Foreign Affairs committee  It appears this increased volume has created a backlog of applications, leaving Canadians waiting with unclear timelines for formal responses. These permits are not always sought by large corporations. Often, it is everyday Canadians seeking these permits, such as retail banking clients attempting to remit funds to family members in jurisdictions impacted by sanctions. We suggest that GAC align with the approach taken in foreign jurisdictions.

Business of Supply  This is not just for members of Parliament, like me, who have privilege in this place, but for everyday Canadians as well. They too are faced with foreign interference. The work that has been done so far is inadequate. Right at the outset, the Prime Minister made a misstep. However, it is not too late; he could make a correction and do what is right to rebuild the confidence of Canadians around this process.

Business of Supply  He wonders when people in this chamber are actually going to stand up for Canadians and talk from a passionate point of view of what hard-working, everyday Canadians see, which is our country going in the direction it is going. I am going to try and do that a bit today in the vein of our motion, and talk about taxes and what the tax is really trying to accomplish.

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  There would be committee testimony from those affected, industry experts and perhaps academia. Everyday Canadians could write in submissions to be considered. There may be amendments that receive full debate at committee; the legislation then goes back to the House of Commons for debate again, and the whole process is repeated at the Senate.

Business of Supply  Bad-faith actors will be able to create fake social media accounts, which they already do, but they will be able to engage with real Canadians and have full conversations. It will become increasingly difficult for everyday Canadians to tell the difference. Third, the social media algorithms and data mining are always innovating. Big tech executives are finding new ways to get Canadians to increase their social media activity, and that has led to the proliferation of divisive content.

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, everyday Canadians need the facts. They do not need just to have a prime minister keeping secrets and then have that same prime minister force other people to keep his secrets as well. The Prime Minister said he admires the basic Chinese Communist dictatorship.

Business of Supply  David Johnston's report, he specifically talks about the balance between wanting to make a report that everyday Canadians can read and access with better understand, while at the same time protecting the national security information we all rely on to keep this country safe. He acknowledges that. David Johnston said that he created an annex to this report with all of the information he based his decisions on.

Business of Supply  He is sending a clear message that he does not care whether or not confidence of the Canadian public is being eroded around what the government is doing to ensure foreign interference is addressed properly in the House. The most concerning thing is this: Everyday Canadians who are being impacted by this, who are afraid to attend rallies and who are afraid to speak up, and there are people faced with that reality today, will have nowhere to go. That cannot be acceptable.

International Trade committee  Doing so will boost efficiencies in cross-border trade and ease supply chain woes, while cutting costs both for governments and for businesses of all sizes, as well as for everyday Canadians and Americans. U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have acknowledged that regulatory co-operation can promote economic growth, competitiveness and innovation and create jobs while protecting high standards of public health, welfare, safety and environmental protection.

Public Accounts committee  I would like to see a clear indication if they're following the rules on this specific charity or if they're just giving it a pass. Are regular, everyday Canadians who are not related to the powerful elites or businesses or donors in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal getting the same treatment? That's what this motion is about. Thank you, Chair.

Privilege  I wonder if the member has thoughts and reflections, as we address this privilege issue involving members of Parliament, on how we can stand with everyday Canadians who face worse threats and do not have the same opportunities.

Government Business No. 25—Proceedings on Bill C-21  I will be silenced, in essence, after these 20 minutes by the Liberals and the NDP, who are working together to ultimately ensure the slow and painful removal of hunting rifles from everyday Canadians who are trained, tested and vetted by police. That is just the context for folks so they know what is going on in this House. Ultimately, Motion No. 25 is a time allocation motion, in essence.

Privilege  We see, increasingly, that the government is less and less interested in participating in the chamber and ensuring that they can be held accountable to everyday Canadians and this place.

Government Business No. 25—Proceedings on Bill C-21  Those are really the only people who are impacted by all of these measures since the May 2020 OIC and Bill C-71 before it. It only impacts regular, everyday Canadians who are legally allowed to own firearms. They are heavily vetted Canadians, who are legally allowed to own firearms. However, the government continues to bring forward measure after measure to attack this group of people.

Government Business No. 25—Proceedings on Bill C-21  For as long as these guns have existed, they have been capable of inflicting tremendous damage when they fall into the wrong hands. For decades, chiefs of police, advocacy groups, grieving families and everyday Canadians have called for a ban on these types of firearms, guns that were designed to kill people, intended in their purpose to kill people in the fastest time, and have been used in Canada to kill innocent people.