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353 speeches by Shelby Kramp-Neuman — Page 2 of 8
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Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to speak to an issue that, perhaps paradoxically, touches on one of Canada's most important yet too often overlooked relationships: our relationship with indigenous peoples. The riding I represent includes the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. Like many members in this House, I can candidly say that when I was first elected to represent the area we share …
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Madam Speaker, we are not here today to talk about Conservatives. We are not here to talk about politics. We are not here to talk about partisan issues, as one of my colleagues spoke of earlier in a question. We are here to talk about Bill C-10. It was very clear in my speech that a large problem we have is a failure to keep indigenous conversations in this place, and that member's question allude…
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Madam Speaker, I could not agree more that hypocrisy is not welcome in the House, but we hear it time and time again. This is not a true step toward reconciliation. We spoke earlier about $10.6 million over four years: bureaucracy posing as progress. What indigenous peoples are looking for is safer housing and reliable water, but Bill C-10 would not do any of that. It would be just another study a…
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Madam Speaker, Bill C-10 clearly, with no doubt, would only add another voice that governments have been ignoring for years. The issue is not people's raising awareness; the issue is the government's ignoring them, and that would not change with Bill C-10.
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Madam Speaker, the question of Jordan's principle is a conversation that has come up time and time again with trustees from my local area. The question is falling, seemingly, on deaf ears with the government. I have asked time and time again for some consultation, for communication and where we are moving forward.
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Madam Speaker, for months, Canadians have waited to see how the government, elected on promises of fiscal foresight, economic integrity and monetary wizardry, would turn the fortunes of this nation around. If Canadians expected any sort of responsible governance from this budget, they were sorely disappointed. Instead, they got a glossy communications document full of arbitrary promises about vagu…
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Madam Speaker, law-abiding gun owners are enjoying the outdoors and providing a livelihood. The government is stuck in a different era. I do not understand how, after 30 years of listening to stakeholders and people in their ridings, members are not getting the facts and are making arbitrary, single-handed decisions that are not focused on rural centres one bit. Have Canadians take a hard look at …
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Madam Speaker, this is disturbing. Perhaps I can share some cold, hard truth about the Prime Minister and the lack of action he has had on this file. In fact, he thinks he is going to wait until it makes sense to speak with our neighbours to the south. The Prime Minister has suggested that the age-old adage between Canada and the U.S. is over. Tariffs are hitting all-time highs, key sectors, busin…
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate the kind remarks by my colleague. Bringing an approach to Parliament of seasoned compassion and the encouragement of respectful engagement is now more important than ever. We are in an era that is very angry and divided. I recognize the question my hon. colleague asked about organized crime. Organized crime exists and governments need to step up. Right now, we are seein…
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Mr. Speaker, eight months ago, on the steps of Rideau Hall, the Prime Minister pledged to focus on what matters to Canadians: affordability. He pledged that ultimately he would be judged not by his promises but by the prices Canadians face every single day. However, under his watch, life has only become more expensive. Inflation is still running at 3.4%, and food prices have risen nearly 40% faste…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Canadians got a taste of one of the greatest sins a government can commit: over-promise and under-deliver. The Prime Minister promised a generational and transformational budget crafted by the so-called master of monetary policy. Instead of reducing the deficit and showing fiscal discipline, he produced one of the costliest budget deficits in our nation's history. Rather th…
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Mr. Speaker, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, the food professor, has said, “That's been our concern from day one.... The gap between wholesale prices in Canada versus the U.S. food wholesale prices has actually increased, and we believe that one factor driving this is the carbon tax.” It does not take a central banker to figure out that eliminating the industrial carbon tax will help lower food prices. Wh…
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Mr. Speaker, food banks were meant for emergencies, not everyday survival, yet more Canadians rely on them each month just to eat. Families are working harder but falling further behind as groceries soar and paycheques shrink. This is not about generosity. It is about failure. As Food Banks Canada CEO Kirstin Beardsley warns, there were 2.2 million food bank visits in a single month. The longer th…
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Mr. Speaker, we keep sounding the alarm, but it feels as though no one on that side is listening. Families are stretched thin and communities are breaking under the weight of rising costs. One food bank executive said it plainly: Housing and food costs are the greatest contributors to the increase in their services. Costs for basic living continue to rise while the money coming in does not. When w…
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Madam Speaker, I am happy to rise tonight to speak to Bill C-228, legislation that would fundamentally reshape how Canada affirms its treaties. I will admit that this is not quite the agreement I hoped to be speaking to after more than five months of trade negotiations with the U.S. Still, Bill C-228 raises issues that go to the very heart of how Parliament exercises its constitutional role. The i…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a man of sharp contrasts. He vowed to deliver the strongest G7 economy, and we have the weakest. He promised thousands of new jobs, and 86,000 Canadians have lost theirs. He said he would negotiate a win with the United States; instead, weak negotiations were dressed up as a victory. Liberals talk a big game about having the best deal. It is quite the contrary. I…
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Mr. Speaker, today is the day. As the Prime Minister heads to Washington, Canadians are watching closely. After a string of failures, including the doubling of tariffs on Canadian goods and repeated missed deadlines on his promises to negotiate a win for Canada, expectations could not be higher. For months, the Prime Minister has talked a big game but has delivered nothing when it matters most. Wi…
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Mr. Speaker, the government's message on the economy has been all over the place. On the one hand, it blames U.S. tariffs for Canadians' shrinking economy, while on the other, it boasts about the best trade deal with the U.S. The facts tell a different story. The deficit has doubled. Canada has the second-highest unemployment rate and the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7, with $54 billion in in…
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Mr. Speaker, if the member is really concerned and cares about affordability, as he alluded to in his speech, I would perhaps give him the opportunity to speak about how the government has doubled the national debt, has run up a $40-billion deficit and is spending more on interest than it does on health care. How much longer will the government continue to provide failures to the Canadian people?
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister claims to be pro resource development, but mere months ago he was praising the authoritarian government in Beijing for understanding “engineering solutions to issues around emissions” and its willingness to “engage in the global commons in and around climate”. He was happily giving the ambitious leadership of the Chinese Communist Party this high praise while it was…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister was elected on the promise that he was the only one who could deliver a trade deal with the United States. Instead, here is the dismal record. He promised a deal by July 21, and there is no deal. He promised elbows up and, instead, antagonized an unpredictable administration. He promised strength at the table and, instead, delivered concession after concession with …
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Mr. Speaker, if we have the best deal, then why do we have the worst economy in the G7? Deadline after deadline has come and gone, and the government's promised trade deal is nowhere to be found. After failing at the negotiating table in Washington, the Prime Minister is now off to Mexico City, desperate to claim any kind of win. Let us compare that to our Mexican counterparts, who successfully ne…
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With regard to government statistics on violence against women, broken down by year since 2015: (a) how many criminal acts of violence against women were reported, in total and broken down by province or territory and by major metropolitan area; (b) of the acts of violence in (a), how many were homicides or deadly assaults; (c) how many individuals were charged in relation to the crimes in (a); (d…
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Mr. Speaker, under the government's watch, the housing crisis has reached an unprecedented precipice, and no number of recycled ministers will hide the fact that the Liberal government is responsible. The CMHC's own numbers have declared the death of housing affordability across this nation, and the government's solution was to appoint a minister who as mayor of Vancouver was responsible for one o…
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Mr. Speaker, the best time for action was 10 years ago. Given the fact that a government agency said Canada needs to double down on construction to restore affordability, will the government get out of the way and recognize that building bureaucracy does not build homes?
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Mr. Speaker, CMHC released May's housing starts, and predictably for the government, the outlook is not good. In Belleville, starts are down over 50 points, and in Toronto, nearly 60%. The minister's staggering ignorance of the plight of everyday Canadians is not surprising when we remember that he is not only stuck up in his ivory tower here in Ottawa but also sitting on a massive, $10-million, r…
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Mr. Speaker, tell that to the young Canadians who cannot afford a home. For a decade, the Liberal government has continuously failed to address the housing crisis with solutions. To add insult to injury, it appointed a minister who has a significant interest in seeing housing prices soar sky-high. The housing minister is actually part of the problem. How can Canadians actually trust a government t…
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Mr. Speaker, last week the Auditor General confirmed that without proper oversight, due process or consideration, the government flagrantly ignored public procurement procedures and gave $64 million in taxpayer dollars to unqualified insider consultants. In the Auditor General's own words, the government frequently failed to show “which contracted resources performed the work, what work was comple…
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Madam Speaker, the bottom line is that Canadians deserve to be safe. Safety is priority number one. Our water access is number one. Many of us are in border communities and have border ridings, me being one of them. Safety is paramount, always.
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Absolutely, Madam Speaker, scrutinizing and rigorously going through legislation is why we are here. As legislators, it is our responsibility to vigorously debate. If we can push the needle forward and find some goodness, that is up for consideration. We, as legislators, always want to do our best to be prudent and go through each piece of legislation with a fine-tooth comb as much as possible whe…
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Madam Speaker, I could talk for an hour or so on this particular question, but I will not. Very briefly, let us look back at the last 10 years of the Liberal record. It is 10 years of devastation, 10 years of inaction and 10 years of non-answers. Shall go on? The bottom line is that since the Liberals took office, there has been a 632% increase in U.S. border patrol encounters with people illegall…
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Madam Speaker, we have to acknowledge that we are in the 45th Parliament. It is a minority Parliament. It is not a majority, and the Liberals are acting like it is. We will hold them to account.
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Madam Speaker, as it stands right now, there are very few consequences for criminals. The bail system is a revolving door. Canadians are living with the consequences of soft-on-crime-type policies. In my comments, I spoke about Kate, who is one of hundreds of women who have endured terrible crimes. The numbers are raw and real and disturbing. Violent crime is up 50%; sexual assaults are up 74%; ga…
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Madam Chair, Bill C-2 does not grant human traffickers running across the border the possibility of bail. Is this true or false?
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Madam Chair, the new border bill does not include combatting violence against women and intimate partner violence. Is that deliberate?
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Madam Chair, is intimate partner violence a priority for the government?
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Madam Chair, does it grant kidnappers the possibility of bail? Is this true or false?
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Madam Chair, were any indigenous groups consulted in the drafting of Bill C-2?
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Madam Chair, does Bill C-2 itself include any additional funding for police services, maritime patrol, IRCC, CBSA or Public Safety, yes or no?
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Madam Chair, were any victim rights organizations consulted during the drafting process of Bill C-2?
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Madam Chair, does the minister know how many sexual assaults were reported in 2021?
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Madam Chair, he does not know the number. Does the minister know how many victims of intimate partner violence there were in 2022?
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Madam Chair, does Bill C-2 include the Prime Minister's promised bail reform?
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Madam Chair, were any women's rights organizations consulted during the drafting of Bill C-2?
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Madam Chair, on numbers again, does the minister know how many sexual assaults were reported? Is it 30,000, 100,000? Does he have a ballpark idea?
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Madam Chair, yes or no, has it been costed?
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Mr. Speaker, for years the Liberals have promised families that they will lower the cost of groceries, telling Canadians that relief is coming soon, and for years they have failed families. The Prime Minister himself said that he will be judged by the price of groceries. The cost of everything, from beef to oranges, is up by over 25% since the beginning of this year alone. With an additional half …
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Madam Chair, is it yes or no to consultation with women's groups?
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Madam Chair, these are human lives. Does Bill C-2 repeal previous Liberal legislation that grants predators the possibility of bail, yes or no?
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Madam Chair, were any victim rights organizations consulted, yes or no?
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