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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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, …
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, 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 …
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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 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, I move: That the House do now adjourn.
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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 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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Madam Speaker, I move: That the debate be now adjourned.
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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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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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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, 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, 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, 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, we have been very clear in the House that the company was not on the list and that indigenous procurement is for indigenous people. This is an attempt by the Conservative members of Parliament to distract from what is really good news for Canadians today, the fact that we are going to give a break on the GST for essential goods over the coming months and we are going to support 18.6 m…
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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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Mr. Speaker, let me get this straight. The Conservative members of Parliament talk about reducing poverty and talk about helping Canadians through affordability challenges, but when we have a real thing on the table that would cut the GST on essential goods, they have to listen to their leader and oppose cutting taxes for Canadians. This is just par for the course for the Conservatives. We know th…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that little display of disrespect for that place is ubiquitous in how Conservative members treat this place. It is the very fact that they are trying to distract and make a mockery—
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Mr. Speaker, the level of disrespect the Conservative members of Parliament are not just showing this place but also showing you is completely unacceptable. We, as of November 8, have deposited nearly 29,000 pages of documents with regard to this matter. It is only Conservative members of Parliament who are filibustering and obstructing this place. They are not standing on moral grounds, they are …
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Mr. Speaker, I think this shameful display of disrespect from the Conservative members of Parliament for this place is on display today. It is exactly how they have been operating for the past couple of weeks. It is time for them to stop filibustering and obstructing the work of Parliament. It is time for them to start respecting this place and respecting the work we do here on behalf of Canadians…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister has answered these questions. He said that what the member opposite is saying is completely false. It is time for the Conservatives to put an end to these partisan political games that go nowhere. They need to respect the House and let it get back to work. We need to make sure we can all do the job Canadians sent us here to do.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Conservative members are doing today is unbelievable. They are demonstrating their total lack of respect for this place, for Canadian democracy and for what you are saying as the Speaker of the House. Canadians see the circus that the Conservatives are creating in the House. They know that the Conservatives are turning this very important place into a joke. This is the seat o…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister has addressed those issues. He has stated that what the member opposite said is false. What we want to know is why the Leader of the Opposition is silencing his members of Parliament. Why will he not allow his members of Parliament to speak on behalf of their constituents and advocate for their communities? All we hear from the Leader of the Opposition is the silencing of…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister has already responded to those questions, but what I find really interesting is that today marks 1,000 days since Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine began, and we have not heard a single question about this from the Conservative members of Parliament. This is unsurprising from them, given the fact that, when it comes to their support for Ukraine, it has been wavering o…
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Mr. Speaker, I guess the member opposite was not paying attention to my answer, because I said we were halfway through question period and I had yet to hear a question from the members opposite about the war of aggression by Russia on Ukraine. Let us look at the facts. This time last year, Conservatives were holding up and voting against the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, an agreement that U…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague has addressed this issue and stated that those claims are false. We addressed the fact that the business was never listed as an indigenous business on the procurement site and it in fact received no funding from the Government of Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are asking senators to support Bill C‑282 in its original form because we believe in supply management and our Canadian dairy farmers, poultry farmers and other farmers, to ensure their economic well-being. We agree with the Bloc Québécois and we are asking the Senate to pass this bill in its original form.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, my colleague has addressed those issues that my colleague raises and he has clarified that they are false. We have stated that business was not listed as an indigenous business and it did not receive funding through that program.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague has stated that those are all false and he did not know this person in question. However, if he wants to talk about fit for leadership, he should be asking his own leader why he has not yet gotten a security clearance. If that is someone who wants to lead the country, they should probably know what risks are facing Canadians. Canadians are wondering why the leader of the …
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Madam Speaker, we respond to the needs of Canadians. That is why we brought in programs such as the Canada child benefit; we know that Canadian families need extra help right now. What did the Conservatives do? They said not to send those cheques to Canadians. They said we should cut those programs. When they talk with their crocodile tears for Canadians, they are not actually doing anything to he…
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Madam Speaker, what the opposition member is saying is absolutely not true. The government has already tabled all the documents related to what the House asked for, but did so in a way that respects Canadians' Charter rights. The Conservative Party members are the ones who are obstructing their own obstruction in the House. On our side, we respect democracy, we respect the rights of Canadians and …
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Mr. Speaker, it was 50% higher. What was? It was the amount more of imports of foreign oil into Canada when the Conservatives were in government than when we are. When it comes to standing up for our industries, whether it is the energy sector, whether it is steel workers or whether it is agricultural workers, there is one party in the House that does that consistently, and it is the Liberal Party…
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Mr. Speaker, this issue has been dealt with by the Ethics Commissioner, who has cleared the member on three occasions. When it comes to his former business partner, we agree with the House. He should have been clear and answered those questions, and now he will face the consequences.
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