Thomas Mulcair

[Veterans Affairs, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, instead of asking Canadians to give up their freedoms, the Prime Minister ought to be showing a little respect for the people who fought for our freedoms: our veterans. The Prime Minister has closed veterans service centres, ignored a rash of military suicides and let his minister literally berate those who served our country.

Will the Prime Minister make a show of good faith and commit to reopening those nine veterans offices?

[Aboriginal Affairs, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians have already decided, and they want change.

Did the Prime Minister ask Pope Francis to apologize on behalf of the Catholic Church for its involvement in the horrors of residential schools?

I am not interested in what document was submitted. He met with the Pope. Did he ask for an apology or not?

Did he ask for an apology, yes or no?

[Government Policies, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, that is the kind of arrogance that could mean that this is the Prime Minister's last question period, so I hope he does not mind that we have a couple more.

The Prime Minister's plan is not working. The Prime Minister has failed. That is why Canadians want change.

As families struggle to make ends meet, the Prime Minister is telling seniors they will have to wait an extra two years to retire, raising the retirement age to 67. The Prime Minister forgot to mention that in the last election campaign.

Can he please tell Canadians today what he is hiding up his sleeve for the next time around?

[Employment, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, heading into a previous election, the Prime Minister handed over a $5-million cheque at Electro-Motive Diesel in London, Ontario. The only problem is the plant shut down just a while later, and the jobs were shipped to the U.S.

Heading into this election, the Prime Minister included footage of the Chevy Camaro assembly line in Oshawa. The only problem is that it was shut down, and the jobs have been shipped to the U.S.

Will the Prime Minister admit that his plan is not working, or at the very least, will he please stop visiting assembly lines?

[Employment, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, 400,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs have been lost while this Prime Minister did absolutely nothing. Sixty percent of the jobs created over the past six years are precarious, part-time, or contract work. In Ontario, that number is a whopping 83%.

Is that the Prime Minister's plan: for middle-class families to support themselves with part-time jobs?

[Public Safety, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is using Bill C-51 to attack our rights and freedoms while offering no proof that this law will actually protect Canadians.

If the Prime Minister is so confident of the legality of Bill C-51, why does he not simply refer it to the Supreme Court prior to royal assent?

[Ethics, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, now that we have heard the Prime Minister talk about the Liberal-Conservative kangaroo court, why do we not look at what real courts have had to say about the Conservative record.

In 2006, convicted in court of cheating in the in-and-out scandal; 2008, convicted of cheating in the Dean Del Mastro affair; 2011, convicted in court for cheating in the robocalls scandal.

The Prime Minister's team has been convicted of cheating in every single election he has won. What safeguards has he put in place to try to ensure that his team does not cheat this time around?

[Ethics, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, the question is just that: Is the Prime Minister good to go?

Is he good to go to swear to these statements under oath on a witness stand? If the Prime Minister is called to testify in the Mike Duffy trial, will he appear, or will he hide?

[Ethics, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, the question—

[Ethics, June 17th, 2015]

Mr. Speaker, Nigel Wright told the RCMP that he briefed the Prime Minister on the media lines for the Duffy deal. Wright said in an email that he had the “good to go from the PM”.

Why did the Prime Minister claim that he had never given Wright any instructions regarding the Duffy scandal? “Good to go” seems like a pretty clear instruction.