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moved: Motion No. 21 That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 21 with the following: “Canada, including its prosperity and economic security, assured in part by the pursuit of the objectives” Motion No. 22 That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 21 with the following: “set out in section 4 relating to the development of natural resources, energy…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for working so well together with Conservatives at committee to put in safeguards on accountability and transparency. Projects like building a pool in one's backyard will not happen, but I would like nothing more than to work with the Bloc or any other members to fundamentally change, instead of having an end-around on the morass of regulation and burd…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order with respect to the earlier point of order from the Bloc Québécois on the ability to move amendments, the reality is that, at 12 o'clock, amendments were still being voted on. In fact, they were deemed moved, and so there was no inability to have an amendment moved after 12 o'clock.
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moved: That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended (a) by replacing lines 27 and 28 on page 14 with the following: “dissolved.”; (b) by replacing lines 21 and 22 on page 19 with the following: “or dissolved.”; (c) by replacing lines 3 and 4 on page 20 with the following: “rogued or dissolved.”; and (d) by replacing lines 10 and 11 on page 20 with the following: “rogued or dissolved.”
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Mr. Speaker, I will start by saying the word “pipeline”. I do believe pipelines will be nation building. I would actually like to start my speech by talking briefly about the contributions of some of the great Conservative members who have done a lot to improve this flawed Liberal legislation. There is the member for Lakeland, who has been leading the debate, leading the charge on bringing transpa…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order with respect to the upcoming votes at report stage on Bill C-5. Page 788 of House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states: When the Speaker selects and groups motions in amendment, he or she also decides on how they will be grouped for voting, that is, the Speaker determines the order in which the motions in amendment will be called and…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is correct that the bill does provide the government with discretion to approve projects. I guess where the Conservatives and the Bloc separate is the fact that the Bloc members voted for Bill C-69. They supported the industrial carbon tax. This is the very reason Bill C-5 is necessary. Will the member vote with Conservatives to eliminate Bill C-69?
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Mr. Speaker, especially with respect to interprovincial trade, I think we all agree that we need more of it, particularly in the context of the deteriorating relationship with our neighbour to the south. We agree on that, but the vast majority of interprovincial trade barriers will still remain after the passage of the bill. Do you think that things such as providing financial incentives to the pr…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today with respect to a petition. This petition is brought to us by petitioners as all Canadians face an inflation crisis. These particular petitioners are petitioning on behalf of seniors, who are facing incredibly high costs, often with fixed income. They are asking for relief, particularly for those who are survivors, or widows or widowers, from the CPP bene…
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Mr. Speaker, we have many great union workers and unions within Northumberland—Clarke, and I salute them, as the other member talked about. What we really need, and what unions are, quite frankly, clamouring for, is the reduction, as the Minister of Transport said, or elimination of a thicket of regulations that is slowing economic growth and projects. If we want to get more quality union jobs, we…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised to have free trade in Canada by Canada Day. He also promised that all federal and provincial trade barriers would be gone. That raises the question of whether a nurse from British Columbia would be able to work in Ontario, after this legislation is passed, without re-accreditation?
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Mr. Speaker, Ayn Rand once wrote about the way that socialist societies work. On the one hand, they create so many regulations that everyone is in violation, but then, on the other hand, the government will give individuals a “get out of jail free” card if they have preference and benefit from crony capitalism. That is the way that socialism would work. This might be an area of agreement with the …
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Madam Speaker, we have seen some challenges, of course, economically, and nearly every economist in Canada, if not the world, says we need to build major projects and we need to reduce interprovincial trade barriers. Does the member agree?
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Mr. Speaker, I have, quite frankly, been proud of the way the provinces have moved on this. My problem is that during the campaign, the Prime Minister did not say the Liberals would talk to the provinces and do their best. He said there would be free trade in Canada by Canada Day. He misled Canadians, and that is very troubling. It was a big part of the election campaign and, quite frankly, he mis…
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Mr. Speaker, on April 17, 2025, the Prime Minister said, “Secondly, to commit the federal government to do its part by Canada Day, so free trade in Canada by Canada Day.” Even if this legislation passes by July 1, we will still have many, many barriers, some provincial and even some federal. Why did the Prime Minister mislead Canadians?
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Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working with the member to hopefully improve this piece of legislation. The challenge here is that this is a baby step; it is a bread crumb. We really needed a major leap. If done right, it could save hundreds of billions of dollars and make the people of Quebec wealthier, but unfortunately, the government has decided to take baby steps when we needed a giant leap.
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Mr. Speaker, as this is my first opportunity to give a speech in the House of Commons, with the indulgence of the House, I would like to spend 30 seconds of my speech thanking my volunteers, my family, and my wonderful community for sending me back here for the third time to represent the great people of Northumberland—Clarke. I thank them all. Their contributions were immeasurable and amazing. No…
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Mr. Speaker, in the Auditor General's scathing report on Tuesday, we learned that the Liberals failed to put in place the necessary safety procedures and controls to safeguard Canadian taxpayers' dollars. The result was $64 million to the arrive scam's primary contractor, GC Strategies. Canadians work so hard for their money. When will that money be returned? Will everyone in the House vote with C…
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Mr. Speaker, we hear those same talking points over and over again. However, the only guarantee we can have that taxpayer dollars will actually be protected is a change in leadership. Liberals keep getting rich. Canadians keep getting the tax bill. Why, in all heavens, were the ministers promoted instead of fired?
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the Liberals have been in power for the last decade. They did make a half-hearted attempt with the Canadian Free Trade Agreement in 2017, but they have not been serious. If they had been serious, they would have, in the decade they had to fix this, brought all the premiers around the table and demonstrated the economic importance of tearing down all interprovincial…
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the government could have used the power of the bully pulpit and of the Prime Minister to show true leadership by outlining a vision, to both the premiers and all of Canada, of how we get to interprovincial trade. We knew at the time of the campaign that the Prime Minister misled Canadians when he said there would be free trade in Canada. What he should have done, …
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Mr. Speaker, Israel has the right to defend itself, including by disarming Tehran's nuclear program. We should hope that this is the end of the regime's nuclear program and that the great Persian people can now rise up to reclaim their country from the totalitarian regime. Sadly, anti-Semitism has been on the rise here in Canada. Can the government please tell us the extra steps it will take to pr…
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Madam Speaker, I am so sorry to interrupt the member's speech, but I believe he meant to split his time with the member for Souris—Moose Mountain.
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Mr. Speaker, I welcome the new member to the House. I just want him to reflect on, if he could, the importance of this House and being able to spell “Parliament”.
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Mr. Speaker, tents are not houses. The Prime Minister told us during the campaign that Canada was facing the biggest crisis of our lifetime. Well, here is a crisis: In 2015, housing costs were an average of 38% of Canadian household budgets. Today, it is overwhelming. It is 52%. A recent study found that Toronto residents spend more of their income on housing than nearly every other city in the wo…
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Mr. Chair, my question, again, is, will we have free trade in Canada by Canada Day?
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Mr. Chair, just to answer the question, we will read the legislation and then find out whether we are going to support it. I think that makes sense. I was actually hoping that we might get draft legislation in advance so that we would not have to be slowed down by amendments or other contributions we may have. Once again, will all barriers be gone by Canada Day?
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Mr. Chair, will we have all federal barriers eliminated by Canada Day?
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Mr. Chair, Conservatives are committed to eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. My challenge, though, is with what I heard at the doors quite often. I cannot say how many folks I heard from who said they were tired of politicians saying one thing and then doing another. The Prime Minister, then the Liberal candidate, said on five separate occasions that we would have free trade in Canada by …
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister committed five different times during the campaign to eliminating “all barriers”. These are his words, not mine. I realize there may be some reasons why he cannot, but that is why I never would have made that promise to begin with. Does the minister think the Prime Minister was being disingenuous when he made the promise that we would have free trade in Canada by Cana…
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Mr. Chair, the member mentioned the number $200 billion. That has been stated by academics to be for the removal of all barriers. It has been stated clearly today that we will not have all barriers gone. What will be the economic impact of the barriers that will be removed by Canada, if any?
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Mr. Chair, I thank the minister for that, but those numbers were all calculated on the basis of eliminating all barriers. We are not even sure if any barriers will be eliminated by Canada Day. This was a disingenuous false promise by the Prime Minister. Does the minister think he set her up for failure?
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Mr. Chair, what percentage of total barriers are federal barriers?
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Mr. Chair, since we will have the legislation by, I believe, tomorrow, and I look forward to the technical briefing, will the minister commit to providing all economic analysis of the financial impact and economic impact of the legislation?
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Mr. Chair, I think I have just seen two prime ministers in a row set the minister up to fail.
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Mr. Speaker, on April 5, 17, 20, 21 and 29, the Prime Minister committed to “Free trade in Canada by Canada Day”. Almost immediately after the election, the Prime Minister already broke his promise, saying instead that the Liberals would only introduce legislation to eliminate federal and provincial trade barriers by Canada Day. I have a simple question: Why did the Prime Minister mislead Canadian…
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Mr. Speaker, the member for St. Catharines talked a bit in his speech about the removal of interprovincial trade barriers, the federal ones, to be specific. There has not been any degree of specificity as to which of them will be there. Will they be the ones that remain, such as the exemptions remaining in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, or will the government be removing additional ones beyond…
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Mr. Speaker, the consensus among economists, experts and even the Parliamentary Budget Officer is that this government has exceeded all of its fiscal anchors. The only question is: How badly has it failed? Can the government confirm whether the Minister of Finance has gone way past the guardrail, or completely off the cliff, with a $46-billion deficit?
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Mr. Speaker, let us return to the facts here. The current and former governors of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem and Stephen Poloz, agree: The Canadian economy is in big trouble. The phantom finance minister's economic plan is failing Canadians. The sad part is that these Liberals do not even know how badly. Can someone go behind the curtain on the other side and simply ask carbon tax Carney wha…
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Mr. Speaker, I actually had the opportunity to ask the Minister of Housing about houses. This is a question I put to him. I was in a committee, the Minister of Housing was right there in front of me, and I asked him how many houses the accelerator would build. He said none, that it would not build any houses. We can hear the tape. In fact, if anyone has seen our commercials, they probably have see…
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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives have a very different view and vision. The Liberals want to build bureaucracy. We want to axe the tax, fix the budget, build the homes and stop the crime. We look forward to that, and I believe fundamentally that a dollar in the pocket of a Canadian goes a hell of a lot farther than a dollar in the pocket of a bureaucrat.
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Mr. Speaker, I am just going to spend a little time quickly talking about efficiency and how an economy works. We can think of capitalism as the allocation of resources based on consumer demands; what consumers want, they will get through a system of purchases and otherwise. The more efficient that is, the more those goods get out effectively and the wealthier everyone is. Every time the governmen…
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Mr. Speaker, I am proud to serve with the hon. member. That was actually in response to my question with respect to the contaminated sites. There are 24,000 of them, and $400 million would not have cleaned up those 24,000 sites, but it sure as hell would have been a lot more effective than the $400 million that was spent to pad Liberal insiders' pockets.
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Mr. Speaker, the corruption and rot of the government have destroyed many institutions, including SDTC.
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Mr. Speaker, this is not exactly what my speech was on, but I am happy to answer the question. The reality is that we have a supply and demand issue. The government benches have one solution: building bureaucracy. We have another solution: building houses. According to experts, the leader's plan of just removing the GST would create over 30,000 home builds. The more homes we build, the less houses…
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Mr. Speaker, there is an epidemic on this side of the aisle. It is called “whataboutism”. The Liberals refuse to accept accountability or responsibility for anything. Quite frankly, I do not care if the contamination can be traced back to John A. Macdonald. The fact is, over the last nine years, the government knew about it and did nothing.
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Mr. Speaker, before I start, I would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas. Today, we will talk about the SDTC and some of the actions that happened. It can be a bit technical, but in essence it is a horrendous but fairly simple scandal. It is involves the formation of an organization, a company on the behest of the government, and it had a laudable objective. We are suffering through a producti…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to defend the right of the member to finish off her statement. She said she had two more sentences. Bosc and Gagnon is clear that privilege takes priority over nearly all matters. She was not repetitive. She was telling a story about her children. She was literally crying at points. My goodness, we have to decide: Are we parliamentarians, or are we humans?
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Madam Speaker, imagine that we are a CFO of a billion-dollar enterprise and, when the fiscal year ends, we refuse to disclose the assets, the liabilities and the revenues. Then we ask to borrow billions of dollars more for next year. That is exactly what these Liberals are asking of Canadians, asking for billions of dollars without disclosing the numbers. The government's own budgetary watchdog sa…
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