Justin Trudeau

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

Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Saint-Laurent for her hard work and her defence of women's rights.

We have heard too many women say that they were shamed at these centres, and that is unacceptable. That is why we introduced a bill yesterday to force these centres to be more transparent. Otherwise, they could lose their charitable status.

Unlike the Conservative leader, the Liberals will always defend a woman's right to choose and obtain the health care she needs, including the full range of reproductive health care and services.

[Health, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, my daughter is in the gallery today, so I wanted her to hear me as long as everyone else does.

This government is unequivocally pro-choice. We will always defend a woman's right to choose, full stop. That is why we have pulled back funding from provinces that have not been delivering access to abortion in their jurisdictions and why we will continue to enforce the Canada Health Act.

It is the Conservative Party, with its dangerous attack on women's rights, that should have people worried right across the country. At a time when we have seen Roe v. Wade overturned and attacks on women's rights, the Conservative leader cannot stand up to defend women's rights.

[Public Service of Canada, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, in extending the UN International Decade for People of African Descent, this government has done more to recognize systemic bias, systemic discrimination, unconscious bias and anti-Black racism than any other. There is always more to do, which is why we have stepped up with the Black entrepreneurship program. It is responding to the needs of Black communities to access more capital to create the prosperity they so need to be able to create for their communities. We are continuing to invest in anti-Black racism initiatives and continuing to stand with the Black community. There is always more to do, and we will do it.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, like I said, if he wants to be helpful on the issue against homelessness, maybe he could give a call to his fellow Conservatives, the premiers of Saskatchewan and Ontario, to agree to accept the money we are putting on the table that they could match to support people living in encampments and fight homelessness effectively on the ground. He will not do that.

What else he will not do is get his security clearance so that he can actually protect his fellow MPs and protect Canadians in this democracy. He refuses to get the security clearance necessary to keep Canadians safe. That is not the kind of leadership Canadians—

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, with the Conservatives, we always need to look at the fine print underneath the easy slogans, and the fine print on this one is that it would be cutting billions of dollars of investments in housing right across the country at a time where we need to be building more housing more quickly. Cuts are not the solution.

If he wants to take something seriously, perhaps he should take seriously the issue of national security because, for inexplicable political, childish and who knows what reasons, he refuses to get his security clearance, which would allow him to keep his own MPs safe, to keep Canadians safe, and to keep our democracy and its institutions safe.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, what shows leadership is taking seriously the safety of Canadians. The RCMP has concluded that the Government of India was involved in the killing of a Canadian on Canadian soil, as well as being involved in extortion, in violence, in drive-by shootings and in home invasions, and the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada refuses to get his security clearance so that he can keep Canadians safe, or even keep his fellow MPs safe. That is why I have asked our security services to find a way to share some information with him so maybe he can do at least a part of his job.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, to fight against homelessness, I recommend that the Conservative leader call his friends, the Conservative premiers of Saskatchewan and Ontario, to tell them to accept the money we are putting on the table to fight against homelessness and be done with the encampments that are making people so vulnerable.

That being said, it is interesting to see the Conservative leader absolutely refuse to answer such a simple question. Why is he refusing to get his security clearance to protect our institutions, our democracy and his own colleagues in the Conservative Party of Canada?

[International Trade, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we recognize the Senate's independence and the important work it does in considering bills and making recommendations. Over the years, we have appointed outstanding senators who are responsible and diligent in their work.

That said, we still expect the Senate to take into consideration the wishes of the House and the decisions made by the House, which voted unanimously to protect supply management in any free trade agreement negotiations. That is what we remain committed to doing.

[International Trade, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we have always been very clear on the fact that we would protect supply management.

That is what we did against the Trump administration and that is what we have continued to do. We made a promise to always protect supply management in any free trade negotiation we undertake in the years to come. We are defending supply management and we expect the Senate to pass this bill to ensure that supply management will always be protected in Canada in the future.

We perfectly agree with the Bloc Québécois on this.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians are extremely perplexed right now.

We know full well, based on stereotypes in any case, that the Conservatives are concerned about law, order, crime, national security and defence. They bring it up all the time during elections, but when there is a real threat to Canadians' security and even the security of his own members, the Conservative leader refuses to get his security clearance and refuses to take his responsibilities for public safety seriously.