Justin Trudeau

[Housing, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, over the decades, Canadians have learned the hard way that with Conservative promises, one always has to check the fine print. The fine print on this one is that Conservatives are going to cut the investments we are making across the country, working with municipalities to cut red tape, to invest in more housing, to invest in more affordable homes, to accelerate permitting and to create densification.

The Conservative leader is going to cut the services, programs and investments that Canadians are counting on to solve the housing crisis. That is all he offers: cuts to the programs and supports that Canadians need. Whether it is the housing accelerator or housing and infrastructure investments, he is going to build—

[Housing, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, what the Conservative leader wants to cut is the $900 million we are sending to Quebec through the housing accelerator fund, which has already rolled out in Quebec and elsewhere in the country.

He wants to cut and eliminate the $900 million that we sent to Quebec to build more housing, to address the challenges facing Quebeckers, especially young Quebeckers. His solution is not really a solution, because his ideas always come with cuts to services, investments and the programs that Canadians need.

Quebeckers do not want cuts and austerity. They want investments to build a better world.

[Housing, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, when the Leader of the Opposition was Stephen Harper's minister responsible for housing, he failed. He built only six affordable housing units across the entire country. Now he is proposing a program that will cut transfers to the municipalities and the investments that we are making in infrastructure to build more homes across the country. The Conservatives are offering budget cuts to the programs and services that Canadians rely on, whereas we are investing in building housing for Canadians from coast to coast to coast.

[Taxation, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Richmond—Arthabaska for raising this issue. I know we have discussed it within the government. We will continue to look at whether his proposal, which seems to make a lot of sense, has any merit. I am sure we will all move forward together.

[Financial Institutions, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we are, of course, very concerned by the actions of TD Bank in the United States. We make sure, every single day, that banks in Canada behave by following all the rules. We have continued to strengthen financial oversight, and we are making sure that there is full accountability for those responsible for this wrongdoing in the United States.

[Democratic Institutions, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians should be alarmed by the Conservative leader's choosing to ignore risks to his own party and to our country, and his excuses have all been dismissed by non-partisan national security experts. If he has nothing to hide, what is he afraid of? Why will he not get his security clearances?

Let me put this in terms that I think the Leader of the Opposition might actually understand. He needs to get the clearance, take the briefing and protect the country.

[Democratic Institutions, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we just saw an excellent example of the partisan lengths to which Conservatives will go to try to cover up for the fact that their leader refuses to take national security questions seriously.

He has repeatedly refused offers by our national security agencies to give him the necessary clearances to be able to see the scope and breadth of threats to Canadians through foreign interference. He pretends to take issues of national security seriously, but that is only for partisan purposes, not for protecting Canadians. Shame on him.

[Democratic Institutions, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker—

[Innovation, Science and Industry, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is about to get up one more time in the House to say some words. I recommend, at this point, that he choose to apply those words to explaining to Canadians why he will not get the necessary security clearance from our national intelligence agencies to be able to protect not just his party, its institutions and its members but all Canadians.

Any leader who wants to take national security seriously should be able to listen to the information that CSIS wants to share with them, instead of covering their ears and going, “la la la la la”.

[Innovation, Science and Industry, October 23rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we just heard very impassioned and understandable outbursts from the member for Wellington—Halton Hills, who is concerned about foreign interference and its impact. Something that worries me is that he cannot have confidence that his leader, the leader of the Conservative Party, is actually going to do the work to take foreign interference seriously and get the security clearance necessary to be able to protect the members of his caucus from foreign interference.

Why is the leader of the Conservative Party not getting his security clearance?