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Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, the question I have to ask tonight, based on the report, and we are going to talk about the defence report in a few moments, is: has the Prime Minister compromised Canada in the Arctic? How bad is it? We have heard from my colleague, the critic for defence. He did a

November 27th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Committees of the House  There has been a lot of conjecture back and forth this afternoon about things that were said on that side, and he straying into that territory again of getting into conspiracy theories and tinfoil hat commentary. This is about Arctic sovereignty and security. There are some in th

November 27th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to bring forward to the House a petition from the many citizens of the riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley, including the communities of Smithers, Terrace and Kitimat. Sadly, their member of Parliament was not interested in bringing forw

November 27th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to government subsidies for diesel-based electricity generation in the North: how much does the government pay annually to (i) Nunavut, (iii) the Northwest Territories, (iii) Yukon, to subsidize the cost of diesel and the purchase or rental and maintenance of diesel g

November 20th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Radiocommunication Act  Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate the opportunity to talk about a bill from a senator who has become a great friend. The senator is from Nunavut, with a lot of deep history in Nunavut and Northwest Territories even before the boundaries had been reformed. Many call this the “use

November 2nd, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Carbon Tax  Madam Speaker, Sarah, a mother of four from Whitehorse, told me yesterday how expensive life has gotten because of the carbon tax. Sarah spent $240 to fill up her truck last Friday. That tank of gas will only last her one week of going back and forth to work, along with some ki

October 31st, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, after eight years, that desperate Prime Minister, in total free fall, finally admitted that his carbon tax is punishing Canadians. The Prime Minister also announced in his re-election platform that to vote Liberal in Yukon would mean quadrupling the carbon tax on hom

October 30th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I would go back to what I started off with saying, which is that the NDP is really the no development party. I will quote an MLA from Nunavut, who said, “if adopted, [the member for Nunavut's] plan would impede the growth of mining in the territory and make it har

October 30th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, the economic development we hope to see with this bill is through the prevention of foreign interference from really taking hold. I have a quote with respect to another security issue, which states, “Russia is a persistent proximate threat to North America. And w

October 30th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, the answer to the member's question is that I am not sure. The NDP-Liberal government, after eight years, makes a lot of promises. To use NORAD as an example, we have seen billions of dollars promised, but the last count I have is that about $45 million has been s

October 30th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak about Bill C-34 today. It has been said before that weak leaders create hard times. The bill is meant to deal with foreign interference and the lack of infrastructure. I am going to speak specifically about that lack of in

October 30th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, Mark is a local grocery store owner in Dawson City. He has seen his already high shipping costs get slapped with a 94% fuel surcharge because of the current Prime Minister's carbon tax. A dozen eggs is eight dollars, a pound of butter is nine dollars and a kilogram o

October 27th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, despite the Prime Minister's fancy photo ops yesterday, Yukoners are facing a cold winter. They will have to decide between keeping their kids warm and keeping them fed. The carbon tax is causing transportation costs to double and food prices to skyrocket. Instead o

October 27th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Carbon Tax  Mr. Speaker, carbon tax is causing the affordability issue in Yukon. First, the NDP-Liberal government wanted to triple the carbon tax. Then they said that it was not enough and brought in a second carbon tax. Both of these carbon taxes will increase 14¢ to 61¢ a litre, all suppo

October 26th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, we would like a recorded vote.

October 26th, 2023House debate

Bob ZimmerConservative