Justin Trudeau

[Finance, December 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we just saw why the Conservative leader keeps playing his petty high-drama games. Inflation is now at the Bank of Canada's target rate, which allowed it to lower the key interest rate by 0.5%.

We are there to help Canadians. We have reduced inflation. The Conservative leader talks about young people who are hungry. Then why did he vote against the school food program, which will help young people right across the country? He is blocking access to dental care. He is not there to help Canadians.

[Finance, December 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader likes to sensationalize things to try to distract Canadians from the fact that he voted against a tax holiday for Canadians, against dental care that is now being provided to 1.2 million Canadians, and against investments in the school food program.

He continues to try to muzzle his MPs to prevent them from speaking in the best interest of their community. He refuses to get his security clearance to be able to protect our democracy. That is what he wants to distract Canadians from.

[Health, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we always respect provincial jurisdictions. However, we have invested $200 million. We are going to invest $200 billion in the coming years in health care across the country to have more family doctors, a better public health care system and more support for our health care workers.

We are there to defend our public health care system. We are there to work hand in hand with the provinces that want to offer a better public system.

[Taxation, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we were equally puzzled when the Conservatives voted against a tax break for Canadians for the next few months.

People are facing challenges right now, counting their pennies at the grocery store as they try to make ends meet. This Parliament stepped up to deliver a tax break for all Canadians, but the Conservative leader forced his MPs to vote against a tax break for Canadians. Even though he wanders around the country talking about taxes, hanging out with certain questionable Diagolon folks, he continues to vote against the interests of Canadians.

[Diversity and Inclusion, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers, like all Canadians, cherish individual rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of belief and freedom of assembly. We all have fundamental individual freedoms, and we will always defend them. I understand that, while some people like to play political games here and across the country, various communities are being attacked. On this side, in the federal Liberal government, we will always stand up for individual freedoms.

[Diversity and Inclusion, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we will always stand up for individual freedom and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Freedom of thought, freedom of belief and freedom of expression are rights that our government will always defend. We will certainly continue to protect those rights across the country.

[Finance, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, while the Leader of the Opposition continues to talk down Canadians, the Canadian economy and indeed Canada, let me once again put it on the record: Canada is the best country in the world.

We as Canadians are stepping up. Canadians got us through the pandemic. Canadians got us through the challenge of high inflation. Canadians will keep building a positive future for themselves by being there and showing up for each other, unlike the Leader of the Opposition, who has voted against every measure that has been put on the table to support Canadians over the past years and who continues to be in it only for himself.

[Finance, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, while we once again hear the Leader of the Opposition talking down Canada's economy and talking down Canadians, it looks like the Bank of Canada will be decreasing interest rates once again because inflation is back down within the target range.

The Leader of the Opposition is also perplexed, because he does not let his own MPs speak out on anything he does not stamp and approve. He has people follow him around with tape recorders so they do not speak to media about anything he does not pre-approve. That is not being Canadians' voices in this place.

[Finance, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians lose when the Conservative leader votes against a dental plan for seniors. Canadians lose when he stands against a tax break for all Canadians over the next few months. Canadians lose when he blocks a school food program that is going to save parents $800 on groceries while putting more food in kids' bellies.

Every single time the Leader of the Opposition gets up in the House, he stands against supports for Canadians, against growing the economy and against supporting a better future for all Canadians, because he is only in it for himself.

[Finance, December 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, there is only one person in this room who objects to helping Canadians, and it is the Leader of the Opposition. He voted against a tax break for Canadians. He voted against dental care, against school food, against investments in the electric battery sector, and against our current investments in creating clean energy and more jobs across the country.

The Leader of the Opposition opposes measures that help Canadians because he is only in it for himself, not for Canadians.