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Madam Speaker, why do we need an inquiry? To keep it very simple, it is because of the attitude and the answers we are getting that nothing is wrong. That is why.
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Mr. Speaker, today I am presenting a petition that will be circulated throughout northern Ontario, calling for Trans-Canada Highway 11 to be designated as a critical project of national interest to support the economic stability and security of all Canadians. I present this petition on behalf of Canadians living along Trans-Canada Highway 11 in order to designate it as a project of national intere…
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Mr. Speaker, today I am calling attention to one of the 46 communities in my riding: Hearst. Nestled in the boreal forest of northeastern Ontario, Hearst is a town whose main employers are two sawmills, a plywood plant and Villeneuve Construction, a civil engineering and road maintenance company. The town of Hearst was forged by generations of northern workers and families who built not only indus…
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Mr. Speaker, northern Ontarians keep asking me when we will finally unlock our economic potential. I reply that it will be when the government finally decides to cut regulations. A Canadian sovereignty act is a chance to do exactly that and repeal needless barriers. In northern Ontario, economic sovereignty leads to affordability. When we grow our industries, such as mining, sawmills, pulp mills, …
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Mr. Speaker, as a Franco-Ontarian, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. With all due respect, I would like to mention that we, as French Canadians, live and survive in the French language. We have just celebrated the 50th anniversary of our flag. We have schools and our community health care centres. We live our lives in French. It is much the same across Canada. My daughter just moved t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Ring of Fire project in northern Ontario would be a game-changer for our region at a time when we desperately need it, yet the Prime Minister continues to delay by refusing to move forward with the project, which would create thousands of jobs and has billions of dollars in investments. The project did not make the cut on the Liberals' project list, and the work will not even star…
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Mr. Speaker, people in northern Ontario and Canada urgently need the government to address the impact of U.S. lumber tariffs. The Liberal government is failing sawmill workers, and the situation is only getting worse. The Prime Minister promised to negotiate a deal with the Americans, yet forestry and sawmill workers in Calstock, Hearst, Cochrane, Chapleau, Kirkland Lake and all across Canada are …
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Mr. Speaker, September 25 is a special day for Franco-Ontarians. On this date 50 years ago, we unveiled the very first Franco-Ontarian flag. I will borrow a few words from Maurice Duplessis to celebrate our flag: A flag is an emblem; a flag is a rallying sign; a flag is a manifestation of [pride]. It reflects a desire to live and survive...A flag says that we are someone, that we are descended fro…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Rivière‑du‑Nord. I appreciated his speech. In the member's view, how will police forces be able to tell when an action is motivated by hate?
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Mr. Speaker, for more than 45 years, communities in northern Ontario have endured the devastating impact of U.S. tariffs on their forestry sector. In Kapuskasing, Kap Paper is a vital link for five sawmills, and if that link breaks, more will be challenged. That is thousands of jobs on the line. While the federal government has committed to over $1.2 billion to support the industry, it has failed …
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Mr. Speaker, the only answer I have is that the problem was created by the Liberals. The intent of my speech today was to give Canadians confidence that we have a great country, with all the resources we need to survive and to be independent. I am speaking to them.
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Mr. Speaker, agriculture all but disappeared in my region during colonization, in the 1920s and 1930s and in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, but it is now making a comeback. The wonderful thing about this is that we are feeding ourselves. We have everything we need in my region. The most important thing is the great clay belt. Agricultural experts are saying that this will be the next big agricultural…
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Mr. Speaker, first, I spoke about the situation in my riding, where French is a living language and 50% of the population works in both official languages. Second, it is much more difficult to survive in our language outside of Quebec. What we have accomplished is extraordinary.
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Mr. Speaker, I did indeed explain how Canada developed. That is the approach we must take in the future. No matter the project, the important thing is how we build our country. We did it once, but we need to build it again because right now, things are not going well.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about a region that is often overlooked in national conversation, but is, in truth, central to the future of Ontario and Canada. The history of the Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk riding, one of the largest in Canada, is a story of resilience, hard work and vibrant cultural heritage forged by people who built not just industries but lives, families and futures in…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked about the Liberal culture of delay. In my experience, it takes a long time to change a culture. It takes time. It takes more than words, spoken or written. Culture changes through action. What action are you going to take? It takes time.
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Mr. Speaker, homebuilding must nearly double over the next decade to restore affordability. Up to 4.8 million new homes are needed to close the supply gap that has led to higher home prices. Now, 480,000 new housing units are needed this year to close the supply gap. The Liberals' own housing agency says Canada needs to double construction to restore affordability. Housing starts have continued to…
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Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the debate all day, and for Canadians who are listening, part of this must be very confusing. I would like to have something clarified. If a Canadian woman has a child in a country outside Canada, with a man from that country, the child is raised in the other country, and then the Canadian woman comes back to Canada, but 30 years from now the child decides to …
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Mr. Speaker, could the question be repeated?
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Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, there are 28 projects right now, in nuclear, uranium, mining, oil and gas, hydro, roads and critical minerals, and they are stuck in the process. These would be great ones to start with, and the laws would not need to be changed.
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Mr. Speaker, I listen to the news on Radio-Canada every day. What I believe I am hearing from the people of Quebec and their premier is that they are open to serious negotiations for a pipeline in Quebec.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that our forestry industry used to be a world leader. During the trade wars that started in the eighties, which are still going on after 45 years, there were sawmills and pulp and paper mills in every single province. In Ontario, where I worked, there were 21 pulp and paper mills when I started; there are three left. Let us make sure this does not happen to the…
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Mr. Speaker, it is with great humility that I rise today for my first speech in the House of Commons. I would like to use this opportunity to thank my constituents of Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk for electing me to represent them here. I am honoured to have earned their trust and to serve as their voice in our nation's Parliament. I would also like to thank my team for their dedication througho…
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Mr. Speaker, I asked a question previously on the ArriveCAN file, which went from $80,000 to $60 million. I got answers. We ended up in the billions of dollars. I would like to go back to that. How did we go from $80,000 to $60 million? What went wrong? If the government is going to correct it, it must be able to tell us what went wrong.
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Mr. Speaker, I have heard a lot. The ArriveCAN failure went from $80,000 to $60 million. Would the member say it was a failure? Was there a failure in the system?
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Madam Speaker, the question was asked for producers of steel in the Hamilton region, and I did not understand the answer. Will the carbon tax be removed, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, would the member have supported our amendment? It called for the motion to be amended by deleting the words "without conditions" and "estimated at $814 million" and, in the last paragraph, by replacing the word "Quebec" with "Quebeckers and British Columbians" and adding the following: "when the Government of Quebec ends its cap-and-trade system to compensate Quebeckers who have paid …
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Mr. Speaker, Parliament is demanding a budget from the Liberal government, which sought, for example, to cap spending at 2%, but the Liberals increased it by 8%. Rather than cut spending on consultants, they increased it by 35% to a record-smashing $26 billion. Last night, a Conservative motion was passed calling on the Prime Minister to issue a budget this spring. The Liberals are asking Parliame…
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