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Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, on the same point of order, it is very clear to see that between midnight and 6 a.m., fewer than 49% of the Conservatives were actually voting.

December 11th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we are aware that, certainly while we go through this transition, energy is going to be a struggle for Canadians. That is why we are trying to work with Canadians to give them the resources and the tools they need to be able to transition away, in particular, from

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the premise of the question is wrong. The member is suggesting that it was just for Atlantic provinces. It is not. The carve-out for home heating with oil is across the entire country. In my province of Ontario, there are twice as many people who use oil as in Atla

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, did members hear that? The member did again literally what I complained about in my entire speech. He said that the price on pollution is going to quadruple, but what did he forget to include? The rebate is going to quadruple, and 94% of Canadians get back more tha

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we heard another one of the member's colleagues earlier today say that he had asked the grocery store retailers who would end up paying the carbon tax that farmers and the grocery stores pay. According to one of the member's colleagues, and he can look it up in Han

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, there is a provincial Conservative government in Alberta that also put a moratorium on renewable energy projects. Can people imagine, in the year 2023, when the entire world is moving toward renewable energy, that a provincial government would put a moratorium on t

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Welcome to the show, Madam Speaker. The Speaker should know, because she is sitting in the chair now for the first time, that this is the eighth point of order Conservatives have brought up on my speech trying to shut me down. We are going to see more of it. My 20-minute speech

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the reality of that member standing up in the House and accusing me of not telling the truth is absolutely ridiculous when one considers that this member will tell people they are paying a price on pollution and will tell people they are paying a carbon tax without b

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have 16 minutes left because, when I started at 10 minutes to two o'clock, I should have only had 10 minutes left, but Conservatives continued to rise on points of order during my speech. It veered into a place of actually trying to prohibit me from speaking. As yo

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I just want to know if the Leader of the Opposition cashed his rebate cheque that he would have received. Would he like to table his bank statements to prove to us whether he did?

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, he ran on it in 2021. It is in the platform, and I have the Conservative Party platform right here. If he had a problem with it, he is going to have to direct me to where—

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member is operating under good instruction from his whip's desk to keep calling out points of order on me. Congratulations to him. However, in the document, “The True North Strong and Free”, Stephen Harper's plan for Canadians, there is actually reference to pri

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, all of the Conservatives ran on that platform. Now, if some of them decided sometime during that election campaign that they chose—

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member is referring to when the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman stood up and I said, “Would you like me to bring up Ukraine?”, but I was not going to do that until the second half of my speech after question period. I will hold off and I will be judicious in

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, who definitely gets back more than they put in? The Leader of the Opposition. This is an individual who lives in a government-funded house. This is an individual who has a private driver. I would like to know—

December 7th, 2023House debate

Mark GerretsenLiberal