Charlie Angus

[The Budget, April 1st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, I was listening very closely to my hon. colleague, but I never heard him mention the word “budget”. Perhaps I did not hear it. I had to reach over to my good friend from Prince Edward Island to ask whether he heard the word “budget”, because he has such extensive experience. He responded that he had not heard the word “budget”. I know we are going to hear the word “budget”. That was the exchange that happened, but there was no disrespect to the member for Carleton, and I am more than interested in what he has to say.

[Indigenous Affairs, April 1st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, they deserve better than cheap laughs from the Prime Minister, the frat boy.

He promised the people of Grassy Narrows that he would clean up that river, and he broke that promise. However, he keeps his promises to his friends at the Laurier Club, which is why he sent Michael Wernick in to push 17 times in 17 minutes to get the former attorney general to overturn the SNC investigation: “Thank you for your donation” to the Liberal Party, even if it is an illegal donation.

What happened to the Prime Minister's promise of ethical and moral government?

[Indigenous Affairs, April 1st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, we can tell a lot about a man by what he thinks is funny: Witness the Prime Minister using Grassy Narrows to be the butt of his jokes for his rich friends at the Laurier Club.

Mercury poisoning is a nightmare. I have seen the effects of Minamata disease on children in Grassy Narrows. Grassy Narrows survivors had to pay top dollar to the Liberal Party to even get close to getting to the Prime Minister, and he thinks this is funny.

Does the Prime Minister understand that he has shown a fundamental lack of moral compassion and leadership?

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, if I ever called anyone a big dummy, I would certainly retract that. I would retract it if anyone heard me say that.

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, the suggestion by the last MP who spoke is not credible, because on Motion No. 125, I entered when you began the vote, and I took my seat, but I did not vote, because you had begun. The people who were necessarily sitting in their seats for Motion No. 125 does not count for Motion No. 126.

We respect the principle that once you begin the question, the vote has begun. That is when we saw many people come in and sit down. I would refer you, Mr. Speaker, to the people who came in after it began to ask them to identify themselves, as I did for Motion No. 125, so that we can carry on, knowing who is eligible to vote and who is not.

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, this is about the credibility of the vote. You began the vote and a number of people did not hear you because they were not in the House, which makes them ineligible to vote. You cannot say that in deference to people having a coffee or being on the phone or being outside of the House, you will start over so they can come in now. They were not in their seats when it began, so you have to continue. Anyone who came in after you continued does not have the right to vote. Those are the rules under which we work.

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, this is about the credibility of the vote in this House. There were people who did not hear the vote called, because they were not in the House. It is perfectly legitimate for people outside not to have heard, but you began—

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Madam Speaker, I have enormous respect for you, however, I do have enormous respect for the rights of the ethics committee.

The New Democratic Party has not had a chance to talk about that, but I think if we had been asked, we would have supported it. My colleague was speaking on behalf of the New Democratic Party and I was concerned—

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Madam Speaker, I want this to be very clear, because we have to do things properly. We are bringing forward a motion that the New Democratic Party is willing to support bundling all the votes into one so that the Liberals can go home, granted that the Liberals no longer obstruct the work of parliamentarians, particularly the work coming at the ethics committee, and that we would not be in a position to put anyone under oath until it was brought before the Chair to make that decision.

[Interim Estimates, March 21st, 2019]

Madam Speaker, I want to move a motion that we would be willing to support the Conservatives bundling all the votes, but we are not in a position yet to say we would put people under oath.