Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  moved: That this committee take note of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  moved that Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, be read the third time and passed.

Firearms  Mr. Speaker, I can tell you that, in the Gaspé region, during the hunting season, there are more people in the woods than there are along our shorelines. I would remind my colleagues that hunters hunt moose and deer; they do not to wage war on moose and deer. Their aim is to prot

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, our government made courageous choices. We chose to save lives and save the economy by helping Canadians put food on the table and a roof over their heads. It was either that or the Conservatives' “chop, chop, chop”. Let me just say that I meet with organizations o

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, the only thing this party is good for is regurgitating what their leader tells them and repeating the word “triple”. Imagine what would happen if, instead of singing from the same hymn sheet, they took a look at real issues such as tackling global challenges, suppor

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Auditor General and her entire team for her important work and for tabling her report in the House yesterday. I want to say that I have the utmost respect for the Auditor General, her role and her independence. As we have said before, we appreciat

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, allow me to reassure my colleague. If there is anyone who does not lack courage, it is most certainly the people of Gaspésie and the Magdalen Islands. That said, CRA is working very hard to make sure that everyone who collected COVID‑19 benefits was eligible to do s

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, I have tremendous respect for the Auditor General. The opposition is the one impugning her. Our government made the crucial decision to support businesses and workers during the pandemic—

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, let me just say that I have total confidence in the Auditor General and she has my utmost respect. Our government made the crucial decision to support people and businesses during the pandemic. We created 13 programs. We saved lives, and I will never apologize for s

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on the other side of the House can talk about what a waste it was to implement the 13 programs that we put in place during the pandemic, but on this side of the House, we can say that we saved lives. I am certainly not going to apologize for saving li

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, the CRA does not agree with the Auditor General's calculations concerning recipients who were not eligible for the wage subsidy. The CRA's actual audits indicate that compliance with the subsidies was high and that the Auditor General's figur

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, the CRA does not agree with the Auditor General's calculations concerning recipients who were not eligible for the wage subsidy. The CRA's actual audits indicate that compliance with the subsidies was high and that the Auditor General's figure is exaggerated. This is

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, in a recent CBC article, the member for Edmonton West agreed with the government, saying that verification and recovery would be “a several year process”. My question is very simple. Does his own leader agree with him?

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, the government did not hesitate to take action to help Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic and we made the right choices. We thank the Auditor General for her work and we thank her for confirming that our COVID-19 benefits were well targeted and effective. The rep

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, our government made decisions that unquestionably saved lives and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past several months, the CRA has been verifying recipients' eligibility. The Auditor General's findings are consistent with what the CRA has said. The