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Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, I promise I will get to the end of this speech. I was talking about the example of Squamish Voices. Having built up a large following, it switched from this innocuous community group to launching personal attacks and character assassinations on progressive councillors.

May 11th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, in fact, when I am talking about some of the very shady things that we are seeing happen that are poisoning discourse, I am not talking about censorship. In fact, I am talking about the exact opposite. We need to have transparency on that, on who is behind these things and why they are doing the things that they are.

May 11th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this House to speak in favour of Bill C-11, the online streaming act. This legislation passed through this House just last year after extensive Conservative filibustering, but it had to be reintroduced because it ended up dying in the Senate.

May 11th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

The French Language  Mr. Speaker, the French language is an integral part of life and of the history and future of Canadian culture, which has been supported nationally through official bilingualism. I had the privilege of attending French immersion at École Pauline-Johnson, where I started learning French at an early age.

May 11th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I disagree with what the member said about the government not investigating tax havens. We are going against some of the tax havens that we have here. There are new measures in the budget this year that do just that, including ways in which individuals are using international companies to get around paying taxes in Canada.

May 9th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I absolutely agree. In this budget, there is over $2 billion going to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to be able to deal with the backlogs. The idea is that by the end of this year, with these investments, we will get back to a normal service standard, as well as introducing new programs, such as an expedited temporary foreign worker program, which I know would be a game-changer for some of the hardest-hit sectors where there are major labour shortages, such as tourism in my riding.

May 9th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I think my hon. colleague's question speaks directly to the reasons why we need to move ahead on some of these measures. It is one thing to have a list of sanctions and individuals we are going to be sanctioning, but if we do not actually have the tools in place to ensure that we are able to go after the assets in Canada, those sanctions are not going to have significant effect.

May 9th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, two weeks ago, I had the privilege of rising in the House to speak to the many ways that budget 2022 will improve the lives of Canadians. Today, I have the privilege to speak to how the rubber would hit the road with the budget implementation act. There are so many topics I would like to cover, but in the short time I have, I am just going to choose one because we are finally setting in motion the changes that are outlined in this bill, and this is a topic that deserves debate in the chamber.

May 9th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, many indigenous, rural and remote communities are still heavily dependent upon diesel and other fossil fuels for heat and for power. Will the Prime Minister please tell the House what the government is doing to ensure that these communities and communities in rural and remote Canada are able to transition toward net zero?

April 27th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

The Budget  Madam Speaker, indeed there are some very important investments made as part of this budget to support the path forward on reconciliation. I mentioned in my speech earlier the very much needed investments into indigenous housing. There are also important investments made in implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the action plan on that, as well as dealing with some of the main economic barriers that indigenous peoples continue to face that are preventing them from having the type of economic development that the rest of the country has, so the changes to the First Nations Land Management Act will be very important in that regard.

April 26th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

The Budget  Madam Speaker, indeed this is a measure that is put in place for two years, and we will be able to monitor the impacts and benefits of this measure to determine what the path forward is at that point. We want to make sure that homes in Canada are used for people who actually live here and not as investments, and this will make sure that we are able to do just that.

April 26th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. The budget includes investments in the rapid housing initiative. I think that it is an important program for the most vulnerable Canadians. However, it is not the only investment. We also plan to invest in co-operatives.

April 26th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Labrador. Budget 2022 has been tabled at a time when Canada is seeing historic growth in our economy. Canada’s GDP is higher than it has ever been, and the IMF is projecting Canada to have the fastest-growing economy in the G7 both this year and next year.

April 26th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Mike Sharp and Caroline Helbig  Mr. Speaker, this January, my community lost two local icons when a tree tragically fell through their West Vancouver home in a windstorm. Mike Sharp and Caroline Helbig contributed immeasurably to the fabric of the community of West Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay. Caroline's deep connection to nature led her to be one of the founding members of the Coalition to Save Eagleridge Bluffs.

March 24th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, today I have the honour of presenting petition 11619443. This petition was initiated by For Our Kids, a group of parents on the Sunshine Coast in my riding who are concerned about the future we are leaving future generations as a result of human-induced climate change.

March 24th, 2022House debate

Patrick WeilerLiberal