Justin Trudeau

[International Trade, November 5th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, since I just answered that question in French, allow me, instead, to take a moment to condemn, unequivocally, the violence we have seen in South Asian communities across the country over the past few nights.

Let me be very clear that the individuals who are inciting violence, division and hatred in no way represent either the Sikh community or the Hindu community in Canada. At a time of Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas, we are seeing communities come together to celebrate their diversity and their strength.

We will continue to stand for the unity of Canadians.

[International Trade, November 5th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition keeps claiming that Canada is broken. At the same time, he wants to scrap investments that are going to help Canadians solve the housing crisis, for example. He is proposing to cut the $900 million that we send to the Government of Quebec to build thousands of new affordable homes.

All that he has to offer are budget cuts and austerity. That is not what Quebeckers or Canadians as a whole want. We need to invest in solving the housing crisis, which is exactly what this government is doing. What the Leader of the Opposition supports is austerity.

[International Trade, November 5th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, what we are seeing is yet more nonsense from the Conservative leader. The fact is, while we were standing up to Donald Trump when he wanted to renegotiate NAFTA, the Conservatives, including Stephen Harper, were encouraging us to capitulate. They told us it was important not to offend the Americans.

On the contrary, we took a stand, we protected supply management, we protected steel and aluminum workers, and we protected Canadian jobs across the country.

[Democratic Institutions, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, that was an absolutely disgraceful display of irreverence and unseriousness in a place that deserves a serious contemplation of issues of national security, but it does not surprise me that he is choosing to sit with the Conservative Party of Canada, because its leader will not even get the necessary clearance to get the necessary briefing to keep Canadians safe. It is irresponsible.

[Veterans Affairs, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Veterans Affairs has asked her officials to investigate this matter further.

We are committed to supporting our veterans and have been since day one. That is why we have invested over $11 billion in new services and supports for veterans since 2016, which included reopening the nine veteran service centres that the Harper government shuttered and rehiring the 1,000 staff the Harper government fired. We are continuing to work to improve services, benefits and supports for veterans and their families.

[Democratic Institutions, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Kitchener—Conestoga for his hard work.

Canadians should not be surprised that the Conservative leader refuses to call out Indian foreign interference. He has refused to get briefed up, to get the security clearance necessary and to get the understanding that our national security agencies want him to have to be better able to protect his own MPs, protect our institutions and protect Canadians.

Let me put it in phrasing that perhaps the Leader of the Opposition will eventually understand: Get the clearance, get the briefings and protect Canadians.

[Carbon Pricing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, if the Conservative leader actually cared about food insecurity, instead of just wanting to politicize and instrumentalize it, he would have supported our national school food program. However, he did not. What he also will not do is take seriously his responsibility as a party leader in the House, as someone who desperately wants to become prime minister, to get the security clearance and therefore the briefings necessary to protect our democracy, our institutions and his team members from the threats of foreign interference. That is absolutely irresponsible.

[Carbon Pricing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Canada carbon rebate puts more money in the pockets of eight out of 10 Canadians right across the country, and it is top economists, scientists and the Parliamentary Budget Officer who have declared that.

At the same time, we know the Leader of the Opposition will not listen to experts. He will not even listen to our national security experts, who are trying to let him know about threats to his own MPs. I have asked them to figure out a way to share at least some information with him, despite the fact that he has refused to get a security clearance, because the responsibility of the Prime Minister is to protect all Canadians, including, apparently, Conservative MPs.

[Carbon Pricing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Canada carbon rebate puts more money back in the pockets of the middle class and people working hard to join it. The Parliamentary Budget Officer recognized that eight out of 10 Canadians are better off with the Canada carbon rebate than the price on pollution costs them in their jurisdictions.

The Leader of the Opposition is proposing to take away money from vulnerable families across this country at a time they need it. The Leader of the Opposition is also refusing to get the security clearance necessary to keep Canadians safe by getting the briefings from our security agencies that talk about foreign interference.

[Women and Gender Equality, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the member for Humber River—Black Creek is right. Yesterday, we announced that we are holding pregnancy crisis centres accountable for preventing women from making informed choices. While we are protecting women's freedom of choice, the Conservative Party is trying to roll it back.

Any party leader who allows their MPs to introduce anti-choice legislation, and actively recruits anti-choice candidates and takes their money, cannot say that they are pro-choice. It is time the Conservative Party ends its filibuster and allows this House to vote on reproductive rights.