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Madam Speaker, while a deal with the U.K. is certainly better than no deal at all, we have been put in this position because the Liberals, frankly, failed to maintain a better deal that we already had, which was the CETA agreement, the agreement that the Harper government negotiated with the European Union and that we had been trying to maintain with the United Kingdom. CETA is a much more liberal…
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Mr. Speaker, there are promises, and then there is reality. The Prime Minister's promise was a so-called generational investment to rapidly scale up housing to meet his target of half a million homes a year. The reality is, as the budget watchdog said this morning, that the new bureaucracy will actually build only 5,200 homes per year. This means the Liberals are more than one million homes short …
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Mr. Speaker, it seemed to me that the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader wanted some sort of pat on the back for some small, minuscule relief measures in Bill C-4, when at the same time and with the other hand, they are taking and stealing from the next generation with a generational debt binge. I wonder if my hon. colleague from Kenora—Kiiwetinoong could give his comments on t…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise again this evening to speak about the Canadian border. Let me recap last week. On Monday, there was a CBSA outage at the border; on Tuesday, there was a CBSA outage at the border; on Wednesday, there was a CBSA outage at the border; on Thursday, there was a CBSA outage at the border. Let me remind everyone what that means. That means goods are not being cleared for import, good…
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Mr. Speaker, we know who is responsible for this: It is the Minister of Public Safety. That is how our system works, with ministerial responsibility. Unfortunately, the parliamentary secretary is woefully misinformed. It is not just CARM. That is one of many systems that the CBSA uses at the border, and many of them have experienced outages. Even if it were CARM, the CBSA has been working on CARM …
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Madam Speaker, we know it would not work, because we have the history to prove it. The government has been in power for 10 years, and not one modern treaty has been moved forward. However, the previous Conservative government moved forward five or six modern treaties, not to mention the settlements in my community that I described: the Coldwater-Narrows settlement and the Williams Treaties settlem…
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Madam Speaker, it is of course an honour to speak to this very important bill from my colleague. I want to focus members' attention back on why the bill is important and why the changes should be made. I will reiterate one of the horrific instances of something the bill would seek to address, and that, of course, is the murder of Tori Stafford, from my neck of the woods. I will remind members what…
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Madam Speaker, we should all strive to be honourable members in the House. I think that the actions of the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader, his ad hominem attacks, simply will reveal more about his character than about the strong character of our leader, the leader of His Majesty's loyal opposition.
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Madam Speaker, to get elected, the Prime Minister promised to negotiate a win, but now that the election is over he says, “Who cares?” Canadians were promised a Churchill, but what we got was a Chamberlain. He appeased the U.S. President by dropping the digital services tax. He appeased the U.S. President by withdrawing our softwood lumber challenge. However, appeasement did not get us any trade p…
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Madam Speaker, Canadians and Conservatives care about the integrity of the highest office in the land, the Prime Minister. Conflict of interest rules are clear for members of the House. They are to arrange their private affairs in a manner to avoid real or apparent conflicts of interest. An $80-billion nuclear deal for Brookfield, $500 million to the European Space Agency to benefit Brookfield and…
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Madam Speaker, ad hominem attacks—
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Madam Speaker, part of what the bill would do, as I understand, is imbue the commissioner with maintaining the honour of the Crown, which is an integral legal principle in indigenous-Crown relations. Is the member comfortable with having the government delegate to a bureaucrat part of its responsibility to maintain the honour of the Crown? Should that responsibility not stay with the minister and …
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Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the House and speak on behalf of my constituents in York—Durham. While I am from York—Durham, which is a riding in the greater Toronto area, what people may not realize is that I actually represent two first nations communities: the Chippewas of Georgina Island first nation and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. Both were included in my…
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Madam Speaker, I of course question the ethics of the Prime Minister, because the facts lead me to do so. The Prime Minister is so conflicted, and there is evidence before us: an $80-billion nuclear deal to Brookfield; $500 million to the European Space Agency, which will benefit Brookfield; and undisclosed meetings with Brookfield executives, which is a direct violation of what the Ethics Commiss…
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Madam Speaker, I want the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader to imagine with me for a moment perhaps something unthinkable: that he or someone he knows is in a terrible car accident. We hope that would never happen to any member of the House or, in fact, any Canadian. Thankfully, in this unfortunate situation, the parliamentary secretary is extricated from his vehicle, loaded i…
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's attempt at an answer. However, I want him to focus on the future and not on ancient history. He might be trying to blame John A. Macdonald next for not building the railroad fast enough. Let us talk about what the government is doing, and what it is failing to do, at the border. I am not talking about new border officers; I am talking about the electronic…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister was elected on a promise to negotiate a win, a good deal with the United States, but when asked about it on the weekend, he said, “Who cares?...it's a detail”, and that he would speak with the President when it matters, going from negotiating a win to “Who cares?” in a matter of months. Who cares about our most important trading relationship? Canadians care. Ontario…
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Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the member opposite's speech, and she mentioned trade disruption as one of the reasons for this budget and for the generational debt binge the Liberal government is on. On this side of the House, we certainly support efforts to diversify and strengthen Canada's trade, but of course our number one and most important trading relationship is the one we have with t…
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Madam Speaker, part of the justification for this generational debt binge by the Liberal government is the sorry state of our trade relationship with our most important trading partner: the United States. Just yesterday, when asked a question about whether he was speaking with the President, the Prime Minister said, “Who cares?... I'll speak to him again when it matters.” Does the member opposite …
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Mr. Speaker, I may not agree with all of my Bloc colleague's points on the budget, but one thing I do agree with him on is that the government did not negotiate with the Bloc members. It did not speak to them. It did not take their demands seriously. Canadians gave the government a minority mandate. I have heard, and I am sure the members opposite have heard, a desire from Canadians for Parliament…
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Mr. Speaker, what I do agree with is that we need to figure out what the government has done with the tariff revenue, because Canadians do not know. It has collected, so it says, billions of dollars in tariff revenue from countertariffs: tariffs against Chinese products and tariffs against American products. These are tariffs that are taken out of Canadian businesses, so I would like to know where…
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Mr. Speaker, I would hazard to say it is both. The Liberals do not seem to know how to budget, and they do not seem to know how to keep promises. They told us in 2024 that fiscal restraint was important, but in 2025 they doubled the deficit. That is a debt that everyone's children and grandchildren will have to pay. In fact we spend more on interest payments now than we do on health care transfers…
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Mr. Speaker, when Canadians travel, whether it is a holiday with family or a business trip with colleagues, they come back with good memories and maybe a souvenir or two. When the Prime Minister travels, he comes back with something very different: a hangover of tariffs. When he met with the Chinese, there were more tariffs. When he met with the Indians, there were more tariffs, and when he met wi…
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Mr. Speaker, an agreement for the future is no solution to today's problems. An agreement with the U.A.E. is no agreement when there is no investment. We know that Canadians have moved $124 billion out of Canada. If Canadians have no faith in the government, why would any foreign investor? More troubling, the real and present danger, is the inability to get a deal on the things that count: steel, …
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Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition today on behalf of the people of Georgina in my riding, specifically the community of Keswick, about a new invasive aquatic plant called water soldier. It was discovered in 2024 by the water soldier working group and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. It is a physical threat to human health because of its serrated leaves; it is a threat to our na…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister had a clever slogan during the election: spend less, invest more. I know the Liberals are fond of slogans, and it was a good one, even in my opinion. Spending less sounds good and investing more sounds good. I want to believe the Prime Minister when he says that. I think a lot of Canadians wanted to believe the Prime Minister when he said that. In fact, I think a lo…
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Mr. Speaker, the other side loves to talk about a team Canada approach. While we all want Canada to succeed in its trade negotiations, especially with the United States, I have seen nothing of a team Canada approach from the government. It provides no information to Canadians about what the state of our negotiations is. In fact the chief negotiator for the Government of Canada was at the Standing …
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Mr. Speaker, if saying “generational” again and again built homes, we would not be here tonight having this discussion, but we know it does not build homes. In fact, we know the next generation is having the most difficult time in history owning a home. The parliamentary secretary said she did not want the next generation priced out of the market. Well, here is a news flash: They are priced out of…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise and again speak on an issue close to my heart and to the next generation of young Canadians, which of course is the issue of housing and the lack of housing in Canada. Build Canada Homes, this new bureaucracy, is emblematic of what is wrong with government thinking these days. It is what is wrong with Liberal plans these days. For every problem, there is a new …
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Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition today on behalf of the town of Georgina, specifically the residents in the community of Keswick, about a new invasive aquatic species known as water soldier. It was discovered in Cook's Bay, in Lake Simcoe, in 2024 and confirmed by water soldier working group, particularly because of the efforts of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Water soldier…
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Mr. Speaker, in August, leaked text messages from the Minister of Environment's office revealed that the Liberals were considering cuts to the Canada Water Agency. Budget 2025 has confirmed that and shows a $700,000 cut to the Canada Water Agency. Budgets are about priorities. Could the hon. member tell me why the priority of the budget is tax breaks for luxury jets and yachts but tax cuts and les…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, in the previous portion of Routine Proceedings, the member for Kingston and the Islands suggested that I introduced my personal opinion while presenting the petition. I wanted to clarify that I did not do so. Instead, I simply recited a fact from the budget, so that was not my personal—
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Mr. Speaker, it is budget week here in Parliament. I have been poring over the budget on the issue of housing. As members know, I have risen on this topic again and again, and I will continue to do so until I see movement from the Liberal government that will actually get homes to the next generation. Unfortunately, however, this budget is an unmitigated disaster when it comes to housing and homes…
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Mr. Speaker, if spending money and bureaucracies built homes, every Canadian would have a home right now. We have had 10 years of that. We have had three housing bureaucracies, and now we have a fourth. These Monopoly men handing out billions here and there have not resulted in one more person having a home in Canada. I am glad the parliamentary secretary brought up modular and new forms of constr…
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Madam Speaker, I have been waiting for an opportunity when you are in the chair and the member for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas is in the chamber. I am rising on a point of order to follow up on the point of order I raised on September 26. You will recall, as you were in the chair, that following question period, I raised a point of order that the member for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas accused …
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Madam Speaker, it is very well noted from the member for Waterloo. I appreciate that. As a new member, I am still learning the rules. I am happy to take the Chair's direction on this. I would have hoped that, after over a month of time, the Speaker's office would have reviewed the transcript to confirm what has been said. I am wondering now that you are in the chair again, if you would ask the mem…
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Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary mentioned the Westminster system in Parliament. Let me remind him that, in the Westminster system, it is Parliament that is supreme. While we respect the judiciary, it is Parliament that makes laws. He also mentioned that Supreme Court ruling. I would like him to tell me where in that Supreme Court ruling the court said that we had to have unfettered chain …
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal government spends comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians in the form of higher taxes and higher inflation. Let us take the hidden fuel standards tax, which will raise the price of gasoline by 17¢ a litre and diesel by 16¢ a litre. A tax on the trucker who delivers the food is a tax on the mom or dad buying that food in the grocery store aisle. It i…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the House to speak, especially on an important topic close to my heart, that being trade negotiations and free trade in Canada. I just want to start by reminding members of the House what exactly we are doing here today. There has been some discussion that we are talking about accession, or letting the U.K. into the TPP. I am going to call it the TPP.…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the government for bringing forward this bill, but it will forgive me if I do not give it a pat on the back for doing something it should have done years ago. It was no surprise that the U.K. was going to need trade agreements with countries around the world. It had Brexit in 2017. We had a trade continuity agreement that the Liberals let expire, to the detriment of our busi…
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Mr. Speaker, trade is hard to control, but what is not hard to control is how the government approaches it. What I have seen with respect to the United Kingdom is the government's walking away from the negotiations, walking away from trying to negotiate a generational opportunity with a huge trading partner and ally instead of taking that opportunity for Canada. We had a strong hand to play, but i…
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Mr. Speaker, it seems the Liberals want to pat themselves on the back. It has been four years since the trade continuity agreement with the United Kingdom came into force, and they did nothing with it. In fact, they walked away from those negotiations, but they seem to want the credit for the U.K. doing its work to get itself into the CPTPP. Should we not at least get something from the United Kin…
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Mr. Speaker, as my hon. colleague will know, part of what this agreement would do if it were to pass into domestic legislation is commit the Government of Canada to allowing U.K. businesses to bid on government procurement contracts, including at the provincial level. As my hon. colleague spoke about her own province, I am sure she will have checked with Nova Scotia to see if it agrees with allowi…
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North mentioned the so-called expertise of the Prime Minister. I have to disagree with that. If he were such an expert, we would have negotiated a win with the U.K. and we would have gotten to a bilateral agreement, instead of having to settle for the TPP agreement, which would provide Canadian businesses less access. It has been 18 months since we allowed part…
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Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that the flow of ideas in the House is actually from the opposition side to the government side, not the other way around. To the extent that the Liberals want to borrow from our institutional knowledge, wisdom and ideas, they can have at it. We will support those. What I really want to see is a good deal, not a bad deal, and a win, not a loss. I want to see Canada pla…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague in the Bloc raised a very valid point: the lack of transparency the government has brought to the House with respect to trade negotiations. The Liberals' lack of transparency in the TPP is not the only example. We have very little insight into any of the negotiations the government is undertaking. It is getting to the point where we have to ask ourselves what the strategy…
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Mr. Speaker, in my view, the hon. member is absolutely correct. We are settling for something, when we could have had a generational opportunity to redefine our trade with one of the most dynamic and largest economies in the world. Instead, the Liberals walked away from that and said that they are not going to negotiate anymore. They let parts of the TCA, the trade continuity agreement, expire, to…
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Mr. Speaker, I know I have been here for only a short time, but I have already discovered that the member opposite has a very fragile disposition. Perhaps that is why he suggested that when the government signs an agreement, we should not criticize it or ask any questions about it. He suggested that the only options were that we accept it or, if we did not accept it, that we were somehow capitulat…
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Mr. Speaker, the only thing the government is doubling is the debt the next generation will have to pay. So-called generational investment is just generational debt and generational inequality. In fact, Habitat for Humanity now says 70% of Canadians say owning a home is impossible, and for those who rent, they saw a 5% increase year over year. This is the result of Liberal policies. Will the Prime…
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Mr. Speaker, despite all of these programs, the Prime Minister still went to students yesterday and gave them a message: They must sacrifice more. Well, the next generation has sacrificed enough. They have sacrificed the dream of home ownership. They have sacrificed the dream of starting a family. He might as well have said, let them eat cake. If the next generation has sacrificed enough after 10 …
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