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With all due respect, Madam Speaker, we are not allowed to mention who is not here and I did not mention by name who is here.
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Madam Speaker, he is saying “okay”, so let us talk about numbers. I count the member for Kingston the Islands and the member for Winnipeg North, two of them, and I count three strong women here—
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Mr. Speaker, the second petition I am presenting is signed by 102 people. This petition is in reference to the poverty that a number of senior citizens are experiencing. The petitioners call on the Minister of Finance specifically to provide Canadian seniors aged 65 years and over a livable pension above the poverty line.
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. It is generally a pleasure to speak in the House of Commons, but today is a difficult day. Before I begin my speech, I want to recognize a Toronto police officer, Constable Todd Baylis. He died as a young man on June 16, 1994. People may be wondering why I am raising this in my speech. It is becaus…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the residents of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. Today, I am presenting two petitions. The first petition is from Canadians who wish to support Bill C-257. They wish to have the definition of discrimination expanded to include political belief and activity as an enumerated grounds of discrimination.
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Madam Speaker, let us talk about members, because we have two members, the member for Kingston and the Islands—
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Madam Speaker, what is great about the member for Kingston and the Islands is not what he says, but how loud he says it. The reality is that we are in an unprecedented time. I will readily admit that. I have two questions for the member. Number one, when was $400 million of tax money taken? Number two, did he sign the letter to get rid of the Prime Minister?
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On the same point of order, Madam Speaker, because the member for Kingston and the Islands is really hung up on the rule, I believe I am entitled to say how many people are in the chamber but am not entitled to say who is or is not here. Is your ruling that I cannot reference how many people are here? Otherwise, I will say that there were an equal number of men and women on the Liberal bench, yet …
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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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Madam Speaker, I would do what had the most common sense: I would provide the documents straight to a law enforcement agency. Those documents would then be reviewed by a prosecutor, and police might have more questions. People would be summoned as witnesses through subpoenas and then a trial would happen. The problem here is that we have an intermediary, an intermediate step, and the Liberals are …
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Madam Speaker, if the member thinks I do not care, he would be completely wrong. My parents are seniors. I deal with people every single day. What I can commit to doing for seniors is my absolute best to reduce their tax burden, reduce the cost of their groceries and reduce the cost of their fuel in the hope that we will eventually give them the best life.
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Madam Speaker, first, this is the highlight of my day. Second, I appreciate the sincerity with which the member asked the question. Third, I am not concerned because this type of seizure is authorized by law. It is the searches and seizures not authorized by law that are subject to charter scrutiny.
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Madam Speaker, this is unprecedented. This $400 million is something the Liberals want to laugh at. I am looking right at them. They should be ashamed, every single one of them, for this unprecedented fraud. They are standing up for it and are not providing the documents. They should provide the documents. By the way, they should release the names too.
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, especially before the member for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon. I suppose it is age before beauty in this case. I rise to present a petition from 102 people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. They are requesting an increase to OAS payments. They are of the view that a livable pension must be above the…
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I am always, how should I say it, pleasantly surprised by the heckles we get from the Liberals. They ask why we will not do this or not do that. Why will they not just hand over the documents? They say that the RCMP has a mechanism to do it. If somebody commits fraud at a bank, the bank does not ge…
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Madam Speaker, the member, while he was speaking, spoke about racism. Will he denounce the tweet from the member for Timmins—James Bay that was clearly anti-Semitic?
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years under the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. Is the Speaker interested in a heat pump? The Liberals know a guy. He goes by the name of carbon tax Carney, conflict of interest Carney, heat pump hustle Carney and future leader of the Liberal Party Carney. He has as many nicknames as he does conflicts of interest. For instance, he has b…
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Mr. Speaker, I just wonder whether the member would like to apologize for his comment over the weekend. Let us—
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I hear the member for Winnipeg North, and it is not what he says, but it is the volume with which he says it that always impresses me. My colleague from Saskatoon—Grasswood is speaking in eminently reasonable language, yet the member for Winnipeg North, interestingly enough, speaks on behalf of the w…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I always love listening to my colleague. Not only does he make many great points, but he says them so eloquently. It is so easy to listen to his beautiful voice. I would ask the member one question. Canadians need to know the truth, $400 million worth of the truth. What could the Liberals possibly be…
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Madam Speaker, speaking of putting something on the record, I wonder if the member will put on the record an apology for the tweet from last week. I would like unanimous—
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I listened intently to my colleague's speech, because I really enjoy speeches on the law, and she said a few things that were rather puzzling. One was that people may not want to do business with the government because the information could then be passed on to the police. Well, that is what happ…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I hear the member for Timmins—James Bay heckling, and I am wondering if he wants to apologize for the tweet—
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I am really glad to see that the member for Kingston and the Islands has really got his gusto back after his two-week hiatus, given the whole Kat Kanada thing. Be that as it may, I am wondering whether he could tell us what charter rights are engaged. Given that he has come in to this place and told …
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. We have been hearing a lot from the NDP. I value the contributions from everybody in this House. One thing they have not addressed is that many of them served under Thomas Mulcair. Now, Tom Mulcair has said on many occasions that he absolutely would not do what the Liberals are asking of the member…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, and this instance is no different, although I wish it were a different circumstance. I wish we were not speaking about Liberal corruption. Before I begin, I do want to recognize a couple of things. This is my first time, outside of an emergency debate, to rise substantially in this chamber. I would…
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Mr. Speaker, the question really fascinates me. It implies Canadians do not have an appetite to investigate scandal. It is like the people of Canada are asking the government to please take their $330 million and give it to Liberal insiders as it sees fit, that they just do not care. Nothing could be further from the truth. I will stand here as a Conservative, but more importantly, as a parliament…
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Mr. Speaker, absolutely not. What charter right is compromised by what he is saying? A person has a right to a free trial, and I will fight for that right for anybody. I do not care who worked for Brian Mulroney. As I said, I do not care if it is the person sitting next to me. Canadians deserve transparency. The member wants to obfuscate. I do not care who they are. The RCMP will do their thing. I…
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Mr. Speaker, that is a good question on the difference between corruption and conflict of interest. A conflict of interest arises when somebody can benefit themselves. I think corruption is actually much more wholesale, and that is not to say the two cannot have any overlap; I think they have substantial overlap here. In my view, when we have a Liberal government that is providing contracts to its…
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Mr. Speaker, I would invite the member to expand upon his point about what is going to be compromised by the release of these documents. At the end of the day, Parliament controls its own destiny, and if there are articulable bases on which these documents should in some way be safeguarded, I am confident Parliament can work that out. However, the Liberals refuse to do it. They talk about Stephen …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I often say it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, but this is no pleasure. If the member wants to talk about issues in Manitoba, perhaps he should run in Manitoba. Perhaps he should talk about the B.C. NDP scandals, because there is no shortage of them. This is not relevant.
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I am always struck by the member for Winnipeg North, who is one of the Liberal attackers of Conservatives in this place. No matter how untenable the Liberal position is, he will put it forward. It really is striking to me that all the Liberals have to do is turn over unredacted documents to get t…
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Mr. Speaker, in listening to the Attorney General, people would almost think the Liberals believe they have a charter right to line the pockets of Liberal insiders. This is at a time when Canadians are lining up at food banks, when people cannot afford their mortgages and when they cannot find a house, yet Liberals line pockets of Liberal insiders. This is so on-brand for Liberals. It is like they…
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Mr. Speaker, unlike so many of the questions today, I believe it is a very sincere and legitimate question. I am not going to purport to be an expert on Crown copyright. I know next to nothing about it. I am certainly prepared to take my hon. colleague's suggestion under advisement because, frankly, I would need to get up to speed before I could provide a fulsome answer. I am not prepared to ventu…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost, crime or corruption. You, Mr. Speaker, ruled that the NDP-Liberal government must hand over documents relating to what the Auditor General found was a $400-million fraud with 186 conflicts of interest. This is at a time when Canadians are having trouble heating, eating and housing themselves. When will the Liberal government e…
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, a Conservative on this side uttered one or two words during some heckles and was shut down quickly. We are hearing a lot of heckles. I would ask that the rules be applied evenly.
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Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. Before I begin, I want to wish a very happy birthday to one of the people in my community, somebody I have known since I was a teenager, and that is Joan Britton, who just recently celebrated her 80th birthday. With that said, I would like to ask my hon. colleague what it shows us when the Liberals, who c…
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Mr. Speaker, it was an immense honour to spend time with two extraordinary Canadian Forces veterans from Kamloops and to present them with the King Charles III Coronation Medal. They played pivotal roles in the D-Day efforts. Zach Bourque, a 101-year-old Royal Canadian Air Force veteran, served with unwavering dedication as a supply technician, defending Britain's coast during these critical momen…
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Mr. Speaker, I had a member's statement under Standing Order 31 today and that statement had to be delivered twice. It was to salute two veterans, one who is 101 and one who is 104, in my riding. Both times, there was quite a bit of noise in the chamber for what I had hoped to be a very solemn salute to these two living veterans who lived through D-Day. I bring this to the Chair's attention in hop…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Caribou. Before I begin, I just want to recognize a Paralympian in my riding, Greg Stewart, who won gold. I want to commend him on that, and I want to wish him all the best with his fiancée, Taylor, for their upcoming wedding this weekend. All the best to Greg and Taylor, and congratulations on both fronts.…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, corruption is up, crime is up and time is up. Canadians want an election to decide the country's direction and how their money is used. While Canadians line up at the food banks and deal with a worsening housing crisis, the Prime Minister decided to use their money to purchase a $9-million luxury condo for his personal frie…
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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 my question, I just want to wish my mother a very happy birthday. I do not know where to start. This is a member who talks about wasting House resources, but he has probably spoken more than every single member on that side combined. I have seen him repeatedly stand up when there are…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. Canadians want an election to decide the direction of this country and the future of the carbon tax. It seems that the NDP leader's pension is worth more to him than the hundreds of thousands of jobs that would be lost because of the quadrupling of the carbon tax. Even the radical N…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I listened to part of my colleague's speech, and she was referencing protecting children. This is a government that has not addressed mandatory minimums when it comes to sexual offences. The Harper government addressed mandatory minimums on drugs, on guns and on sexual offences. The current governmen…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague from St. Catharines can complain all he wants about this. At the end of the day, the reality is that we have people who are committing sexual offences against children and serving sentences on house arrest. I will also note that he did not vote to have Paul Bernardo's transfer revisited. I wonder how the people of St. Catharines feel about that. How can the member say the…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. As I listened to the Attorney General's question and reflected on my colleague's speech, I was struck, and I was struck for a few different reasons. The Attorney General spoke about fitness of sentence. This is a government that has allowed people who abuse children, people who produce child sexual…
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Mr. Speaker, did she actually just say that we should be ashamed of how we treat our fellow Canadians? The reality is that—
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