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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola. One thing the minister and I agree on is safer borders and safer streets, but the really big area where I think we part company is how to do that. On the one hand, we have the Liberal approach, which is to talk about safer streets and safer borders and do little about that, and in fact do the contrary…
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Mr. Chair, Randall Hopley, somebody who the Premier of British Columbia, an NDP premier, says should not be let out again, kidnapped a three-year-old. Will the minister enact legislation to ensure that sex offenders such as Randall Hopley can be dealt with and that the public can be safe?
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Madam Speaker, I welcome my colleague. He may not know, and I did not talk about it because people are tired of hearing about it, but I was a prosecutor in my prior life, where I focused mostly on prosecuting Internet offences against kids. I am very well aware of judicial authorizations, of the hurdles those types of things can present, and of the fact that the bill is a direct response to some o…
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola. Welcome back to the chair, Madam Speaker. We are all very pleased to see you, given everything. I would also like to congratulate my colleague on his maiden speech. As somebody who has seen a fair amount of crime and has spoken with witnesses, I was touched, as was everybody, by the member's story a…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola. We are in a new Parliament, yet we are seeing the exact same thing from the Liberals. In fact, the member for Winnipeg North is doing so much of the talking when we have many new and, dare I say, talented Liberals. Here we go again. We have two men on the Liberal side, and all they do, seemingly, is t…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, especially when I receive such cheers from my Liberal colleagues.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank them for their cheers. It is also especially an honour to rise when the member for Kingston and the Islands was going to grace us with yet another intervention, but members have to hear from me instead. I listened intently to my colleague's speech. He spoke about what he was hearing at the doors. We heard about elbows up and how the Liberals have a plan, yet they came with no …
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola. I want to welcome my newest constituent, Amélie Anne-Marie Brogan, and her parents Mike and Carolyn. I welcome my colleague as well. Did she say Canadians are actually supportive of the industrial carbon tax? I just want to be clear on that.
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Mr. Speaker, will the government always be there to protect Canadians? Let us move to exhibit 2: the case of Randall Hopley, who kidnapped a three-year-old child. He served a lengthy jail sentence. He was released into the community in 2023. Shortly thereafter, he was at large for 10 days, with his photo being plastered everywhere. He was released again this week and did not last even a day in the…
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Mr. Speaker, the government is not serious when it comes to public safety. We recently learned that terrorist-related charges were up 488%. If we thought this statistic and the problem that goes with it would be reported in the Speech from the Throne, we were wrong. Why is the government so unserious about a matter that impacts all Canadians?
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. These petitioners draw attention to the House of Commons to the treatment of Falun Gong, which is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline. The petitioners are concerned about the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners and request that Parliament pass a resolution to establish measures to stop the…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada now has the dubious distinction of having a violent crime rate even higher than the United States. Just yesterday, two people were wounded in a stabbing attack in Vancouver. It is like Canadians have become numb to these stories. It is almost like they expect them day to day. Liberals have presided over a 92% increase in gang-related murders since they took office. Child sexual…
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Madam Speaker, on the point of order on bringing disruption to the House, what the member said was patently false, and not only that, he abuses the heckling standing order against women, men, children, anybody he can heckle, and he does it inappropriately.
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the government policy puts people in danger. Three-month-old babies with sex offenders—
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Mr. Speaker, Tara Desousa sexually assaulted a three-month-old baby. That baby needed reconstructive surgery. Tara Desousa is in a women's jail in B.C. This women's jail also has the mother-child program, which allows mothers to raise their children. I visited that jail and I saw exactly where Desousa was standing. There was a straight line that took me less than a minute from where Desousa was st…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a member of His Majesty's cabinet. There is no place for that. Second, to address the substance of the point, I did not say that the minister is putting people in danger. There are facts and the government—
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Mr. Speaker, I do not believe I spoke in error. The point I was trying to make is that the government is implying that only one member of the Conservative Party should see the names and then should be muzzled. We, as Conservatives, will not be muzzled. The member for Saanich—Gulf Islands is talking about top secret information. That is how the information was derived. It is what we call evidence. …
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Mr. Speaker, at the end of the day, we believe in acting. We do not believe in being silenced. When we act, we will act decisively to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime. That is something Conservatives are committed to doing. That is exactly how we will act. We will not be muzzled in doing those things. Unlike the member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, we are entitled …
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Mr. Speaker, there is a lot to unpack. The member started with SDTC, the green slush fund, and then she went to overriding rights and freedoms, and whether the documents should go to PROC. Here it is: Crimes were committed, and $400 million was potentially stolen from Canadian taxpayers. The member wants to talk about rights and freedoms. What about Canadians' rights and freedoms? What about the t…
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad the member is here and not in Lake Simcoe right now. I would be remiss if I did not ask him where his rural top-up is, because he is often saying this in the House. On the tax trick, the Liberals like temporary relief; the Conservatives believe in permanent relief. That is why we will axe the tax. The Liberals want to take the GST off a small number of things for a small amo…
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Mr. Speaker, I do commend the member for staying off social media for a little while. I have not had as much fun with his social media posts of late. I am happy to answer the question. The Conservatives are united, and we voted based on a carbon tax. If we want to get into Ukraine, where are the weapons that the member's leader promised? Where was that member, and all those members, when a turbine…
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I thank member for doing the right thing, Mr. Speaker. I am glad the Liberals are allowed to at least apologize when they do wrong, because we know they are not allowed to speak their mind. We have a $400-million fraud. In question period, we see the Liberals hang their heads in shame when people say this, especially on the backbenches. The Prime Minister can show as much fight as he wants. He wil…
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Mr. Speaker, there is a year in review, but let us do a little speech in review. I said something, called out the member for Winnipeg North for talking about his conspiracy theories of what was in the background and then asked why we were not talking about things in the background of the Prime Minister, like the reporter in the Kootenays. In response, the member for Winnipeg North said that maybe …
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Mr. Speaker, I hear the member for Winnipeg North talking about the security clearance, which would imply that only one person should know the names. We as Conservatives believe that every Canadian should know the names, just as every Liberal should be entitled to speak out.
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North sure is excited. He must not like what we have to say. Just last week, when the leader of His Majesty's loyal opposition left, we gave him rousing applause because he did a great job. The Prime Minister made a seal motion from his seat, as though implying we were all seals, although he talks about Conservatives being muzzled. Then we find out that the mem…
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Mr. Speaker, did you hear what the member for Winnipeg North just said, that maybe it was a bad date? I am not usually speechless, but I am now. We can say these things in jest, but somebody said that they were groped by the Prime Minister and the member for Winnipeg North just said that “Maybe it was a bad date.”
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Madam Speaker, just to be clear, it is the member from Winnipeg and the member for Brampton West who were laughing and heckling as I was talking about releasing the names. It is pretty simple. Our leader has said that he will release the names. There are people who are potentially compromised in this place. There are people—
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise in this place. Sometimes we talk about really happy things, sometimes we talk about sad things and sometimes we talk about things that are important, whether happy or sad. This is a time when we are talking about something that is important, but it is very sad. I would go as far as to say that I am quite despondent about where we sit as a Parliament. …
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Madam Speaker, I am happy to respond to that. It is not the Leader of the Opposition who should get the names. It is Canadians who should get the names. Here we have Liberals stymieing, time after time, saying if only this were the case or if only that were the case. There are parliamentarians who could be compromised, and there are parliamentarians who may have broken the highest law in the land …
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Madam Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North just said, “I would say something, but I cannot.” I do not think I have ever seen him at a loss for words.
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Madam Speaker, I am going to be giving a speech later, and I would love to run through those scandals again, just to reiterate how scandal-ridden and plagued the Liberal government is. We have a government that is unwilling to comply with an order from the Speaker. The Liberals want to do cartwheels about the ghost of Stephen Harper hiding under their beds. However, what does it say when the Liber…
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Madam Speaker, we have a member saying that my boss's name is in those documents. I am pretty sure that the Leader of the Opposition's name is not in those documents. Let us table the documents so that we can see whose names are in it. We know whose names are probably in it: those of Liberal insiders. Do members know why? It is because this is a corrupt government that loves to line its own pocket…
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I have some comments for the member from Winnipeg, but before I do, I want to recognize a few people, and I will gladly share with the member from Winnipeg. I want to recognize the life of Helen Methot. She leaves behind her husband, Clair Methot, and her grandson, among others, Dylan Methot, who h…
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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives agree to apply the vote and will be voting yea.
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Mr. Speaker, this is nothing more than the arsonist pouring more inflationary fuel on the fire. Just this past May, the Prime Minister said that if we send out more cash, “inflation goes up by exactly that amount”. Here is our common-sense solution: Axe the tax for everyone forever, which means cheaper gas, groceries, home heating and everything that is shipped. That is a Christmas present everybo…
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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives agree to apply the vote and will be voting against.
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Mr. Speaker, violent criminals are first, victims second. That is the Prime Minister's motto. Sexual psychopaths like Paul Bernardo and Terri-Lynne McClintic get to play tennis and live comfortably in lower-security prisons while victims serve psychological life sentences. This happens because of Bill C-83. The Prime Minister says that everybody in jail should be at the lowest level of security po…
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Mr. Speaker, I will say a name: Tori Stafford. One of her relatives wrote to me about what the minister said just yesterday. He said something similarly insensitive. If he were to read the note I got, I think he would be on his feet withdrawing. The NDP-Liberals want to give a temporary tax trick, while permanently raising the carbon tax to 61¢ a litre. Here is the choice: The NDP-Liberals want to…
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Madam Speaker, I apologize if I was misunderstood. My understanding is that there was an order made that the documents be delivered unredacted. That has not happened yet. The Liberals wish to send the matter to PROC. The Conservatives believe the documents should be delivered. What does the member think the Liberals' rationale is for just not delivering the documents unredacted? That would just en…
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the member for Winnipeg North just called my hon colleague a name. He should apologize. Not only that, it was completely inaccurate.
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Mr. Speaker, the government is putting Paul Bernardo ahead of victims. First, there was the transfer to medium security, in the dead of night, to a jail with cushy conditions, including a hockey rink that doubles as a tennis court. No advance notice was given to victims. The latest issue is that the victims, including the French family and the Mahaffy family, are now being told that they cannot at…
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I appreciate my colleague's intervention. I know that he takes his work in this place very seriously. The Liberals often state something to the effect that we should send this matter to PROC, to committee. However, the Speaker's order did not say that; it was to deliver—
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Madam Speaker, I apologize. My understanding was that the Speaker's order was to deliver the—
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Mr. Speaker, these living units are townhouses literally right next to each other. If they are going to screen people, why are they not screening the sex offender and killer who lives next door? This is the time to show courage and not cowardice, and the minister is doing the complete opposite. This comes back to Bill C-83, which allowed people such as McClintic, Bernardo and Rafferty to serve the…
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Mr. Speaker, eight-year-old Tori Stafford was brutally and viciously murdered by Terri-Lynne McClintic and her boyfriend in a sexually motivated killing. Currently, McClintic lives in a townhouse-style jail in Ontario in medium security. That jail also houses a mother-child program. When I visited there, I was appalled to see that there were children in that jail at that security level in the town…
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. Before I begin, I want to recognize the career of retired MLA Todd Stone. He served the Kamloops area diligently for 12 years, and I thank him for his service as a former minister. He is somebody who gave a lot to the area. With that being said, my colleague from Winnipeg is talking about hypocrisy…
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. Where should I start? My colleague spoke about one of the Conservative members in a speech that was all over the place. It is almost as though the Liberals have become that which they state they abhor, the people who appeal to conspiracy theorists. What could possibly be there, wink, wink? There wa…
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Mr. Speaker, there was chaos, yelling, screaming, running for cover, and no, I am not talking about the last Liberal caucus meeting. I am talking about a police chase that happened in downtown Toronto. It looked like the scene from a movie. Police were chasing two people who were reportedly on bail. Rather than take accountability, the minister's response is to blame other people, blame the provin…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member has an obligation to speak accurately. If he reads my letter, I lambasted the minister for this.
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Madam Speaker, we had two opposition days in which the Conservatives declared no confidence in the government. I would have loved to hear this same rhetoric from the Bloc at that time. While I respect the member's sentiment that he wants to bring the government down now, we do not know where the NDP stands. We call them the NDP-Liberals for a reason, and the reason is they have been united at the …
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