My constituents would assess your government as being silent on anti-Semitism. In this country, largely unopposed by you and the Prime Minister, we have seen—

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Liberal

Kamal Khera Liberal Brampton West, ON

—when they vote against every single measure that we put forward to support Canadians.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Order, Mr. Stewart, please.

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Bloc

Louise Chabot Bloc Thérèse-De Blainville, QC

Mr. Chair, I have a point of order.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

We're losing interpretation.

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Bloc

Louise Chabot Bloc Thérèse-De Blainville, QC

The interpreters are unable to provide us with proper interpretation—

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Thank you, Madame Chabot. You are correct.

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Bloc

Louise Chabot Bloc Thérèse-De Blainville, QC

—because of the—

There we are.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Mr. Stewart, you have 26 seconds left.

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Conservative

Don Stewart Conservative Toronto—St. Paul's, ON

My constituents would assess your government as being silent on anti-Semitism in this country, largely unopposed by you and the Prime Minister. We have seen the denial of the rapes and savagery of October 7, 2023, the denial of pervasive anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism and the denial of Jewish history itself.

Jewish people tell me that they've lost hope in you and the Prime Minister. Many have lost hope in Canada. Many plan to leave. This hurts our country today and for the coming years, culturally and economically. People very close to me are ready to leave.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Thank you, Mr. Stewart.

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Liberal

Kamal Khera Liberal Brampton West, ON

Will I get an opportunity to answer that question?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Please give a short answer.

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Liberal

Kamal Khera Liberal Brampton West, ON

Mr. Chair, the—

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Conservative

Don Stewart Conservative Toronto—St. Paul's, ON

You wouldn't answer my other question. Why can you answer this one?

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Liberal

Kamal Khera Liberal Brampton West, ON

Mr. Chair, the Conservative Party of Canada, under the leadership of Pierre Poilievre, has voted against $274 million to combat hate in this country. They voted against $25 million for a new Montreal Holocaust museum; $5 million for the first-ever national Holocaust remembrance program; funding for a Holocaust education centre, something that the communities have asked for; and enhanced security measures for synagogues in this country. They voted against every single one of those. Shame on them.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Thank you.

Mr. Coteau, do you wish—or Mr. Collins—the last two minutes?

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

I'll take it.

Minister, do you want to take the last two and a half minutes to just expand on what you were saying?

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Liberal

Kamal Khera Liberal Brampton West, ON

Thank you for that.

I have to say that it has been an extremely difficult time for so many communities in this country, particularly the Jewish and Muslim communities. We have seen the rise in hate and the anxieties that have been fuelled by hate and division.

Mr. Chair, do you know what doesn't help? What doesn't help is when we put forward supports to support Canadians—supports that the Jewish community asked for—when we appointed the first-ever special envoy to fight anti-Semitism in this country and when we enhanced funding for her department, which is what the community asked for, and the Conservatives voted against that.

When the community asked for $25 million for the new Montreal Holocaust museum, the Conservatives voted against that funding. When we put forward $274 million to combat hate and to put forward actions on the ground, the Conservative Party of Canada voted against it. When it comes to hundreds of millions for anti-racism programs through Canada's anti-racism strategy, the Conservatives voted against it.

It is shameful that they come here and pretend they care about Jewish Canadians when, with every chance they have gotten, they have voted against the very support that we have put forward.

In fact, we have seen the leader of the Conservative Party meet with members of far-right, extremist groups like Diagolon, who fundamentally believe that people like me and others do not belong in Canada. It is shameful for them to pretend like they care when their leader will use, on his YouTube videos, hashtags that actually attract men who hate women.

Do you want to talk about gender-based violence and what perpetuates that? It's those kinds of things.

When they come here and pretend they care about hate in this country, it's shameful. It is absolutely shameful when they vote against and actually incite hate in this country with their leader and with their conspiracy theories.

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Conservative

Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

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Liberal

Kamal Khera Liberal Brampton West, ON

It's shameful.

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Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Order.

What's the point of order?

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Conservative

Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC

The point of order was similar to the one I gave earlier about the minister getting control of herself and stop screaming. I think the interpreters don't appreciate—

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey

Thank you, Mrs. Gray.

That is not a point of order.