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Mr. Speaker, I recognize the concerns and challenges raised by my colleague. I believe this bill is essential and is a big part of our response to the tariff war, although it is not the only response. What union leaders and employers are telling us is that this bill will encourage the use of aluminum and the work these individuals do. I think that is why the Liberal members from Quebec support thi…
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Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to participate in this debate on the one Canadian economy act. We are here with this bill on these timelines because the government was given a mandate to unite, protect and build Canada. I do not think we expected to be in this place with this bill, but necessity is the mother of invention, and this crisis has created an opportunity for us to find an…
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Mr. Speaker, I worked in provincial government for many years and my interpretation of both the question and these programs is that the programs are best coming from the ground up with the professions, which are working hard to put down some of their more parochial concerns, and have provinces and governments that are behind them. Therefore, I believe this legislation would create that framework a…
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Mr. Speaker, I think there are lots of projects that are going to be potentially covered by this piece of legislation. What is important is what is an investable project. This bill would provide a framework for all kinds of investable projects, including perhaps the ones that the member mentioned.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) and in accordance with the policy on tabling of treaties in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaty entitled “Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunication Union”, done at Dubai on December 15, 2023.
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Mr. Speaker, the member shared her family's story in the context of this bill. Does she have any other stories she could share, perhaps in a different context, but still related to this bill?
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Mr. Speaker, we are in a trade war against these unjust and illegal tariffs. That is what we are fighting every day. That is what the Prime Minister is taking on in Kananaskis. We are fighting for workers and their investments. Let us remember on this day, when we just remembered Buzz Hargrove in this House, what he would be fighting for. Let us fight together for the things that will keep us toge…
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Mr. Speaker, we are fighting these illegal and unjustified tariffs every day. They are hurting workers on both sides of the border, including Canadian workers and Canadian companies. The government will not be bullied. We are going to fight against these tariffs, defending every job and every business in Hamilton, in the Soo and across Canada.
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Mr. Chair, I am pleased to speak to the Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada estimates. I will put some questions to the minister at the end. I am glad to have a group of colleagues here who are from ridings outside of Toronto. I want to tell them about my riding and the housing experiences and challenges we have and engage in a bit of dialogue and exploration around how the items in the…
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Mr. Speaker, these documents, these estimates, are statements of values. These are moral documents. They are statements of values and principles, and they are right in front of us today. I want to talk, in particular, about some of the initiatives in here that speak to the fundamental things a federal government does, and it is really around national unity. What I was hearing a lot about in the re…
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Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak to this committee of the whole today. I would especially like to speak to some of the spending measures outlined in these main estimates, which aim to support Canadians during a time of significant economic volatility while preparing for the opportunities that lie ahead. I want to maybe focus a bit more specifically on budgets and estimates being…
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Mr. Speaker, exactly 100 years ago less a day, 468 Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists in west Toronto put aside their differences to worship together for the first time. They gathered at a church at 432 Runnymede Road, a church they had just disassembled together and reassembled six blocks away. They were part of a national movement sweeping farming communities, small towns and citie…
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Madam Speaker, 36 years ago this week, the world watched in horror as peaceful democracy activists in Tiananmen Square were met with tanks and gunfire. Less known, but deeply remembered by many of my constituents, is that Tibetans have, for decades, been met with brutal repression as they assert their basic rights to freedom and dignity. Today that includes a more recent horror: colonial-style boa…
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Mr. Chair, in the minister's portfolio, one of the main ways of binding people, again, is transportation. I know that passenger rail is also under the minister's portfolio. Could she share what the plans and estimates are to help support passenger rail, which connects people across the country?
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Mr. Chair, I will pick up on that remark from the minister. Trucking is one of the top employment sectors in Canada. We know that the sector is going through lots of change, as technology is changing fast, the working conditions that truckers experience are changing rapidly, and the manifest of what they are doing is changing fast because the economy is changing so rapidly. We also know from the M…
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Mr. Chair, we heard in the minister's remarks, which I referred to a bit, the many kinds of partnerships that already exist and the many kinds of efforts that have been made over the years to reduce internal trade barriers. I wonder, in her opinion, what she sees as the most exciting opportunities in her portfolio, or what the most egregious internal trade barrier is that she really wants to tackl…
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Mr. Chair, I will be speaking for about 10 minutes and will be addressing my questions to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade. A lot of us have just been through a very energetic campaign. I do not think a year ago we would have been talking about internal trade in this chamber. I do not know if we would have been talking about national unity in the way we are in the estimates and in the …
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Mr. Speaker, we heard a lot about different kinds of housing challenges in the member's riding and across Canada, and the pressures that private sector and other players have in that. Is the ideal housing market, as a well-functioning housing market, one that has a multiplicity of operators, or is it one where it is just the public sector providing housing?
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Mr. Speaker, we are a new Parliament. Part of being a new Parliament means bringing in new voices. In my past life at a think tank at the Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University, we worked a lot on this issue, and I am looking forward to working with the member on this issue if she is interested.
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Mr. Speaker, there is more poverty in my riding than in other ridings. Even a small reduction in the cost of living is good for taxpayers. That measure is set to take effect in July, and it will have an immediate impact. Many people in Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park are living on the margins. Every effort we make to recognize that and make life a little more affordable will bring immediate relief.
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Mr. Speaker, as I pointed out, we have already had a lot of success with the rapid housing initiative, which delivered results for the citizens of Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park with Dunn House. A second project will be developed on the former LCBO site on Brock Avenue. As members of Parliament, we represent our communities, and it is good to see ambitious programs being implemented. We need to loo…
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Mr. Speaker, I was not at that particular event, so I cannot comment on it specifically. However, I can tell the member that in this caucus, as he will see in the platform, we need to do a lot at the same time. We need to act with speed and with urgency. The commitment around defence spending is robust and has a lot of elements to it, and we are going to work very hard towards that. I look forward…
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Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to rise in this House for the first time as the newly elected member for Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. We come here representing different regions and communities; having different ethnic, religious or sexual identities; and carrying different ideologies and styles. However, I believe, in this Parliament, we come here for a common purpose: a stronger…
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