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Mr. Speaker, as the 42nd ICAO Assembly sets to convene in Montreal, Canada's democratic ally Taiwan continues to be excluded from ICAO. Taiwan's exclusion is about one thing and one thing only, bending to Beijing's bullying, and it has to stop. Taiwan is the 11th largest aviation market in the world and serves as a vital global hub. Excluding one of the world's largest and most responsible airspac…
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With regard to special ballots issued for the 43rd, 44th and 45th general elections, nationally and broken down by riding for each election: (a) how many mobile voting requests were made for home visits pursuant to section 243.1 of the Elections Act, broken down by (i) total number of home visits at residential addresses, further broken down by type of home (house, assisted-living facility, etc.),…
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With regard to special ballots issued for the 45th general election: (a) how many special ballots were sent to electors residing outside Canada, broken down by country of current residence and further broken down by Canadian electoral district; and (b) how many special ballots were returned from electors residing outside Canada, broken down by country of current residence and further broken down b…
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With regard to preliminary audits of registered third parties undertaken by Elections Canada during the 45th general election, prior to April 28, 2025: what were the details of each preliminary audit undertaken, including the (i) name of the third party, (ii) website name and uniform resource locator of the organization, (iii) cause or concern for issuing the preliminary audit, (iv) results of the…
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General found no proof of work in nearly half of the contracts awarded to GC Strategies. The Liberals gave millions to GC Strategies to do literally nothing. Taxpayers deserve a refund and deserve it now, so will the Liberals support our Conservative motion to get taxpayers their money back, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, do members know what it is called when a company submits an invoice and accepts payment for work that was not done? It is called fraud. It is called theft. Under the Liberals, GC Strategies robbed taxpayers for millions. Will the Liberals finally take responsibility and vote with the Conservatives to get taxpayers their money back?
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114 and the motion adopted by the House on Thursday, June 5, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, regarding the membership of committees of the House.
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Mr. Speaker, when someone submits a receipt and gets paid for work that they did not do, which is exactly what GC Strategies did, it is called fraud. That is what happened under the government's watch: $20 million for the arrive scam and millions more on non-arrive scam contracts. It is scandalous. It is criminal.
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Mr. Speaker, to say that this was “a problematic procurement” is the understatement of the year. We are talking about 76% of contractors who got paid but did no work. The House, 16 months ago, ordered the government to recover all of the stolen money, not just from GC Strategies but also from the other contractors. It is now 16 months later, and I would challenge the member to prove me otherwise, …
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Mr. Speaker, we have seen no meaningful action taken on the part of the Liberals to get the money back. All we have seen, in fact, is the government's thumbing its nose at the will of the House of Commons, which ordered the government to recover all of the millions of dollars. As far as any proceedings go, no member on the other side of the aisle can cite the lawsuit, the amount sought and the par…
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Mr. Speaker, the short answer is no. I do not believe that we see evidence of accountability for those who engaged in wrongdoing. While it is important to see that those responsible for shovelling money out the door without seeing proof of work are fired, there also has to be responsibility on the part of ministers under whose watch tens of millions of dollars went out the door to GC Strategies an…
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Mr. Chair, a legal action is a public document. Has the government commenced legal action against GC Strategies in relation to arrive scam, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time with the member for Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, as well as the member for Chatham-Kent—Leamington. On February 28 of last year, this House ordered the government to recover all funds paid to arrive scam contractors, who did no work, within 100 days. It has been 16 months since that House order. As of today, how much money has been recovered?
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Mr. Chair, have any government officials who authorized these improper payments been subject to disciplinary action?
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Mr. Chair, the minister has increased, through the estimates, the budget for contractors by $7 billion. My question related specifically to the contracting practices of the Liberal government as it pertains to arrive scam. How much money has been recovered to date? Is the number zero?
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Mr. Chair, millions of taxpayer dollars improperly went out the door to GC Strategies under the Liberal government's watch. All day, Liberal MPs referenced this mysterious legal action against GC Strategies. Does it exist, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, it sounds a lot like the same old government with the same non-answers and no accountability. Has the government taken any action, any steps against GC Strategies to recover millions of taxpayer dollars for work that was not done, anything?
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Mr. Chair, no monies have been recovered, no legal action has been taken against GC Strategies, no steps have been taken whatsoever to recover tax—
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to our Conservative motion calling on the Liberal government to get taxpayers their money back in the face of the latest chapter in the ArriveCAN, better known as arrive scam, saga. Arrive scam is emblematic of widespread corruption, mismanagement, abuse and incompetence that defines 10 years of the Liberals. Arrive scam involves an app that did not work. It was suppos…
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Mr. Chair, what a pathetic non-answer. Has any government official who authorized payment to GC Strategies without proof of work been dismissed?
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Mr. Chair, has anyone in the government been held accountable for this colossal abuse of millions of taxpayer dollars?
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Mr. Speaker, we have heard government members say again and again today that they are not responsible. It is true the Liberal government is not a responsible government, but the buck ultimately stops with ministers in the government. It is called ministerial responsibility. Instead, the Liberals, even though they have been in office for 10 years and millions went out the door to GC Strategies unde…
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Mr. Chair, I will take it that the number is zero. Has the government commenced legal action against GC Strategies in relation to arrive scam?
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals handed 20 million taxpayer dollars to GC Strategies for its arrive scam. This is for a company that did no work, whose office was raided by the RCMP and that is implicated in fraud. Today we learned from the Auditor General that millions of dollars more went to GC Strategies without any proof that work was done. This is absolutely outrageous. When can taxpayers expect a r…
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General found no proof of work for a staggering 46% of contracts awarded to GC Strategies, and yet the Liberals consistently authorized payment. Millions of taxpayer dollars went improperly out the door without any meaningful oversight, so who on the other side of the aisle is going to stand up, take responsibility and get taxpayers their money back?
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Madam Speaker, we saw half a trillion dollars of new spending without a budget. The Prime Minister speaks about new fiscal discipline, except that over the next four years, the plan is to borrow more and run even bigger deficits than Justin Trudeau's government planned to do. It seems to me that we have a continuation of the same costly policies of spending and borrowing that so greatly contribute…
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Madam Speaker, under the Liberals, Canada has become a playground for foreign interference. For years, CSIS, national security experts and diaspora groups have been calling on the Liberals to establish a foreign influence registry to counter foreign interference. Only after the Liberals got caught turning a blind eye to Beijing's interference in our democracy did they finally introduce legislation…
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Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Langley Township—Fraser Heights. I rise to speak to Bill C-4, the Liberals' so-called making life more affordable for Canadians act. After 10 years of the Liberals, Canadians are facing an unprecedented cost of living crisis. In the 10 years that the Liberals have been in power, housing costs have doubled, rent has doubled, mortgage co…
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Madam Speaker, the bottom line is that the Prime Minister's commitment to increase the industrial carbon tax not only would undermine Canada's competitiveness, but the costs borne would be passed on to consumers. Canadians would in fact be paying more, not less, as a result of the Prime Minister's industrial carbon tax hike.
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Madam Speaker, what Conservatives support is real tax relief for Canadians, which would be to abolish, axe completely, the entire carbon tax. That would mean a real middle-class tax cut, not a tax cut that results in savings that work out to roughly a coffee per week, and it would include a real cut in terms of GST on new homes, not the watered-down version copied and pasted from our Conservative …
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Madam Speaker, it demonstrates that the Prime Minister represents a continuation of the same, with the current government, because that has been one of the defining features of the Liberals: to pad the pockets of their friends and of Liberal insiders. We saw that with McKinsey. We saw it with the $400-million green slush fund that seized Parliament last fall, and we see the same with this budget.
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Madam Speaker, I take the hon. member's point that it would have been more appropriate to have provided those amendments in the form of a separate piece of legislation. With regard to the substance of part 4, the amendments to the Canada Elections Act, I do support those amendments: to have a uniform system in place with respect to privacy laws falling exclusively under federal jurisdiction, as th…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to follow up on a very straightforward question I posed to the government House leader last week in question period. I asked if the Prime Minister has any financial holdings hidden away in offshore tax havens. It is a straightforward question, which the government House leader very conveniently refused to answer. It is a question the Prime Minister has repeatedly refused to ans…
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Mr. Speaker, that was a complete non-answer. The Prime Minister has a history with tax havens and has not denied that he is currently using them. Instead of clearing the air, the Prime Minister is hiding behind a loophole in Canada's ethics laws and refusing to answer all questions about his financial interests. In the face of that, what conclusion can be drawn other than that Mr. Elbows Up himsel…
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Mr. Speaker, I would note that when it comes to fire and emergency services, we have seen a significant deterioration across Canada in recent years. The Liberal Party pledged in 2021 to allocate half a billion dollars to train and recruit 1,000 new firefighters and acquire new equipment, including helicopters and water bombers. Thus far, that money has not gone out the door. The government has fai…
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Mr. Speaker, there is more work for the federal government to do with respect to coordination and firefighter recruitment and retention. There are measures the government could take by adopting the proposed bill put forward by the hon. member and recommended by the finance committee, and that is to expand the volunteer firefighter tax credit from $3,000 to $10,000. The Parliamentary Budget Officer…
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Mr. Speaker, the simple answer is no. Resources are lacking. Equipment is lacking. What we have seen with the government is that there are a lot of empty words. The Liberal Party across the way committed to a half-billion-dollar investment to recruit and train new firefighters and to acquire much-needed equipment, including helicopters and fire bombers, but three and a half years later, the govern…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to participate in this very important emergency debate, but before I address the urgent matter at hand, as this is the first time I have had the opportunity to speak in this new Parliament, I want to thank the residents of St. Albert—Sturgeon River for placing their trust and confidence in me. I would also like to thank all the many dedicated volunteers who worked so hard on my…
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Mr. Speaker, I would note, since the member was to some degree alluding to climate change, that a recent IPCC climate report assigned only medium confidence to the idea that climate change has increased fire weather in some parts of the earth.
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Mr. Speaker, it is very disappointing that the minister has decided to play politics with wildfires, but it is part of the pattern with the government to cite climate change as the basis for every wildfire. Yes, climate change is a factor, but there are many other factors, including the bad forest management policies of the government, as well as human activity, among other factors.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to welcome the hon. member to this House. We have seen mixed messages from the Prime Minister and from the government when it comes to getting resource projects and pipelines built. During the election campaign, the Prime Minister's mantra was “build, baby, build”. He even invoked using emergency powers to get pipelines built, but then backtracked by endorsing the “no pipelines…
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Mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister was the chair of Brookfield, Brookfield registered $30 billion of investment funds in offshore tax havens in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, all to avoid paying taxes in Canada. Now the Prime Minister refuses to come clean and disclose his assets to Canadians. Canadians deserve to know. Does the Prime Minister have any financial holdings hidden away in offshore…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has been anything but transparent, hiding behind a loophole in Canada's ethics laws to hide his assets from Canadians. It really begs the question “Why?” Is it because Mr. Elbows Up himself is dodging paying taxes?
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has lost all control. Not only has the Prime Minister long ago lost the moral authority to govern, but also the Prime Minister has lost his ability to carry out the basic functions of governing, with the shambolic spectacle of his former finance minister resigning hours before she was scheduled to deliver the government's fall economic statement. This is a governmen…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has lost the confidence of Canadians, lost the confidence of many of his MPs, and yesterday, he lost the confidence of the former finance minister. It is no wonder because, after nine years, the Prime Minister has broken everything. He has broken our borders, broken immigration, broken housing and broken the budget. When will the Prime Minister just stop breaking th…
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary acts as if the Liberals are bystanders and yet we are talking about a specific warrant that sat on the minister's desk for 54 days, despite repeated attempts by CSIS to have the minister sign off on the warrant. I simply asked for an explanation. Why did it happen? Is it not because it was about protecting a Liberal kingpin? It was about protecting someon…
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Mr. Speaker, we are in uncharted territory. I do not believe there has ever been a time when a finance minister has resigned on the day of a budget or a fall economic statement. The current government and the Prime Minister have totally lost control. The Prime Minister has lost the moral authority to govern, yet the NDP leader, after purportedly ripping up his agreement, has taped it back together…
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Mr. Speaker, could the member comment on the fact that Canadians are being held hostage by an erratic Prime Minister and the leader of the NDP, who is putting his $2.3-million pension ahead of the country?
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Mr. Speaker, I would observe that we live in the greatest country. However, we have the worst Prime Minister and the worst government in Canadian history. The Prime Minister long ago lost the moral authority to govern, but today, if there was any doubt, we have seen that the government has lost its ability to carry on the very functions of government, because in four hours, the government has to p…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition in which the petitioners are calling on the Liberals to permanently scrap their reckless planned expansion of MAID, where mental illness is the sole underlying disorder. The petitioners note that vulnerable persons would be put at unique risk because it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine irremediability, meaning persons who could get better coul…
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