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Ethics November 20th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the member for Edmonton Centre has stepped down from cabinet to focus on clearing these allegations.
Meanwhile, when the Leader of the Opposition talks about the challenges facing Canadians, he does not offer any solutions besides cuts and austerity. He wants to cut the dental care program. He wants to cut the pharmacare program for medication and contraception. He wants to cut day care spaces. He is offering cuts when Canadians need investments and growth.
Climate Change November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, what has become increasingly clear to everyone around the world, whether citizens, investors or governments of all political stripes, is that we cannot have a plan to grow the economy and support our citizens if we do not at the same time have a plan to reduce emissions and fight climate change. That is how we create the prosperity, the jobs and the opportunities for future generations.
We will continue to work hand in hand with partners from around the world as we protect biodiversity, as we create jobs, as we lower emissions, as we draw on investment and as we create the solutions on energy and technology that are going to bring Canadians forward.
Youth November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I should think that young Canadians are preoccupied that the NDP seems to be letting them down by backing off on its commitment to put a price on pollution that also puts more money in the pockets of eight out of 10 Canadians with the Canada carbon rebate.
I should be concerned that the NDP is continuing to allow the House debate to freeze and not pass our capital gains tax measures that would be putting more money in the pockets of young people while asking those who are making over $250,000 a year in capital gains to make a smaller profit on those gains.
We are there for young people. We hope the NDP will be there too.
Democratic Institutions November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader does not do what is best for Canadians; he does what is best for his algorithm. He turns a blind eye to foreign interference in his own party because that boosts his YouTube following. Now he is dodging his security clearance because he is worried that it would not play well in his echo chamber.
The leader of the Conservative Party needs to take care to focus on Canadians instead of worrying about his own troll farm.
Foreign Affairs November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is playing silly games around partisanship, choosing to attack our hard-working diplomats and to use people in homeless encampments as props while offering nothing but cuts of billions of dollars' worth of investments. At the same time as he is doing this, he is refusing to take seriously allegations made by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians that his very leadership, the leadership in which the diplomat in question, as a former journalist, moderated, was interfered with by the Indian government.
Innovation, Science and Industry November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers and all Canadians understand how important it is for police forces to be independent from politicians, despite the Conservative leader's efforts to polarize and politicize the work of the RCMP and our other police forces.
We will respect the police and allow them to do their work, as we also expect the Conservative leader to take his national security responsibilities seriously and get his security clearance so that he can receive top secret briefings and protect his own members from foreign interference.
Innovation, Science and Industry November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, despite the efforts of the Conservative leader to partisanize and polarize everything, we still live in a country where the police are independent and the judiciary is independent. The RCMP has clearly stated that it does not need and does not particularly want the documents that the Leader of the Opposition is freezing Parliament over.
We will continue to stand up for the integrity and independence of our police services, and we will, while we are at it, continue to encourage the Leader of the Opposition to get the necessary security clearance to see the threats to Canadians and protect his own caucus.
Veterans Affairs November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Kitchener—Conestoga for his hard work and leadership.
Conservatives did not think twice when they cut vital supports for veterans and their loved ones. They even had the nerve to tell veterans, and are still saying it, that cutting over 1,000 workers would not impact veterans' abilities to get support, which of course it did.
While Conservatives slashed supports for our veterans, the Liberal government has invested more than $11 billion in supports for veterans and their families. That is the right thing to do.
The Economy November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the leader cannot even defend the members of his own caucus because he refuses to get the necessary security clearance. He likes to talk about crackpot conspiracy theories. It is not a crackpot conspiracy theory when his own members of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians signed a report, which was released publicly, that talks about the fact that the Indian government interfered in past Conservative leadership campaigns. Is that perhaps why he refuses to get the necessary security clearance? Does he not think he would pass the security clearance because of Indian interference in his—
The Economy November 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, what the leader of the Conservative Party has not explained is why he is treating national security like a dodge ball game. He ducks allegations of foreign interference in his own caucus. He dives as he turns a blind eye toward investments in our communities by foreign interferers. He dodges the tools necessary to keep his party safe. Why will he not get the briefing, get the clearance and protect Canadians?