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Carbon Pricing November 21st, 2024
Mr. Speaker, we are delivering real relief for Canadians. It is the Conservatives who are trying to make life more expensive when they have an opportunity to help Canadians with the high cost of living. This is unsurprising, because it is from the same party whose leader was delivering donuts to people out here who were protesting, yet this morning had protesters removed by police from his home. The guy who cares about freedom of speech certainly does not like it when people oppose his views.
The Economy November 21st, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the GST would be removed on essential goods for the next couple of months, and the Conservatives want to vote against it. As we go into the holidays and families are thinking about buying toys and getting Christmas trees, we are offering removing the GST on those very things.
The Conservatives say, “No, do not stand up for Canadians. Do not help them through these tough times.” That is par for the course and their pattern of behaviour. When I look in the dictionary, that starts with an “H” and ends with “ypocrisy”.
The Economy November 21st, 2024
Mr. Speaker, let me get this straight. The Conservative members of Parliament talk about reducing poverty and talk about helping Canadians through affordability challenges, but when we have a real thing on the table that would cut the GST on essential goods, they have to listen to their leader and oppose cutting taxes for Canadians.
This is just par for the course for the Conservatives. We know that the guy who supposedly fights for freedom of speech does not want his MPs to speak freely. The real question is this: Will he allow them to vote freely for Canadians and this tax cut?
Innovation, Science and Industry November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the level of disrespect the Conservative members of Parliament are not just showing this place but also showing you is completely unacceptable.
We, as of November 8, have deposited nearly 29,000 pages of documents with regard to this matter. It is only Conservative members of Parliament who are filibustering and obstructing this place. They are not standing on moral grounds, they are not standing on principle, they are simply trying to hold back the good work that we need to do for Canadians. Their disrespectful behaviour is just one more example of their inappropriate behaviour here in this place.
Ethics November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I guess the member opposite was not paying attention to my answer, because I said we were halfway through question period and I had yet to hear a question from the members opposite about the war of aggression by Russia on Ukraine.
Let us look at the facts. This time last year, Conservatives were holding up and voting against the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, an agreement that Ukraine had asked us for as an ally. When it comes to meaningful action, they do everything they can to hold back support from Ukraine, and we are seeing that today too.
Ethics November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the minister has already responded to those questions, but what I find really interesting is that today marks 1,000 days since Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine began, and we have not heard a single question about this from the Conservative members of Parliament. This is unsurprising from them, given the fact that, when it comes to their support for Ukraine, it has been wavering over the past year. On this side of the House, we stand for Ukraine. Do the Conservative members of Parliament?
Ethics November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the minister has addressed those issues. He has stated that what the member opposite said is false.
What we want to know is why the Leader of the Opposition is silencing his members of Parliament. Why will he not allow his members of Parliament to speak on behalf of their constituents and advocate for their communities? All we hear from the Leader of the Opposition is the silencing of his own members of Parliament. Why will he not just let them speak?
Ethics November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, what the Conservative members are doing today is unbelievable. They are demonstrating their total lack of respect for this place, for Canadian democracy and for what you are saying as the Speaker of the House.
Canadians see the circus that the Conservatives are creating in the House. They know that the Conservatives are turning this very important place into a joke. This is the seat of our democracy. What they are doing and how they are acting today is shameful.
Ethics November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, the minister has answered these questions. He said that what the member opposite is saying is completely false.
It is time for the Conservatives to put an end to these partisan political games that go nowhere. They need to respect the House and let it get back to work. We need to make sure we can all do the job Canadians sent us here to do.
Ethics November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I think this shameful display of disrespect from the Conservative members of Parliament for this place is on display today. It is exactly how they have been operating for the past couple of weeks. It is time for them to stop filibustering and obstructing the work of Parliament. It is time for them to start respecting this place and respecting the work we do here on behalf of Canadians. We have deposited up to 29,000 pages' worth of documents. The Conservatives need to stop these games and let everybody get back to work on behalf of Canadians.