Peter Julian

[Points of Order, December 6th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, it was the former Speaker, the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle, who put these rules into effect. If he wants to stand up and renounce what happened during the Harper regime and the fact that questions were systematically cut off after 10 seconds because they were not relevant to government administration, then he can certainly do so. However, that is jurisprudence and Conservatives do not seem to like to live by the rules. They should learn the rules first, because they are—

[Points of Order, December 6th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, the jurisprudence is very clear: You have the right and the tools to cut this mockery of question period off immediately. Not a single one of the Conservative questions would have stood.

Now I want to reference the Standing Orders because they are extremely important. Numerous standing orders were violated during question period by Conservative members of Parliament. I would ask you, Madam Speaker, to ask the Conservative whip to, number one, ask his members to actually read the Standing Orders, because it is an important part of their work, and to ensure that when members from the Conservative Party come to question period, they actually understand the rules of order and will respect the rules of Parliament and stop making a mockery of the House of Commons.

[Points of Order, December 6th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, yes, I am.

As you know, the ruling was very clear from the former Speaker, the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle. During the Harper regime, every single one of those Conservative questions would have been ruled out of order. In fact, after two sentences, those Conservative members would have been asked to sit down. These are previous rulings. You have been much more flexible in giving them a second chance. The reality is that previous Speaker's rulings, including the Conservative—

[Taxation, December 6th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, Liberals and Conservatives have a choice: Will they support Canadians in real cost of living relief, or will they just keep letting Canadians get ripped off?

The NDP is forcing a vote in the House to permanently scrap the GST on all family essentials and have the rebate be extended to seniors, students and people with disabilities. It is time for Canadians to come first, not the profits of ultrarich corporations.

Will the government support our NDP plan to help Canadians put food on the table and keep a roof over their head?

[Privilege, December 5th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, our Standing Orders reference the fact that members cannot knowingly mislead the House, but the member is knowingly misleading the House.

[Grocery Industry, December 5th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, people across the country are struggling with the cost of living. A new report shows that a family of four will pay $800 more for groceries in 2025. The CEOs of the big corporate grocery chains are getting richer. The Conservatives want nothing to do with the working class, but they always want to help billionaires. The Liberals could make a real difference.

Will they finally stand up to the greed of the big corporate grocery chains?

[Privilege, December 4th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I have respect for that member. Like some of his colleagues, he is very respectful of the House and I appreciate that, but yet again, we have Conservatives not taking responsibility for their scandals.

The NDP fought to get to the bottom of the SNC-Lavalin scandal. With the WE Charity scandal, of course, we played the pivotal role. With SDTC, we are now part of the majority in the House that has said very clearly the documents need to be provided.

Conservatives are responsible for scandals that were even bigger than the Liberal scandals. We look at the $400 million of the ETS scandal, which the Harper government shut down so Canadians could never find the real links and the corruption of the Harper government. There was the $1 billion for the G8 scandal; of course, we remember the gazebos. Again, the Harper regime shut it down so Canadians could not find out the truth of what happened with that billion dollars. There was the $2.2 billion for the Phoenix pay scandal and the $3.1 billion that somehow just disappeared. There was no paper trail around anti-terrorism funding.

All of these scandals: that is the Conservative record, the most corrupt government in Canadian history.

Will one Conservative MP, just one, stand up and say they are sorry to Canadians, they are sorry that billions of dollars were misspent, that they covered everything up, that they refused to allow Parliament to play its role? Will that—

[Privilege, December 4th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I can categorically say that I have never heckled a child in the House of Commons, unless some Conservatives are self-identifying as children.

My question is very simple. The member referenced memory, and yet the NDP has been fighting to get to the bottom of the SDTC scandal, the $400 million, which I would agree is a lot of money, like we did with the WE Charity and the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

However, under the Conservative regime, the nightmare of the Harper government, we saw not just $400 million with the ETS scandal covered up by the Harper regime, but $1 billion in the G8 scandal covered up by the Harper regime and $2.2 billion in the Phoenix pay scandal covered up by the Harper regime.

If Conservatives really care about memory, will the member apologize for the appalling scandals of the Harper regime, all of them, every single one covered up by Conservatives refusing to allow committees to get to the bottom of them to do their work, and for Canadians to know the honest truth behind the myriad of Conservative spending scandals?

[Privilege, December 4th, 2024]

Again, it seems like some Conservatives have been in the sauce. Is that why they are acting this way tonight?

[Privilege, December 4th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I will agree with your ruling and ability.