Debates of June 6th, 2018

Decorum

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Geoff Regan]

Order. I ask the hon. member for Louis-Saint-Laurent and other members to stop interrupting and stop talking.

Order, please. I would ask the member for Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame to do that as well.

The member for Cariboo—Prince George is rising on a point of order, however, we cannot have unlimited numbers of points or order, by the way.

[Todd Doherty, Conservative, Cariboo—Prince George, BC]

Mr. Speaker, in a moment I will be asking for unanimous consent. There has been a considerable amount of misinformation on that side of the House in regard to the minister's decision to award the lucrative surf clam contract to his colleague's brother and those with close family ties to the Liberal Party of Canada.

The minister, along with the Prime Minister, have repeatedly said this was about reconciliation, and they have misrepresented the previous government's commitment to the indigenous participation with this fishery.

Yesterday at committee the minister's most senior staff acknowledged the commitment of the previous government to aboriginal participation in this fishery. In order to clear up the government's inaccurate misrepresentation once and for all, I would like to seek unanimous consent to table the Government of Canada 2015 news release, which states:

With this increase in TAC, the Integrated Fisheries Management Plan provision for new entrants has been triggered and, as such, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is commencing a process to introduce a new entrant or new entrants to the fishery. This process includes consultation with the current licence holder, industry and First Nations and will conclude in the coming weeks.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Does the hon. member for Cariboo—Prince George have the unanimous consent of the House to table the document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

Oral Questions

[Cathay Wagantall, Conservative, Yorkton—Melville, SK]

Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to stand today in the House and express my concern in regard to comments made by our hon. Prime Minister during answering questions in regard to the carbon tax. He indicated to the House that he had worked with all the provinces and that the provinces were working toward this with him. Clearly, we all know the Province of Saskatchewan is not in agreement.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

I thank the hon. member for Yorkton—Melville for her additional comments. We try to avoid the continuation of question period after that time is expired.

[Todd Doherty, Conservative, Cariboo—Prince George, BC]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. In a moment I will once again be seeking unanimous support. Unfortunately, it seems the government continues to suppress the facts in the surf clam case. I would like to seek unanimous consent to table the Federal Court documents pertaining to the current case against the government in regard to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard awarding a lucrative surf clam contract to his colleague's brother and his wife's cousin. These documents—

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Does the hon. member for Cariboo—Prince George have the unanimous consent of the House to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[James Bezan, Conservative, Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Today, during question, I referred to the defence spending shortfall by the government. This information comes from the document, “Strong, Secure, Engaged So Far” by David Perry of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. I am going to ask for consent to table this.

The document states:

...the capital allocations to date are falling well short of the projections contained in SSE. The DND's capital allocation for 2017/2018 as of Supplementary Estimates C for 2017/2018 was $4 billion (the green dot in Figure 6). This final year-end allocation represents the maximum DND can spend on capital in 2017/2018. This is well short of the $6.3 billion in capital spending projected for 2017/2018 in SSE...

I ask for unanimous consent to table this report so Canadians can get all the information they need, as well as inform the government of all its own shortfalls.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Does the hon. member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman have the unanimous consent of the House to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[Candice Bergen, Conservative, Portage—Lisgar, MB]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to seek unanimous consent to table some important documents I believe the House needs to see so everybody can then have a fulsome discussion.

We asked the Prime Minister four times today, although we have actually been asking for weeks, about the price and the cost of the carbon tax. We have documents here that my hon. colleague, the member for Carleton, has worked very hard to get, which would reveal the cost of the carbon tax to Canadians. Unfortunately they have been redacted, but it would be important I table those documents today. This is something that has been in dispute. We are getting ready to rise very soon for the summer, and Canadians need to know how much the carbon tax is going to cost.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Does the hon. opposition House leader have the unanimous consent of the House to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

The hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable on a point of order.

[Luc Berthold, Conservative, Mégantic—L'Érable, QC]

Mr. Speaker, during question period I asked the Prime Minister a question about the upcoming food labelling policy. I asked him whether he believed that yogourt, cheese, and fruit juice were health hazards. Based on the Prime Minister's answer, it seems clear that he had the wrong paper.

I am seeking the unanimous consent of the House to table the brief from Les Producteurs de lait du Québec, which confirms that the policy to put warning labels on the front of packaging could stigmatize a number of dairy products. I am seeking the unanimous consent of the House to inform the Prime Minister of the impact that the food labelling policy will have on milk producers.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Does the hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable have the unanimous consent of the House to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

The hon. member for Louis-Saint-Laurent is also rising on a point of order.

[Gérard Deltell, Conservative, Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC]

Mr. Speaker, during question period, I did not refer to a historic event that occurred in 1971, the well-known Apollo 13, On the contrary, I was referring to a very specific document, issued in the United States, regarding Kinder Morgan's financial statements.

As all Canadians know, Kinder Morgan just received $4.5 billion in Canadian taxpayers' money for the Trans Mountain pipeline. In the first table on page 134 of that document, it states in black and white that the pipeline was assessed at $2.5 billion.

I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table this document so that Canadians are fully informed of the facts.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Does the hon. member for Louis-Saint-Laurent have the unanimous consent of the House to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[The Deputy Speaker, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

I must say at this point that we are getting similar requests in successive points of order. I think it is apparent that the House is not in favour of receiving these documents.

I see the hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan rising on a point of order. We will hear him now. However, I will say that we do need to get on to the business of the House.

The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan.