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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives have been saying from day one that the gun buyback program is an awful idea. Law-abiding gun owners do not commit gun crime with lawfully purchased guns. Criminals commit gun crime, gun criminals who terrorize our streets because of the Liberals' failure on law and order. We know that the OPP will not participate in the program. Canada Post will not participate in the pr…
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think the member is allowed to read the petition word for word.
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Mr. Speaker, this year the Liberals will pay $300 million for the mayhem in Toronto's homeless shelters. Toronto's shelters now hand out needles and drug accessories to anyone who walks in. The shelters have now turned into injection sites, bringing more crime and chaos to the streets of Toronto. Now Olivia Chow wants the Liberals to pay for the construction of 20 more shelters inside Toronto's re…
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Mr. Speaker, this morning in the City of Toronto, the city I come from and in which I am blessed to represent one of its riding in the House, a gentleman was running away from another gentleman and was eventually shot. This is a daily occurrence. As I like to say, the Liberals turned the streets of Toronto into Grand Theft Auto, real-life edition. This is more of the same. This is disregard for th…
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Mr. Speaker, that is not what is happening in the bill. Again, I do not understand why the member fails to comprehend that this side of the House is in agreement with the fact that there is a national crisis, one that the Liberals in fact created. They can go ahead and open my mail if a justice of the peace says so. That is the only difference. There would be no warrant requirement under the legis…
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Mr. Speaker, indeed, we on this side of the House want to be reasonable with the government. There are some elements of the bill we sincerely agree with, but we will not sit idly by when we believe that the Liberal government would be abridging constitutional rights without cause. We do not need to rush, seize and search when we can hold onto the evidence, secure the evidence, not worry about the …
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Mr. Speaker, we are not here to debate the fact that there is a lot of trafficking and distribution going through the mail. We will agree to that. The principle of search and seizure must still conform to the charter, and that means that unless there are exigent circumstances, unless there is urgency, unless the evidence can disappear or unless a police officer can get hurt, we have to seek judici…
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Mr. Speaker, the government is asking Parliament to grant Canada Post permission to open letters, mail that Canadians send one another, without a warrant, to protect us from a drug crisis of its own making. Bill C-2 would exempt Canada Post, a Crown agency, from judicial oversight. Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees our right to be secured against unreasonable sear…
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise to debate this proposed legislation for the first time in the House of Commons. What makes this debate even more special to me is that it is about citizenship. Like many of us in this House, I am a citizen of Canada who did not acquire Canadian citizenship by virtue of birth; I gained it later in life, when I was almost 20. Gaining Canadian citizenship is like w…
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Madam Speaker, we absolutely feel that there is room to look. For those who were born to parents outside of Canada, to parents who are Canadian citizens but who were not born in Canada, we should certainly look at ways to let them become Canadian. The disagreement on this side of the House is with the substantial connection test and with the de minimis requirements that Bill C-3 prescribes. What I…
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Madam Speaker, I reject the proposition that I, in any way, am not in favour of other non-Canadian residents obtaining Canadian citizenship. In fact, I specifically said that new Canadians contribute to our country, pay taxes, work, go to school, contribute to our culture and heritage and even get elected. I would like to preserve that privilege for future generations of Canadians instead of dilut…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to contribute to the discussion of this bill, and I thank the shadow minister. I am an immigrant to Canada. We immigrated in 1995 as landed immigrants. In the year 2000, I was blessed with the gift of Canadian citizenship. I remember that day, when my entire family went to St. Clair and Yonge and we took our oath of citizenship before a judge. This is something…
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Mr. Speaker, in the violent revolution of 1979, the barbaric ayatollahs took over the prosperous and peaceful nation of Iran. They oppressed the great Persian people for almost 50 years. They murdered countless Jews and, recently, 58 Canadians. They are the world's largest state sponsor of terror. The difference is simple: If given a chance, Iran would kill 10 million Israelis, but if it were up t…
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Mr. Speaker, after a decade of the Liberal government, crime in Toronto is out of control. Last night in North York, what began as an armed carjacking at the Shops of Don Mills turned into a police pursuit and a man jumping off the Gardiner Expressway. The Liberals have turned Toronto into Grand Theft Auto, real-life edition. Liberal Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 let criminals out on bail instead of lock…
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Mr. Speaker, I articulated a concern earlier today, because it appears that the legislation is playing fast and loose with the charter. Specifically, we know the legislation proposes that projects of national importance are effectively a foregone conclusion. We also know that the Supreme Court has been very clear time and time again about the duty to consult indigenous peoples. That duty specifica…
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Mr. Speaker, I would inquire if the minister sincerely believes the bill will meet constitutional scrutiny. We know the bill prescribes that projects of national importance will, essentially, be treated as a forgone conclusion. We also know the duty to consult, identified by the Supreme Court, has repeatedly held that the government has to consult in good faith. How can the government have consult…
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Mr. Speaker, I am very concerned that we see, again, an example of legislation coming out of the Liberal government that runs a real risk of abridging constitutional rights. Specifically, we know that the Supreme Court prescribed the duty to consult. We do see reference to that in the legislation. However, any consultation has to be meaningful, yet the piece of legislation would prescribe a forego…
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Mr. Speaker, after a lost decade of the Liberal government, housing in Toronto is unaffordable. Last week, we learned that new home sales are at a record low. According to Oxford Economics, as a result of high immigration, residents of Toronto “spend more of their income on housing than residents of nearly every other city in the world.” One would think that would prompt the Liberals to present a …
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Mr. Speaker, it is nice to be able to debate my friend from Kingston and the Islands in his non-Twitter persona. I am wondering what it is that the Liberal government is hiding. Why will it not present a budget? Is it hiding the fact that it was counting on all this tariff revenue, and that is not coming? Is it hiding the fact that, last year, it was planning on various capital gains-related reven…
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Housing said he does not want to bring down prices for Canadians, but Toronto residents cannot afford a roof over their head. When I knocked on doors this spring, voters would tell me that they cannot afford their mortgages or, in apartments, would tell me they cannot afford their rent. It is heartbreaking. Liberal immigration policies are forcing Torontonians to spend…
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Mr. Chair, first of all, it is $20 million, not $95 million, and that is for all institutions in all communities. On day one on the job, the Prime Minister gave Gaza $100 million. The Liberals gave Gaza more money on day one than for the security of all communities and all institutions. Is that not correct?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister know the meaning of the word “intifada”?
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Mr. Chair, this is the estimates. This is committee of the whole. We are not here to talk about the bill. This is the minister in charge of public safety, and I am here to talk about the public safety of the Jewish community.
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Mr. Chair, does the minister know the meaning of the word “intifada”?
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Mr. Chair, why does the government care to give more money to Gaza than it gives to protect all communities and all institutions?
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Mr. Chair, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is an armed rebellion. Does the minister understand that when someone in Canada is chanting to globalize the intifada, they are calling for violence? Does he understand that or not?
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Mr. Chair, I have a very simple question. Does the minister agree that the call for intifada is an incitement to violence, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, it is outrageous that the Liberal government, the minister standing here, would not even acknowledge that for 18 months the chant “intifada” has been chanted on Canada's streets and that he would not recognize the basic definition of what intifada is. I will give you one more opportunity. Is the word “intifada” an incitement to violence or not, from one professional to another?
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Mr. Chair, the minister would not even acknowledge that intifada is a call to violence. Does he agree that when the Prime Minister accuses Israel of genocide on the campaign trail, he endangers the Jewish community?
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Mr. Chair, located in North York is the Bais Chaya Mushka school for Jewish girls. Has the minister heard of that school?
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Mr. Chair, that girls' school was shot at three times. Did the minister know that?
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Mr. Chair, is it acceptable that a Jewish girls' school was shot at three times?
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Mr. Chair, no school should be shot at; there is no “particularly”. Why has the minister not done anything about it?
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Mr. Chair, empty words are the only thing we hear from the government. I cannot point to a single thing the Liberals have done. Firebombings of Jewish businesses and synagogues are now routine. Instead of standing up for the Jewish community and protecting us, the government has been thanked by Hamas twice. Why is the minister failing to protect the Jewish community?
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Mr. Chair, for 18 months, Jewish Canadians have been subjected to incitements to violence without repercussions. What does the minister have to say about that?
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Mr. Speaker, last night in North Toronto, a man was shot to death and at least five others were wounded. Three masked men opened gun fire, steps away from the Yorkdale mall. It is not clear if, or how many, bystanders were hit. The Liberal record on crime is no accident. Liberal bills, such as Bill C-5 and Bill C-75, put repeat criminals back on the streets, unleashing crime and chaos on the stree…
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Mr. Speaker, my north Toronto constituents cannot afford a home. After 10 years of the Liberals, house prices doubled, down payments doubled, mortgage payments doubled and rents doubled. New home sales in Toronto are at a record low, lower than they were during the housing crash of the 1990s, but the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure is on record saying that he does not want to lower the pric…
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Mr. Speaker, I agree that all Canadians should get back as much of their own money as possible. Right now, the Liberal government is offering a $240 tax cut, roughly, per person. That is $20 a month. That is nothing. It is breadcrumbs. The finance minister stands in the House every day and says that 22 million Canadians are going to be getting a $20 tax cut. Of course, Conservatives support all ta…
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Mr. Speaker, as I was saying in my remarks, all one had to do to succeed in Canada was work hard and be nice to people, and if one did that, they would be assured a pretty good standard of living, but after 10 years of the Liberal government, a quarter of Canadians are worried about affording food. Over two million people are using the food bank. It is shameful. That is why we were elected. That i…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased with my municipal counterpart for introducing that legislation. We will see if it survives charter scrutiny. What I do not appreciate is that the Liberal government, in 2017, repealed a Stephen Harper law, Bill C-51, that made it illegal and contrary to the Criminal Code to promote terrorism. The Liberals repealed the provision that would help to address many of the thing…
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Mr. Speaker, I am sincerely grateful to the people of York Centre, to my supporters and to my colleagues. This is an honour of a lifetime. I thank them so much. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I rise in the House for my inaugural address with humility to share my unique story in the hope that I do not go back to the future. I clearly remember the Communist Soviet Union…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on her election. I listened to her speech very carefully. I also lost a grandfather a couple of years ago. He was like my father, and I very much sympathize with what she told the House today. I am also well familiar with Peterborough and the very many families she represents, who sound much like the member's family. The member recognized the affordability cr…
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Mr. Speaker, I will always support all tax cuts, as I am sure all of my friends will on this side of the House. Shame on the Liberal government for actually increasing the alcohol tax during the worst crisis of affordability in our nation's history. Conservatives and myself are in favour of all tax cuts, and I would not exclude the excise tax as well.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rise in the House of Commons for the first time. I am honoured to serve the beautiful riding of York Centre, located in the great city of Toronto. It is home to one of Canada's largest Jewish communities, to which I belong. An unprecedented wave of hate crimes is terrorising Canada's Jewish community. Under the Liberal government, hate crimes have gone up 250%, an…
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