Justin Trudeau

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, one of the most fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian prime minister is the safety of Canadians. Unfortunately, the Leader of the Opposition has failed at his responsibility to keep his own MPs safe from foreign interference.

I have asked the security services to figure out a way to give some information to the Leader of the Opposition so he can actually fulfill his responsibility of protecting Canadians, including those within his own caucus. It would be easier if he got his security clearance, but I have asked them to give him some information nonetheless.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the only thing the Conservative leader is offering at a time when Canadians need support is cuts. He is proposing to cut billions of dollars of investments in housing across the country that would increase densification, cut red tape and accelerate the construction of homes and apartments that Canadians need.

He is offering cuts. He is offering austerity. He is saying that everything is broken, and then he is thinking that cuts to services, programs and investments are what is going to help Canadians. That is not responsible leadership.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party's plan is to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from Quebec and cut investments in housing across the country. That is not what Canadians need.

We are investing in housing. We are investing in offering more opportunities for people across the country. He is offering nothing but billions of dollars in cuts to the services and programs that Canadians rely on.

[Housing, October 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has a fundamental problem, which is that he can think of only one solution to deal with the challenges he mentioned. His only solution is to cut services, programs and investments for Canadians. His idea of a housing solution is to cut billions of dollars from the investments we are making to build more housing faster. He wants to cut the $900 million that we are sending to the Quebec government to speed up housing construction in municipalities across Quebec.

It takes investments to build housing, not the cuts and austerity that the Conservative Party is offering.

[Health, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, as a party, as a government, we have always been there to defend women's rights. We will continue to do so and increase access to reproductive health care and services across the country.

That said, I share my NDP colleague's concern about the Conservative Party. I would like to point out that the Quebec members of the Conservative Party remain silent when it comes to defending women's rights. They are not standing up to push back against Conservative attacks on women's freedom of choice.

We saw their colleague from Richmond—Arthabaska, who is strong—

[Telecommunications, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, over the past number of years, we have seen data fees and cellphone fees decrease across this country because of the efforts of the current government, which has brought in more competition and support for consumers. We know there is always more to do. We are going to continue to hold the telcos to account to deliver high-quality services to Canadians at affordable prices. That is something we will continue to be there for.

[Government Priorities, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, it is pretty clear who is here in the House to play petty politics and who is here to get results for Quebeckers and Canadians.

That is exactly what we are doing by offering dental care across the country that has already helped nearly one million Canadians. We have been there to invest in more child care spaces and we will continue to be there to provide free insulin to people who need it and cannot afford it, as well as prescription contraceptives to women who need them. We have work to do and we are working for Canadians.

[Government Priorities, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois leader is well aware that, when it comes to protecting our farmers, we are moving forward, we are there to protect supply management, and we are there to ensure that the Senate is going to pass this bill, or an equivalent bill, because we will always be there to protect our farmers.

As for our seniors, we are always going to be there to protect them too, whether through dental care, which has now been provided to almost one million Canadians, especially seniors. We were there to increase the GIS in our early years in office and to increase the OAS for older seniors. We will always be there for seniors.

[Housing, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians have learned that, when Conservatives make promises, we have to check the fine print. The fine print on this one is cutting programs that are investing in building new homes right across the country, working with municipalities and delivering the homes that Canadians, particularly young Canadians, need.

Now, if the Leader of the Opposition actually cared about young Canadians, he would not be standing against the fact that we are asking wealthier Canadians to pay a little more in taxes to help young Canadians with buying a home, with creating a future and with creating the jobs that they need.

We are going to continue to invest in young people for intergenerational fairness while he gives tax breaks to the wealthiest.

[Housing, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is intending to cut the housing accelerator fund, which is all about creating densification across our communities, accelerating permitting, cutting red tape, using more public lands and creating more opportunities for public lands to be used for the creation of affordable homes. It is about changing the way homes get built so they get built faster and more accessibly for Canadians.

The Leader of the Opposition is about cutting the programs and services Canadians rely on. That is what Canadians have learned about Conservative promises. They have to look at the fine print, and the fine print is cuts to things Canadians need.