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Mr. Chair, the actual number is 35. Eleven mills have closed in my riding alone. How many job losses have there been in the forestry industry since the government came to power?
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Mr. Chair, I will ask again, how many rental properties does he have?
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Mr. Chair, over 40,000 jobs have been lost. These are friends, colleagues and family members in my riding.
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time three ways. The minister said that he has completed a number of projects, and then he backtracked and said that he was part of a number of projects. I hope he can get his answers correct. Does the minister consider a 5% completion rate successful?
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Mr. Chair, it is easy to say, “I have none.” If he has none, why does he not declare it?
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Mr. Chair, there were 20 LNG projects and only one was done.
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Mr. Chair, with all due respect, it is the minister's file and he should know these answers. How many LNG projects were on the books in B.C. when the Liberals came to power in 2015?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister still feel the same way about decriminalizing drugs?
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Mr. Chair, when was the last time Canada had a softwood lumber agreement with the U.S.?
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Mr. Chair, the answer is 20. How many were completed?
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Mr. Chair, how many rental properties does the minister have?
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Mr. Chair, how many mills have closed in B.C. since the minister's party came to power in 2015?
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Mr. Chair, over 50,000 Canadians have lost their lives to overdose. Our province of British Columbia is one of the worst. It is experiencing the worst opioid crisis in our country. The minister is now a member of the government. What will be his actions to represent our province at the cabinet table?
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Mr. Chair, the minister is on record as saying decriminalizing illicit drugs would be a life-saving shift. Does he still feel the same way?
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Mr. Chair, safe injection sites disrupt communities and devalue properties. The minister's radical policies have contributed to Vancouver's housing hell. Is the minister proud of that?
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Mr. Chair, can any premier veto any project on a whim?
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Mr. Chair, the minister is on record saying, “Factors such as the impact of the [drug injection] site on crime rates and expressions of community support or opposition should not be relevant to the Federal Government’s approval process.” Does he still feel the same way?
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Mr. Speaker, in my hometown of Williams Lake, with a population of 10,000, six prolific offenders have committed 98% of the crime. When they are in jail, the crime rate goes down. When they are out on the streets, the crime rate goes up. Businesses cannot even get mandatory insurance anymore due to the high rates of vandalism. On top of that, our communities are faced with an out-of-control overdo…
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Madam Speaker, we hear from the other side that the Liberals were elected on a strong mandate, that Canadians gave them a strong mandate. We are sitting on the eve of more tariffs being levied against our steel industry. The Prime Minister was elected because he was apparently the man with the plan, yet we are seeing he has no plan. Does my colleague think Canadians were sold a bill of goods and t…
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Mr. Speaker, it has been a week, and our hon. colleague talked a lot about the Speech from the Throne and how the words that were spoken by His Majesty have woven a clear and concrete plan forward for our nation. He also talked about what he did not hear on the doorsteps. I want to tell our hon. colleague what I did not hear in the Speech from the Throne. I did not hear mention of our opioid crisi…
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Mr. Speaker, what message does it send to the friends, families and colleagues of the over 51,000 Canadians who lost their lives due to the overdose and opioid crisis since 2016 that the Liberals do not even have a minister of mental health and addictions and have done away with that portfolio? What message does it send to our first nations communities? What message does it send to all the rural a…
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Madam Speaker, we all follow the various rules of Parliament, one being with respect to attire in the House that is suitable. Last night during the vote, a Conservative member's vote was not counted because the government made a point of raising an issue with respect to his attire. I ask you for clarification on the outfit this member is wearing. As we all know, men must wear a suit jacket and tie…
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Madam Speaker, congratulations to my hon. colleague on his maiden speech. I think the member may be the only one who has mentioned the opioid and addictions crisis that has gripped our country. The Speech from the Throne was 2,500 words long, and there was not one mention of the opioid crisis and the fentanyl crisis that have gripped our nation. How does the member feel about that lack of acknowle…
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Mr. Speaker, the Speech from the Throne had 2,500 words but not a single mention of the fentanyl crisis, the opioid crisis, that has gripped our nation, nor a single mention of the 51,000 Canadians who have lost their lives since 2016. I know my hon. colleague is new, but I would like to know how she feels about the fact that her government has failed. The new Prime Minister, the man with the plan…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned something that is near and dear to me, being in a rural remote area in Cariboo—Prince George, in northern British Columbia, which is the connectivity issues. There is a serious lack of connectivity in some of the areas in my region. However, I would like to go on a topic that I have not talked about yet and asked the members opposite about, and that is crime. In…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' throne speech was 2,500 words, yet there was not one mention of the opioid crisis or the unprecedented crime wave caused by their policies. Last week in my hometown of Williams Lake, the city council passed a motion to declare a state of emergency in response to the rising rates of vandalism, open drug use, arson, theft, overdose and public indecency. Businesses cannot e…
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That is a great question, Mr. Speaker, but can you afford me another 10 minutes to answer it? The new Liberal member for Victoria stood and said that for the first time in however many years, the people there elected a Liberal candidate. That is shameful. A story just came out in The Globe and Mail that said that whole areas of Victoria have turned into absolute ghettos and war zones. First nation…
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Mr. Speaker, the health committee talked about better screening in areas such as airports and mailrooms, and also about traceability for the safe supply that is being diverted. At every step of the way, the Liberals said no to it. It is a big issue, and it falls squarely at the feet of the Prime Minister.
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Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on the Liberal bench say it is a new government, it is a new day and let us just forget about the last 10 years. They will stand and say they have been elected with a strong mandate. Yes, but the mandate was built on a lie. The new Prime Minister was elected because he told Canadians he had a plan. What we have seen ever since his first day of being elected is that he d…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate our hon. colleague on her maiden speech. Twenty-five hundred words make up the entirety of the Speech from the Throne, yet it made no mention of the over 50,000 Canadians who have died by overdose since 2016. It made no mention of the fact that our country is gripped by an overdose and opioid crisis. It made no mention that in my province of British Columbia, the leadin…
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Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you in the Speaker's seat. As I said to you off camera, it has been a long time coming. First and foremost, I want to send a huge thanks to the hard-working people of Cariboo—Prince George for once again placing their trust in me to represent them, now for the fourth time. My time is short today, so I rise not only to respond to the Speech from the Throne but also t…
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, how does our hon. colleague stand up? I just mentioned that there have been over 51,000 lives lost since 2016 to the opioid crisis. I spoke of the horrific crisis that our country is gripped with, and he recites speaking notes. That is unacceptable.
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Mr. Speaker, we are talking about $440 million and 186 points of conflict of interest. For the parliamentary secretary to stand up and say what he said earlier is like the pot calling the kettle black. With the sudden departure of the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, what is going to happen with the fall economic statement that was supposed to be delivered this morning?
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Mr. Speaker, I love our hon. colleague. Her intervention, as always, was fantastic and to the point. She speaks from the heart and she speaks for the constituents in her riding. The hon. parliamentary secretary stood up and said, “Oh, everything's great”, but seven million Canadians are without a doctor; two million Canadians are going to food banks every month, and 47,000 Canadians have died from…
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Mr. Speaker, as the year draws to a close, I want to take a moment to wish all my friends, family and neighbours in Cariboo—Prince George, and colleagues in the House a very merry Christmas. Christmas is a time for sharing joy and love, for appreciating the people who make our lives truly special and for rejoicing at the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a time for family and friends, both near and far…
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Mr. Speaker, bravo: They launched dental care just about the same time that they take the GST off chips, cookies and candies. Liberal backbenchers have supported the Prime Minister through every scandal and every failed policy. Their deficit must be pretty bad if they are finally willing to remove the gag and start speaking out. Will the Prime Minister at least listen to his own MPs and allow a fr…
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On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, back in 2021, I suffered a horrendous leg injury that has hampered me, and so it has been commonplace, through the Speaker, this Speaker and others, that in between questions and answers, I am allowed to stand because of the injury to my leg. If the member wants to take this further, she can come and talk to me in private—
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Mr. Speaker, that is the million-dollar question right there, or the $440-million question. How bad is it and where did the money go? We know $440 million of taxpayer funds was siphoned away from the fund and it went to the Liberal chair. It went to her business. It went to other members of that committee's businesses. What did it fund? I believe it funded a Chinese company, an electric car compan…
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Mr. Speaker, it is as serious as a heart attack. I stand corrected. I thank our hon. colleague from the Bloc for standing with us in that last confidence vote. Aside from that, I will cede the floor to the next question.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. colleague is misleading Canadians. I am reading right from the public accounts, and it says that for 2014-15, expenditures under a Conservative government were over $2 billion. When the Liberals took government, in 2015-16 and 2016-17, over $400 million was cut from the CBSA, including 1,000 jobs. It is in the public accounts for 2012-17, CBSA spending by program. That parlia…
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Mr. Speaker, talk about unhinged and erratic behaviour. Perhaps he is feeling the heat because he is complicit in all the Liberal scandals that have taken place over the last four years. His Twitter-tough leader puffs up his chest, stands before Canadians and says he is going to rip up the contract. We will take no lessons from the NDP, which has absolutely decimated my province and has no clue wh…
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Mr. Speaker, I will not go down the path of whimsy and folly of this guy over here. He stands up all the time and is hopeful that he is going to get called to the front bench, and he is only going backward. With that, I am just not going to go down the path with him.
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Mr. Speaker, that was probably the longest petitions segment we have had in a long time, but I am glad everybody had a chance to deliver petitions signed by their constituents, or signed by their EDAs. Some of our friends across the way probably put them together, but nonetheless, who am I to judge? Why are we here? We are here once again talking about SDTC, the Liberal green slush fund. I think t…
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. colleague said I exposed myself. I have been a member for nine years, and my recollection is that only a Liberal MP exposed himself, three times, and actually was punted out for that.
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Mr. Speaker, only a Conservative elected government, under our leader, is going to arm our frontline officers and make sure our borders are less porous, make sure that they have the tools they need to do their job. There is only one party in the House that takes this seriously and it is the Conservatives, and we will do it when we elect a Conservative government.
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Madam Speaker, “the Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to fight for people”. Who said that? It was the Twitter-tough, Maserati Marxist, sellout NDP leader. He puffed up his chest and stomped his feet, yet he chooses the Prime Minister over Canadians each and every time. He is the only one propping up the government. He is complicit in every Liberal scandal a…
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Madam Speaker, Liberals are weak, they are desperate and the only reason they are in power is because the NDP leader is too selfish and too beholden to the Prime Minister to support his own motion made up of entirely his own words. NDP members voted 24 times to quadruple the carbon tax. The costly coalition has doubled housing costs, doubled rent and doubled mortgage payments, but on Monday they a…
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Asking for a carbon tax election, Madam Speaker, is that not relevant to the administration of the House?
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Madam Speaker, on Monday, we have an opportunity. Will the NDP vote for a motion to call a carbon tax election—
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Madam Speaker, they are weak, they are desperate and the only reason they are in power today is because of the Maserati Marxist NDP leader, who is too selfish, too beholden to the Prime Minister to support a motion made up entirely of his own words—
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