concerns around this budget. When we have a Prime Minister who blatantly puts his money in offshore accounts and who blatantly refuses to admit that there are 1,900 different organizations that he is profiting from, we know that the Prime Minister does not have the best interests of Canadians at heart.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleague to respond to this: The government has indicated it is going to increase spending in national defence and give us the armed forces we should have. However, at the very same time, it is cutting in every department. In this moment, those of us studying suicide in veterans' lives have found out they are stressed to the nth degree because they thought this is whe…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to stand and give my perspective on why I personally, and a number of my colleagues, voted against the budget. The Prime Minister advised Justin Trudeau and his ongoing Liberal government to construct and keep the roadblocks and red tape that have decimated Canada's ability to compete for investment. As an example, Nutrien's recent announcement is a huge blow to Sas…
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Mr. Speaker, definitely that was something that was being mused about. Whenever Canadians get upset, and I must say that in my province they have expressed themselves well throughout the whole decade I have been here, the Liberal government tries to drop little things in as a possibility but then has to reverse its stance, as with Remembrance Day wreaths and with chaplains' being able to pray at L…
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Mr. Speaker, I definitely appreciate what my colleague has brought to the floor today. Yesterday, we were fighting in this place for Canadians' jobs. The member is talking about productivity, and members on the other side of the floor say, “We are investing in them in the meantime.” In other words, the Liberals are giving people handouts. We heard over and over again that Canadians do not want han…
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Mr. Speaker, the budget is promising $13 billion for factory-built homes, which the Prime Minister foreshadowed on April 8, seven months ago, when as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, he said, “prefabricated and modular housing are the future”. During the election campaign, he told young Canadians to their faces that he would build homes they can afford. Does the member think factory-buil…
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Mr. Speaker, can the member tell me how much Canadian investment the Prime Minister promised will cross over into the U.S. over the next five years?
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Mr. Speaker, I represent Saskatchewan. I think the member knows how absolutely ridiculous that last statement was. There is no question, across this country, that what the people of Canada want is for the government to finally step up and do the right thing. If the member can assure me they will include amendments that remove Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 from legislation, I will gladly support their bil…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's costly credit card budget loads today's reckless spending on tomorrow's taxpayers, while Canadians are having to put nearly 50% more of their expenses on their credit cards, fearing the potential loss of their homes and businesses and facing the threat of bankruptcy. If only the government was concerned. The warnings from Fitch and the parliamentary fiscal watchdo…
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated the comments my colleague made on the condition of this bill and on the recommendations. I am sure, as he has been listening, that he has heard a member across the way constantly ask if we are ready to do this because we are in a crisis. Having been here for a decade now, I can tell members that what the government does is delay and deny, until finally Canadians h…
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Mr. Speaker, there is a tiny bit of truth in some words in there. Canadians are desperate to have the government do the right thing. The bill has some good in it, but it is not responding to those very people he is saying are calling on the government to do the right thing, which is to shut down the legislation in Bill C-5 and Bill C-75. This is what they want. They want an outright repeal of the …
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Mr. Speaker, well, 20 seconds to say this is easy. The reason we are talking about bail reform is because these people did a terrible job of bringing in legislation, which has caused incredible angst across this country and increased crime. That is unconscionable.
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Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to rise today realizing the gravity of this debate for millions of Canadians. For those who are new to the country, which at some point most of us were or our ancestors were, Canada was once a safe harbour with a reasonable guarantee that someone could live out life free from harassment, harm or extortion. That meant peaceful communities where front d…
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Mr. Speaker, I concur with the member and all the things he just said. This individual seems to want to convince Canadians that the Liberals are on the right track, when they have been in the House hearing this side of the floor, over and over and over, talk about the issues with Bill C-5 and Bill C-75, which have caused the rampant, high levels of crime across our nation. People in Canada are cal…
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Madam Speaker, I am speaking today on behalf of the Resort Village of Tobin Lake, in my riding, where 401 individuals have expressed the concern that they do not have a unique postal code. They get their mail in other places. They did not get to vote for me, because they do not have a postal code where they live. This has resulted in frequent mail and parcel delivery issues, confusion by emergency…
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Mr. Speaker, a good government has a moral and legal duty to safeguard children from all harms. The Supreme Court of Canada has failed to uphold that duty. Its decision to strike down a one-year mandatory minimum sentence for child sexual abuse material offences is sickening. Let us examine how the scales of justice balance out in this case. On one side of the equation, two individuals made consci…
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Mr. Speaker, giving a sentence that is worthy of the crime is something the government just does not understand. The reason for the growth in extreme violent crime is that criminals see the opportunities and are quite happy to go to jail and be let out again immediately. Again, the government is not meeting the—
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Mr. Speaker, parents are struggling to secure healthy food for their families because of the Liberal government's out-of-control spending. Skyrocketing food inflation is up again to 4%. Liberal food taxes and regulations do not show up on their receipts, but Canadians feel them every time they shop for groceries. The Prime Minister said he would be judged by the prices Canadians pay at the grocery…
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Mr. Speaker, I am speaking today to Bill C-12, a broad omnibus bill that, in its current form, seeks to make changes on a number of issues related to the border, immigration and crime prevention. I am thankful to my many constituents, and those throughout Canada, who added their voices of disapproval to its predecessor, Bill C-2. They raised their voices against the infringements it sought to plac…
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Mr. Speaker, I hear the member and appreciate her question. At committee, these are the things we will have the opportunity to discuss and consider for amendments. My personal feeling is that a year is an extensive amount of time. What Canada needs to do is get back in control of our immigration environment, and that may very well be part of the challenge. We have to do things in a timely manner. …
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Mr. Speaker, I believe in both. I want to thank the federal government for bringing attention to this issue and raising the viewership of Northern Perspective. I encourage more people to watch the interview and listen to the full statement that was made. Northern Perspective did a great job of rebuttal on this issue. I am very proud of the RCMP and the individuals who work so hard in my riding. Co…
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, the issues around fentanyl are Canadian made. The government has allowed the precursors to this drug to come into this country for years without any oversight, knowing full well that this was going to mean we would have gangs and drug producers in this country making this situation far worse. This government has to take responsibility for its behaviour, and as far as tha…
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Madam Speaker, I understand that, at the health committee, one of our colleagues called on the Liberals to shut down fentanyl consumption sites next to areas with children. However, the Liberal health minister refused to rule out approving more consumption sites next to schools and day cares, despite acknowledging the fentanyl usage in the area. I live in an area where there is a school downtown a…
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated hearing the comments with regard to sovereignty. I would like the member to provide the House and Canadians with a definition of what the government means by Canada being a postnational state. I think he is capable of doing this. Could he please define that?
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Quiet. Mr. Speaker, they were moved so they could serve veterans without the overhead of the offices. The call to have those offices removed came from the bureaucrats who responded across the government to the fact that we needed to remove some funding—
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Mr. Speaker, there was a point of misinformation from the other side of the floor. Every opportunity the Liberals get, they discuss the shutting down of veterans offices. The truth of the matter on that is that those offices were not shut down; they were moved—
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Mr. Speaker, I want the member to respond to something her colleague from Whitby said. He said the government will spend less so it can invest more, and he referred to the operating budget, which means it will have to lower expenditures on the operations side to have the funds to spend on more development. Would she know what the cuts will be to the public service and programs the government will …
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Mr. Speaker, the member's colleague, the member for Whitby, stood up and said the government would be spending less to invest more and referred to the operating budget. Could she share with the House and Canadians what the cuts will be to the public service?
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Mr. Speaker, those of us who have to run our own budgets know that it is never wise to invest borrowed or printed money to dig ourselves out of bad debt. As to the capital expenditures the government is speaking of, where is that money coming from? The Liberals talk about direct private investment. The wealth that has already been removed from the country by the government will not be offset by wh…
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Mr. Speaker, I heard the member claim that the government is committed to strict measures against violent offenders, yet it continues to fuel violent crime in Canada by forcing judges to release offenders at the earliest possible opportunity and under the least onerous conditions. Canadians are owed an apology from the government for its failure to keep them safe by releasing repeat violent offend…
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Mr. Speaker, what the member on the other side of the floor observed was very astute, which is that the Liberals come up with bills that always have something of value in them, but there are always poison pills that make it impossible to support them. That was the case for the Conservatives with Bill C-75. Over and over, today in the House, the Liberals said they are committed to strict measures a…
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