Kyle Seeback

[Questions on the Order Paper, September 16th, 2024]

With regard to individual expense receipts submitted by a board of director, chair, or Chief Executive Officer, at lnvest in Canada, since 2018: what are the details of all items expensed, including the (i) dollar value of each expense, (ii) product or service expensed, (iii) name of the venue for the product or service expensed, (iv) name of the city in which it was expensed, (v) reason for the expense, (vi) name and title of the individual it was expensed under, (vii) date?

[Questions Passed as Orders for Returns, June 19th, 2024]

With regard to the M-KOPA project that received financing through the Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev Canada), a Canadian Crown corporation that is a subsidiary of Export Development Canada (EDC): (a) what assessments has EDC made to ensure that M-KOPA is properly accounting for all expenditures of taxpayer funds provided by the Government of Canada; (b) has the government reviewed and analyzed any of the expenditures by M-KOPA through FinDev Canada and EDC, and, if so, what are the details of all written, electronic and other documents pertaining to M-KOPA and funds provided to this organization; (c) has any auditing been done of M-KOPA or of FinDev Canada in relation to M-KOPA, and, if so, what were the findings; (d) what was the timeline for the approval of investments made by the Government of Canada, through EDC to FinDev Canada then to M-KOPA; and (e) what are the details of all memorandums and briefing notes about M-KOPA, all financial and contractual details including all memorandums and briefing notes and scope documents and economic impact analysis as well as all other financial documents related to M-KOPA that were sent or received by EDC, FinDev Canada, or any relevant ministerial offices and ministers, deputy ministers, assistant deputy ministers, the Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister and the Office of the Prime Minister, the Privy Council Office, and any other outstanding documentation that discusses the provision of funding or potential funding and screening of M-KOPA from 2016 to 2024?

[Questions on the Order Paper, June 19th, 2024]

With regard to the recently announced emissions cap on Canada's oil and gas sector: (a) what assessments has the Government of Canada made regarding the economic impact on Gross Domestic Product and Export amounts, by dollar, for Canada; (b) has the government analyzed and reviewed the potential impact to Canadian firms that export energy products, and, if so, what are the details; (c) has the government considered the potential economic fallout in terms of job losses across the energy sector, at the provincial and territorial level, and, if so, what were the findings; (d) prior to the announcement of the emissions cap, did the government engage in any public relations or briefings with non-government organizations (NGO), the United Nations, and any sub-directorates of the United Nations at the ministerial level, and, if so, what was the nature of those discussions and the result of those discussions; (e) did the government procure any NGO or outside-of-government entities or actors to raise the subject within the Canadian media sphere, and, if so, who was involved and how much money was spent on these endeavors; and (f) what are the financial and contractual details of all memorandums and briefing notes, scope documents and economic impact analysis about the emissions cap that were sent to, or received by, the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, and the Minister of Finance, as well as any relevant ministerial offices and other involved ministers, deputy ministers, assistant deputy ministers regarding the emissions cap policy file, from 2016 to 2024?

[Carbon Pricing, June 17th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, if we want to talk about misleading Canadians, the Liberals pretend they have an environmental plan when greenhouse gas emissions actually went up year over year. Canada is now ranked 62nd out of 67 for emissions reduction performance. We are now ranked with the low-performing countries. All the while, the government is bankrupting Canadians while the limousine Liberals drive around and preach that Canadians should just take it. It is all a pack of lies.

The environment minister should be fired for covering up the truth of the cost of the carbon tax from Canadians. Will he resign?

[Carbon Pricing, June 17th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Liberals knew that the carbon tax was costing Canadians billions of dollars. They knew and they covered it up.

The cost is $25 billion a year. That works out to a cost of $1,800, each and every year, for every single Canadian family. If Canadians wonder why it is hard to pay for things, this is why. If the average Canadian went to work, lied and covered something up, they would be fired.

Will the Prime Minister fire the radical environment minister, who tried to cover this all up from Canadians?

[Sam Young, June 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about Sam Young. He was passionate about golf, passionate about his family and passionate about his community. Sam had a lifelong passion for golf as a player, a coach and a builder. When he was done playing, Sam purchased a small nine-hole golf course in the town of Shelburne, which expanded to 18 holes. It is a beauty.

Sam started a spectacular golf academy to teach young golfers. Over 30 young golfers got scholarships to the United States and went on to do tournament play. He was a role model to each and every one of them, and in 2018, Sam was inducted into the PGA of Canada Hall of Fame.

He was also a community builder. He helped with many projects, like the restoration of the old Shelburne town hall, and so many organizations honoured him for volunteerism. I could not list them all, but here are a few: Hospice Dufferin, Canadian Cancer Society, Diabetes Canada and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

I fondly recall many conversations with Sam. He had such wisdom to pass on. Sadly, Sam passed away. He will be missed, but it was a life well lived.

[Taxation, May 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, it is unbelievable. This would save 35¢ a litre on gasoline. That does not mean much to ministers, who get driven around by chauffeurs in their limos and probably have not pumped gas nor known the cost of gas in about 10 years. However, for the average Canadian family, it would mean everything, and the Liberals could do something about it. I know they do not take road trips, but Canadian families do, and it would make a difference.

The Liberals have a choice. They can vote to take those taxes off and save Canadians 35¢ a litre so they can take a road trip, or they can continue to punish Canadians with this damn carbon tax.

[Taxation, May 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canadians know that the Liberal Prime Minister is not worth the homelessness, is not worth the hunger and is not worth the tent cities that are popping up everywhere. However, there is a plan to give some relief. A Conservative motion would take the carbon tax and all federal taxes off gas from now until Labour Day. It would save 35¢ a litre and maybe give Canadians a road trip. The only road trip the Liberals know is their ministers' driving around in their limousine with their chauffeur.

Will the Liberals support the motion to axe the tax, yes or no?

[Petitions, May 30th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition organized by Survivors Safety Matters, which is co-founded by Alexa Barkley and Tanya Couch.

What they are petitioning is with respect to section 278 of the Criminal Code, which allows for the disclosure of the private records of the victim, including therapeutic and counselling records and personal journals, during legal proceedings. In fact, this also gives access to notes and records from the 988 suicide hotline. The petitioners find this to be absolutely unacceptable, because it re-victimizes victims and prevents victims from coming forward to report sexual assaults out of fear that all their records will be used against them.

The petitioners are therefore calling on the Government of Canada to unconditionally protect the privacy and safety of sexual assault victims by eliminating that provision in section 278.

[Questions on the Order Paper, May 3rd, 2024]

With regard to applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, since January 1, 2016, and broken down by type of application: (a) how many applicants were deemed inadmissible pursuant to (i) paragraph 34(1)(b), (ii) paragraph 34(1)(c), (iii) paragraph 34(1)(f), of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C. 2001, c. 27); and (b) broken down by each paragraph of the act in (a), how many of the applicants who were deemed inadmissible were members of the (i) Kurdistan Democratic Party, (ii) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, (iii) Movement for Change or Gorran, (iv) Kurdistan Islamic Union, (v) Kurdistan Justice Group or Komala, (vi) Assyrian Democratic Movement, (vii) The Sons of Mesopotamia, (viii) Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council?