Madam Chair, the interest rate in 1976 was 9.25%.
Does the hon. member know what the Bank of Canada rate was in August 1981?
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Madam Chair, the interest rate in 1976 was 9.25%.
Does the hon. member know what the Bank of Canada rate was in August 1981?
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Madam Chair, it was 5% in August 1971.
Does the hon. member know what the Bank of Canada overnight rate was in August of 1976?
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Madam Chair, does the hon. member know what interest rate the Bank of Canada overnight rate was in August of 1971?
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Madam Chair, I hope that we can get an answer to the question. It has been asked a couple of times.
What would be the impact of a 1% increase on interest rates to the federal debt?
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Madam Chair, I did not think that would be that tough a question, but I should not have been that surprised because in answering questions, or not answering questions, the minister has repeatedly reflected on her days negotiating trade agreements. I would remind the minister or maybe ask the minister if she sees the role that she would play negotiating an agreement with a foreign government as identical to being accountable to the Canadian people in their elected Parliament.
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Madam Chair, does the minister view Parliament as an essential service?
Natural Resources November 5th, 2020
Mr. Speaker, there is no one in the world more committed to clean energy production than Canadians working in the oil and gas sector, yet because the Liberal government has made it impossible for the private sector to build a pipeline in this country, we continue to import hundreds of thousands of barrels a day. After the U.S., the top source countries in recent years are Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Algeria.
Could the minister tell us if oil imported to Canada from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Algeria is subject to the same rigorous regulation on upstream and downstream emissions as oil coming from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland?
Public Safety November 4th, 2020
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is stuck in the past, but the Transparency International report posted this year in 2020 is entitled, “Canada Falls from its Anti-Corruption Perch”. It highlights the SNC-Lavalin scandal, saying that, “Countries usually take the biggest hit on the [corruption perception index] CPI when long festering corruption issues come to light in explosive ways. But this can also be the best time for officials to roll up their sleeves and finally tackle the problems.”
This Prime Minister has literally made an art form of rolling up his sleeves. When is he going to move on to actually tackling the growing problem of money laundering?
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government has had five years to address this serious issue that costs our country tens of billions of dollars a year and results in home ownership being out of reach for many Canadians. For every single full year that we were in power, we held a top-10 position in Transparency International's corruption perceptions index. This past year, Canada fell out of the top 10 for the first time since the last time the Liberals were in power.
When is the Prime Minister going to show real leadership to solve this growing problem?
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Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the hon. member's speech, as I always do when my friend speaks. I wish we had the time for the committee do its study. I wish that the government had taken the time to challenge the decision of the court in the Supreme Court if only to get the best advice we could before we moved forward with legislation like this.
I think about the disability community. Both of us know the disability community very well, and we have heard significant concerns from that community. This is a complex issue, and issues related to communications for those with disabilities are also complex. There are many in the disability community who would say that their voices are not being heard right now and they do not feel they have agency right now because of the way society views them. They feel this legislation is coming too fast, too quickly, too soon. I wonder what kind of commitment the hon. member will make to those in the disability community to make sure their voices are heard.