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Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act Madam Speaker, I did not say whether I would support the bill or not. What we hope to do here this evening, as we have done since the beginning in committee, is to potentially improve this program and how it is implemented. We want to avoid using smoke and mirrors to fool Canadians without actually delivering what was promised.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act Madam Speaker, I am trying to think about the question I was just asked. As we speak, there is a Canadian political coalition. I did not draw up the deal, nor did I sign it. It is between the Liberals and the NDP. Perhaps my colleague should look in the mirror and figure out which party he belongs to.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act Madam Speaker, my response will be brief: absolutely.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act Madam Speaker, we are here this evening to discuss Bill C‑35, or what the Liberals like to call the universal child care plan. In particular, we are talking about the report presented by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, which studied this bill.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his important question. The carbon tax was effectively put in place by the government to get people to change their behaviour. The people who pay this tax were to receive the equivalent amount in the form of a rebate. Obviously, that is not what is happening, because the math does not work.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, there are some good bakeries in my riding. Four years ago, I could still get a loaf of bread for less than $2. That was perfectly normal. I go grocery shopping regularly. I am also very pleased to tell my colleague that. In the past four, five or six years, I have seen prices skyrocketing, particularly in the past two years.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, we believe in the science of technology. It is actually surprising that the NDP and Bloc Québécois members do not want to believe in new technologies. It is as if we were going back in time. We only have to look at communications technologies, for example. We hold those in our hands every day.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to share my thoughts on budget 2023, which is at report stage. This government, under this Prime Minister, who has turned out to be the biggest spender in history, has delivered a reckless, irresponsible and free-spending budget. It has upset the fiscal balance that Stephen Harper's Conservative government had managed to restore.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, if I am not mistaken, my colleague is an economist and has taught economics. As recently as February of this year, the Minister of Finance said that higher deficits would add fuel to the fire of inflation. That statement from the finance minister is the exact opposite of what she proposed in the last budget.
June 6th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, contrary to what the Liberals are saying, the carbon tax will have an impact on Quebec—we just have to talk to farmers and truckers. As if that were not enough, this government wants to add a second tax, a tax on a tax. That tax represents $436 per family per year in Quebec.
June 5th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Justice Madam Speaker, since the Prime Minister took office, violent crime has increased by 32%. As an aside, I would just like to remind the House that the Conservative government lowered the crime rate by 23%. This situation is a direct result of this Liberal government's soft-on-crime policies.
June 2nd, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I would just like to say to my colleague that we are not in government, and, unlike them, we do not use speech writers.
May 16th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, how many federal government buildings are available for social housing in Canada?
May 15th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, once again, the minister is taking us for fools for asking him simple questions that I believe are intelligent enough to be answered intelligently. Instead of accusing us of all kinds of nonsense, he really should try to answer the questions we ask him. How many federal government buildings and properties would be available for social housing in Canada now?
May 15th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative
Business of Supply Hell, Mr. Chair, am I being naive? I asked him a simple question.
May 15th, 2023House debate
Bernard GénéreuxConservative