Justin Trudeau

[Indigenous Affairs, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we know how difficult situations are in far too many indigenous communities, including Inuit communities across Nunavut, which is why we have tripled investments into indigenous communities since 2015 with $32 billion in investments expected in 2024-25 alone. We know there is much more to do, including even stronger partnerships with respect to indigenous policing, with respect to community safety, with respect to housing and with respect to supports for young people. There is much more to do. We will continue to work hand in hand with local governments and indigenous governments to get it done.

[Veterans Affairs, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we have invested over $11 billion in supports for veterans over the past years after the Conservative government demonstrated that it was nickel-and-diming veterans for photo ops, shuttering nine veterans service centres and firing thousands of people working to directly support veterans.

We have been there for our veterans. We will continue to invest in supports for them. We will continue to protect them from the Conservative cuts. We will be there to honour and recognize their service, not just this week of Veterans' Week, but every single week throughout the year.

[Housing, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the only so-called plan the Leader of the Opposition put forward is a plan for cuts and austerity, a plan to cut billions of dollars of investments that are needed by municipalities to unlock the building of thousands of homes. Why does he not want to see thousands of homes built across the country? Because he would rather instrumentalize, for his own political gain, the sufferings and the challenges faced by Canadians than solve the challenges, just like he refuses to solve the challenge of foreign interference in his own caucus by refusing to get the necessary security briefings and security clearance that will keep his caucus and Canadians safe.

[Housing, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the MP for Fundy Royal wrote that this funding “will provide much needed housing in this area”, so much so that, when the Leader of the Opposition announced he would cancel it, the mayor of Butternut Valley in that riding, Alan Brown, responded very strongly that this money would help build homes and asked why the Conservative leader was blocking it.

[Housing, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the MP for St. Albert—Edmonton said, “The requested federal funding is critical to making this needed development a reality—a development that will help address the significant shortage of affordable housing options in the community”.

At the same time, the mayor of Butternut Valley in New Brunswick pointed out that this is a program they need.

Even the local MP said that this funding “will provide much needed housing” in the city.

[Housing, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, 18 Conservative caucus members stood up and asked for housing investments in their municipalities across the country from the housing accelerator fund that the Leader of the Opposition is promising to cut.

I am going to channel my old job as a schoolteacher. The Leader of the Opposition actually spent a lot of time and effort rooting out which 18 members had asked for this money for their municipalities for housing. If he spent half as much time rooting out foreign interference as he did rooting out people who are asking for more housing, we might be better off as a country.

[Housing, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the problem with the Leader of the Opposition's so-called plan is that it actually cuts billions of dollars of investments to municipalities across the country that are counting on them to build hundreds and even thousands of units of housing Canadians so desperately need. His plan is, once again, cuts and austerity, fights with municipalities and fights with the provinces, not building the homes that matter to Canadians. Once again, he is completely out to lunch and demonstrating an unwillingness to help Canadians, except for a willingness to help himself with political attacks.

[Seniors, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we all know how difficult global inflation has been for Canadians, especially seniors.

That is why we have worked so hard as a government to bring inflation down in Canada faster than in the United States and faster than elsewhere in the world. That is also why interest rates are falling faster in Quebec than anywhere else in the world.

We will continue to be a fiscally responsible government to ensure that people in this country continue to benefit from low inflation rates. We will continue to invest in programs like dental care and support for seniors, which will help them as well.

[International Trade, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, as I have been saying all along, we agree on this bill. We are in the process of making sure it passes in the Senate. We need to take a firm stand when it comes to supply management, which we have always defended.

Our government is the one that promised to never compromise on supply management in any future trade agreement. We are going to keep our promise.

I really appreciate the Bloc Québécois's support on this. We will continue to make sure that our farmers and supply management are protected.

[Carbon Pricing, November 6th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition demonstrates that he has no understanding of the only way to build a stronger economy for the future. It is to protect the environment while, at the same time, putting more money back in the pockets of Canadians.

The Canada carbon rebate puts more money back in the pockets of eight out of 10 Canadians, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, according to top economists and environmentalists across the country. We are putting more money in people's pockets, which the Leader of the Opposition wants to take away at a time when investments in jobs, in growth and in the future are more important than ever before.