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Committees of the House Madam Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government and its inflationary policies, rent has doubled, mortgages have doubled and food bank usage is at record highs, with a third of food bank users being children. It is clear that the Prime Minister and his cabinet of se
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, Conservatives last week had the opportunity to vote non-confidence in the government because we do not have confidence in the government. We have had the opportunity to do that dozens and dozens of times, just like we will vote against a Liberal budget that promote
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, the $54-million arrive scam app is another example of this out-of-touch government being more concerned about lining the pockets of their well-connected insider friends than delivering results for Canadians or delivering services at a price that ought to be paid. T
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, the member opposite and her colleagues are part of a government that has a cabinet filled with serial lawbreakers, and it is unbelievable that they are able to face Canadians when this is the record they have. Multiple members of the cabinet have been caught breaki
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, on the point of order, with respect, first of all, it was the member for Kingston and the Islands who said “serial criminals”. What I said was “lawbreakers”. The Prime Minister twice broke ethics laws. The small business minister broke ethics laws—
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, in this House, we have members of cabinet who have been found to have broken Canada's ethics laws.
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, while I am being interrupted—
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister broke ethics laws twice. The small business minister and the former housing minister broke ethics laws. The member for Hull—Aylmer broke ethics laws.
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, what we have here in the House is that the members are again looking to defend the indefensible, and it is a group of people who are going to have to defend that “record”, a word which can be taken two ways. However, we are able to represent our constituents and ou
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, it is a very interesting question because we have a situation where the government continues to engage in conduct where it is taxing Canadians hundreds of millions of dollars, in other cases billions of dollars, to line the pockets of the well-connected. We saw the
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, we voted against the government and that member who sent turbines to Russia to fund Putin's war machine. We voted against a government that sent detonators overseas to be used by Russia, that are blowing up and killing Ukrainians. We voted against a government that
December 15th, 2023House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada and the current probe into the actions of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC): (a) how many current and former employees of (i) ISED, (ii) SDTC are under non-disclosure agreements that proh
January 29th, 2024House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to government contracts signed with GCstrategies since November 4, 2015, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: (a) what are the details of all such contracts, including, for each, the (i) date signed, (ii) value, (iii) s
January 29th, 2024House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to foreign interference in Canadian elections and the report from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security entitled, "Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process, 2023 update": (a) what are the state actors that are known to be utilizing artificial intelligence to disr
January 29th, 2024House debate
Michael BarrettConservative
Ethics Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, we have a Prime Minister who has been caught misleading Canadians multiple times. Most recently, it is his $84,000 gifted vacation to a luxurious Jamaican villa. What he told Canadians was that he was paying for it, bu
January 30th, 2024House debate
Michael BarrettConservative