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Mr. Speaker, our government looks forward to presenting the economic update this afternoon. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the member for University—Rosedale for everything that she has done and for everything that she will continue to do for this country. She has a long list of accomplishments that are part of this government's history. We are very proud of everything we have done…
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Mr. Speaker, removing the GST on essentials for Canadians is important to many Canadians. In fact, I have heard many people in my riding say that this is important to them. Restaurants and other small and medium-sized businesses have said it is important. We are proud for putting it forward.
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Mr. Speaker, I do want to thank my hon. colleague for the kind wishes. Of course, I extend my merry Christmas and happy holidays to him and to all members of the House as well. This is the last Thursday question and answer for the period. It is something I look forward to every single week, and I look forward to returning to it in January 2025. In response to my hon. colleague with regard to next …
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Mr. Speaker, for many Canadians, the GST tax holiday actually makes a difference. Just because it does not make a difference for that member of Parliament, does not mean it is not meaningful for many Canadians. When I speak to constituents in my community and to small business and restaurant owners, they have told me how important this GST tax holiday is going to be for them over the next couple o…
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Mr. Speaker, the nature of the questions coming from the opposition today speaks more about its opposition to feminism than it does about our commitment to feminism. That is typical, because actions speak louder than words in this case. When we brought forward things like the Canada child benefit or child care, actual policies that help women, what did the Conservatives do? They voted against them…
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear the member opposite talk about groceries, because I have great news for him. The House actually passed a GST tax holiday over the next couple of months to reduce the cost of groceries. I am sorry. I forgot that the member and all members of the Conservative Party voted against that, because even though they say they want a tax break for Canadians, when it comes time …
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Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties, and if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, notwithstanding any Standing Order, special order, or usual practice of the House, at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 16, 2024, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings to permit the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance to make …
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Mr. Speaker, the member knows very well that we are bringing forward the fall economic statement next Monday. We are very much looking forward to the finance minister presenting that to the House, and we are exceptionally proud of the record of this government, of which the finance minister has been an incredible leader. Whether it comes to the Canada child benefit, child care for Canadians, a nat…
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Mr. Speaker, what we are seeing from the Conservatives is an attempt to distract from the fact that, when they had an opportunity to support a tax reduction for Canadians, they actually voted against it. They talk out of one side of their mouths and do the absolute opposite all of the time. On this side of the House, we are absolutely united in our support for Canadians. Over the holidays, we are …
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Mr. Speaker, the only people who are engaging in bullying tactics in the House are the members of the Conservative Party. If they truly cared about supporting Canadians through these tough times, they would have voted in favour of the GST tax break over the holidays. This is par for the course with the members opposite. They cry crocodile tears, but whenever it comes to helping Canadians, they opp…
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Mr. Speaker, again, on this side of the House, we are putting Canadians first. That is what we have done for the last nine years, understanding that, when times are tough, we are there for Canadians. What we hear from Conservative members of Parliament is that, when times are tough, they look to take supports away from Canadians, not to be there for them. We will not allow that to happen. We are g…
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Mr. Speaker, again, what we see from Conservative members of Parliament is their attempt to distract from the fact that when given the opportunity to vote for a tax break for Canadians, they voted against it. They are travelling across the country saying that they are going to cut taxes, but at the very first opportunity to do that, they say “no.” This is actually a pattern of behaviour because, o…
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Mr. Speaker, as mentioned, there was actually no question for the government there. If the member opposite wants to talk about pensions, he could talk about the pension of the Leader of the Opposition, which, because he has been here for two decades, is estimated at being about $2 million. If he wants to talk about muzzling of members of Parliament, he should probably pose the question to the lead…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to respond to the member's question, which, as I think we all know, does not actually have to do with government business. However, the member opposite and in fact most of the Conservative caucus know a thing or two about saying one thing and doing the opposite. They have been talking about cutting taxes, but at the first opportunity to cut taxes for Canadians, they said no. Co…
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Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member knows something about railing against a leader, but one question she might want to ask the leader of her party is why he will not get a security clearance. I believe last week at committee we heard from another Conservative leadership contestant about alleged interference by India in the Conservative leadership race. However, the Leader of the Opposition refuse…
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Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the Conservative members of Parliament, all they do is say one thing and do another. They are pretending to support workers' rights when, in reality, it is the Leader of the Opposition who brought forward some of the most draconian anti-worker legislation in this country's history. We are going to continue to stand up for workers right across this country. It is a rec…
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Mr. Speaker, one thing we know is that the Leader of the Opposition certainly does not allow any free votes for his members of Parliament. We also know that he does not allow them to speak for themselves. What we do know is that when they try to advocate for their communities, what does he say? “No, do not do that, because I do not think it is politically expedient for me.” He muzzles his own MPs,…
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Mr. Speaker, we completely agree with my hon. colleague from the Bloc Québécois. This matter is important for farmers and for every supply-managed sector in Quebec and across the country. We agree with this bill. We support what the Bloc Québécois has done and we support the bill in the Senate. Only the Conservatives do not. I therefore invite my hon. Bloc Québécois colleague to talk to the Conser…
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is well aware that the government supports this bill. The Prime Minister, all the ministers and the entire caucus have spoken with the senators and asked them to do their job. The only party leader whose position is unknown is the Conservative Party leader. We know the Conservative caucus is divided on supply management, but I can assure my hon. colleague that the go…
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Mr. Speaker, just because a Conservative member of Parliament makes something up does not mean it is true. The Minister of Environment has quoted the actual report that says specifically that the price on pollution is not responsible for the increase in food prices. If the Conservatives were honest with Canadians and wanted to actually do something to help them with the high cost of food over the …
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Mr. Speaker, despite what the Conservatives might think, I do not actually think Canadians want them door-knocking at Christmas. What I can say is we are very much looking forward to being here next week. We are already into December, which means there are less than two weeks left before the House is scheduled to adjourn for the holidays. I am very proud that, last week, our government passed Bill…
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Mr. Speaker, I wish you had afforded the same courtesy to the Minister of Finance, who also wanted to answer a question. I think it would be appropriate to make sure that we apply the same standard moving forward. However, what I would like to say to the Leader of the Opposition is that we gave him an opportunity to debate that, and instead of taking it, the Conservatives ran away afraid. I am sur…
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Mr. Speaker, again, I am not sure that the question had anything to do with government business, but on this side of the House, when we do that, whether it was the member for Kingston and the Islands or the member for Davenport, our questions were taken away even though they were in regard to government business. However, what I can say is that the Conservatives keep running scared. Whenever we gi…
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Mr. Speaker, it kind of boggles the mind that the Conservatives are talking about pensions for their members when the Leader of the Opposition has a $2-million pension from the House of Commons. It is unbelievable what they say. They say one thing, they do another. We cannot trust these Conservative members of Parliament with anything they say because pretty much what they are accusing others of i…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative members of Parliament are really getting to be pretty ridiculous around here. They have an opportunity to ask real questions of the government, but instead they choose to play petty politics. Yesterday I introduced a motion that would give them the opportunity to do that. Remember, the Leader of the Opposition tweeted about that over the weekend? However, when given t…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order in light of what happened in question period today in the question from the member for Davenport, as well as the question that was posed last Wednesday by the member for Kingston, in terms of taking away a government's response. The precedent that had been set in this place is that even if a member asks a question that is not related to government business, …
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative members of Parliament are so ridiculous. They had an opportunity today to put forward a vote of confidence in the government, and they decided not to. Yet again, we are seeing Conservative MPs talking out of one side of their mouth, but when it comes time to act, they just cannot deliver. We are here to work for Canadians. We are doing real things that are delivering …
Read full speech →Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. In light of the fact that the Leader of the Opposition has given notice of a motion for debate on the Conservative opposition day scheduled for today, I would like to give him an opportunity to debate that motion. As such, I seek unanimous consent of the House for the following motion: That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practic…
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Mr. Speaker, this is yet another example of the Conservative leader talking about one thing and doing another. When it comes to supporting children, we have been negotiating school food agreements that are helping 200,000 children across this country, yet the Conservative leader is opposed to that. He talks about lowering taxes, but last week he made every single one of his MPs vote against a GST …
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Mr. Speaker, I know that the Leader of the Opposition knows a thing or two about threatening his own MPs, because if they do not speak in three-word slogans, we never hear from them again. However, what I can say is that on this side of the House we are excited to deliver a tax cut for Canadians. For the mom who has to buy diapers, groceries and a car seat, this is meaningful. Who it is not meanin…
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Mr. Speaker, the GST that we are proposing to remove is going to be removed on essential items like groceries, children's clothing, diapers and car seats. I do not know whether the hon. colleague has children, but if he does, he would know just how expensive those items are for Canadians, and for Canadians who have to buy these essential items, the tax cut would make a difference. I do not underst…
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Mr. Speaker, I am not going to thank my hon. colleague for his question because it was not exactly complimentary, but I am going to answer it anyway. I am pleased to announce that later today, we will dispose of Bill C‑78, a very important government initiative that will provide Canadians with substantial savings through GST/HST relief across the country. Canadians will be able to buy necessities …
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Mr. Speaker, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 43, I move: That debate be not further adjourned.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the member is talking about. On this side of the House we can have conversations. We can have debates, and we do not get shut down from speaking like the members opposite. Let us talk about today. We are moving forward with a GST cut for every single Canadian. What have we heard from the Leader of the Opposition? He is opposed to tax cuts. He is all talk, no walk. H…
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Mr. Speaker, I move: That the House do now adjourn.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment of the next sitting be midnight, pursuant to order made Wednesday, February 28.
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moved: That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order, or usual practice of the House, the bill in the name of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, entitled An Act respecting temporary cost of living relief (affordability), be disposed of as follows: (a) the bill be ordered for consideration at the second reading stage immediately after the adoption of this order; (b) when t…
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Madam Speaker, with respect to the consideration of Government Business No. 43, I give notice at the next sitting of the House a minister of the Crown shall move, pursuant to Standing Order 57, that debate be not further adjourned.
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Madam Speaker, I move: That the debate be now adjourned.
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Madam Speaker, I move: That the debate be now adjourned.
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Madam Speaker, I would request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment of the next sitting be 12 midnight, pursuant to order made Wednesday, February 28.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Defence very clearly outlined our plan to support the Canadian Armed Forces and our plan for investment. We know that when it comes time to stand up for our allies and for what we care about in the world, the Conservative members of Parliament stand down. When it came to supporting Ukraine last year with the Canadian free trade agreement with Ukraine, what did…
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, that company is not on the list for indigenous procurement. However, yet again, what we see from the Conservatives opposite is that they do not want to talk about the important affordability measures that we have presented today. They do not want to talk about the fact that they are going to vote against and oppose a GST break for millions of Canadians when it comes to esse…
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Mr. Speaker, I actually welcome those comments from the member opposite. As I said in the second response, I agree with the Conservatives that members of Parliament's homes should not be protested. I said that all Canadians' homes should not be protested. I am glad that we have found agreement in this place because I think we can all agree that no one should have to—
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Mr. Speaker, as my hon. colleague well knows, it is him and his party members who are keeping Parliament paralyzed because they are obstructing their own motion of instruction. The Speaker very clearly ruled that this matter should be sent to the procedure and House affairs committee for further study. We agree with that. We are just waiting for the Conservative Party of Canada members of Parliame…
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Mr. Speaker, we are delivering real relief for Canadians. It is the Conservatives who are trying to make life more expensive when they have an opportunity to help Canadians with the high cost of living. This is unsurprising, because it is from the same party whose leader was delivering donuts to people out here who were protesting, yet this morning had protesters removed by police from his home. T…
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Mr. Speaker, I am really glad to hear that from my hon. colleague, because no protester should be in front of anyone's house. Except that when the convoy was here, the Conservatives cheered it on in front of so many residents in Ottawa and their homes. They cheered on people who prevented them from going to the hospital, who prevented them from going to the grocery store and who prevented ambulanc…
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Mr. Speaker, the GST would be removed on essential goods for the next couple of months, and the Conservatives want to vote against it. As we go into the holidays and families are thinking about buying toys and getting Christmas trees, we are offering removing the GST on those very things. The Conservatives say, “No, do not stand up for Canadians. Do not help them through these tough times.” That i…
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Mr. Speaker, if that member and any member of the Conservative Party of Canada actually cared about affordability for Canadians, they would support the measure to remove the GST on essential items that we are putting forward. It is going to help Canadians over the coming months get through these challenging times. This is a pattern of behaviour. They say one thing; they do another, whether that is…
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