Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I first want to congratulate the member. I know his daughter was elected to the Manitoba legislature this week as the only Liberal in a legislature of 57 seats. Nevertheless, I congratulate his daughter. What I am against is a government bringing legislation to ma

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague that tangible and effective action needs to take place now more than ever to get housing built. This bill would not do that. An amendment to the Competition Act would not get houses built. While a 5% reduction on the GST is something that

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, if that member had his way, every single house and apartment building in Canada would be owned by the government. We know that government across the country is the worst landlord of them all. I believe in the private sector building houses. That is the way it has

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I am happy to rise today to speak about Bill C-56, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, or the so-called affordable housing and groceries act. I call it a sham, a desperate attempt by this desperate government to make Canadians think it is ta

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the Jewish community is horrified that Liberals allowed a Nazi to be honoured on the floor of this House and is demanding an apology from the Prime Minister. He has embarrassed Canada on the international stage, caused a diplomatic disaster and handed the Kremlin a

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the buck stops with the Prime Minister. That is simply not good enough, not one bit. Not only did the Prime Minister bring shame on the House, but he also tried to bury this sordid affair with a motion on Monday to strike history from the record. Instead of learnin

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, B'nai Brith, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and the Jewish community are all demanding an apology from the Prime Minister for allowing a Nazi veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS to be honoured on the floor o

Guests in the House of Commons  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister and that member tried to bury this sordid affair with a motion to strike history from the record. For the sake of the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis, Conservatives said “no”. This affair has resulted in a diplom

Guests in the House of Commons  Mr. Speaker, Global Affairs, the Privy Council, the Diplomatic Protocol Office, the Parliamentary Protective Service and the RCMP, what do they all have in common? They all have massive resources for vetting visitors to this place. The Prime Minister just threw the Speaker unde

Rick O'Brien  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. It is important, when we say no to this motion, which is on such an important matter, that we state our rationale. It would be—

Rick O'Brien  Mr. Speaker, I want to state the rationale for why the motion is completely out of order, and that is why I am rising on a point of order. It would be absolutely wrong to strike what was said from the record. It goes without saying that those who do not learn from history are—

Rick O'Brien  Mr. Speaker, it will only be a few seconds, but I appreciate your giving me the floor to explain our rationale. It goes without saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. What happened on Friday was shameful and brought embarrassment to this chamber

Rick O'Brien  Mr. Speaker, deleting the text of the Speaker's words from Hansard would have only one purpose: to try to forget what happened and wash the record clean. Removing this from the—

Guests in the House of Commons  Mr. Speaker, on Friday, a Nazi received a standing ovation in the House. Today is Yom Kippur. The Jewish community, my community, is horrified. Only one office in the country is responsible for vetting visitors to this place: the Prime Minister's Office. When the Ukrainian pres

Guests in the House of Commons  Mr. Speaker, shame on the member and the government for not taking responsibility. The Prime Minister has the massive security apparatus of the state at his disposal, yet a Nazi was honoured in this place. I cannot believe I am even uttering these words. Canada has been embarras