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Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
Madam Speaker, the member of Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby is consistently telling members of Parliament in the House to sit down, trying to remove their right to speak on behalf of their constituents. I would ask you to please ask him to show respect for the right of members of Parliament to speak in the House.
Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
Madam Speaker, I am rising on the same point of order as the member for Manicouagan.
While the Chair, because of the heckling from the NDP House leader, may not have heard it, I did hear the threat about the Bloc's future opposition days from that end of the House, so I can verify that when you are reviewing this issue.
Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Both in the House and online, I think you should check for quorum.
Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I do not believe there is quorum in the House.
Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
The Liberal lickspittle member down there needs to fully withdraw.
Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
Madam Speaker, questions of privilege take precedence over everything. I would ask that—
Privilege November 29th, 2024
Madam Speaker, I would like to take the questions back to the debate that we are having today on the failure of the Liberals to provide the documents as ordered by the House and their cover-up.
The member gave perhaps one of the best speeches in this long, sordid tale of the constitutional requirements for the government, the Crown, to not defy the will of the people. What I found interesting is that the Privy Council office, the Prime Minister's department, is the one that ordered the redactions from departments. Could the member explain why he thinks the Prime Minister's personal department thought that it could redact, under the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, the order of the House, when this was not part of the order of the House.
Government Business No. 43—Proceedings on Bill C‑78 November 28th, 2024
Madam Speaker, what we have here is the Liberal Minister of National Revenue, the person responsible for collecting all of our taxes in Canada, defending the two-month tax trick of the Liberals that reduces taxes on Cheezies, chips and beer. However, for most of today, the minister has been bragging about the lower-cost restaurant meals this measure will allow people to get.
The Minister of National Revenue has access to all the tax data in Canada. How many of the two million people a month who line up at the food bank will benefit from lower-cost restaurant food?
Lobster Fishing in Nova Scotia November 25th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is dumping day. No, it is not another Liberal cabinet shuffle. Tomorrow, in Lobster fishing areas 33 and 34, almost 2,000 fishing boats from Prospect Bay, New Harbour, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Cape Sable Island, Shag Harbour, St. Mary's Bay and Digby will set out before dawn to dump up to 400 lobster traps per boat into the deep, briny sea. Tomorrow, legal fishermen will be fishing the best lobster in the world in the most important fishery in Nova Scotia, from the edge of the shore to 80 miles out in the North Atlantic from now until May. With waves crashing over them in storms and sunny days to catch the food we eat, it is the most dangerous fishery in the world.
My wish for these lobster harvesters is that the seas be calm and that the lobsters be crawling. May the fishing grounds be prosperous, making long days seem short. May the shore prices and markets be steady, and may the thoughts of loved ones and family guide them safely back to port each day of the season.
Privilege November 20th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, apparently the amount of money that is not significant enough to call a corruption problem was the at least $400 million that went to Liberal slush fund appointees. It is incredible that the board director said this is what entrepreneurs do. Andrée-Lise Méthot admitted only two weeks ago at committee that our numbers were too high, as she only got $10.7 million while on the board, as if somehow $10.7 million excused her trough at the Liberal gravy train. For Andrée-Lise Méthot, at least, $10.7 million was okay and not a conflict.
When I search through the SDTC act and the Conflict of Interest Act, I do not see a clause saying that up to $10.7 million is okay and is not a conflict of interest. I do not see a clause that says if someone walks out of a room while their buddies vote to give them money, that is okay and they can still profit from it. I do not see the Conflict of Interest Act or the SDTC act giving the freedom to a chair to tell somebody to go out of the room while they vote to give them money.
Liberal MPs at every single committee continue to defend that behaviour. The Liberal MP for Beaches—East York sits there saying there is nothing to see here; he does not see any problems. This is a person who aspired to be the premier of Ontario. Luckily, the Liberals did not pick him to do that. That is probably the reason he was not capable of leading the four-seat Ontario Liberal Party and instead sits here defending the Prime Minister, saying it is okay to steal $400 million. By the way, he also decided to curse and swear in committee at other members of Parliament, being the class act that he is.