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Ethics Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to say whenever we hear a Conservative say, “Here are the facts,” we should beware. When we think of the pandemic and the billions of dollars that were spent on the pandemic, we will hear the Conservatives say there was a Liberal who owned a particular
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear and precise on this at the start. The minister has always followed the strict ethics rules that apply to him as an elected official. Canada has one of the strictest ethics regimes in the world for elected officials, and that is exactly what Canad
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Persons with Disabilities Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fact that the member has acknowledged the deduction issue, but she also, at the beginning of her speech, made reference to child care, and 28 years is a long time. However, we would have had something in place back in, I think, 2004-06, with Paul Mar
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Electoral Reform Mr. Speaker, those were strong words that the leader used. I think we need to recognize that there was a genuine attempt to change the system. We surrendered the majority by allowing the majority to be opposition members, including the leader of the Green Party. There was a genui
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Persons with Disabilities Mr. Speaker, I will get to the answer of the specific question right away, but I wanted to take the opportunity to recognize the valuable role that caregivers provide to our communities in every region of the country. They do incredible work. Because of the fine work they do, peo
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Electoral Reform Mr. Speaker, I know that the leader of the Green Party might not necessarily like this answer, but the truth of the matter is that, back then, there was no consensus achieved. I also know that the leader of the Green Party is very familiar with the history of this debate, not onl
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I suspect if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30 p.m. to start Private Members' Business.
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, whether it is the disability program, the dental program, the pharmacare program or the housing needs of Canada, I believe many of the measures we see before us today are there because Canadians have an expectation of the government and the government is providing th
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I have a fairly straightforward question that I put to other members of his caucus. There are many seniors who would benefit from the dental program and the proposed pharmacare program. We even have a disability program. Some provinces might have some supports and ot
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I think of the national disability program that is being rolled out here in Canada, the dental program that is here in Canada and the pharmacare program, in particular for people with diabetes, and I know for a fact that there will be many people, hundreds if not pot
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fact that the member focused a great deal of his speech on the constitutional element. I want to go back to the constituents he represents. Does the member believe that the dental program that is in place, the school food program that is being rolled
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I did understand the question. Let us take a look at William Mackenzie King; prior to Mackenzie King becoming the Prime Minister of Canada, there was a great deal of discussion about pensions. The pensions were, in fact, at one point in time, provincial jurisdiction.
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I get a flashback of being with my daughter Cindy, who is an MLA in the province of Manitoba, and I can recall us being on Keewatin Street, where we had these signs. We were saying that we wanted to have a national pharmacare program and that it would be wonderful to
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I would not want the member to put words in my mouth. What I am suggesting is that the people of Canada, no matter what region of the country they live in, appreciate it when governments work together. I would ultimately argue that, when governments work together, on
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I do not know if the member himself is aware that I have many generations of family history in Canada, which goes back to the province of Quebec. One of my greatest regrets is that many individuals in western Canada lost the ability to speak French because of all sor
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal