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Mr. Speaker, according to the Standing Orders, it is not appropriate for members of the House to speak falsehoods. I have been a staunch supporter of the Lebanese community in Canada and around the world. I think the member would definitely know that. I am wondering if he would like to apologize and retract that statement. I would ask that you, Mr. Speaker, insist upon it, please.
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Mr. Speaker, the speech my colleague just gave in the House of Commons is one of the best speeches we have heard on this question of privilege. The fact that she has stood up and repeatedly talked about what is needed in her community and how important it is that she does the work to represent the people of London—Fanshawe is remarkable. Today is National Housing Day. The member spoke about how pe…
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Mr. Speaker, this morning, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, the former Minister Gallant and Hamas leader Deif for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Palestinian and Israeli civilians have faced horrific violence at the hands of the Netanyahu government and Hamas. Unlike many other ICC countries, the Prime Minister has not been clea…
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP also agrees to apply the vote, and we will be voting nay.
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP also agrees to apply the vote, and we will be voting yes.
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Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among the parties, and I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion, which has been seconded by the member for Montarville. I move: That, given that, (i) the House unanimously adopted the motions of April 27, 2022, on the recognition of the fact that the Russian Federation is committing acts of genocide against the Ukrainian people, …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am gravely concerned, because your ruling makes it very difficult for members of the House to know how to act going forward. My worry is that you are taking direction from those who are loudest, those who are most obnoxiously loud, sitting right next to you, rather than from all of those in the House equally. I have to say—
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am deeply concerned as you raised the issue of my wearing a pin in the House of Commons. I stand here proudly wearing a pin that shows that I stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and members within this place are wearing pins for various reasons. One of my colleagues is proudly wearing the moose hide pin to show his support for causes that are…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that when I cannot as a member of the House of Commons bring up a point of order without being heckled and shouted down by the Conservatives, that imposes on my privilege. I have proudly worn many pins in the House. For example, tomorrow, to mark 1,000 days since Putin invaded Ukraine, I will wear the Ukrainian pin. I need to know whether the Conservatives wi…
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Mr. Speaker, a UN report has found that Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide. The Liberal government is legally obligated by the genocide convention to prevent and stop Netanyahu's attack on Palestinians. Turning a blind eye to mass casualties is not an option. Entire families have been decimated. Children are starving to death. When will the Liberals live up…
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Madam Speaker, honestly, I think we have to be realistic right now. The Leader of the Opposition refuses to get security clearance so he can get that information. He refuses to get security clearance, period. Even if he did not want the information about how his own party is implicated in foreign interference, even if he did not want the information about the leadership race that put him in the po…
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Madam Speaker, last night Danielle Smith and the UCP fired their pension management team, another step to pulling Alberta out of the Canada pension plan. This attack on the CPP will not just hurt Albertans; it will hurt all Canadians, and we are running out of time. We know that the Conservatives will cut Canadians' pensions. I sent the finance minister my private member's bill that would stop Dan…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for the words he shared today in honour of Remembrance Day, which is coming up next week. I am a proud granddaughter of a veteran who fought in the Second World War. My grandfather Daniel Albert McCoy was a gunner, shot down over Belgium, and he actually lived in the underground for two years before he was able to get back to my mother and my grand…
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Madam Speaker, this is the first opportunity I have had to wish the Lebanese Canadian community a happy Lebanese Heritage Month. I wanted to make sure I took the opportunity. We have seen massive fees put on remittances that are sent around the world by Canadians who have family in other countries. I am wondering if the member has any comments on that and how those fees need to be regulated and co…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague, the member for Windsor West, is very knowledgeable about this. He has done so much work to make life more affordable for Canadians. One of the things he talked about was trickle-down economics. Obviously, we have seen that this is a failed economic strategy. The Liberals' strategy of asking nicely has also failed Canadians. However, what I would like the member to talk…
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Mr. Speaker, New Democrats agree to apply the vote, and we will be voting yes.
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Mr. Speaker, this week, the Israeli Parliament banned UNRWA from operating in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem and designated this life-saving organization—
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Mr. Speaker, New Democrats agree to apply the vote, and we will be voting yea.
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Mr. Speaker, this week, the Israeli Parliament banned UNRWA from operating in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem and designated this life-saving organization as a terrorist organization. Millions of Palestinians are living through hell and need aid, and there is no aid organization that can do what UNRWA can do on the ground. Canada must act now. We cannot tolerate these outrageous attacks on the Unit…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech today. It was very touching to hear the words he had to say about his former colleague. While I did not have the pleasure of working with the late Mr. Sopuck, I have heard many things from my colleagues in the lobby. Many have very funny stories about their time working with him. I have to acknowledge that there were very few times the late Mr. Sopu…
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Mr. Speaker, at this very moment, there are thousands of workers rallying for respect and for their collective bargaining rights at the legislature in Alberta. Members of CUPE local 3550 were stripped of their rights to strike by the Alberta government after they voted 97% in favour of job action. Education assistance, administrative staff, librarians and student support staff are the backbone of …
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Mr. Speaker, abortion is health care, but under the Liberal government, so many Canadians still do not have access to reproductive health care. For those who live outside of larger urban centres, it is almost impossible. The anti-choice Conservatives would only make this worse. The Trump-lite leader and his extremist caucus have voted five times to restrict abortions, and while the Prime Minister …
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Mr. Speaker, that was an appalling answer. The Prime Minister needs to sanction Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu. There are 650,000 Albertans who do not have a family doctor. In Edmonton, hospital wards are 155% overshot, but instead of addressing this crisis, Danielle Smith and the Alberta Conservatives are going to uberize the problem. Enough is enough. Can the Prime Minister tell us when Albertans will d…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand tonight to speak to this very serious topic. Last year, we learned that a Canadian citizen was killed on Canadian soil by a foreign government. Very few things are more serious for the House of Commons to deal with. Then, of course, last week, we learned from the RCMP that the Government of India is allegedly intimidating members of the South Asian community, …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment to thank my colleague for the incredible work she has done in combatting foreign interference in this country. She has been a tireless voice and has actively pushed the government to make fundamental changes to ensure that our democracy is protected. I am very grateful that I get to work with her. Of course, it does not make any sense at all. Is this how we are…
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Mr. Speaker, one of the things that I am quite worried about when we hear about the foreign interference is the implications of what Canadians will feel about our democracy. I am also very worried about what Canada's role should be in protecting human rights around the world. We have called on the government to ban entry to BJP officials from India who have called for racist and genocidal violence…
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Mr. Speaker, I think many members have spoken about how disappointing and shocking it is that the Leader of the Opposition refuses to get the security clearance that would give him access to the information he would require to be able to do his job. However, I also want to say that it was disappointing for me to be in the debate all night tonight and to listen to members of the Conservative Party …
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of clarity, I am just wondering how you will be allocating the questions this evening, considering the number of members who are in the House at the moment.
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Mr. Speaker, all night tonight, we have been talking about very serious issues and why this is impactful for so many Canadians. I guess my question for the member has to come down to this: We brought forward a motion today. The leader of the NDP brought forward a motion asking for us to have a committee so that we can actually look at this in depth, these issues that we are facing. It would be an …
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to say that Edmonton is well represented today in the chamber. A number of us from Edmonton are here. I agree with my colleague. I find it very disappointing that the Liberals shut down unanimous consent to put in place a committee to look at the Canada-India relationship. Knowing how difficult it is, knowing how dangerous this is and knowing that the Indian government ha…
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Mr. Speaker, this intervention by the Conservative member is interesting, because it gives me, obviously, an opportunity to point out that the leader of the official opposition has not said a single thing on social media. He has not said a single thing in the House. He has not commented at all about this. The fact is that a Canadian citizen was murdered by a foreign government on Canadian soil, an…
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Mr. Speaker, I was reflecting on what the member said in his speech, and I really appreciated one of the comments he made, which was that this is not an issue of Hindu versus Sikh or Hindu versus Muslim. This is a Canadian issue, and we are looking at protecting Canadians of all backgrounds and recognizing that Canadian law is so vital and so important. I wanted to ask him about how he feels about…
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Mr. Speaker, yes.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague's speech this evening was very well done. It brought up a lot of interesting and important points. Obviously, like him, I am utterly disgusted that the Leader of the Opposition will not get his security clearance. That is obviously a challenge for us. He outlined so many risks that we see right now that are happening, and to me there seems to be a very urgent need for a c…
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Mr. Speaker, I asked a question of the member earlier tonight and did not get a response, so I will keep it very simple for him. Will the member commit to banning entry to BJP officials who have called for racist and genocidal violence against Muslims and other minorities in India, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, before I start on a question for my colleague, I have a question for the Speaker with regard to how he will be allocating questions, considering that there are only two parties represented, that there are no Conservatives in the House right now—
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for some of the things that he outlined in that discourse. One of the ways that we would be able to hold hearings and get more information for Canadians about foreign interference would be if we did have a Canada-India committee struck, similar to the Canada-China committee on which I sit at the moment. Why has the Liberal Party chosen not to suppo…
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Mr. Speaker, I have to be honest; Canadians across the country are seeing that the leader of the official opposition has had the opportunity for 140 days to get his security clearance so he can get to the bottom of some of the information, and he refuses to do that. However, that is not the subject of the question I actually have for the member right now. New Democrats for a long time have called …
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Madam Speaker, first of all, I want to thank the member for raising so many of these important issues. In Edmonton, we have seen examples of extortion being used as well, which is something many Edmontonians and many Canadians across the country are very worried about. One of the issues that I have focused on as the foreign affairs critic for the NDP has been the way that the Arms Trade Treaty is …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his heartfelt speech this evening. I have heard from members, from individuals across Canada, who have expressed the fear that they feel. They are worried about how to talk to their children and spouses about the violence they are threatened with. They feel that their community has been targeted and that they are at risk every single day. We have seen extort…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I would like to request that you look through the chamber. It appears we do not have quorum to continue this debate.
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Mr. Speaker, one thing my colleague started with in his speech was the NDP working with the Liberals, so I want to take a moment today to acknowledge the important work that happened, which was finished in the Senate yesterday. Pharmacare was passed through the Senate and was brought back to the House, and millions of Canadians will now have access to a pharmacare program. It is very exciting, and…
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Mr. Speaker, the member spoke about lying, about embarrassment and about all of these things. Of course, I think, “a pox on both their houses”, to be perfectly honest, because this is a debate in this place on which is worse, and that is not very helpful for Canadians who are struggling right now. One of the things the member's leader said just recently in the media is that he thought it would be …
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Mr. Speaker, just to be clear, I was not quoting anyone in particular; it is the name of an account. The particular account says that the leader of the official opposition lied 215 times in the House of Commons over three days. I did not say that; the—
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Mr. Speaker, I always find my colleague's interventions both informative and entertaining, but I want to ask a serious question. My colleague spoke about the Leader of the Opposition, who said that it would be a gift if innocent people lost their lives and a nuclear facility was bombed. This is as we are seeing an escalation of war in the Middle East and seeing tens of thousands of innocent people…
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Madam Speaker, today I rise to table a petition on behalf of firefighters across Canada to address an urgent issue impacting the health and safety of firefighters. This petition was sponsored by the member for Edmonton Strathcona. It calls for immediate action to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFASs, in firefighter gear and firefighting foam. PFASs are man-made chemicals resistant to hea…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to give some compliments to my colleague. It was probably the least self-aware speech I have ever heard in the House of Commons. He talked a lot about lies the Liberals have made, and I agree that the Liberals are not honest and have not shown that they have a lot of moral fortitude. However, I want to quote from a Twitter account that many of us follow. It is called, “Pierre I…
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Mr. Speaker, here are today's headlines: “Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon”; hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in northern Gaza, ordered to flee with nowhere to go; “Israel seeking to close down Unrwa”; and “Canada's Conservative Leader: Israel Taking Out Iran’s Nuclear Sites Would Be ‘Gift by the Jewish State to Humanity'”. This is crazy. This is enough. Canada needs to…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I do not want the member to mislead the House. In fact, it was today that I said those things and today that I actually asked for the hostages to be released. Today that I asked—
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Madam Speaker, I know that my colleague has a very kind heart. Like me, he is deeply worried about so many Lebanese Canadians right now. So many people across this country are grieving and are so afraid of what is happening in the region and of the risk of escalation. We have heard from the Jordanian foreign affairs minister that Netanyahu does not want a two-state solution. If we ask Israeli offi…
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