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Mr. Speaker, the market will build market housing. It is important for the federal government to step up. It is unfortunate the Conservatives will block it every step of the way.
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Mr. Speaker, I miss my time on the heritage committee with the hon. member for Drummond. At the same time, he is right; we do need to work with the provinces. That is part of the holistic plan. As I said, not everything is in this bill. The member talked about municipalities. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says that it “welcomes the federal government's Build Canada Homes...initiative a…
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Mr. Speaker, again, they have nothing except talking points and a non-binding motion. I hope the hon. member—
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to correct the hon. member on one thing. He said that I said he did not have any talking points. He is full of them because that is, again, all they have. It is just ludicrous to suggest that the government is stalling its own legislation. Do the Conservatives hear themselves? It blows my mind that they have finally given up. They have nothing. The emperor has no clothes.…
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member from Manitoba is going to sit there and heckle, and the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman is just going to heckle. He has nothing to add. He has been part of this obstruction from the start. He has been here for 10 years, but he has brought nothing to the table in terms of this problem, except yelling, screaming and pounding his desk on a non-binding motion. He has …
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman just keeps yelling, because he knows he has nothing. He has absolutely nothing except a non-binding motion.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are still yelling at me. They are mad because I am pointing a mirror to them. They have an opportunity right now to advance these pieces of legislation, but they are using their opposition day to stall. They could have used it to schedule hearings in committees, to direct these committees to study, or to call on the Senate to expedite studies of these pieces of legis…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I kept my comments to the thrust of the Conservatives' non-binding motion, but they are engaging in attacks.
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Mr. Speaker, the member asks where, but he will not ensure that the budget gets passed. It is a neat trick so the Conservatives can again show their non-binding motion but then hold up all legislation to make it happen. The member has been here since before I was here. What is shocking through his heckles is that I do not know that he knows how this place works. We need to pass the budget. It is g…
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Mr. Speaker, it says a lot that all the Conservatives are doing is heckling. Again, they have nothing. At its core, the non-binding motion before us is about making people afraid. Canadians have an expectation of safe communities, whether that is passing the budget or ensuring that we move forward on our commitment to hire 1,000 new RCMP officers and 1,000 new CBSA officers.
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Mr. Speaker, at the same time, why does the member come forward with this, because he is yelling at me right now that he has a non-binding motion? I am sure he is going to go to the chief of police in Brantford and say that he has a non-binding motion. Is that going to reduce crime? That is all he has. It is truly unfortunate that a party that used to fight for law and order is silent.
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Mr. Speaker, I hope you can give me a bit of latitude. This is my first opportunity to rise since the passing of Kirsty Duncan, and I want to offer my condolences to her family. Very few people in this place have fought as hard as Kirsty for the most vulnerable in their community and across the country. The Olympics are going on, and the women's team is playing right now. I know she would be glued…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is yelling because he cannot believe he would say something so ridiculous in this place.
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Mr. Speaker, how dare the member say that? He should probably read the Conservatives' own motion. I am sure none of them have gotten up to say that crime is down the last couple of years, but they are going to ramp up the fear. We have said from the start—
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations is the biggest hypocrite of them all as he stands there yelling at the top of his lungs and not listening. This is nothing new for him; it goes back to the last Parliament, where he sat in committee and obstructed.
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Mr. Speaker, a lot of the Conservative talking points ignore Supreme Court jurisprudence, which is interesting, because their justice critic often tells us that he is a lawyer and a former prosecutor. They ignore Supreme Court precedents and ignore the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The hon. member is right; we do need to move forward. There is a pile of pieces of legislation that we can move for…
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Mr. Speaker, even now he is trying to obstruct my speech and trying to shout me down, but I will keep going if it is all right with the hon. member for Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, who still keeps going. Perhaps you should have a review of the Standing Orders. It is not his turn to speak. Again, all the member for Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations has is a non-binding motion. Perhaps that it…
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Mr. Speaker, again, it is a non-binding motion that the Conservatives have brought forward. Tomorrow is their caucus day. They can go to the Conservative senators who are sitting in their caucus and say that they need to move quickly on this, but despite the letter from the Leader of the Opposition, their only plan is to obstruct, stall, delay and deny. All of them are yelling, but again they have…
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Mr. Speaker, ALS is a progressive neurological disease with no cure. Nearly 4,000 Canadians are currently living with ALS, and each year about 1,000 more will be diagnosed, while another 1,000 will lose their lives to this devastating illness. An ALS diagnosis is life-changing for patients and their loved ones. I recently met with my constituent, Christopher May, who was recently diagnosed. Despit…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the 13th report later this day.
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Mr. Speaker, it being later this day, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
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Mr. Speaker, I hope you will allow me a bit of latitude to wish my constituents very happy holidays and a very merry Christmas in St. Catharines. I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 12th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, entitled “Question of Privilege Related to the Member for Wellington—Halton Hills and Other Members”.
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Mr. Chair, I would like to thank my hon. colleagues who have participated in this debate. I understand the emotion on all sides that we heard. We heard some emotional speeches. There has been a lot of finger-pointing and blaming, but I understand where that comes from. St. Catharines has a long tradition of automotive manufacturing. The largest private sector employer in my riding is General Motor…
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Mr. Chair, that is nonsense, and this is what we have been seeing from the Conservatives for years. The carbon tax had nothing to do with this. The auto sector was increasing, and it is ridiculous for that member to even point to that. Now he brings up the EV mandate. As of a few months ago, the EV industry was continuing to grow in this sector. It had nothing to do with that, yet he refuses to bl…
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Mr. Chair, I do not think anyone has given up on electric vehicles. As I mentioned, as of right now, there is a billion-dollar battery separator plant being built in the Niagara Region. This is as we speak; it is transformational. The automotive industry has jumped leaps and bounds over the last few years, and that is continuing as ranges are getting higher. We are seeing some of the old tired tal…
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Mr. Chair, I like that he says criss-crossing. My riding is not geographically that large, but I do get across it as much as possible. There is an apprehension that I think exists in all of our ridings. The closer we get to the border, the closer that is, because that friendship and trust have been broken. Since the Second World War, we have looked to the United States and the United States has lo…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding the membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I move that the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be concurred in.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 104 and Standing Order 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the 10th report later this day.
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Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. The committee advises that, pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business met to consider the orders for the second reading of private members' bills originating in the Senate and recommended that the items listed here…
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Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the eighth report later this day.
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Madam Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
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Mr. Speaker, in baseball, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains. What we are feeling this week comes from caring so deeply about this incredible Blue Jays team, a team that finished last just a season ago and somehow gave us a magical run that no one expected. Sure, the other night hurt, but this season was special. These were players who gave everything, who understood what…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 115, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding the membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the sixth report later this day. I also have the honour to present, in both official languages, …
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. The committee advises that, pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business met to consider items added to the order of precedence on September 23, 24 and 25, and recommended that the items listed herein, which it has de…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 104 and Standing Order 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding the membership of committees in the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the fourth report later this day.
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Mr. Speaker, it now being later this day, if the House gives its consent, I move that the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
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Mr. Speaker, to borrow a line, Jim Bradley was as “constant as the northern star”. From when he was first elected to city council in 1970, few can remember a time when Jim was not serving our community. He was elected to Queen's Park in 1977, becoming the second longest-serving MPP in Ontario's history, and served as Niagara's regional chair until his death. As environment minister, he shaped the …
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Madam Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the third report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
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Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding the membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the third report later this day.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, I am honoured to present, in both official languages, the second report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding the membership of the committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the second report later this day.
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Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the second report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
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Mr. Speaker, I would love for the Conservatives to take that energy and apply it to all of their policies with respect to criminal justice and bring a rights-based approach first. This legislation complies with the Charter of Rights. We will continue to comply with the Charter of Rights. I hope the Conservatives engage in the future with respect to all of their policies because it has been absent …
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Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I would like to congratulate you on your new appointment. As someone who did his master's thesis on a very specific thing, which I believe was the Thursday question, you have a love of this place. It is good to see you in that chair. This is an important bill. I think all of us have heard from Canadians during the election that public safety is fundamentally important …
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Mr. Speaker, I do not understand this item that is out there. I have seen it, that we cannot pay cash anymore. I cannot pay $10,000 in cash for an item at a local business. I do not know what local businesses Conservative members are going to. These things are solved. As a member of the Law Society of Ontario, we were told years ago to never accept that amount of cash, as we then may be complicit …
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know if I will have enough time to get to all of that, but I will sum it up. Being a member from the Niagara region, my house is only about a 10-minute drive from the border. I think everyone in my community understands that safe borders lead to safe communities. It is fundamentally important that we take action as a government to ensure that CBSA has the tools it needs, and …
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Money order, as the hon. member said on the other side. Mr. Speaker, these are things we can get. A bank draft is typically the most common. I do not know how these members pay for things at their local stores. If it is about $10,000 in cash, that is a different world than I operate in.
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Mr. Speaker, in 1957, the Allanburg Women's Institute asked the Ontario government to establish a university in Niagara, recognizing the immense value that a local university could provide to our youth and community. Our community's conviction was so deep that members of the CAW Local 199 in Niagara made weekly contributions from their hard-earned paycheques to support the founding of what would b…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect our government to keep our borders secure. A strong border leads to safe streets. Can the Minister of Public Safety provide this House with an update on the implementation of Canada's $1.3-billion border plan?
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Mr. Speaker, there was more applause from the other side than my own, but it is early on. That was some Jeb Bush-level begging for applause, and I apologise to my colleagues, but it is good to be back. I should say that I am splitting my time. I am hoping the Speaker will indulge me while I offer a few thank yous. First, I would like to thank the residents of St. Catharines, who have entrusted me …
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