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Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Mr. Speaker, I really enjoy hearing Conservatives say, “Mr. Speaker, what Ukraine does not need”. However, what Ukrainians do not need is the member for Barrie—Innisfil telling them what they need. Ukraine does not need that. What Ukrainians need is for the member for Barrie—Inni
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, on a point of order, he is saying that I am trying to be malicious, and members are not supposed to infer that any member is not acting in an honourable way. If the member is saying that I am being malicious just because I am pointing out what he did, then he shoul
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, if we are to believe what the member just said, if we are to believe that this free trade agreement is only about the price on pollution and if we are to believe that, other than that, Conservatives completely and fully support Ukraine, can the member explain why,
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, I can confirm that I definitely shared that video. However, I did not record it. I will say this: I find it very interesting that the member wants to talk about what the Leader of the Opposition was doing at the time when the President of Ukraine was here. Do mem
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, I would say that, with the amount of time that the Conservatives have spent holding up this piece of legislation, we have had the opportunity to study it thoroughly. The member is right about one thing: It is going to provide private companies the opportunity to w
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, we voted on the amendment earlier today. The amendment the Conservatives tried to put forward was defeated, and now we are back to talking about the bill without the amendment. I am sorry if that is not what the member was referring to. However, we need to pass t
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is getting a good laugh out of this, but it was just two days ago that Tucker Carlson was in Alberta with his premier. Where is Tucker Carlson now? Reportedly, he is in Russia about to interview Vladimir Putin. One wou
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, I am glad that the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is so excited to hear my speech. I will try not to let him down. Here we are again talking about a free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine. I think this is something that we never expected to be
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first petition is on behalf of members of my community who are calling the attention of the government to the warning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that rising temperatures over the next two decades will
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Petitions Mr. Speaker, the next petition today comes from students and the community of St. Thomas More Catholic School in my riding of Kingston. The petitioners call upon the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Minister of Agriculture an
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Conservative Party of Canada Mr. Speaker, while Loblaw profits are at an all-time high so are Canadian grocery bills, and who is working to keep it that way? The Leader of the Opposition's campaign manager and top political adviser. Last week we learned Jenni Byrne, a senior Conservative adviser, is current
February 5th, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, eight out of 10 Canadians get back more than they put in. Yes, some Canadians who have very large homes and multiple vehicles probably end up spending more than they get back. In particular, individuals who are on the lower end of the economic spectrum are certainly
February 1st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the priority is to build in Canada. I spent five minutes of my 10-minute speech talking about Umicore, a multi-billion dollar plant that is being built right outside my riding, in the Conservative member's riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington. It will build 800,00
February 1st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I certainly agree with my colleague from the Green Party on this. The reality is that this false narrative or red herring reminds me a lot of the one that we hear quite often from Conservatives about Canada's fossil fuels being the cleanest in the world, as though th
February 1st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Lac-Saint-Louis. Here we are once again, talking about the same motion based on the same red herrings we have seen time and time again coming from the Conservatives. I listened to the question from the member for Mission
February 1st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal