Karina Gould

[International Trade, December 5th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we completely agree with my hon. colleague from the Bloc Québécois. This matter is important for farmers and for every supply-managed sector in Quebec and across the country. We agree with this bill. We support what the Bloc Québécois has done and we support the bill in the Senate. Only the Conservatives do not. I therefore invite my hon. Bloc Québécois colleague to talk to the Conservative leader to make sure that Conservative senators are not blocking this bill.

[International Trade, December 5th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is well aware that the government supports this bill. The Prime Minister, all the ministers and the entire caucus have spoken with the senators and asked them to do their job. The only party leader whose position is unknown is the Conservative Party leader. We know the Conservative caucus is divided on supply management, but I can assure my hon. colleague that the government fully supports supply management.

[Points of Order, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order in light of what happened in question period today in the question from the member for Davenport, as well as the question that was posed last Wednesday by the member for Kingston, in terms of taking away a government's response.

The precedent that had been set in this place is that even if a member asks a question that is not related to government business, if the minister gets up then the Speaker had recognized that minister to speak. I am just asking for some consistency and fairness in the practice so we all know, as members of Parliament, the frame of how these questions should be asked and whether an answer is respected or is given or not, as well as the consequences when a member from the opposition asks a question that is out of order.

[New Democratic Party of Canada, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, it kind of boggles the mind that the Conservatives are talking about pensions for their members when the Leader of the Opposition has a $2-million pension from the House of Commons. It is unbelievable what they say. They say one thing, they do another. We cannot trust these Conservative members of Parliament with anything they say because pretty much what they are accusing others of is exactly what they do.

[New Democratic Party of Canada, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservative members of Parliament are really getting to be pretty ridiculous around here. They have an opportunity to ask real questions of the government, but instead they choose to play petty politics. Yesterday I introduced a motion that would give them the opportunity to do that. Remember, the Leader of the Opposition tweeted about that over the weekend?

However, when given the opportunity they said no. Why? They are too afraid and too weak to actually do what they say. On this side of the House, we are going to stand up for Canadians and provide real affordability measures, even if they try to stand in our way.

[Government Accountability, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, again, I am not sure that the question had anything to do with government business, but on this side of the House, when we do that, whether it was the member for Kingston and the Islands or the member for Davenport, our questions were taken away even though they were in regard to government business.

However, what I can say is that the Conservatives keep running scared. Whenever we give them an opportunity to do what they say, they vote against it. When it is cutting taxes and giving people a GST holiday, what do they do? They vote against it. When it is actually coming forward with a motion to vote confidence in the government, what do they do? They vote against it. They are too scared to actually act on their issues. They would rather provide slogans than solutions. On this side of the House we're acting for Canadians.

[Government Accountability, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I wish you had afforded the same courtesy to the Minister of Finance, who also wanted to answer a question. I think it would be appropriate to make sure that we apply the same standard moving forward.

However, what I would like to say to the Leader of the Opposition is that we gave him an opportunity to debate that, and instead of taking it, the Conservatives ran away afraid. I am surprised that the member is even bringing this up, because when we gave them an opportunity to hold that vote, they said “no”. That is just another pattern of their behaviour, where they say one thing and do another.

[Government Accountability, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, my question—

[The Economy, December 2nd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservative members of Parliament are so ridiculous. They had an opportunity today to put forward a vote of confidence in the government, and they decided not to. Yet again, we are seeing Conservative MPs talking out of one side of their mouth, but when it comes time to act, they just cannot deliver.

We are here to work for Canadians. We are doing real things that are delivering for real Canadians, such as school food programs, the Canada child benefit and dental care, which are helping Canadians make ends meet while all Conservatives do is puff hot air.

[Carbon Pricing, December 2nd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, this is yet another example of the Conservative leader talking about one thing and doing another.

When it comes to supporting children, we have been negotiating school food agreements that are helping 200,000 children across this country, yet the Conservative leader is opposed to that. He talks about lowering taxes, but last week he made every single one of his MPs vote against a GST tax cut for Canadians. He also talks about wanting to hold an opposition day, but we gave him an opportunity today and he ran away from it. That is what weakness looks like when it comes to leadership.