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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, we just unveiled an immigration plan that will reduce immigration levels for the next few years. This will help get homes built. It will also give the economy a chance to catch up with the postpandemic influx of immigrants who came to help alleviate the labour shortage.
We are adjusting our immigration system to meet needs, while also strengthening the protection and integrity of our borders. I know that this is what Canadians expect, and we will always deliver on this commitment.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, every year in our country, thousands of resident permits, visitor visas and work permits expire, and the people go home. Our immigration system has mechanisms for managing our border to ensure that these people leave the country and that there are consequences if they do not leave. We will continue to strengthen these measures.
We have taken steps to ensure that immigration keeps pace with our economy. We have taken steps to strengthen our border, and we will continue to so.
There is no need to panic like the opposition leader. We are here for Canadians.
Finance November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois has the means and the opposition days to bring forward whatever issues it wants.
In the meantime, we will continue to work to deliver results for seniors, as we have been doing for a long time. We will continue to invest in and care for our seniors.
We also want to invest in workers and acknowledge the fact that they are struggling and going through an extremely tough time because of global inflation and the pandemic. We are here and we can see it.
If the Bloc Québécois members want to vote against workers, they can, but they will have to explain their decision to Quebeckers. The rest of us are here to help workers.
Finance November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, from coast to coast to coast, Canadians are struggling. That is why we are helping them directly by giving them a tax break for the next few months to help them get through these tough times. We are also offering direct help to workers, those who have been working for a long time. This measure is not for seniors, in whom we have invested a lot over the past few years, or for young people, in whom we have invested a lot. It is for the workers, who also need a hand. This measure will give workers the help they need.
Again, the Bloc Québécois just wants to pick a fight.
Carbon Pricing November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I will say it again. The Canada carbon rebate puts more money in the pockets of eight out of 10 Canadians. The Leader of the Opposition wants to talk about one thing. He talked about food banks. Let us talk about the school food program. This is a program that sends federal dollars directly into school boards, directly to support delivering good food programs for kids, no bureaucracy, just investments in school food programs.
The Conservative leader voted against it, and worse, he forced his own MPs to vote against it, to stand up against their constituents and side with him instead of with Canadians who need help.
Carbon Pricing November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, every day that I get up in the House, I talk about one thing and one thing only: Canadians and how we are there to help Canadians, how we are there to grow a stronger economy for Canadians with direct investments that will support them with free insulin, with dental care, with more spaces in child care, all things the Leader of the Opposition is voting against.
Yes, we are investing in the most ambitious housing solution this country has ever seen, things the Leader of the Opposition did not do when he was Stephen Harper's failed housing minister. We are going to continue to stand up and fight for Canadians, but the Leader of Opposition gets up, pulls off his little performances and fights against me.
Housing November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, at least the Conservative leader is true to form in that he would rather pick fights with everyone than actually deliver for Canadians.
We know, as we saw during the pandemic and we have seen through the inflation challenges, that working together with the provinces and working together with municipalities to get things built for Canadians is what Canadians want.
What does the Leader of the Opposition do? He insults people. He also votes against direct money in Canadians' pockets, whether it is with investments in child care and dental care or it is investments in taking the tax off groceries for the next few months, these are things he is standing against out of political self-interest.
Housing November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, mayors from Kelowna, Abbotsford, Ucluelet and Conservative ridings across the country are speaking up, saying the investments we are making in the housing accelerator are helping them cut red tape, increase densification and create more homes more quickly.
The plan the Conservative Party has put forward to remove those billions of dollars from municipalities, just as they are tackling the housing crisis, would harm Canadians. The Leader of the Opposition does not care about harming Canadians. What he wants to do is gain power, and he will do anything he can to do that. While we stay focused on Canadians, he is focused on himself.
Taxation November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, for the Leader of the Opposition to end the price on pollution would mean ending the Canada carbon rebate that comes to people's homes four times a year and delivers more money to middle-class Canadians than the price on pollution actually costs, while at the same time decreasing emissions.
In regard to housing, the Leader of the Opposition's failed housing proposal was to cut billions of dollars from cities across this country that are investing in building housing. That would drive up property taxes for homeowners and make it harder to build homes. He has a proposal that is electorally interesting for him but will not do anything for Canadians.
Taxation November 27th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, MPs are supposed to represent their constituents here in Ottawa, but the Conservative Party MPs are choosing to represent their leader back in their constituency.
I know that Canadians across the country, including in Conservative ridings, are looking forward to paying no taxes on meals in restaurants, on all groceries or on kids' clothes for the next few months, but the leader is making them vote against these measures to help Canadians. If Conservative MPs want to stand up for Canadians, they need to stand up against their leader.