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Mr. Speaker, we are three months into the new year and Canadians are seeing more of the same from the Liberal government. The Prime Minister has made promise after promise to improve Canada's finances but, as the months go by, the government has failed to deliver a single positive economic outcome. The Liberals promised the best G7 economy, but instead, Canada sits at last place. In fact, Canada's…
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Mr. Speaker, food prices have skyrocketed 7.3%, rising more than twice as fast as the price of other goods. This is not an imported problem; 70% of the food Canadians consume is produced domestically, including 80% of processed foods, yet nearly 90% of agribusinesses now say the future of Canadian ag is at risk. Why are food prices rising? Punishing regulations, inflationary spending and Liberal t…
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Madam Speaker, I want to begin by saying it is an honour to rise on behalf of my constituents, the good people of Brandon—Souris and of Westman. It is an important topic we are discussing here today. I often hear from constituents, when I am back at home and when I am here, about the challenging housing climate we are living in. No part of Manitoba is escaping that. I represent Brandon, the provin…
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Mr. Speaker, what a weekend it was in Calgary. There were thousands of delegates, hundreds of observers and a resounding 87% in support of the leader. I send my thanks to the Conservatives. If there is one thing clear from this weekend, it is that the Conservative Party is a united, energetic, younger and more diverse party than ever before, and that is a direct result of this leader and his effor…
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Mr. Speaker, a new report shows that gen Z Canadians have just $9 to $16 at the end of the month after expenses. Nearly half say they need to take on more work, despite already working full time, while others are borrowing from family or delaying bills just to survive. Home ownership among young Canadians is collapsing, and 93% say they are worried about affording life. The Liberals often boast th…
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Mr. Speaker, youth are in crisis. Conservatives know we need gen Z to stay in Canada for this country to thrive, but 93% are now concerned about their economic future here. The Liberals say mission accomplished, but disposable income is gone, home ownership is down, and half are taking on extra work just to stay afloat. Conservatives continue to put forward policies that would create good-paying j…
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Mr. Speaker, food bank usage is at an all-time high this holiday season in Manitoba and across the country. Harvest Manitoba's latest report shows that 60,000 Manitobans are relying on food banks every month, and almost 50% of them are families with young children. This is what a decade of food packaging taxes, fuel standards and a rising industrial carbon tax has done to Canadians. My question fo…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister told Canadians he would be judged by the cost of groceries. Well, the 60,000 Manitobans who are lined up at food banks each month have judged him. They judged him based on grocery prices, which have not come down. They judged him because even though they are working multiple jobs, they are not able to put food on their own table. They have done everything right, but…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians know the truth about the other side of the House, which is that under the Liberals, their grocery bills are still going up. What the Liberals have done has made life more expensive, not less. How much worse does it have to get before the Liberals realize that there are disastrous tax hikes, packaging standards and out-of-control spending that are responsible for 60,000 Manit…
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Mr. Speaker, I would invite the minister to get outside the Perimeter Highway in Winnipeg every once in a while to come into our communities in Manitoba. Here are a few facts for her: Families in Manitoba are being squeezed harder than ever thanks to her Liberal government, with Harvest Manitoba reporting today that 60,000 Manitobans a month are accessing food banks, and almost 50% of them are fam…
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Mr. Speaker, when the Liberals came to office in 2015, the average Canadian grocery bill was $160 a week. A decade later, it has more than doubled to $338 a week. That is $17,500 a year, and the food price report for next year confirms that Canadians will pay $1,000 more, which is the largest annual increase ever. Instead of axing taxes and spending, which increase the cost of growing, transportin…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin today by thanking my colleague from Edmonton West for splitting his time with me to share some words about Bill C-4. The last question of my fellow Manitoban from Riding Mountain about the interest payments on our debt now being higher than health care transfers to provinces was an alarming note to leave it on. With a health care system that is in crisis across C…
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Madam Speaker, I certainly do agree with the comments from the member for Edmonton West as well as the member for Mirabel. This bill does not strike at the heart of the people who most need tax relief in this country. It screams of Liberal elitism, giving big tax breaks to the corporate elite in this country, who are very good friends with most of the Liberal front bench. However, it does not help…
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Madam Speaker, the answer to the question is absolutely. Liberal math is that they are going to give people $50 back, but then charge them $800 more. Are they really better off? No, they are not.
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Madam Speaker, the member is sadly very lost about the conversation going on today. At no point did I talk about fuel standards. Here is something I would like to ask the member: When he travelled on the taxpayer dime to China, what exactly did he achieve in terms of results for ongoing Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola, which is grown and produced in my constituency? We are calling on the govern…
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Mr. Speaker, what a tragic situation we find ourselves in here in Canada today: record-low employment levels, the worst in 25 years; housing insecurity at dangerous levels; food prices out of control; money printing and deficit spending at unsustainable levels; and a doubling of the national debt in just nine years. Who bears the brunt of this disastrous policy? It is young people. As one of just …
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said Canadians should judge him by what they pay at the grocery store. Food Banks Canada did just that and gave him a D on poverty and food insecurity after both rose nearly 40%. That is not an inspiring achievement. Food inflation remains 70% above the Bank of Canada's target. Potatoes are up 16%, beef is up 33%, grapes are up 24%, and apples are up 14%. These are …
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague's speech was excellent. Something I would like to point out from the member for Winnipeg North's comments is that he talked about 2008 and 2009 and its all being the Conservatives' fault that there was youth unemployment at that time. He never mentions the economic conditions that were going on at that time; I believe it was the worst recession since the 1930s, whereas th…
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Madam Speaker, on that matter of privilege, I thank the Green Party leader for clarifying what she said. I think that is a very honourable intention. Getting back to my question, the member for Winnipeg North must be looking in a mirror when he is talking about the lack of credibility and accountability on ethics. This is the member who stood behind a former prime minister who said he did nothing …
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Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of noise coming from the other side of the chamber about whether this debate on ethics is ethical and whether it is blockading the priorities of Canadians being discussed in this place. I think my colleague has answered that question very well. I wonder if he would like to comment on whether it was ethical for the Liberal government to prorogue Parliament and have the l…
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Mr. Speaker, I certainly appreciate the member for Winnipeg North inviting my colleagues to join us in friendly Manitoba. I look forward to that debate taking place on a university campus. Maybe they will come out to Brandon, to my constituency. It would be good to get a few Winnipeg Liberals outside the Perimeter Highway every once in a while to understand the needs of rural Manitobans. I would b…
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Mr. Speaker, it is pretty rich hearing the member for Winnipeg North talk about backroom lines when he has been coming forward for 10 years straight, no matter which prime minister is in the chair, to defend the government on ethical standards, saying the Liberals have done nothing wrong until it is proven. I did not say anything negative about the current Prime Minister at all. I said he may be i…
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Mr. Speaker, just to address my Bloc colleague's preamble, I think his intention of wanting to highlight ethics and bring it to a greater forefront in the ongoing discussion in this country is a very admirable goal. I want to commend him on that being part of his commitment to his constituents, and indeed to all Quebeckers and Canadians, when he came to this place. This is certainly something wort…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for a great reminder of an old proverb that should guide all of our work in this place, regardless of which side of the aisle people sit on. It is the exact message of my speech and indeed of our entire party and the opposition parties. If the Prime Minister has nothing to fear, he has nothing to hide. Let us see whether witnesses will come clean at committee and …
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Mr. Speaker, I think our concern is certainly the 150,000 people at a time when our immigration system is already overwhelmed. There is no question that the Liberals have absolutely broken Canada's immigration system. Even they recognized that under Justin Trudeau and decided they were going to make some public statements about curbing the flow of immigration into the country. Now they are wafflin…
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Mr. Speaker, very briefly, it was a mistake not to appeal that court decision at the lower court level when it was rendered. There could have been a much better framework put out than Bill C-3. Unfortunately, the Liberals just threw up their hands because they seem to prefer not to make challenging decisions and to blame the courts when things do not go their way. We have seen that with other issu…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to second the motion brought forward by my colleague from Barrie. I want him to expand a bit on what he was just talking about. The member for Winnipeg North's questioning the motivation is a bit concerning. I find his insinuation to be a bit shocking, given that we all should be upholding the provision of ethical government, even if it is self-reflective of the Liber…
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Madam Speaker, there is a lot of confusion in that speech and what is going on over there. The parliamentary secretary to the government House leader is taking direction from the Green Party leader. We are not sure what is going on, but when the member for Winnipeg North gets up and talks about a lack of accountability and credibility on issues involving ethics, he—
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Mr. Speaker, it is indeed a pleasure and an honour to get up again to speak to Bill C-3, now in its amended form from committee, on behalf of the great constituents of the wheat city in western Manitoba. I find the discussion that has taken place on Bill C-3, since it came back from committee with amendments, fairly startling. We are going to get into a discussion about the amendments that were ap…
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Mr. Speaker, for starters, on the lost Canadians piece, I would say to my colleague across the way that we agree with those provisions, and this is why we did not amend that part of the bill. That provision stands. I think our Conservative comments at committee stand for themselves. With respect to his example of someone who is globe-trotting and here for school, away for school, here for a job, b…
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Mr. Speaker, clearly the member missed her leader's speech asking young Canadians to sacrifice, but here is a news flash: Because of the member's policies, they have already sacrificed enough. StatsCan data shows youth unemployment has climbed to nearly 15%, the highest it has been since 2010. Since the Prime Minister was sworn in, nearly 48,000 more Canadians have to rely on EI to pay their bills…
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Mr. Speaker, the young Canadian families I know would like to be able to feed their kids themselves, not on a government hand-out. On Wednesday the Prime Minister told a room full of students they need to make sacrifices, but young Canadians have already sacrificed enough under the Liberal government. They have sacrificed the dream of owning a home. They have paid the price at the pump and at the …
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister told a roomful of students that they have to make sacrifices. Students and young people in this country have already sacrificed enough to the Liberals. They have sacrificed the dream of home ownership, they have paid the price at the pump and for the cost of food, and they have spent summers without jobs. Now the Liberals get up and say that their big achi…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleague across the way to answer the question, if she can, about why the Liberals are splitting the treatment of crimes committed on Canadian soil from those committed when our armed forces personnel are deployed off Canadian soil.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today to present my first petition as the member of Parliament for Brandon—Souris. It is e-petition 6573, initiated by constituent River Klassen and signed by hundreds of Canadians. It calls for action to address the morally bankrupt stunts of the longest ballot committee, which predominantly harm the ability of seniors and those with disabilities to cast thei…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rise in this chamber to put some words on the record about Bill C-11. This piece of legislation is of national importance. It is well overdue given the time that has elapsed since the recommendations came forward in the initial report, which I believe was commissioned by a Conservative government, on the heinous acts and actions within our Canadian Armed Forces. I…
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Mr. Speaker, I think Conservatives have been pretty clear that we believe the military system as it currently exists has failed victims within the Canadian Armed Forces who have experienced sexual trauma. However, we are concerned about the capacity of the civilian courts to handle additional work, when they are not getting through all the work they currently have before them. Many perpetrators of…
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Mr. Speaker, of course the situation my colleague raises is a terrible one to be in. I cannot imagine the feeling of being trapped in a system someone feels is protecting, or is protecting, their assaulter, the person who committed one of these crimes against them. It is a terrible situation that members of our Canadian Armed Forces who are the victims of these types of crimes have been subjected …
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Mr. Speaker, the member is exactly right; we are concerned about a lack of judges, a lack of Crown prosecutors across the country right now, and certainly in provinces. Time after time, cases are being pleaded down or in many cases completely thrown out because they hit the Jordan framework. If the federal government is serious about ensuring that victims within our Canadian Armed Forces receive t…
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Mr. Speaker, instead of a mid-life crisis, we now have a crisis of the young. That is what researchers across Canada are saying about the happiness of Canadians. After 10 years of the Liberal government, Canada has fallen to its lowest point in global happiness rankings, and no one feels that more than young Canadians. Once full of optimism and opportunity, our country has dropped to 58th in the w…
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Mr. Speaker, it is really fascinating to hear the revisionist history from members across the way. It is very clear what the record of the Conservative Party is: We signed five modern treaties in a six-year period. I am sure it is quite embarrassing for them that they have been in government for 10 years and have been unable to get a single one completed.
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Mr. Speaker, it is true. The member for Winnipeg North is leading this revisionist history, but those are the facts. One of them is in my constituency, with the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Why do the Liberals prioritize a list of cycled-through ministers on this file? Some of them have failed upward. Others have left in disgrace. Meanwhile, nothing has been done on this file. Why is the Liberals' …
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Mr. Speaker, it is just a bit shocking, the conversation coming from the Liberal side about how they are moving swiftly and the Conservatives are responsible for delays when, in fact, that member sits with several rows of MPs who were part of a team that prorogued Parliament to avoid taking any credible action on this issue after months of filibustering prior to that. I wonder how that member can …
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Madam Speaker, Samaritan House Ministries' food bank in Brandon is Manitoba's second largest, and under the Liberals, it is distributing between 60 and 80 food hampers a day. For context, that is 15,529 hampers by the end of August in a city of only 55,000 people. The Prime Minister once said that Canadians would judge him by the cost at the grocery store. Well, for families in the wheat city, the…
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Madam Speaker, after 10 years of the Liberal government, Canadians cannot afford to eat because of the Liberals' tax hikes on food. Their food inflation tax is fuelled by money-printing deficits, the industrial carbon tax on fertilizer and farm equipment, their second carbon tax, hidden as fuel standard, and a plastics ban. Here are the consequences: Chicken is up 11%, soup is up 26%, white sugar …
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Madam Speaker, tomorrow team Canada takes on England in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final. In the starting lineup is Emily Tuttosi, who hails from our community in Westman. Emily and I grew up together, attending Souris School. In fact I was one of the VPs when she was student council president. That is a few years ago. Now ranked 15th out of the best 50 rugby players in the world and consist…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister is so out of touch. She does not understand that those kids are still hungry every evening, every weekend and every summer holiday. Their parents cannot afford to put food on the table, because the Liberal government's inflationary deficits have been driving up food costs 48% faster in Canada than in the United States since the Prime Minister took office. The Prime Minist…
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Mr. Speaker, to my fellow colleague from Manitoba, her riding of Winnipeg Centre is certainly facing the brunt of the fentanyl crisis. I used to drive through her constituency to get to work at the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. I think we know, or it is universally accepted, that a lot of these drugs are coming into Canada across the border. That is under discussion here. If the member from th…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are paying the price for the Prime Minister's reckless spending, which has skyrocketed 8.4% since he took office. Spending on high-priced consultants is up by 37% to $26 billion, while spending on the bureaucracy itself is up another 6% to $63 billion. Experts are clear that the spending is out of control. Yesterday, at committee, the top financial watchdog stated, “At this …
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Mr. Speaker, I had a different beginning to my speech, but after hearing all the long-serving Liberal MPs get up and talk about how great it is that they have finally discovered our border is an issue, that after 10 years in government they are taking some action with this piece of legislation and should be congratulated for it is a bit of an astounding proposition at the beginning of this fall se…
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