Situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank  Mr. Chair, Conservatives have called for and support the idea of a safe zone in southern Gaza, humanitarian corridors to provide needed supplies of food, water and medical supplies in Gaza and of course to enable foreign nationals who are in Gaza to be safely removed and taken ba

Situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank  Mr. Chair, I know the NDP likes to do it, but it is important not to conflate Hamas with the plight of the Palestinian people. With regard to the plight of the Palestinian people, all I can really say to the member is that if she truly wants peace for the Palestinian people, she

Situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank  Mr. Chair, on October 7 we woke up to an unspeakable horror. Hamas terrorists brutally invaded Israel, invaded homes, intentionally killing 1,400 Israeli civilians and taking hostage over 100 more. We must stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel as it defends itself from the crim

Situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank  Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister earlier today said that the aid that was recently announced for the region would go to aid innocent civilians in Gaza and that there would be no possibility that it could wind up in the hands of Hamas. I am wondering if the member could comment speci

Housing  Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, a half a billion dollars in inflationary deficits has fuelled 40-year inflation highs, causing the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates. In the midst of a housing crisis, mortgage defaults and forced home sales are o

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, a simple Google search by her about economists and quantitative easing increasing the money supply will confirm to her what economists have been saying for a long time, which is that increasing the money supply by $600 billion has diluted the value of our currency

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I first want to congratulate the member. I know his daughter was elected to the Manitoba legislature this week as the only Liberal in a legislature of 57 seats. Nevertheless, I congratulate his daughter. What I am against is a government bringing legislation to ma

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague that tangible and effective action needs to take place now more than ever to get housing built. This bill would not do that. An amendment to the Competition Act would not get houses built. While a 5% reduction on the GST is something that

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, if that member had his way, every single house and apartment building in Canada would be owned by the government. We know that government across the country is the worst landlord of them all. I believe in the private sector building houses. That is the way it has

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I am happy to rise today to speak about Bill C-56, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, or the so-called affordable housing and groceries act. I call it a sham, a desperate attempt by this desperate government to make Canadians think it is ta

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the Jewish community is horrified that Liberals allowed a Nazi to be honoured on the floor of this House and is demanding an apology from the Prime Minister. He has embarrassed Canada on the international stage, caused a diplomatic disaster and handed the Kremlin a

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the buck stops with the Prime Minister. That is simply not good enough, not one bit. Not only did the Prime Minister bring shame on the House, but he also tried to bury this sordid affair with a motion on Monday to strike history from the record. Instead of learnin

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, B'nai Brith, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and the Jewish community are all demanding an apology from the Prime Minister for allowing a Nazi veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS to be honoured on the floor o

Guests in the House of Commons  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister and that member tried to bury this sordid affair with a motion to strike history from the record. For the sake of the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis, Conservatives said “no”. This affair has resulted in a diplom

Guests in the House of Commons  Mr. Speaker, Global Affairs, the Privy Council, the Diplomatic Protocol Office, the Parliamentary Protective Service and the RCMP, what do they all have in common? They all have massive resources for vetting visitors to this place. The Prime Minister just threw the Speaker unde