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Mr. Speaker, the future of both young and older Canadians is one where we are going to build this great country with one Canadian economy.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a difference between average and maximum. The maximum is indeed $840 per year. This is a tax cut for 22 million Canadians. I thank members for supporting this measure.
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Mr. Speaker, that is one of the reasons this process needs to be tightened up. The processes take too long for major projects. With confidence, we are going to produce steel and aluminum and create jobs here in Canada, starting this summer.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a direct link to the steel and aluminum industry. There are surpluses because of the U.S. tariff war. Bill C-5 will create demand for Canadian steel and aluminum to build major infrastructure in Quebec and across Canada for good jobs.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike the member opposite, I am proud of having experience in the private sector. I am proud of having experience helping to build this country. I am proud of having filed all my requirements in advance, before required, including a screen for conflict of interest.
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Mr. Speaker, I recognize that the job of prime minister comes with many responsibilities; I did not know addition and division were one of them. The Parliamentary Budget Officer refers to the reductions for all Canadians. The vote on which the members opposite supported the government delivers a tax cut for the 22 million Canadians who pay taxes and drive this country forward.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, a tax cut is a cut for those who pay taxes. Twenty-two million Canadians pay taxes in this country. Eighty-six per cent of that tax cut goes to those in the first two tax brackets. For a two-earner family, the maximum tax cut is $840 a year. The members opposite think it is irrelevant, but it is relevant for Canadians; it is building the economy. We are glad they voted for…
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Mr. Speaker, I am proud, as Prime Minister, to have made the biggest investment in our military in decades. I am proud to be reversing the decades of cuts from members opposite.
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Mr. Speaker, when it comes to Canada‑U.S. trade, over 90% of our exports to the U.S. are duty‑free. That is a success. We are the only country in the world to have achieved such success. However, we are not satisfied. We need to find markets, and we need to come up with fair arrangements with the Americans for the steel, aluminum and auto industries.
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Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to follow details, including important details such as that there was just an election. Canada's new government was elected to focus on getting best value for Canadian taxpayer dollars and building the strongest economy in the G7. That is exactly what we are doing. We are focused on the future.
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Mr. Speaker, every hour of every day, I intend to focus on best-in-class procurement for Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, the government is focused on best-in-class procurement. That is why we have put in place a new Minister of Government Transformation. That is why we are putting in place new Department of National Defence procurement. It is to get taxpayer value for money and to build the strongest economy in the G7. That is how we get value for Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's new government is focused on best-in-class procurement. That is why we have a new Minister of Government Transformation and new Department of National Defence procurement at a time when we are seeing the biggest increase in spending to defend our country.
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Mr. Speaker, the government, Canada's new government, is focused on best value for taxpayer dollars. We are running a process to review our programs. We are running a process to focus on results for Canadians, not on dollars in. We are running a process to integrate technology. We are running a process to get best value for the largest increase in defence spending in precedent, making up for the f…
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Mr. Speaker, the provinces and Quebec had the choice to impose their own carbon pricing system. We respect Quebec's jurisdictions.
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Mr. Speaker, as I just said, the government is laser-focused on best-in-class procurement. That is why we have a new Minister of Government Transformation. That is why we have a brave deputy, who fought for this country and who flew fighter jets, as the new Secretary of State for Defence Procurement. We are going to get best value for Canadians' dollars. We are going to grow the economy. The membe…
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Mr. Speaker, there are different systems and different transitions. This is not an injustice. We are being consistent.
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Mr. Speaker, the final carbon rebate payment was issued to help with the transition that millions of Canadian families are going through. All members agreed with our decision to scrap the consumer carbon tax. Many families outside Quebec and British Columbia need a transition period. That is the reason.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to know if the member opposite holds himself accountable for letting military spending fall below 1% of GDP when the Conservatives were in government. This government has doubled military spending in cash terms. We are meeting our NATO obligations this year, leading from the front.
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Mr. Speaker, as the leader of the Bloc Québécois just mentioned, he created Quebec's own carbon pricing system. Things were different elsewhere in the country, with the exception of British Columbia. This is consistent, it is fair, and it is done.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Auditor General for her service. I note that GC Strategies has been prohibited from government contracts for seven years. It is that standard—
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Mr. Speaker, as a member of Canada's new government and a new member of Parliament, I say we will uphold higher standards.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend the members opposite for supporting the making life more affordable act to get taxpayer dollars back to Canadians. This government is committed. This new government is committed to making the best use of all taxpayers' dollars.
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Mr. Speaker, I was proud to stand yesterday with the Minister of National Defence and the chief of the defence staff to announce the largest increase in military expenditure in decades. Building our military strong, building our military with Canadian technology, Canadian jobs, Canadian steel and Canadian aluminum, is what the review of the F-35 is about. That is what the future of this country is…
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Mr. Speaker, one of the first things I did was review the F-35 contract, because it has to be right for Canada, for Canadians and for our security. We will report back to Parliament this summer.
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Mr. Speaker, last year, after an independent process, the government suspended the company for this year. It is finished.
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Mr. Speaker, I am proud that we cancelled the carbon tax. Quebec and British Columbia have their own system. Our decision, including the decision about the final rebate payment, concerns the rest of Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, Quebec did not pay the consumer carbon tax. Therefore, this is not unjust. It makes sense that the rebate would be paid one last time as an adjustment for Canadian families.
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Mr. Speaker, we have already strengthened the EI system. We have committed to giving all of the countertariff revenues to the workers and businesses most affected by the unjustified and unlawful U.S. tariffs.
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Mr. Speaker, the American tariffs, the new tariffs on steel and aluminum, are unlawful, unjustified and illogical, I agree with the member opposite, and that is one of the reasons why we have retaliatory tariffs on over 90 billion dollars' worth of U.S. goods. We are in intensive negotiations with the Americans and, in parallel, preparing reprisals if those negotiations do not succeed.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians from Shawinigan to Saskatoon, and the premiers and the Prime Minister who represent them, have agreed on the importance of building projects of national interest. The consensus that is required includes a consensus with indigenous peoples, something that members opposite do not do. We will stand with indigenous Canadians. We will build pipelines, energy infrastructure and th…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased, for the first time, to hear members opposite talk about lowering taxes in front of this House. It is the first time in my hearing. Before the House is a tax cut for 22 million Canadians, up to $840, and they want their support.
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Mr. Speaker, the bill that is before the House will cut taxes for 22 million middle-class Canadians. The House must support it.
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Mr. Speaker, the bill that is before the House increases health transfers by 5% and increases spending on seniors' benefits by 6%. The House needs to vote for all of that, and to lower taxes and cut the GST on new homes.
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Mr. Speaker, the U.S. tariffs are illegal and unjustified. They do not make sense. That is very clear. We are in the midst of intensive real-time negotiations with the Americans and, in parallel, preparing reprisals for the aluminum tariffs.
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Mr. Speaker, we need to do several things at once. We need to build our economy. We need to build our economy with legislation that will give us one Canadian economy instead of 13. We need to build our economy with projects of national significance. Yes, we need to negotiate with the Americans. These negotiations are taking place at a very sensitive time, but we are going to win, and so are the Ed…
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Mr. Speaker, as I just said, we need to do several things at once. We are negotiating with the Americans, while simultaneously offering financial support to businesses in the steel and aluminum sector. We are supporting the workers. We are also offering several support measures through public procurement, as the Minister of Industry mentioned yesterday.
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Mr. Speaker, we discussed many projects in Saskatoon yesterday. Yes, it was a big love-in, because all the premiers want to keep going, want to work hard for our country and for our economy, and that includes major projects in Quebec in the critical minerals and green energy sectors.
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Mr. Speaker, I spoke with the Premier of Quebec and the other premiers about the need for commitments and co-operation agreements regarding environmental standards. We will enter into such agreements in the coming months.
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Mr. Speaker, we have not yet made any decisions involving projects of national significance. Yes, it is true that we had a big conversation. There have to be environmental standards and there has to be a major impact on our economic growth.
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Mr. Speaker, there will be a budget that increases support for seniors, children, child care centres and all of Canada. For now, we will increase our country's growth with a bill for a strong economy.
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Mr. Speaker, Parliament's motion is duly noted. Yesterday, I was with the Premier of Quebec and we agreed that the best way to increase growth in our country is to have one Canadian economy, not 13.
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Mr. Speaker, I will speak softly. Unlike the member opposite, I know the difference between main estimates and a budget. Unlike the members opposite, we know how to grow the economy without spending money. This is why we are proposing a bill to build one Canadian economy out of 13, and all the provinces and Quebec agree.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike the member opposite, I know the difference between main estimates and a budget. Unlike the member opposite, I know how to grow this economy—
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Mr. Speaker, we take note of last night's motion, but what Canadians deserve and Canadian provinces deserve is a health care transfer, a transfer for child care, a transfer for dental care and a transfer to support affordability. That is what is in the main estimates, and we expect the support of the members opposite.
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Mr. Speaker, the first ministers agreed on a plan to build this great country and stand up to Donald Trump, fact. The Government of Canada is imposing tariffs that cause maximum impact on the United States and minimum impact on Canada, fact, on over $60 billion of U.S. exports to Canada, fact, which has raised over $1.7 billion already, fact.
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Mr. Speaker, this week was a great week for the London Knights. It was a greater week for the country of Canada. Every first minister in Canada, from Quebec, from the provinces, from the territories and from the Government of Canada agreed on a plan to build Canada strong, one Canadian economy out of 13. That is what will drive our country forward.
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Mr. Speaker, I know it is difficult to be an opposition member because now, at the beginning of this parliamentary session, they have a choice to make. We are offering a tax cut for the middle class, cancelling the carbon tax, and cutting the GST on new home construction. He has a choice. Will he say yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville and congratulate him on his maiden intervention. The government will begin by focusing on affordability. That is why the first item we tabled was the middle-class tax cut the hon. member referred to, a tax cut that will save up to $840 per year for every two-earner taxpaying family in the country. Up to …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the leader of the Bloc Québécois for his bill. I have been clear about this since January. Supply management will never be on the table in negotiations with the Americans. We will protect supply management. There will be a direct response. We will protect the French language and Canadian culture in its entirety in any discussion or trade negotiation with any country around the…
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