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House of Commons Hansard #118 of the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was alert.
House of Commons Hansard #118 of the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was alert.
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Regulating the Online Use of Deepfakes Act First reading of Bill C-277. The bill mandates transparency and regulation for online deepfakes, requiring platforms to label manipulated content, create user reporting mechanisms, and take reasonable steps to prevent and remove harmful, non-consensual digital replicas of Canadians. 200 words.
Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act Second reading of Bill C-30. The bill implements provisions of the spring economic update, sparking heated debate over fiscal policy. Conservative members criticize the government's deficit spending and the creation of a proposed sovereign wealth fund. Conversely, Liberal members defend the update, highlighting measures for housing, affordability, and health care as necessary support for Canadians during a period of global economic uncertainty. 10100 words, 1 hour.
Silver Alert National Framework Act Second reading of Bill C-263. The bill proposes a national framework for silver alerts to locate missing seniors with dementia by leveraging mobile alert technology. While proponents argue the initiative will save vulnerable lives, and the government plans to support the legislation at committee, the Bloc Québécois raises concerns regarding jurisdiction, questioning whether federal intervention over effective provincial systems creates unnecessary bureaucracy. 8500 words, 1 hour.
Adjournment Debate - Health Dan Mazier and Helena Konanz criticize the government for wasting $300 million on the failed PrescribeIT program and accuse Liberals of silencing committee investigations by shutting off cameras. Tim Louis defends the program's termination due to low usage, arguing the government is responsibly managing taxpayer resources and health infrastructure. 1900 words, 10 minutes.
Questions Passed as Orders for ReturnRoutine Proceedings
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.
Questions Passed as Orders for ReturnRoutine Proceedings
Questions Passed as Orders for ReturnRoutine Proceedings
The Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia
[For text of questions and responses, see Written Questions website]
Kevin Lamoureux LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all notices of motions for the production of papers be allowed to stand.
Joël Lightbound Liberal Louis-Hébert, QC
moved that a ways and means motion to introduce a bill entitled A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025, be concurred in.
Motion No. 11Ways and MeansGovernment Orders
The Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia
If a member participating in person wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
Motion No. 11Ways and MeansGovernment Orders
Ways and MeansGovernment Orders
Heath MacDonald Liberal Malpeque, PE
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-31, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
The House resumed from May 1 consideration of the motion that Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the spring economic update tabled in Parliament on April 28, 2026, be read the second time and referred to a committee, and of the amendment.
Carol Anstey Conservative Long Range Mountains, NL
Mr. Speaker, to conclude my earlier speech on Bill C-30, the Liberals brag about $37 billion in spending, but they should walk into any grocery store in Long Range Mountains and ask families how they are managing. They do not want to hear about billions for international conferences. They want to know how they can afford to drive their kids to hockey or keep food on the table. Seniors on fixed incomes are falling behind. Entrepreneurs are wondering how to make payroll instead of how to grow.
At a time when we should be bringing costs down, this bill proposes a sovereign wealth fund with no wealth behind it, only borrowed money. The cost of servicing the Liberal debt will reach $59 billion this year. That is more than the federal government transfers for health care, and it costs every Canadian family $3,400 just to cover the interest. Despite this unprecedented spending, our economic fundamentals are weakening. We face some of the worst indicators in the G7: high debt, unaffordable housing and weak productivity.
Newfoundland and Labrador has the resource potential to be a global energy superpower, but we have been held back by a Liberal wall of regulatory bottlenecks and a punishing industrial carbon price.
Conservatives believe Canada can do better. We believe in fiscal responsibility, lower taxes and unlocking our natural resources so that Canadians benefit from our country's wealth. We have enormous resource potential, but we need the government to get out of the way so Newfoundlanders and Labradorians can do what we have always done: work hard and provide for our families.
Canadians are not asking for more Liberal empty announcements. They are asking for a government that understands the pressures they face and their realities. The people of Long Range Mountains are resilient. We have survived the hardest winters and the toughest seas, but we should not have to survive the Liberal government's costly credit card economic policies.
Bill C-30 fails to provide relief or a sustainable path forward. Therefore, I cannot support this legislation.
Bill C-30 Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Winnipeg North Manitoba
Liberal
Kevin Lamoureux LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, it is disappointing that the Conservative Party of Canada does not recognize fantastic programs that have been a part of Canadian society for many years. I am talking about the Red Seal program. Under the Red Seal program, this government and this Prime Minister have made a commitment that we are going to see anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000 new skilled professional Red Seal recipients. This is good news, in particular for young people.
On the one hand, the Conservative Party says that we need to do things for young people. When we do things for young people, the Conservative Party consistently votes against it. Does the Conservative Party of today, the far-right Conservative, support the Red Seal program?
Carol Anstey Conservative Long Range Mountains, NL
Mr. Speaker, the member across the way consistently stands up in this House and is always the person to ask questions of members opposite.
However, if we do not have an economy that has opportunities for our young people, we can train them all we want but at the end of the day there is no job for them to go to. In Newfoundland and Labrador, we have enormous resource potential, but we have an out-migration problem because we have not developed our natural resources sector to be able to retain our people in our communities. We need to talk about how we can unleash our untapped potential in order to provide some opportunities for our young people.
Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question from my Liberal colleague in terms of the $6-billion plan to recruit and train 100,000 new Red Seal workers.
However, the Liberal government cut international student study permits by more than 40% and restricted postgraduate work permits without consulting higher-learning institutions that rely on those students. The consequences have been hard-hitting on Vancouver Island. Nearly 30 programs have been cut between North Island College and Vancouver Island University, including a dental assistant program that has trained workers for 50 years.
The Prime Minister says that Canada must deliver major nation-building projects. How will the government build the workforce Canada needs while its policies shut down the very important programs that are needed to train those workers, especially in rural Canada, in places like Port Alberni?
Maybe my colleague can speak about how that impact is hurting her riding and people who want to study and participate in the workforce in her community.
Carol Anstey Conservative Long Range Mountains, NL
Mr. Speaker, in addition to what the hon. member mentioned in his comments, the Liberals also cut out private training colleges from Canada student grant applications. In Newfoundland and Labrador, there is a full ecosystem of universities and colleges that meet the demands of the private sector for the workforce. I completely understand this frustration and concern. There is always a top-down approach that does not translate well, especially in rural Canada, and these are the ultimate implications for communities as a result.
Tamara Kronis Conservative Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC
Mr. Speaker, I was in the House for the first part of my hon. colleague's excellent speech and was delighted to be here today for the rest of it. Our ridings have a lot in common, even though they are on opposite sides of the country. They are resource-based. They are filled with families, and they are struggling right now, yet the members across the way continue to stand up and tell us that Canadians have never had it so good and that the economy is all sunshine and rainbows.
I am wondering if the member can talk a bit about what it feels like on the ground under current circumstances in her communities.
Carol Anstey Conservative Long Range Mountains, NL
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague and friend's excellent explanation of exactly the same thing that I hear time and again whenever I am in my riding. I go to the grocery store and I see how people are struggling. I have constituents consistently reaching out and talking to me about impossible decisions that they have to make between eating and heating their homes, and seniors who cannot afford their medication. In light of the fact that we hear, day in and day out, this constant “good news” and “great announcements”, at the end of the day, on the ground in the communities, people are struggling. This is what we are trying to address, as responsible members of Parliament, especially as it relates to rural and coastal communities across this country.
The Assistant Deputy Speaker John Nater
I have the honour to inform the House that a communication has been received as follows:Rideau HallMay 6, 2026Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 6th day of May, 2026, at 3:21 p.m.Yours sincerely,Ken MacKillopSecretary to the Governor General
The schedule indicates the bills assented to on Wednesday, May 6, were Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia.
It is my duty pursuant to Standing Order 38 to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Riding Mountain, Health; the hon. member for Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, Taxation; the hon. member for Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, Health.