Thomas Mulcair

[Health, September 19th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, the minister has just confirmed that they are in fact continuing with the cuts imposed by Stephen Harper. Those reductions are going to hurt health services in all of those provinces and territories she just referred to.

Canadians were promised a change from the Conservative government's approach on health care, but now the Liberals are admitting that they are going to continue with those cuts. Could the minister explain to us how following the Conservative cuts in health care somehow constitutes real change in Canada?

[Health, September 19th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, a leopard cannot change its spots.

The Liberals promised real change for health care, but today they are resorting to their favourite strategy from the past, a good fight with Quebec.

Instead of attacking Quebec on a file the province has already taken care of, will the government deal with the underlying problem of the $36 billion in cuts made by Stephen Harper?

[Marijuana, June 14th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, I guess for the Prime Minister it is a classic case of do as I say, not as I do.

The government is trying to argue that if we decriminalize marijuana, there may be some who will sell it illegally. This just in: that is what is happening now. Do Liberals really think that they can tell everybody in Canada to stop smoking dope until they finally get around to legalizing it? That just does not make any sense.

If the Prime Minister is serious about moving toward legalization, why is his government continuing to hand out tens of thousands of criminal records to young Canadians? That is wrong, and they can change it easily.

[Marijuana, June 14th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, I wish the Prime Minister would stop blaming the Conservatives and start respecting his own promises.

According to the Liberals, the problem is that it is impossible to decriminalize marijuana because it would be sold illegally. I have news for them: that is what is happening now. The only thing that would change is that tens of thousands of young Canadians would not have a criminal record, and that would be a good thing.

Why is that so hard for the Prime Minister to understand?

Why does he want young Canadians to keep ending up with criminal records?

[Veterans Affairs, June 14th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, last year, the Prime Minister, along with all of his Liberal colleagues, voted in the House never to repeat the mistakes of the Conservatives, to respect the rights of our veterans, and that is another broken promise.

That is shameful. Not only has the government broken its promise by taking our veterans to court, but today we learned that the Liberal government is refusing care to a 94-year-old veteran.

Will the Prime Minister explain to us why he is refusing to provide this veteran with well-deserved care, care that he promised veterans?

[Veterans Affairs, June 14th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' broken promise to our veterans is shameful. After serving our country and making such sacrifices, veterans are still being forced to fight in court to recognize their rights. We have also learned that the Liberals have just denied care to a 94-year-old veteran on a technicality, when there are empty beds ready to be used. It is a new government but the same disgraceful behaviour.

When will the Prime Minister stop fighting veterans in court, and when will he provide them with the services that he promised?

[Consumer Protection, June 13th, 2016]

I asked my question in French. In French.

[Consumer Protection, June 13th, 2016]

In French.

[Consumer Protection, June 13th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals heard from Canadians but they actually have to listen, because I am sure they did not hear a single Canadian say, “Hey, why don't you increase our bank fees?”

Banks are making billions of dollars in profits, but apparently that is not enough and they are colluding to raise their bank fees at the same time. Meanwhile, the Liberals continue to cut taxes for the big banks, while Canadians continue to pay more than their fair share.

How can the Liberals possibly justify their gifts to large corporations while Canadians are being ripped off, to say the least, when they want to access their own money?

[Consumer Protection, June 13th, 2016]

Mr. Speaker, in that intervening time, thousands of mostly young Canadians will have criminal records they will drag with them the rest of their lives. That is the problem.

Canada's big banks are once again making record profits and as a result are lowering bank fees. No, wait. That is not true. That would make too much sense. Actually, they are raising fees for Canadians to have access to their own money. There are tens of billions of dollars in profits for the banks and Canadians are paying the price. What is the government planning to do to reel in these ridiculous increases in bank fees?