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Indigenous Affairs Madam Speaker, first nations leaders are simply tired of managing poverty. They have realized the Prime Minister is not worth the cost. Unlike the Prime Minister, they are forced to think about monetary policy, and they know that he is simply not worth the cost. In fact, last Jan
December 1st, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indigenous Affairs Madam Speaker, instead of listening to Canadians, the Prime Minister is quadrupling down on his failed carbon tax. Yesterday, left with no option after being ignored by the NDP-Liberal government, Ontario chiefs filed a judicial review asking for their own carbon tax carve-out. A
December 1st, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Carbon Tax Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Prime Minister is just not worth the cost. Do members know who agrees with that statement? It is the Chiefs of Ontario, who filed a judicial review today against the Liberal government's carbon tax. The Chiefs of Ontario are rightly claiming th
November 30th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, that response will do nothing to shorten food bank lineups. After eight years, the Prime Minister is simply not worth the cost. Lineups at food banks have never been so long. People are hurting bad, and the NDP-Liberal government still plans to quadruple its carbon
November 24th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to items and services funded by Indigenous Services Canada under Jordan’s Principle since 2016, broken down by funding stream: (a) what are the details of all funding provided, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) recipient, (iv) description of the it
November 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to at-risk pay and performance bonuses for those classified as executive and above at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada, since 2018, broken down by year and by type of job: (a) what specific criteria was used to det
November 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to government funding for organizations representing the Métis people: what is the total amount of funding provided to each organization since 2013, broken down by year?
November 9th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, I know my hon. colleague from the NDP is very passionate about the issues she speaks of. I serve on the indigenous and northern affairs committee with her and I know that she is very serious about solving these issues. She spent a fair amount of her time going to gr
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, the 2021-22 departmental results report for the Department of Indigenous Services Canada indicates that the department's ability to meet the target that it set for itself was only achieved at a level of 26%. In other words, of the goals the department set for itself,
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
The Economy Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the current Liberal-NDP government, life is unaffordable. Families in northern Saskatchewan and across Canada are faced every day with austerity measures. There is less food, fewer activities for their kids, fewer trips to see grandma and grandpa
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, I would simply say we need to get to a place where it is not taking 25, 30 or 40 years to solve some of the claims issues in our country. We need to speed up the process so we can settle these things and get out of the endless litigation.
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, I understand he is saying that this is the only example of this happening to an entire band, but there are many, many examples of communities or very large groups of people being enfranchised involuntarily or “voluntarily”, or being coerced into it by very suspicious
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, from a personal perspective, and on behalf of Conservatives, one of the things we would say in response is that we need to eliminate the “Ottawa knows best” approach and the control imposed over people across the country by this outdated and archaic Indian Act, but w
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, very simply, I agree.
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative
Indian Act Mr. Speaker, as has been part of the interaction of the members so far today, people tried to take credit for whatever and said that things were accomplished under certain governments. However, with the indigenous stakeholders that I talked to, they very clearly indicated to me t
October 20th, 2023House debate
Gary VidalConservative