Ryan Williams

[Housing, October 29th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Liberal government, rents have doubled, mortgage payments have doubled and the amount needed for a down payment has doubled. The dream of home ownership has slipped away from Canadians.

That is why common-sense Conservatives have announced that we will axe the federal sales tax on all new home sales under $1 million. That means that for a $800,000-house, there will be a one-time savings of $40,000, and then $2,200 of annual mortgage payment savings.

People agree this is great. Eric Lombardi, a housing advocate, said that he is glad to see this and that it is a much-needed change. Richard Lyall of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario said, “We commend [the Conservative leader] and his party for putting forward this plan.”

Home ownership should not come with a GST-sized surprise. Only Conservatives will build homes and make sure they are more affordable. Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes and bring it home to Canadians and their families.

[Financial Institutions, October 21st, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the government, taxes are up, costs are up, time is up and credit card fees are up. The government announced that it lowered credit card fees, but this announcement flopped like a soggy pancake. Stripe, where Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney sits on the board, said savings will not be passed on to consumers because of “other rising costs”. Even Liberal insiders tied to oligopolies know the government's announcements fall flat.

When will the government learn? It is not Carney that Canadians need, but competition, as well as a Prime Minister who will flip real results for Canadians and their families?

[Innovation, Science and Industry, October 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the police have already opened an investigation. This is just Parliament asking for documents to be turned over. It is the ask and the absolute rule of Parliament, and the government is refusing.

We can just think of it like a business. The government forgets that, in a business, it is the employee and the Canadian public are the owners. In the real world, if employees refused to hand over documents or hand over anything in an investigation, those employees would be fired.

Is the government just waiting to be fired by the Canadian public, or will it hand over the documents?

[Innovation, Science and Industry, October 10th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, in the $400-million corruption scandal that is the green slush fund, you ruled that the Canadian people have the absolute right to demand the production of unredacted documents to be given to the police. However, the government refuses Parliament's absolute authority. Parliament is the people. The absolute authority of Parliament is like someone's mom checking their room after they said they cleaned it. We might be able to hide one or two things, and the government may think that it will get off the hook, but Parliament is here to inspect and clean the House.

This is a messy House. When will the government clean it?

[Privilege, October 8th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, my concern is the government's defiance of the absolute power of this place. The power of the House of Commons trumps anything else the government wants to create as a distraction. Why are we in a question of privilege? The government could have ended the debate a couple of days ago.

We are here today because all of the parties are united in the fact that this place, Parliament, on behalf of the people, has the absolute authority to ask the government for accountability and to demand that it gets the documents it required and demanded from the government. The government's defiance of that is a defiance of democracy, transparency and accountability.

[Privilege, October 8th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I would have been made to turn them over by the police, and that is the difference we have in Parliament. It is a funny thing that we have to stand here in a question of privilege, delaying the work of the House, because Parliament is demanding, and the Speaker, the Bloc and the NDP and the Conservatives have demanded, documents to be released. The only reason we are here debating and taking time away from the House today is that the government is refusing.

Yes, the RCMP will use the information. It can refuse it if it likes. It can start investigations any way it chooses. Yes, it has confirmed that it has started an investigation into the $400 million in misused funds.

Let us listen to Parliament for once and get the documents to the RCMP.

[Privilege, October 8th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, at the beginning of his statement, the member said he agrees with the motion and that we are one step away. I think we are almost one step away from a non-confidence motion. Maybe we can agree to finally topple the government.

We know that the list of scandals of the government is long. We also know that the NDP has supported the government along. Is it not time to demand accountability, to demand transparency and to stand up for the people in this House and demand that these documents be released?

[Privilege, October 8th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, if they are getting more time, I would like at least four hours to list the Liberal scandals—

[Privilege, October 8th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, the member is just figuring out that the government is inert. The government has given us many examples and reasons to topple it. It lost trust and transparency a long time ago.

The member is relying on the government and the Senate to put a bill through. He should not rely on the government. The people do not trust it. It has lost the trust of the people should have lost the trust of the member a long time ago.

[Privilege, October 8th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, the RCMP can refuse or take the documents. It is no different than any other investigation. It is absolutely false to say the RCMP has said it does not want the documents. Of course it wants any document that adheres to this investigation. The only one stopping that is the government. Also, if the RCMP says that it is not going to use them, why is the government not giving up the documents? What are we holding them back for?

To go back to the original premise of this, the power of the House is absolute and goes over any of the rights the RCMP has. This is the people's House. The documents have been requested from the people's House, and the government needs to give up the documents on behalf of the people.