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Mr. Speaker, I will remind members that the Liberals cut the carbon tax after we put pressure on them. We know that the Prime Minister said Canadians should judge him by the cost at the grocery store. Parents across the country are trying to fill lunch kits with nutritious food, but prices keep climbing. According to the CEO of Canada's largest food banks, visits increased to two million under Tru…
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Madam Speaker, it is great to be back after some time with family and in our own ridings. It is wonderful to see everybody. Our Canadian identity is rooted in our shared values and our deep connection to this country. With our Canadian citizenship, we are granted rights and responsibilities. Our Canadian citizenship guarantees fundamental freedoms, such as conscience and expression. It ensures dem…
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Madam Speaker, what I mentioned was that the bill had been reintroduced. The Liberals rejected the amendments proposed by the Conservatives in the previous Parliament. This bill was reintroduced by the Liberals unchanged, without taking any of those amendments into consideration. Given the very first question that opened Parliament from the member for Winnipeg North talked about working collaborat…
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Madam Speaker, as I mentioned in my remarks, there has been no cost analysis. The Liberals do not know the scope, so we do not know how much this would cost the government, a.k.a. the Canadian taxpayers. Also, we do not have the information on the 1,095 nonconsecutive days that are being proposed. This is an opportunity to provide amendments to make sure that we can strengthen the bill if we belie…
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Madam Speaker, as I spoke of in my remarks, I believe that this would create a two-tier immigration system. I think we should have an even playing field. If there are language requirements in other streams of immigration, absolutely, they should also be applied.
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Madam Speaker, with respect to the spirit of collaboration, if this passes to committee, I would absolutely expect that when amendments are brought forward, they will be debated thoroughly and voted on in a non-partisan manner.
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With regard to government contracts with telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all contracts with Rogers (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (b) what are the detail…
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With regard to government grants and contributions to telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Rogers (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) am…
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Mr. Speaker, the housing minister is part of the problem. He said that housing prices do not need to come down, and now we know why: He has a $10-million real estate portfolio, including three, not one or two but three luxury properties. Housing costs have doubled under the Liberals, putting home ownership out of reach for more and more Canadians. How can the minister sit in his Vancouver penthous…
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General's damning ArriveCAN audit confirms that the Liberal government failed to protect taxpayers' money. An app that was supposed to cost $80,000 ballooned to at least $60 million, and due to the poor record-keeping, the true total may never be known. The Liberals handed GC Strategies contracts despite it being under RCMP investigation and lacking proper security clearan…
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Mr. Speaker, as it is the first time I am rising in this House with you in the chair, I want to congratulate you on your position. The member opposite gave a lot to unpack, but the thing that stuck out the most to me was how he mentioned it would be unfair to Canadians who were relying on that payment, because they budgeted for it. This tells me the member opposite understands the importance of bu…
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Mr. Speaker, for a decade, the Liberal government's anti-energy agenda has driven away Canadian jobs and investment. The consequences are clear. Building energy projects will boost our economy, reduce reliance on the United States and create good-paying jobs for Canadians. The only thing still standing in the way is the Liberal government. At a time when our economy needs strengthening, will the L…
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Mr. Speaker, it is the Liberal government's anti-energy policies that are blocking critical energy projects in this country. Bill C-69, the no new pipelines law; Bill C-48, the shipping ban; the job-killing oil and gas cap; and the industrial carbon tax are all driving away investment and killing Canadian energy development. If the Prime Minister is serious about his so-called “build, baby, build”…
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Madam Speaker, as this is my first time rising to speak in the 45th Parliament, I want to begin by expressing my deep gratitude to the constituents of the newly redistributed riding of Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake. I thank them for placing their trust in me to be their voice in this chamber. It is truly an honour and a privilege to stand in this place, and I do so with a sense of deep resp…
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Madam Speaker, I am in no way being partisan. As this is my first speech in the House of Commons in the 45th Parliament, I am simply relaying the information and the concerns of my constituents in Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake. To address this holistic agenda, there was no plan and no details. There were many subjects missing and omitted from the throne speech. I talked about the energy sec…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague brings up a very good point. Throughout the campaign, we did not hear that the candidate who is now the Prime Minister quietly ended the retaliatory tariffs that he campaigned on, saying that the government would give the revenue to the affected businesses. We know we did not hear that. Also, if the Liberals are certain about supporting businesses, they would remove the…
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Madam Speaker, I want to go a little further. Just because we do not see eye to eye, that does not mean we cannot work together. It is important that we can have conversations and debate. Iron sharpens iron, and this is something that should be honoured in this place. As for how the government wanted to read the throne speech, it is baffling to me that the Governor General could not have read it o…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's debt is out of control, and he set up the former finance minister to take the blame. Just last Tuesday, the fake feminist Prime Minister boasted about appointing Canada's first female finance minister. On Friday, he fired her, but first he expected her to deliver Mark Carney's fall economic statement. Why is that? It is because the old boys' club crashed through i…
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Mr. Speaker, I absolutely do agree that the leader of the NDP cares about himself, his own self-interest, padding his pension and making sure he checks that box, and he does not care whom he is hurting along the way. It does not matter whether it is his own caucus members, many of whom will not return to this place because they are not putting the interests of Canadians first, or whether it is Can…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is, in my opinion, the best country in the world. We do have the best people. I go home every weekend and I speak with Canadians who had never used a food bank before but are now using one, and with Canadians who are losing their house because they do not have a job. The Liberal government, where I am from, has attacked our energy sector and our agriculture sector to the point …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the kind words. It is just so sad, especially coming up to Christmas. I was at the grocery store on the weekend, and I saw people who had to take things off the conveyor belt to put them back. What is baffling to me and what I do not understand is that what we are debating today is the Liberal government's failure to produce documents that they were ordered by…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on his new role and the new responsibility that he gets to bear. It is quite interesting, actually. We know that the NDP has voted confidence in the Liberal government, not sometimes but literally all the time. We do know that right before the Elmwood—Transcona by-election, the leader of the NDP ripped up the supply and confidence agreement. We know…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his words. It is quite interesting. I want to bring a date to the minds of those who are in the chamber: February 12, 2019. Does anybody know what happened that day? Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet on that date. It is almost like déjà vu. Even the former finance minister does not have confidence in the Prime Minister. During the debate…
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Mr. Speaker, for two and a half months, the House has been seized with this privilege motion. We are still waiting on documents that were ordered by the House months ago, documents that would shed light on the misuse of taxpayer dollars through the Sustainable Development Technology Canada green slush fund. Despite a clear parliamentary order, the Liberal government has refused to comply, obstruct…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians cannot afford the Prime Minister's fake feminism. He had the gall this week to say, “I want you to know that I am, and always will be, a proud feminist. You will always have an ally in me and in my government”, while working overtime behind the scenes to throw Canada's first female finance minister under the bus for his reckless spending. Will the so-called feminist Prime Mi…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has lost control of spending and his cabinet. The finance minister promised to cap the deficit at an already reckless $40 billion, but now it turns out he is shoving her through her own guardrail. The fake feminist Prime Minister is setting up Canada's first female finance minister to take the hit for his reckless spending so that he can then officially bring in the…
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, I have two sentences left. That is all I ask.
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Mr. Speaker, this is going on across the country. This is the backdrop I have in my mind; it is going through my mind, and I am trying to figure out if it is safe or not safe. This was described as a passive sit-in protest, which it was not. I heard the yelling and chanting; I felt the intimidation. Because of what he witnessed, one of my children felt scared for his mom, asking if it is okay for …
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Mr. Speaker, this is what I have been trying to do. I have literally three sentences left. As I was saying, I believe this is added evidence that the New Democrats are not only contributing to the hostile work environment in the opposition lobby and in the House of Commons but that they are also among the—
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Mr. Speaker, just in response to that, the member for Timmins—James Bay should be very careful with what he is saying. I came to the office at basically the time when we received the situational advisory. I had two children with me. There was no way for me to be able to do everything at once: checking my email, walking with my kids and entering the building. I would just ask the member not to be p…
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I would like to finish my last two sentences—
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising to add to the question of privilege that was raised by my colleague from Thornhill. I also just want to note that I am deeply offended by the previous interventions in regard to the point of order from the member for Timmins—James Bay. For him to suggest that this is a filibuster tactic is completely disrespectful. My safety and my staff's safety were jeopardized on Tuesda…
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Madam Speaker, it is just about having the floor once the member for Thornhill is done, on the question of privilege.
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Mr. Speaker, our safety as parliamentarians, those who are in this place and also our staff, should be of utmost importance in this place, and so I will continue. I had a staff member from another member of Parliament's office knock on my door and advise me that PPS was going to be removing protesters and I should keep my door locked because officers were bringing them through my hallway. Why did …
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Mr. Speaker, I will close with this. Security of all staff, members of Parliament and those who are visiting this institution to see how our democracy works and to visit the heart of the nation must be taken seriously. I ask the Speaker to look through the lens of those who were intimidated, traumatized and scared for their safety, and that he also review the procedures that were used and put in p…
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Madam Speaker, I am asking, through you, that the leader of the NDP withdraw his comments. You very clearly made the member for Calgary Forest Lawn do that, and I would expect there would be consistency and that he would have to withdraw his comments.
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That is not fair. I literally have two sentences left.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Prime Minister, Canadians cannot afford their rent or mortgages. The NDP leader has called the Liberals too weak, selfish and beholden to corporate interests to fight for Canadians, but it is the NDP leader who is keeping the Prime Minister in power. Conservatives have tabled a motion of confidence using the NDP leader's own words. Will the NDP leader stand beh…
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Mr. Speaker, what is ridiculous is Canadians are struggling to feed, heat and house themselves while the NDP leader waits to get his pension. In a by-election stunt, he claimed to rip up his agreement with the Liberals, yet the NDP's actions prove the carbon tax coalition is driven by his pension and the Prime Minister's lust for power. Canadians cannot afford this costly coalition. Will the NDP v…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Prime Minister, life has never been more expensive for Canadians. Grocery prices have skyrocketed and Canadians are struggling to feed their families. Record numbers of Canadians are being forced to rely on food banks to survive and many food banks are running out of food. Food insecurity has reached such alarming levels that 27 cases of scurvy have been identi…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost. The Prime Minister got on his taxpayer-funded, carbon-emitting jet, flew to Brazil and bragged about how great his punitive carbon tax was. His carbon tax has done nothing for the environment, while literally making life's basic necessities unaffordable. The Prime Minister called it the best tool out there, but the only tool t…
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Mr. Speaker, under the Prime Minister's carbon tax regime, grocery prices have skyrocketed to the point that scurvy is now a serious health concern in Canada, with 27 cases of scurvy having been identified in northern Saskatchewan. The Prime Minister wants to blame “propaganda, misinformation...and flat-out lies” for opposition to his carbon tax. Unlike him, Canadians do not get to turn a blind ey…
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Madam Speaker, we know that the cost of living in Canada has never been higher. Life has become unaffordable for far too many Canadians, and this historic cost of living crisis is not by chance. It is a direct result of the NDP-Liberal government's inflationary taxes and reckless spending. The Liberals' costly and punishing carbon tax is significantly adding to the cost of gas, groceries, home hea…
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Madam Speaker, we know that the NDP-Liberal carbon tax is an expensive scam. Saskatchewanians are not receiving back more than they pay into it. We know that the Liberals have failed to meet every single one of their own environmental targets, but what they have unfortunately succeeded in doing is impoverishing Canadians. The member on the other side says that food is not taxed, but he obviously d…
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Mr. Speaker, the wannabe minister is desperately clinging to the $8-billion failed Liberal housing photo op program that has built zero houses. The Conservatives have proposed “the most significant housing policy commitment made in the past two decades.” Those are not my words. That is what the West End Home Builders Association has said. The Canadian Real Estate Association called it a positive s…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, the majority of young Canadians have now abandoned the dream of home ownership. While housing starts fail to keep up with Canada's population growth, the Americans are building four times more housing per new resident. The Conservatives have announced a plan to axe the federal sales tax on new homes, and we have called on the provinces to do the s…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government is pushing Canadians to the brink. The Liberals should be ashamed of their carbon tax fixation, which has made life's basic necessities unaffordable. Housing costs have doubled and food bank usage has soared past two million visits per month. It has gotten so dire that 30% of food banks are now running out of food. It is quite simple. Will the Prime Minister cal…
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are simply not worth the cost. Low-income Canadians are now spending 80% of their income on housing and food. The NDP-Liberals' housing and food inflation is forcing millions of Canadians to rely on food banks. Still, the Liberal government is hell-bent on continuing to increase the cost of groceries with its punishing carbon tax. Will the Prime Mini…
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Mr. Speaker, for weeks now, the regular business of this chamber has been put on hold because of the Liberal government's refusal to produce the documents ordered by the House. Parliament is, in fact, seized by this issue. We are unable to get back to the regular business of this place. Whether it is the doubling of housing costs, Liberal food inflation or the crime and chaos in our streets, there…
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Madam Speaker, as I said at the beginning of my remarks, there was a motion passed in June that stated that the documents were supposed to be brought forward within 14 days. It has been four months, and there has been no movement. Not everything has been brought forward. Things have been redacted. Some departments have said they do not need to bring forward documents as they are not even part of t…
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