Justin Trudeau

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague was so proud of his little written question that he did not even hear my answer to his first question.

We renegotiated the safe third country agreement with the United States to ensure that people arriving at our border crossings would have to return to the United States to claim asylum, instead of entering Canada. We have a solution to this issue. Our government implemented it, but the Bloc Québécois is refusing to acknowledge the facts. All it wants is to do is frighten Quebeckers.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, once again, the Bloc Québécois is spouting nonsense.

We have renegotiated the safe third country agreement, under which people who arrive at a border crossing must make their asylum claim in the first safe country they reach, which is the United States. We did indeed settle this issue with the Americans by renegotiating the agreement, but the Bloc Québécois claims they do not know that. They are just trying to pick a fight. They are looking to scare people rather than provide the real facts.

We will always keep tight control of our borders.

[The Economy, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the answer the Conservative leader is putting forward to the challenges of Canadians facing homelessness or the challenges of food banks is to cut the programs that are actually investing in direct supports for people. If it is money we are investing in municipalities and provinces to reduce encampments and to build more homes quicker, he wants to cut it. If it is the money we are moving directly to schools across the country so they can deliver more food and take pressure off of grocery bills, he has voted against it. His only agenda is cuts and austerity, while we help Canadians.

[Mental Health and Addictions, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, having an evidence-based and a science-based approach to the opioid epidemic, a compassionate public policy approach grounded in health care, is what we need, not only to save lives but also to create safer communities.

While the Leader of the Opposition plays politics and uses suffering people as props to propagate a brokenist view of this country, we will to continue to roll up our sleeves and work hard with provinces and territories to respond to this tragedy to make sure we are putting Canadians first in everything we do.

[Mental Health and Addictions, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we are using all the tools at our disposal to save lives and keep communities safe for everyone. Meanwhile, Conservatives are choosing to use struggling people as political props to spread fear and misinformation.

From the very beginning, we have been there to work on an evidence-based, compassionate, public policy and public health approach. We have been there and we will always be there to work with the provinces and territories to meet this time of crisis. While the Conservative leader plays politics, we are going to be there to support Canadians, grounded in science and evidence.

[The Economy, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians elect members of Parliament to be their voice in Ottawa, not Ottawa's voice or their leader's voice in their communities, but the Conservative leader shamefully puts his own interests ahead of Canadians'.

We announced a tax break for all Canadians and a $250 rebate to put more money in the pockets of working Canadians. Conservative MPs know their constituents want this, need this and support this, but the Conservative leader is muzzling them and forcing them to vote against direct support for Canadians. Shame on him.

[The Economy, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, as of next year, because of this government, Canadians with disabilities will be receiving $200 every single month. That is making a real difference in the lives of Canadians living with disabilities. We know there is more to do and we will be doing more.

In regard to workers, it is astonishing to see the New Democratic Party of Canada turn its back on workers and say that workers do not deserve a little support, workers do not deserve to be recognized for the efforts they made to get us through the pandemic, to get us through the global inflation crisis. These are things we are standing up for to see and recognize workers and the NDP is blocking them.

[Electoral Reform, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I very much care about electoral reform. I have been very clear that I would bring in a ranked ballot tomorrow if we had that option.

The NDP is turning its back on workers right now, asking a question about electoral reform when Canadians are worried about whether or not the opposition parties are going to support the tax break that Canadians need or the investments in workers that they deserve.

Right now we need a party and a Parliament that is focused on helping and supporting Canadians as they get us all through this difficult time with their hard work and ambition, and right now talking about politics is the last thing Canadians want to hear from the House.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, once again, Liberals laid out an immigration plan just a few weeks ago that talks about how we are going to make sure our immigration numbers allow for our economy to catch up and for our homebuilding to catch up. We have a strong and robust immigration system that has delivered for Canadians over decades now.

The fact that the Leader of the Opposition continually throws up his hands to say that Canada is broken is him talking down not just our institutions but Canadians themselves. Canadians are optimistic and ambitious about the future. That is why we continue to invest in them. His answer is cuts to services, cuts to benefits and cuts to Canadians.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, November 27th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, every year, there are visitor visas, work permits and student visas that expire, and every year, the vast majority of those people return home to their countries. We have procedures and processes in place to make sure that happens. We have consequences if they do not. We will continue to strengthen those.

Continuing to talk down our country and talk down our systems is something that the Leader of the Opposition is doing because he is more focused on trying to get elected than on actually solving the problems Canadians are facing. That is why Liberals continue to step up and deliver on the needs of Canadians.