Justin Trudeau

[Mental Health and Addictions, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the opioid and addictions crisis is having a profound impact on Canadians across the country. Our approach is rooted in science, facts and research, as well as compassion and the work we can do on the ground, hand in hand with the organizations, provinces, municipalities and experts. We will continue to take an approach based on public health, not on criminalizing people who are suffering from addiction. That is what will save lives.

[Firearms, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, slogans furnished to him by the gun lobby do not keep Canadians safe. Canadians know that significant, common-sense gun control measures, which we have put forward, are what is making a difference in keeping Canadians safe, and we will continue to do that.

However, we are now at least talking about security issues, so Canadians may be wondering why it is that the leader of the Conservative Party continues to refuse to get the appropriate clearances from our national security agencies so he can take the issue of foreign interference, including against his own party, seriously.

[Firearms, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, when the Conservative Party's plan on guns is to unfreeze the market on handguns and re-legalize assault-style weapons across this country, nobody can take them seriously on the issue of guns.

However, they are talking about national security now, and safety, which begs the question: why will the leader of the Conservative Party not get the necessary security clearance to get the necessary security briefings to show Canadians he is capable of taking national security seriously?

[Justice, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I agree completely with my Bloc Québécois colleague when he points out the serious risk that the Conservatives pose to the freedoms of Canadians across this country. However, we must not hurry through an issue as fundamental as medical assistance in dying.

We have to protect the rights of the most vulnerable and their capacity to make free and informed choices. That is why we will take as much time as necessary to work with the different provinces, assess the issue, and ensure that we make the right choice for Canadians.

[Justice, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, MAID is a deeply personal and sensitive choice that involves individuals and their families at an extremely difficult time in their lives.

Potentially expanding eligibility to include advance requests is a very important decision. We are therefore launching a national conversation and will not initiate legal proceedings against Quebec's Bill 11.

We remain committed to working with Quebec and all provinces and territories to carefully assess what responsible next steps can be taken.

[Government Priorities, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I am confused about what happened. The Conservative Party used to be about the defence of Canada, but Conservatives dropped defence spending to below 1% last time they were in office. They are supposed to be about law and order, but they stand against stronger measures on gun control. They are supposed to be about national security, but the leader of the Conservative Party refuses to get the necessary security briefings to keep our democracy safe and to distinguish in the conspiracy theories that float around what is fact and what is fiction. Why will he not trust our national security agencies?

[Government Priorities, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, it is fascinating to see the lengths to which the Conservative leader will go to avoid the issue of national security, to avoid the issue of safety of Canadians, to avoid talking about issues of foreign interference, because he cannot say why he refuses to take the security clearance that would allow him to access top-secret information focused on keeping his members safe and keeping our democracy safe. We know that foreign governments interfered in the last leadership campaigns in the Conservative Party. He wants nothing to do with it.

[Government Priorities, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, what is fascinating is the spectacle of watching—

[Government Priorities, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I would be interested to see the leader of the Conservative Party do a very simple thing in his next answer: Switch the order of the statements he just made.

Any time he talks about unequivocally standing up for women's rights in this House, crickets from the Conservative backbench. That is because, consistently, members of the Conservative Party of Canada move forward measures that restrict and restrain women's rights, and that limit women's rights to a full suite of reproductive services. Conservative Party members do not stand up for women's rights, so nor does the Conservative leader.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians watching today will see that the Leader of the Opposition is refusing to stand up to take a strong position in protecting women's rights unequivocally in the House. He cannot because his MPs will not let him. At the same time, he is refusing to protect his MPs by not getting the security clearance necessary to get fully informed on threats to our democracy from foreign powers.

Why will he not get the security clearance necessary to take international interference seriously?