WORDING WASN'T THERE.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
[ Please Stand By ]
TO OTTAWA FOR THE NATIONAL
REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY FOR AS
LONG AS HE COULD.
MADAM SPEAKER, FRED'S FAMILY
ASKED ME TO PASS ON A MESSAGE
THAT WE AS A NATION NEVER FORGET
THE SACRIFICE OF THEIR FATHER
AND GREATEST GENERATIONS AND WE
CHERISH THOSE WHO WORE THE
UNIFORM WITH PRIDE AND HONOUR,
TO
TO TO THEIR STORIES.
L SOUTHEAST TP WE FORGET -- LEST
WE FORGET FOR ALL THOSE WHO
SERVED CANADA.
WATCH EASY, FRED.
>> TOMORROW, CANADIANS OF EAST
ASIAN DESCENT WILL GATHER WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE
THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND WELCOME
THE YEAR OF THE TIGER
SYMBOLIZING ENERGY AND
ENTHUSIASM, PASSION AND
POSITIVITY, THE TIGER BRINGS
IMPORTANT VIRTUES TO SUPPORT
CANADA'S PANDEMIC RECOVERY.
OVER THE P.A. YEAR CANADIANS OF
EAST ASIAN DESCENT WORKED ON THE
FRONTLINES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19.
IN SCARBOROUGH NORTH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHINESE
CULTURAL CENTRE OF GREATER
TORONTO AREA HAVE HOSTED VACCINE
CLINICS, HELD FORUMS TO COMBAT
ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND HAND OUT PPE
TO THOSE IN NEED.
I RECOGNIZE THE FOUNDING
CHAIRMAN WHO WAS RECENTLY
AWARDED THE CHINESE PEACE PRIZE
FOR HIS HUMANITARIAN SERVICE OF
AS CANADIANS LET US ALL CONTINUE
TO SHOWCASE AND COMPASSION FOR
ONE ANOTHER IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: HAPPY
NEW LUNAR YEAR.
>> The Speaker: FOR CALGARY
CENTRE.
>> $500 BILLION IS HOW MUCH THE
THEINS COMPANIES HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO CANADIAN REVENUE
IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.
CANADIANS SPENT THE SAME AMOUNT
OF MONEY IMPORTING WORLD FROM
FOREIGN SUPPLIERS, OVER THE PAST
30 YEARS WITHOUT ANY MEANINGFUL
CONTRIBUTION TO CANADIAN TAX
REVENUES.
WHEN I HEAR THE WORD SUBSIDIZED
TO CANADA'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
IT MAKES ME WONDER.
SPEAKER, SUBSIDIZED AND HALF A
TRILLION DOLLARS OF
CONTRIBUTIONS DO NOT RECONCILE.
SURELY NO INFORMED CANADIAN WILL
REPEAT SUCH A NONSENSICAL
NARRATIVE.
WHEN FALSE NARRATIVES
MARGINALIZE THIS COUNTRY WE ASK
YOU HOW DO WE REPLACE
$500 SEXTILLION.
CANADIANS HAVE HAVE HAVE A GOODF
LOS ANGLES.
AND THAT MAKE -- LIFTING WHAT
MAKES THAT POSSIBLE, HALF A
TRILLION DOLLARS FROM THE OIL
AND GAS SECTOR.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FROM SCARBOROUGH ROUGE
PARK.
>> I RISE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP
DESMOND TUTU.
HE WAS A SHINING LIGHT OF HOPE
AND JUSTICE AROUND THE WORLD.
HE RISKED HIS LIFE TO ADVOCATE
FOR PEACE AND RACIAL EQUALITY IN
HIS BELOVED SOUTH AFRICA AND WAS
INSTRUMENTAL INIT THE FIGHT
TO -- AND WAS AGAINST THE FIGHT
OF APARTHEID.
HE COMPASSIONATELY LED THE
HEALING PROCESS AFTER THE SET OF
EVENTS THAT TORE HIS COUNTRY
APART.
HE LAUGHED, CRIED, LOVED AND LED
HIS PEOPLE TO A BETTER PLACE.
HE TAUGHT US TO FORGIVE BUT
NEVER TO FORGET.
AMONGST HIS MANY AWARDS WAS THE
NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 19 4.
ON A -- 1984.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE AS WE MARK
THE END OF TAMIL MONTH IN CANADA
I THANK DESMOND TUTU FOR HIS
UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE
TAMIL'S RIGHT OF
SELF-INDISCRIMINATION AND
OPPRESSED PEOPLES AROUND THE
WORLD.
THANK YOU, ARCHBISHOP TOOTOO.
TUTU.
>> The Speaker: [ Speaking
French ]
THE HONOURABLE MEMBER.
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER, THIS IS A
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK
AND IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN
EVER TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AS WE ALL GO THROUGH A DIFFICULT
TIME TOGETHER TALKING ABOUT
SUICIDE SAVES LIVES.
WE'RE ALL AT WITS END, ISOLATED
SENIORS, PEOPLE LIVING ALONE AND
OUR CHILDREN MAKING SACRIFICES,
OUR CAREGIVERS BUT WE MUST
REMEMBER THAT WE ARE IN THIS
TOGETHER AND WE ARE NOT ALONE.
Mr. SPEAKER, PUBLIC HEALTH
RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING LIFTED TO
A CERTAIN EXTENT THIS WEEK,
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE END OF
WINTER AGAIN, BUT IF YOU DON'T
SEE THE END, IF YOU DON'T SEE
HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH
IT, SPEAK UP.
TALK TO YOUR LOVED ONES.
ASK FOR HELP.
YOU'D BE SURPRISE WHAT HAD A
DIFFERENCE IT CAN MAKE.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT
HOW MUCH YOU ARE LOVED.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW
MUCH-THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED
IS AVAILABLE.
TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU WILL BE HEARD.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER.
>> Voice of Interpreter: THANK
YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THE
YEAR THAT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
RESUMES ITS WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO WISH MY
COLLEAGUES AND ALL OF CANADA A
HAPPY NEW YEAR IN 2022.
STILLED WITH COOPERATION
PITTSBURGH AN END TO THE CURRENT
AND AN END TO THE CURRENT
PANDEMIC.
I WELCOME ALL THE NEWCOMERS
FULFILLING THEIR DREAM OF
SETTLING IN IN CANADA.
I THANK THEM FOR PARTICIPATING
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUR
SOCIETY.
I WOULD BE REMILLS IF I DIDN'T
WISH A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE
BIRTH OF A LITTLE GIRL, MY GRAND
DAUGHTER.
TO THEIR PARENTS CONGRATULATIONS
ON YOUR FIRST CHILD AND TO ALL
THE CHILDREN OF CANADA WE CAN
ONLY WISH YOU A BRIGHT FUTURE IN
THIS BEAUTIFUL AND VAST COUNTRY
AND THAT YOU WILL IN TURN BE
ABLE TO MAKE OF CANADA A COUNTRY
THAT MATCHES YOUR DREAM.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR EDMONTON WEST.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I RISE TO
RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING
COMMUNITY SERVICE OF MY FRIENDLY
AND DAROUSELF.
SHE FOUNDED KIDS ON TRACK, A
COMMUNITY IN EDMONTON WEST THAT
PROVIDES HOPE, DIRECTION AND
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THEIR
CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS
STARTING WITH JUST THREE
FAMILIES AND 17 CHILDREN HAT
THEIR FIRST MEETING THE PROGRAM
HAS GROWN TO SERVE OVER AT THAT
THOUSAND CHILDREN OVER THE
YEARS.
THEY MENTOR AT RISK HOST SUMMER
CAMPS FOR THELESS PRIVILEGED,
SERVE HOLIDAY, MOTHER'S DAY TEA
FOR SINGLE MOMS.
LINDA RETIRED AFTER THREE
DECADES OF SERVICE TO FAMILIES.
THANKS TO HER, THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF STRONGER CHILDREN
AND STRONGER FAMILIES ONCE AT
RISK ARE NOW THRIVING.
LINDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE TO THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES.
ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.
[ Some Applause ]
>> The Speaker: [ Speaking
French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER, IT'S BEEN TWO
YEARS SINCE HE ENTERED A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC AND COVID HAS AFFECTED
OUR ECONOMY AND COMPLETELY
CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE
SOCIALIZE, AFFECTED OUR
WELL-BEING, OUR HEALTH AND OUR
MENTAL HEALTH.
MOREOVER EVER CANADIANS HAVE THE
IMPRESSION THAT THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH HAS BEEN AFFECTED AND
THAT'S NORMAL GIVEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
I WANT CANADIANS TO KNOW THEY'RE
NOT ALONE.
SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO
ADMIT THAT WE NEED HELP BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT
EVERYONE GOES THROUGH HARD
TIMES.
[ End of Interpretation ]
IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING A LOW AND
STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH
KEEP IN MIND THESE FEELINGS ARE
TEMPORARY.
BETTER DAYS ARE COMING.
WARMER MORE ENJOYABLE DAYS ARE
COMING.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO SOMEONE YOU
TRUST ASK FOR HELP AND IF YOU
DON'T FEEL READY TO OPEN UP TO
SOMEONE YOU KNOW PLEASE MAKE USE
OF THE POCKET WELL APP LAUNCHED
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
YOU CAN CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF
AND GAIN ACCESS TO FREE
COUNSELLING.
TOGETHER WE WILL GET THROUGH
THIS.
>> The Speaker: [ Speaking
French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: THE
HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR
PIERREFONDS.
>> Voice of Interpreter: [
Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: THE
NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED.
THE YEAR OF TIGER KNOWN FOR RAW
POWER AND BRAVERY.
THIS IS MEANT TO INSPIRE ENERGY
AND POSITIVITY, QUALITIES WE ALL
EMBRACE ENTERING THIS NEW YEAR.
CANADIANS OF ASIAN ORIGIN HAVE
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING
THE CANADA WE KNOW AND LOVE
TODAY.
THESE CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE
TODAY IN SO MANY WAYS.
MONTRÉAL OF VANCOUVER -- FROM
MONTRÉAL TO VANCOUVER, TORONTO
AND EDMONTON, FROM QUÉBEC TO
MOOSE JAW...
[ End of Interpretation ]
OVER A DOZEN CHINA TOWNS CANADA.
DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE
THESE VIBRANT NEIGHBOURHOODS ARE
SUPPORTED.
ON THE EVE OF THE YEAR OF THE
TIGER AND AS FAMILY GATHER I
WISH EVERYONE PROSPERITY.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR
CUMBERLAND-COLCHESTER.
>> THE SUN IS SHINING BUT IT'S
-18 IN THE COMMUNITY OF SPRING
HILL IN MY RIDING OF
CUMBERLAND-COLCHESTER.
YOU SEE A LITTLE BLACK CAT
OUTSIDE IN THE BACKYARD AND SAY
I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND GREET MY
FURY FRIEND.
WHAT STARTED AS AN INCIDENT
ENCOUNTER TURNED INTO A HEROIC
EVENT WHEN 13-YEAR-OLD NOLAN
SMITH AND HIS 19-YEAR-OLD
BROTHER NICHOLAS ACTED QUICKLY
TO SAVE AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOUR WHO
HAD FALLEN OUTSIDE IN HER
BACKYARD.
NOLAN WAS THE FIRST TO NOTICE
THE DISTRESSED WOMEN LYING NEXT
DOOR.
HE ALERTED HIS BROTHER AND THEY
WENT TO AID AND HELPED HER INTO
HER HOME AND PROCEEDED TO WARM
HER UP.
911 WAS CALLED AND SHE WAS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS
DETERMINED SHE BROKE HER PELVIS.
SHE'S CURRENTLY RECOVERING IN
HOSPITAL AND WE WISH HER SPEEDY
RECOVERY.
IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE EFFORTS
OF THESE BRAVE YOUNG MEN WHO
KNOWS WHAT MAY HAVE TRANSPIRED.
THEIR ACTIONS SAVED HER LIFE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE
HEROES AND THE SPIRIT OF
CUMBERLAND-COLCHESTER WHICH THEY
REPRESENT.
[ Applause ]
>> The Speaker:
>> Voice of Interpreter: --
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I THANK ALL
CROIX THE COUNTRY INCLUDING MY
TEAM IN NICKEL BELT FOR HELPING
OLDER ADULTS.
THERE ARE SUPPORTS OF FINANCIAL
WELL-BEING FOR PEOPLE AGING.
LAST WEEK WE HOSTED A ONLINE
INFORMATION SESSION FOR LOCAL
ADULTS.
I THANK BOB, SHERRY, AND THE
ADVISORY PANEL REPRESENTING OVER
110 ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED
VOLUNTEERS.
>> Voice of Interpreter: THANK
YOU TO THE MANY COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP OUR SENIORS.
THANK YOU TO THE CHELMSFORD AND
KILLARNEY AND St. CHARLES,
LIONS CLUB AND LEGIONS WHO
SUPPORT SENIORS.
THANK YOU TO FIRST NATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR OPENING TO
REACH -- HELPING TO REACH OUT TO
ISOLATED SENIORS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND
SUPPORT A SENIORS.
APPLAUSE APPLAUSE
[ Some Applause ]
>> Nicole:.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FROM CAN KENORA.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, OVERCROWDING
AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND MOLD
IS TOO COMMON ON FIRST NATIONS
IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO.
THE CHILDREN LIVING IN THESE
HOMES WERE FOUND TO HAVE HIGH
RATES OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.
Mr. SPEAKER, IT'S SOMETHING
THAT THE INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
SAYING FOR YEARS AND IT'S WHY
CANADA'S CONSERVATIVES ARE
ADVOCATING FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
TO END THIS CRISIS.
TODAY I ECHO THE CALLS TO
INCREASE THE HOUSING STOCK AND
IMPROVE EXISTING HOMES AND FIRST
NATIONS AND AS WELL AS CALLS FOR
ACTION ON FOOD INSECURITY,
UNSAFE DRINKING WATER AND THE
NEED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES ON
RESERVE.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
NEGLECTED AND UNDERFUNDED FOR
FAR TOO LONG AND THE GOVERNMENT
MUST TAKE ACTION YOU NO.
[ Some Applause ]
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR
KAMLOOPS-THOMPSON-CARIBOO.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I WATCHED WITH
HORROR ON SATURDAY WHEN A VERY
FEW PROTESTERS DISRESPECTED AND
DESECRATED THE TOMB OF THE
UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
I CONDEMN THESE ACTIONS
UNEQUIVOCALLY.
THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS MISSED A
CLEAR POINT.
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND ALL OF
THOSE WHO SERVE FOR THIS
COUNTRY, SERVED SO WE COULD HAVE
THE VERY FREEDOMS WE ENJOY
TODAY.
LIKE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL
ASSEMBLY AND THE RIGHT TO FREE
SPEECH.
THIS IS WHY THE USE OF NAZI AND
OTHER RACIALIZED SYMBOLISM IS SO
REPUGNANT.
OUR SOLDIERS FOUGHT AGAINST
THOSE THINGS BOTH LITERALLY AND
METAPHORICALLY SO THAT WE AS
CANADIANS COULD BE FREE.
THAT FREEDOM WAS ABUSED BY THE
ACTIONS OF A FEW.
SO I VISIT THE TOMB OF THE
UNKNOWN SOLDIER THIS MORNING NOT
JUST TO REMEMBER, NOT JUST TO
SAY THANK YOU BUT BEG FOR
FORGIVENESS FOR ANYTIME THAT WE
AS CANADIANS HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT
FREEDOM WASN'T FREE.
FOR THOSE WHO LAY FLOWERS AT THE
FUME AND THETER -- TOMB AND THE
TERRY FOX STATUE, THANK YOU.
FOR THOSE WHO DESECRATED THOSE
PLACES THIS WEEKEND, SHAME ON
YOU.
[ Applause ]
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER FOR PARKDALE-HIGH PARK.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, THE SITUATION
ON UKRAINE PEA EASTERN BORDER IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
LET'S BE CLEAR, RUSSIA UNDER
VLAD VLAD PUTTED IS THE
AGGRESSOR.
HE INVADED CRIMEA IN 2014 AND
IT'S RUSSIA THAT INVADED THE
DONBAS AND IS WAGING WAR AGAINST
THE UKRAINE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S ARE YOU SURE HAS AMASSED
OVER 100,000 TROOPS ON UKRAINE'S
BORDER.
THIS MUST OF STOP.
CANADA'S REMAINS IN SUPPORT OF
UKRAINE'S INTEGRITY AND ITS
UNFETTERED RIGHT TO SEEK ACCESS
TO NATO AND TO DEFEND BORDERS
AND BUILD ECONOMY.
TWO OF OUR CABINET MINISTERS
HAVE BEEN IN KYIV FOR THE PAST
14 DAYS AND WE'VE DELIVERED OVER
120 MILLION IN SOVEREIGN THRONES
UKRAINE AND WE'VE RENEWED AND
EXPANDED THE OPERATION UNIFY.
ANY INVASION INTO THE UKRAINE
TERRITORY WILL BE MET WITH
SANCTION.
WE WILL NOT WAIVER IN OUR
DEFENCE OF UKRAINE.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I RISE TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO AN EXTRAORDINARY
INDIVIDUAL WHO LEFT US SUDDENLY
JANUARY 10 WHILE WORKING FROM
HOME.
JAMIE BURGESS WAS MY LEGISLATIVE
ASSISTANT...
AND THE FIRST EMPLOYEE I HIRED
WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN THIS HOUSE
IN 2008.
[ Sobbing ]
[ Applause ]
SORRY.
JAMIE WAS A MAINSTAY ON
PARLIAMENT HILL FOR OVER 20
YEARS HAVING WORKED FOR THE
LIKES OF FORMER MPP IAN ANGUS,
ROB MURPHY AND BILL BLAIKIE.
HIS EXPERIENCE ALWAYS LEFT US IN
AWE.
JAMIE WAS OPINIONATED, GENEROUS
AND EAGER TO SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE
AND TALENT.
HIS COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS AND
FAMILY APPRECIATED OPENNESS AND
QUIRKY SENSE OF HUMOUR AND HIS
PASSION FOR LIFE.
WE ARE ALL DEVASTATED BY HIS
PASSING.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY
WHO HE CHERISHED SO MUCH.
ON BEHALF OF MY TEAM AND NDP
COLLEAGUES I EXTEND OUR DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO HIS LOVE KIM AND
SONS OWEN AND DARCY.
NO DOUBT HE'S WATCHING FROM
ABOVE WHILE SITTING IN A BOAT
FISHING AND PLAYINGLIES -- HIS
GUITAR.
REST IN PEACE, MY FRIEND, WE
SURE DO MISS YOU.
TIGHT LINES.
[ Applause ]
>> The Speaker: [ Speaking
French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER, TODAY I WOULD
LIKE TO HONOUR A GREAT HISTORIAN
AND AN EDUCATOR WHO NEVER CEASES
TO TELL THE HISTORY OF THE
LAURENTIANS.
MICHELLE ALLARD, BORN IN
MONTRÉAL, ACROSS FROM PARK
LAFONTAINE.
AT THE AGE OF 81 TODAY HE'S
STILL VERY ACTIVE.
HE LIVED IN MY RIDING FOR 44
YEARS AND HE HAS WRITTEN MORE
THAN 30 BOOKS BOTH HISTORICAL
AND EDUCATIONAL AND HE TAUGHT
FOR 37 YEARS.
SINCE HIS RETIREMENT HE
CONTINUES TO REVEAL OUR HISTORY
THROUGH MANY TELEVISION SHOWS
BROADCAST ON TV, COGECO'S
COMMUNITY TELEVISION.
HIS MOST RECENT SERIES IS
"MEMORY OF THE PAST," THE
HISTORY OF 32 MUNICIPALITIES.
MONT-TREMBLANT AND 28 OTHERS.
THESE ARE AN IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE POPULATION
OF OUR HISTORY.
Mr. ALLARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK AND LONG LIFE TO YOU.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR
LEEDS-GRENVILLE-THOUSAND
ISLANDS-RIDEAU LAKES.
>> UNDER THIS LIBERAL PRIME
MINISTER THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
HAS GONE UP.
THE COST OF BASIC NECESSITIES
FOR LIFE IN CANADA LIKE HOME
HEATING, GROCERIES, GAS HAVE ALL
SKYROCKETED RATES AND WE HAVEN'T
SEEN IN 30 YEARS.
WHILE THE LIBERALS BLAME
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN FOR
SOARING PRICES THEY ONLY HAVE TO
LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO FIND THE
CULPRITS.
WHEN THE LIBERALS FORMED
GOVERNMENT THE AVERAGE PRICE OF
A HOME WAS $434,500.
NOW IT'S $811,700.
THAT'S OVER 85% INFLATION IN
JUST SIX YEARS UNDER THIS
LIBERAL PRIME MINISTER.
NOW WE HAVE THE SECOND MOST
INFLATED HOUSING BUBBLE IN THE
WORLD.
PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY ARE
FEELING THE PINCH.
YOUNG PEOPLE, WORKING CLASS AND
THE POOR HAVE HAD DREAMS
STRIPPED AWAY FROM A SILVER
SPOON FED OUT OF TOUCH PRIME
MINISTER.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MADE LIFE
UNAFFORDABLE.
WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT, BUY GROCERIES OR GAS
REMEMBER THAT IT'S JUST
INFLATION.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR MISSISSAUGA ERIN
MILLS.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, FIVE YEARS
AGO, HATE LOOK THE LIFE OF
PEOPLE IN QUEBEC CITY.
7 MONTHS AGO ANOTHER ACT OF HATE
TOOK THE LIVES OF A FAMILY IN
LONDON, ONTARIO.
ON SATURDAY THE FIRST NATIONAL
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION
AGAINST ISLAMIA PHONE WE
RECOGNIZE PREJUDICE IS LINKED TO
THE ATTACKS AND MORE.
EVERY DAY WHEN IT'S NORMALIZED
AND SPILLS OVER INTO VIOLENCE,
OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO TAKE
ACTION INCLUDING BY BRINGING
GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES
TOGETHER FOR NATIONAL SUMMIT ON
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND COMMITTING TO
THE IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD.
Mr. SPEAKER, HATE AND
PREJUDICE ARE POISONS THAT
THREATEN THE FABRIC OF OUR
SOCIETY.
EVERYONE OF US MUST STAND
AGAINST HATE WHENEVER AND
HOWEVER IT APPEARS WITHOUT
HESITATION.
WE KNOW THE CONSEQUENCE WE
DON'T.
>> Voice of Interpreter: I
WILL REMEMBER, Mr. SPEAKER.
[ Applause ]
>> The Speaker: ORAL
QUESTIONS.
HONOURABLE LEADER OF THE
OPPOSITION.
>> Mr. SPEAKER I WOULD LIKE TO
BEGIN BY SENDING BEST WISHES TO
THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS
CHILDREN DEALING WITH COVID-19.
AS A FAMILY THAT HAD COVID IN
THE HOME I WISH THEM A SPEEDY
RECOVERY.
CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS...
CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS AND THE
CONFEDERATION OF CANADIAN
BUSINESS AND THE CONSERVATIVE
OPPOSITION AND THOUSANDS OF
TRUCKERS PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO
THE TRUCKING SHORTAGE IN CANADA
AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS,
Mr. SPEAKER.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS IGNORED
THIS CRISIS AND EVEN WORSE HE
CALLS NAMES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
RAISING THESE VERY ISSUES.
SO, Mr. SPEAKER, MY QUESTION
IS SIMPLE, WILL THE PRIME
MINISTER MOVE PAST THE DIVISION
AND AGREE TO MEET WITH SOME OF
THE TRUCKERS IMPACTED BY HIS
FEDERAL REGULATIONS?
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:
Mr. SPEAKER, THE SCIENCE IS
VERY CLEAR.
THE BEST WAY THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC IS TO GET PEOPLE
VACCINATED.
THAT'S HOW WE END THE
DISRUPTIONS TO OUR SUPPLY CHAINS
CAUSED BY THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THAT'S HOW WE GET BACK TO THE
THINGS WE LOVE TO DO.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN
UNEQUIVOCAL ON THE NEED TO GET
VACCINATED AND GREAT NEWS,
CANADIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
STEPPED UP.
ALMOST 90% OF CANADIANS ARE
VACCINATED INCLUDING ALMOST 90%
OF TRUCKERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THE BIGGEST DISRUPTION TO OUR
SUPPLY CHAINS HAPPENS WHEN
PEOPLE CATCH COVID.
THAT'S WHY VACCINATIONS ARE THE
WAY THROUGH IT AND WE'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO BE UNEQUIVOCAL
ABOUT THAT.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, WHEN YOU
IGNORE AND DIVIDE A COUNTRY WHEN
IT NEEDS TO BE UNITED THAT'S NOT
LEADERSHIP, Mr. SPEAKER, THE
PRIME MINISTER KNOWS THAT THE
VOICE OF A FEW DON'T REPRESENT
THE MILLIONS OF CANADIANS WHO
ARE WORRIED.
MILLIONS OF CANADIANS OVER WITH
YEARS HAVE SEEN THEIR LIVES
UPENDED.
THEIR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
IMPACTED.
BUSINESSES FAIL, Mr. SPEAKER,
BEING STRETCHED IN OUR SOCIAL
FABRIC, VACCINES ARE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT BUT IF THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OWN COVID DIAGNOSIS
DEMONSTRATES AFTER THREE
VACCINATIONS, WE HAVE TO USE ALL
TOOLS, Mr. SPEAKER, TO GET OUR
LIFE BACK TO NORMAL.
WHEN IT LIFE GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL?
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau: I
KNOW AND ALL CANADIANS KNOW HOW
FRUSTRATING IT IS TO DEAL WITH
THIS PANDEMIC FOR NOW, TWO YEARS
AND ONGOING.
BUT CANADIANS ALSO HAVE NEVER
BEEN SO UNITED IN STEPPING UP.
ALMOST 90% OF CANADIANS HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED.
THAT MEANS THEY'RE PROTECTING
OUR FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE,
WOULD, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE GETTING THROUGH IT AS
BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN.
IT IS THAT UNITY OF CANADIANS.
THAT NATURE THAT WE HAVE OF
BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER
THAT'S BEEN ON DISPLAY THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC.
YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
STILL HESITANT --
>> The Speaker: THE LEADER OF
THE OPPOSITION.
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER FOR MORE THAN A
MONTH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION HAVE
BEEN ASKED FOR POLICIES TO FIX
THE TRUCKER'S SHORTAGE AND THE
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED NOW THAT
WE'RE TWO YEARS IN.
WITH VACCINES RAPID TESTS AND
OTHER TOOLS.
WHAT IS THE PRIME MINISTER
WAITING FOR BEFORE USING ALL
NECESSARY TOOLS TO HELP US GET
BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE?
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau: WE
ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT TO END
COVID.
WE'RE ALL EXHAUSTED FROM
COVID-19.
THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO USE THE
BEST TOOL AVAILABLE.
VACCINES.
UNCAN I HAVEICALLY PEOPLE HE
NEED TO GET VACCINATED TO
PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR
HEALTH-CARE WORKERS AND TO GET
THE ECONOMY AND THE SUPPLY
CHAINS BACK ON TRACK.
WE ARE ALSO USING OTHER TOOLS
BUT THE BEST TOOL IS VACCINES
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PUTTING
FORWARD UNLIKE THE CONSERVATIVE
OPPOSITION.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> UKRAINE IS AN IMPORTANT ALLY
TO CANADA.
UKRAINIANS HAVE FACING A RUSSIAN
INVASION AS TROOPS GATHER OH THE
THEIR BORDER.
CANADIANS HAVE SEEN THIS STORY
BEFORE IN CRIMEA.
OTHER NATO ALLIES IS DELIVERING
THE HELP THIS UKRAINE IS ASKING
FOR HELP TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
WHY WON'T THIS LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT ANSWER THE CALL FROM
OUR FRIENDS IN UKRAINE?
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:
Mr. SPEAKER, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN STANDING UP
FOR UKRAINE UNEQUIVOCALLY NOT
JUST RIGHT NOW BUT HAVE BEEN FOR
THE PAST MANY YEARS.
IN MY NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS
WITH PRESIDENT ZOE LYNNSKI, IN
OUR ENGAGEMENTS THAT OUR
MINISTERS HAVE HAD IN THE REGION
WE'RE LISTENING TO UKRAINE AS TO
WHAT THEY NEED.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE TRADING
MISSION THAT CANADIANS HAVE BEEN
PART OF FOR MANY YEARS AND ALSO
INCREASE IT AND ALSO WE CONTINUE
TO DELIVER THE AID WHETHER IT'S
MONETARY OR MILITARY THAT NEED.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER, UKRAINE IS ONE OF
OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND OUR
UKRAINIAN FRIENDS ARE IF
ANYTHING THE RISK OF A RUSSIAN
INVASION AT THE BORDER.
OTHER NATO ALLIES ARE PROVIDING
THE ASSISTANCE REQUESTED BY
UKRAINE AND WE NEED TO HELP THE
UKRAINE TO AVOID THE SCENARIO
WE'VE SEEN IN CRIMEA.
WHY DIDN'T THIS LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT RESPONDING TO
UKRAINE'S REQUESTS.
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> ON THE CONTRARY, MR. SPEAKER.
WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE
REQUESTS OF OUR UKRAINIAN
FRIENDS.
WE WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH THEM
AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.
WE HAVE EXPANDED AND EXTENDED
THE UNIFIED MISSION TO TRAIN THE
UKRAINIAN OF FORCES.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
SPENT $120 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE
AND WE ARE ALSO AND WE'RE DOING
WHAT PRESIDENT ZOE LYNNSKI HAS
REQUESTED.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, DOWNTOWN
OTTAWA IS CLOSED AND THE BRIDGES
ARE CLOSED.
MEMBERS ELECTED BY THOUSANDS OF
CANADIANS AND QUÉBECERS HAVE
HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING TO
PARLIAMENT.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WITH CONCERNS WHO ARE PROTESTING
BUT THE MEASURES ARE NECESSARY
TO GET OUT OF.
PANDEMIC.
THIS IS AN IMPASSE Mr. SPEAKER
AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY IN
THE SITUATION.
WHAT WILL THE PRIME MINISTER DO
TO END THIS CRISIS?
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:
Mr. SPEAKER, WE WILL OF COURSE
ALWAYS SUPPORT PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO
PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT
POLICIES.
BUT WE WILL ALSO BE EXTREMELY
FIRM IN STANDING AGAINST
VIOLENCE AND HATRED WHICH WE'VE
SEEN IN THIS PROTEST.
THE POLICE SERVICES ARE THERE TO
PROTECT PEOPLE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS FOR
PEOPLE TO GO HOME.
THEIR MESSAGE IS HEARD AND WE
CONTINUE TO USE VACCINES TO HELP
PEOPLE.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
FROM LA PRAIRIE.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, IT'S NOT JUST
PROTESTERS AT THE END OF THEIR
ROPE.
EVERYONE IS.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS ARE AT
THE END OF THEIR ROPE.
THE PEOPLE ALONE IN THE
HOLIDAYS.
SECTS OF OUR ECONOMY WHO DON'T
SEE THE LIGHT TEND OF THE
TUNNEL.
PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED.
WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE
ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED BUT
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HATRED IS
NOT THE SOLUTION.
BUT REPEATING THAT DOESN'T GET
US ANYWHERE.
WHAT WILL THIS GOVERNMENT DO
CONCRETELY TO GET US OUT OF THIS
CRISIS?
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau: WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE
DONE FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR
AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO SUPPORT
CANADIANS.
WE WILL BE THERE WITH THE
VACCINES.
WE HAVE SPENT A LARGE AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT TO PROVINCIAL HEALTH
CARE SYSTEMS.
WE'VE SUPPORTED SENIORS AND
WORKERS AND OTHERS WHO ARE
VULNERABLE.
OUR GOVERNMENT WAS THERE WITH 8
OUT OF $10 SPENT TO HELP
CANADIANS THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE
WITH SOLUTIONS.
PRINCIPALLY VACCINES TO GET
THROUGH THE CRISIS..
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Mr. SPEAKER WE SAW
DISTURBING IMAGES OUT OF THE
CONVOY IN OTTAWA THIS PAST
WEEKEND.
WE SAW THE NAZI FLAG BEING FLOWN
AND THE CONFEDERATE FLAG BEING
FLOWN AND INSTEAD OF DENOUNCING
AND MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THIS
TYPE OF HATE HAD NO PLACE IN
CANADA THE LEADER OF THE
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION AND HIS
CONSERVATIVE MPs LEFT THE DOOR
OPEN TO THIS HEAT IN CANADA.
WHAT IS THE PRIME MINISTER GOING
TO DO TO TACKLE THE RISE OF
ONLINE HATE TO BUILD A BETTER
FUTURE OR OUR KIDS.
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:
THE THANK THE LEADER OF THE NDP
FOR BRINGING UP THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
LIKE HIM WE VIGOROUSLY CONDEMN
THE INTOLERANCE THAT WE'VE SEEN
IN THE STREETS OF OTTAWA OVER
THE PAST NUMBER OF DAYS.
WE KNOW THAT ALL ACCURACY
FRUSTRATED, ALL CANADIANS ARE
TIRED OF THE PANDEMIC BUT THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE CANADIANS
KNOW THAT LISTENING TO SCIENCE,
GETTING FULLY VACCINATED,
CONTINUING TO BE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER WITH RESPECT AND OPENNESS
IS THE BEST AND REALLY ONLY WAY
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL STAY FOCUSSED
ON.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR BURNABY SOUTH.
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER, WE HAVE SEEN
HATEFUL IMAGES COMING OUT OF THE
CONVOY THIS WEEKEND.
INSTEAD OF CLEARLY DENOUNCING
THEM, THE LEADER OF THE
OPPOSITION AND THE CONSERVATIVES
LEFT IT OPEN TO THIS TYPE OF
HATE.
WHAT WILL THE PRIME MINISTER DO
TO TACKLE THE RISE OF HATE,
ONLINE HATE AND WHAT WILL HE DO
TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR
CHILDREN.
>> The Speaker: THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:
Mr. SPEAKER, OUR GOVERNMENT
WILL STAND WITH THE VAST
MAJORITY OF CANADIANS WHO HAVE
MADE SACRIFICES.
WHO ARE TIRED TIRED OF COVID-19T
CONTINUE TO RESPECT EACH OTHER
AND WHO ARE CONTINUING TO BE
THERE FOR EACH OTHER, FOR
HEALTH-CARE WORKERS AND FOR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SHOWING US THOUSAND GET THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC -- HOW TO GET
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
WE WILL FOCUS ON THEM.
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY WILL NEED
TO REFLECT ON IRRESPONSIBLE
LEADERSHIP THESE DAYS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE HAS
REQUESTED LETHAL WEAPONS FROM
THIS GOVERNMENT.
MANY ALLIE, THE UNITED STATES,
UNITED KINGDOM, POLAND AND CZECH
REPUBLIC HAVE ALL GRANTED THIS
REQUEST AND SUPPLIED LETHAL
DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS REFUSED
THIS REQUEST, WHY?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
>> THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
WHEN I WAS IN UKRAINE A WEEK
AGO, PRESIDENT ZOLINSKI MADE ONE
ASK.
TO HELP BY OFFERING A SOVEREIGN
LOAN TO THE UKRAINE GOVERNMENT
TO MAKE SURE TO DEAL WITH
STABILITY.
THREE DAYS LATER WE PROVIDED 120
MILLILITRE IN SOVEREIGN LOANS.
WHEN I HEARD FROM THE NATIONAL
GUARD ON SITE IN UKRAINE IS A
NEED FOR MORE SUPPORT IN TERMS
OF MILITARY TRAINING.
A WEEK LATER WE EXPANDED
OPERATION UNIFY.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR WELLINGTON-HALTON
HILLS.
>> DIPLOMACY NOT BACKED BY
CREDIBLE THREATS OF THE USE OF
MILITARY FORCE IS NOTHING MORE
THAN EMPTY TALK AND RHETORIC.
CANADA SHOULD BE JOINING OUR
OTHER DEMOCRATIC ALLIES IN
WORKING IN A MULTILATERAL
FASHION WITH YOU ARE NATO
PARTNERS TO GRANT UKRAINE'S
REQUEST AND PROVIDE LETHAL
DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.
WHEN WILL THIS GOVERNMENT
STOPPING BE NAIVE AND ENSURE
THAT IT COUNTERS THE THREATS
FROM AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES LIKE
RUSSIA.
>> The Speaker: THE PRIME
MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, WE ARE
STEADFAST IN SUPPORTING
UKRAINE'S SOVEREIGNTY AND
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
LET ME QUOTE NATO SECRETARY
GENERAL SOMENBERG...
-- STOLTENBERG...
CANADA IS ONE OF THE LEAD
COUNTRIES IN NATO WHEN IT COMES
TO SUPPORTING UKRAINE.
HE ALSO SAID, THERE ARE NOT MANY
COUNTRIES AT EQUAL LEVEL OF
EFFORTS DOING AS MUCH AS CANADA.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR
NATO ALLIES ENSURE THAT THE
SITUATION DE-ESCALATES.
>> The Speaker:
>> Voice of Interpreter: THE
HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR
LOUIS-SAINT-LAURENT.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, THE EVENTS AT
THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE BORDER ARE
CONCERNING TO ALL CANADIANS WHO
CARE ABOUT PEACE IN THE WORLD.
UNFORTUNATELY CANADA IS SEEING
ITS INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION
TARNISHED.
THIS MORNING IN "La PRESSE" A
DIPLOMAT POSTED ABROAD DIDN'T
MINCE WORDS WHEN HE SAID THAT
THE CURRENT APPROACH SUSPECT
MATURISM FUELED BY COMPLACENCY
WITH A LACK OF SERIOUS.
WHEN WILL THIS PRIME MINISTER
TAKE THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE
SERIOUSLY?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, WE WILL NOT BE
TAKING ANY LESSONS FROM THE
CONSERVATIVES.
AND WE HOPE THAT THEHOUSE WILL
SUPPORT US IN -- THE BE UKRAINE.
WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA IS AT THE AGGRESSOR AND
WEAPON STAND WITH THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GIVING A GREAT
DEAL OF ALL CHANNELS OF
DIPLOMACY.
WHETHER WITH THE U.S., WHETHER
WITH NATO, WITHIN THE NORMANDY
GROUP, WITH GERMANY AND FRANCE.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR LOUIS-SAINT-LAURENT.
>> THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS,
Mr. SPEAKER, BUT WHAT UKRAINE
WANTS IS REAL ACTION.
IN "La PRESSE" THIS CANADIAN
DIPLOMAT POSTED ABROAD SAYS THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING
EVERYTHING ON THIS IMAGINARY
SOFT POWER AND AN APPROACH UPON
IMAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS RATHER
THAN CONCRETE ACTIONS.
IT KEEPS PREACHING TO EVERYONE
ABOUT CANADIAN VALUES AND USES
PRESS RELEASE DIPLOMACY.
UKRAINIANS WANT CONCRETE AND
EFFECTIVE ACTION FROM THE
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.
WHEN WILL THE PRIME MINISTER
TAKE THIS CRISIS SERIOUSLY?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> ONCE AGAIN WE WON'T TAKE
LESSONS FROM THE CONSERVATIVE
PARTY ON THIS.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WHEN THEY WERE
IN POWER THEY MADE CUTS TO ALL
SORTS OF MISSIONS ABROAD.
WE ARE SHOWING LEADERSHIP ON THE
ISSUE.
I WAS IN UKRAINE WEEK AGO AND MY
COLLEAGUE MINISTER OF DEFENCE IS
CURRENTLY THERE.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT AND WE WILL BE THERE
TO TELL THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
IF THEY GO AHEAD WITH ANOTHER
UKRAINIAN INVASION THERE WILL
GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> The Speaker: SOUTH SURREY
WHITE ROCK.
>> THE RUSSIANS ARE READY FOR
WAR WITH UKRAINE.
THEY'VE MOVED OVER 100,000
TROOPS SURROUNDING THE UKRAINIAN
BORDER.
THE RUSSIANS MOVED BLOOD
SUPPLIES TO THE FIELD HOSPITALS.
THIS GOVERNMENT PULLED BACK OUR
TRAINERS WEST OF THE RIVER.
CAN THE OPINION TELL THIS
PARLIAMENT IF THAT MEANS THE
GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS A
DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION UNLIKELY AND
A RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IS
NOW IMMINENT?
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE THE THREAT
OF A FURTHER RUSSIAN INVASION
VERY SERIOUSLY, THAT'S WHY THERE
ARE TWO -- TO STOP RUSSIA TO
FURTHER INVADE UKRAINE.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE DIPLOMATIC
ONE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING
WITH NATO, U.S. AND NORMANDY
FORMATS, FRENCH AND GERMANY.
BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON
DETERRENCE AND WE EXPANDED AND
ARE EXPANDING OPERATION UNIFY
AND ALSO WE HAVE PREPARED AN
ARRAY OF DIFFERENT ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA SHOULD
THEY FURTHER INVADE.
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker: MEMBER FROM
SOUTH SURREY WHITE ROCK.
>> THE UKRAINE WILL LIKELY BE
THE SCREEN OF A CONVENTION
PALESTINIAN GROUND WAR.
WE WATCHED THIS BUILDUP IN
BELARUS, DUNDAS AND CRIMEA SINCE
THE RUSSIANS STARTED EXERCISES
LAST SEPTEMBER.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD MONTHS TO
PREPARE A ROBUST MILITARY AID
PACKAGE TO UKRAINE.
WHEN WILL THE MINISTER OF
DEFENCE PROVE -- SORRY, WHEN
WILL THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE
PROVIDE THE LETHAL WEAPONS THAT
UKRAINE NEEDS NOW?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> AS MENTIONED BEFORE,
Mr. SPEAKER, WE ALREADY
ANSWERED THE CALL ON THE PART OF
THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT BY
EXPANDING OPERATION UNIFY, I WAS
THERE A WEEK AGO AND I MET WITH
THE ARMED FORCES ON SITE FROM
QUEBEC CITY.
I SAW HOW MUCH THE NATIONAL
GUARD IS THANKFUL TO CANADIANS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING THE RIGHT SUPPORT TO
THE MILITARY AND THE NATIONAL
GUARD WE TRAINED MORE THAN
30,000 NATIONAL GUARDS IN
UKRAINE SINCE 2014.
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker:
>> Voice of Interpreter: THE
HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR BAG O.T.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, THE PEOPLE ARE
EXHAUSTED.
WE ARE ALL UPSET ABOUT THE
OMICRON VARIANT BUT THIS IS THE
TIME TO PUSH AHEAD AND FINISH
THE PANDEMIC ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WE HAVE SEEN WITH OMICRON THAT
THINGS WILL NOT BE OVER UNTIL
THE PLANET IS VACCINATED.
WE CAN'T GET OUT OF THIS WITHOUT
GLOBAL VACCINES.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING TO
SPEED UP GLOBAL VACCINATION SO
WE DON'T GO THROUGH ANOTHER
WINTER UNDER LOCKDOWN PRIME
MINISTER IS THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF HEALTH.
>> THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR
RAISING THIS MATTER.
COVID WON'T GO ANYWHERE UNTIL
THE PLANET IS VACCINATED AND
THAT'S WHY SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF COVID CANADA HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS
WITH COATING THE COVAX PROCEDURE
THAT ENABLED US TO GIVE THE
DELIVERY AND DELIVERY SUPPORT OF
TENSE OF MILLIONS OF VACCINATIOS
OF VACCINES AND THAT WAS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO THOMPSON.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FROM -- TO DO.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FROM
SAINT-HYACINTHE-BAGOT.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, PEOPLE ARE
GETTING VACCINES AND DOING THEIR
PART BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE
TOLD THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH
VACCINES FOR A POSSIBLE FOURTH
DOSE AND WE NEED TO VACCINATE
THE WHOLE WORLD.
TWO WEEKS AGO I HEARD THE
GOVERNMENT CELEBRATE THAT COVAX
HAS A BILLION COACHES BUT
3 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
HAVEN'T HAD A FIRST DOSE.
DOES THIS GOVERNMENT UNDERSTAND
THAT HALF MEASURES ARE NOT
ENOUGH?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> [End INTERPRETATION]
AS MY HONOURABLE COLLEAGUE
MENTIONED COVID-19 DOES NOT
RECOGNIZE BORDER AND WILL ONLY
BE OVERCOME BY A GLOBAL ACTION.
THIS IS WHY CANADA STEPPED AND
ARE DONATING THE EQUIVALENT.
2 MILLION COVID-19 VACCINES.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING
THE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
VACCINES, INCLUDING THERAPEUTICS
AND DIAGNOSTICS AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR
SAINT-HYACINTHE-BAGOT.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, IT'S SIMPLE.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
IF 70% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION
DOESN'T HAVE VACCINES WITHIN SIX
MONTHS WE ARE AT RISK OF ANOTHER
WAVE AND GETTING INTO ANOTHER
CRISIS.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
LAST MONTH THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
VP AT THE WORLD BANK CONFIRMED
THAT AT THIS STAGE IT'S NOT
CLEAR IF THAT OBJECTIVE WILL BE
MET.
CURRENTLY THE WORLD VACCINATION
CAMPAIGN IS MOVING TOWARDS A
FAILURE.
WHAT WILL CANADA DO TO FIX THE
SITUATION AND FINISH THE
PANDEMIC ONCE AND FOR ALL.
I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER, PLEASE.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Mr. SPEAKER, AS STATED
CANADA IS STEPPING UP TO PROVIDE
VACCINES FOR THE GLOBAL
COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY OUR
GOVERNMENT COMMITTED 2.6 MILLION
TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE.
INCLUDING 1.3 BILLION FOR THE
VACCINE ACCELERATOR OF WHICH
545 MILLION IS FOR COVAX.
740 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN
DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE,
Mr. SPEAKER, AND I CANNOT
AGREE MONTH ARE WITH THE MEMBER
THAT ALL OF US IN THE WORLD
NEEDS TO BE VACCINATED FOR ALL
OF US TO BE SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR PORTAGE LISKARD.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, ALL CANADIANS
WANT TO SEE A LEADER TO HEAL
RIFTS, NOTT DIVIDE.
-- NOT TO DIVIDE.
A LEADER WHO WILL LISTEN TO
VOICES HE MIGHT NOT AGREE.
WHO WILL UNDERSTAND, NAME CALL
AND GAS LIGHT.
CONTRARY TO SOME THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OF PASSIONATE,
PATRIOTIC AND PEACEFUL CANADIANS
ON THE HILL RIGHT NOW WHO JUST
WANT TO BE HEARD.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER EXTEND
AN OLIVE BRANCH AND LISTEN?
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MINISTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, WE ALL SUPPORT
FREE SPEECH IN THIS HOUSE BUT
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FREE SPEECH AND INCITING HATRED
AND VIOLENCE AND DESECRATES WAR
MEMORIALS.
I HOPE AT THAT POINT MY
COLLEAGUE WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE
NOT INTERESTED IN FREE SPEECH
AND PRETEND THAT VACCINES DON'T
WORK.
WE KNOW THAT VACCINES WORK
WITHIN IT'S A GATEWAY TO FREEDOM
AND THIS GOVERNMENT WILL DO WHAT
WE CAN TO GET THERE.
THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
>> The Speaker: MEMBER FOR
PORTAGE-LISGAR.
>> WE ALL CONDEMN THE HATRED AND
DESTRUCTIVE ACTS.
WHETHER IT'S BEHEADING THE
STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN
MANITOBA, TEARING DOWN A STATUE
OF SIR JOHN A. IN MONTRÉAL OR
PUTTING FLAGS ON TERRY FOX,
BURNING CHURCHES WEARING BLACK
FACE WHETHER -- ARE NOT...
WE ALCONDEMN.
I'M NOT TALKING -- WE ALL
CONDEMN IT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT...
[ Yelling ]
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, LET'S BE
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO CALLED FOR THE
INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE TO
OVERTHROW THIS GOVERNMENT AND
CAUSED DISRUPTION BY FLAGRANTLY
IGNORING PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
MEASURES AND FORCED SHOPS AND
BUSINESSES TO CLOSE AND WHO
DESECRATED WAR MEMORIALS ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN FREE SPEECH,
DISCOURSE AND NOT INTERESTED IN
ADVANCING OUR WAY OUT OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
THEY WILL LISTEN TO THOSE WHO
WANT A ROBUST DEBATE ABOUT
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE MEASURES AND
WE DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THOSE
INTERESTED IN THAT DEBATE AND
THOSE WHO ARE NOT.
>> The Speaker:
PORTAGE-LISGAR.
>> THAT MINISTER IS NOT TELLING
THE TRUTH AND IT'S SHAMEFUL TO
SEE WHAT IT IS DOING...
>> The Speaker: ORDER, ORDER.
ORDER.
I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE VERY
TRUTHFUL IN SAYING WHAT THEY
SAY, WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH IT
OR NOT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ANOTHER STORY.
BUT CALLING SOMEONE WHO -- WELL,
BASICALLY CALLING THEM A NAME OR
ACCUSING THEM OF SOMETHING IS
NOT PERMITTED IN THE HOUSE.
I'LL LET THE HONOURABLE MEMBER
FOR PORTAGE-LISGAR START FROM
THE TOP AND I'M SURE SHE'LL ASK
THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I APOLOGIZE.
THAT MINISTER IS MISLEADING
CANADIANS.
I DO GET DEFENSIVE OF CANADIANS
OUTSIDE TODAY PATRIOTIC, PEACE
LOVING CANADIANS WHO ARE CALL
MISOGYNIST AND -- BY THE PRIME
MINISTER.
HE WORE BLACK FACE MORE TIMES
THAN HE CAN REMEMBER, APOLOGIZE
TO THE PEACE LOVING PATRIOTIC
CANADIANS OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW JUST
ASKING TO BE HEARD.
WILL HE SPEAK TO THEM.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER.
>> THANK YOU, MEDIA.
THINK IS A MOMENT --
Mr. SPEAKER.
I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE
WE HAVE TO SAY THAT THE
PROTESTERS MADE THEY'RE POINT.
I WOULD ASK THE MEMBER OPPOSITE
TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE
TO CONTINUE IN A WAY THAT'S
PEACEFUL AND TO MOVE BEYOND WHAT
WE HAVE SEEN.
OTTAWA IS BEING PARALYZED WHICH
IS NOT APPROPRIATE --
>> The Speaker: I'M GOING TO
ASK THE HONOURABLE MINISTER TO
HOLD FOR -- HOLD ON FOR A
SECOND.
I'M SURE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER
FROM PORTAGE-LISGAR WOULD LIKE
TO HEAR THE ANSWER.
I'LL LET THE HONOURABLE MINISTER
CONTINUE FROM WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I WAS IN
OPPOSITION, FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS.
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS
OVERHEATED IN MY RHETORIC AND
MOMENTS WHERE I GOT TOO CARRIED
AWAY WITH WHAT I BELIEVED
PASSIONATELY AT THE TIME.
THERE IS MOMENT WHERE WE NEED TO
DE-ESCALATE AND BRING IT UNDO
AND I'M ASKING THE MEMBER
OPPOSITE INSTEAD OF GOING
OUTSIDE WITH THIS PROTEST...
[ Yelling ]
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FROM NORTH ISLAND-POWELL
RIVER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER CANADIANS ARE
STRUGGLING.
THE COST OF GROCERIES IS UP, GAS
AND HEATING IS MORE AND MORE
EXPENSIVE AND THE PRICE OF
HOUSING IS SOARING.
IN A RECENT POLL 60% OF
CANADIANS WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY
FEEDING THEIR FAMILIES.
LIBERALS ARE NOT MAKING IT
BETTER FOR CANADIANS.
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE SENIORS
WHO ARE TOLD THEY MUST WAIT
MONTHS FOR THEIR GIS PAYMENT.
WHEN WILL THIS GOVERNMENT HELP
HARD WORKING CANADIANS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING EVERY DAY JUST TO GET
BY.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK THE MEMBER OPPOSITE FOR
HER IMPORTANT QUESTION.
AND WE ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE
THAT THERE ARE MANY CANADIANS,
IN PARTICULAR VULNERABLE SENIORS
FACING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES.
IN THE FALL ECONOMIC UPDATE WE
PRESENTED OUR GOVERNMENT'S PLAN
TO SUPPORT THOSE SENIORS WITH A
ONETIME PAYMENT.
WE WILL THERE -- BE THERE FOR
THE SENIORS WHO NEED THEIR
SUPPORT.
THANK ALL CANADIANS WHO ARE
BEHIND THE ROBUST RECOVERY FROM
THE COVID SESSION.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FROM ELMWOOD-TRANSCONA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
Mr. SPEAKER.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT ANSWER
JUST AS THE PROBLEM WITH THE
MINISTER'S ANSWER IN THE FALL
ECONOMIC STATEMENT IS THAT IT
DOES NOT IN ANY WAY DO JUST TO
THE URGENCY OF THOSE SENIORS WHO
HAVE LOST THEIR HOME BECAUSE THE
GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO CLAW BACK
THEIR GUARANTEED INCOME
SUPPLEMENT AND ARE NOT GETTING
RHYS LEVEL.
THEY'RE ON THE STREET AND
FREEZING IN THE COLD.
WE'VE HEARD REPORTS OF PEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
THE FACT IS THAT WAITING UNTIL
MAY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WE CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY PAYMENT
FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE'S A FUND TO GET
THEM HOUSED RIGHT AWAY NOT IN
MAY --
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I THINK WE CAN
ALL AGREE HOW CHALLENGING THIS
PANDEMIC HAS BEEN ON SENIORS, IN
PARTICULAR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE
AND WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO HAVE
AN INCREASE TO THE GIS THAT
HELPED OVER 900,000 LOW INCOME
SENIORS.
WE KNOW THAT SENIORS HAVE ASKED
FOR INCOME SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY
NEEDED IT DURING THIS CRISIS AND
THEY SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED NOW
AND THAT'S WHY WE MAKE A MAJOR
INVESTMENT THROUGH A ONETIME
PAYMENT FOR THOSE AFFECTED.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR
SENIORS, Mr. SPEAKER, AND WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR MISSISSAUGA-MALTON.
>> THE PEOPLE OF
MISSISSAUGA-MALTON WANT MORE
LEADERSHIP FOR THE NATIONAL
HOUSING STRATEGY AND
CONSERVATIVES CONTINUE TO REPEAT
THIS INFORMATION ABOUT A
NONEXISTENT HOME EQUITY TAX IN
RIGHT WING MEDIA LAST WEEK.
COULD THE MINISTER PLEASE SET
THE RECORD STRAIGHT AGAIN IN
THIS HOUSE OFTEN ON THE
CONSERVATIVES -- ON THE
CONSERVATIVES DISINFORMATION ON
THE HOME EQUITY TAX.
>> The Speaker: THE-OF HOUSING F
HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
I THANK THE MEMBER FROM
MISSISSAUGA-MALTON FOR HIS
ADVOCACY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO REMIND THOSE SPREADING
MISINFORMATION THAT OUR
GOVERNMENT IS NOT CONSIDERING
CHARGING CAPITAL GAINS OR
SURTAXES ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES
AND ANYTHING OTHERWISE FROM THE
CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS FALSE.
WHY ARE THEY CONTINUING TO MAKE
UP CLAIMS AND WE FOCUS ON
CANADIANS HAVE HAVING A SAFE AND
AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME.
>> The Speaker: MEMBER FROM
CARLETON.
>> BECAUSE THE P DRESSED UP
PRIME MINISTER -- DRESSED UP IN
BLACK FACED COSTUMES SOME TIME
AGO DOESN'T MEAN EVERY MINISTER
IS
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL
LIBERALS ARE RACIST.
BECAUSE A HALF DOZEN OF LIBERAL
MPs WHO ARE RACIAL MINORITIES
COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS TREATMENT
OF THEM DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL
LIBERALS ARE RACIST.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS OFTEN
SAID FOR PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I HOPE THAT
I'VE BEEN CLEAR IN ALL COMMENTS
THAT I RESPECT THE HONOURABLE
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE
JUST AS I BELIEVE THEY RESPECT
THE COLLEAGUES ON THIS SIDE, THE
WORK THAT WE DO AND THE PEOPLE
THAT WE ARE.
THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR POLITICAL
DISCOURSE THAT WE SEE THINGS
THAT ARE ABHORRENT.
I ASK THAT WE ALL CALL IT OUT.
WHEN I SAW SWAT SWASTIKAS ON THE
STREET I ASK THAT WE MOVE AND
INSTEAD OF INFLAMING THE
SITUATION, LET'S DE-ESCALATE AND
FIND A WAY TO STOP THE LOCKDOWN
THAT'S HAPPENING OF THIS CITY SO
CITIZENS CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
THEIR LIVES AND LEGITIMATE
GRIEVANCES CAN BE FAIRLY HEARD.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR CARLETON.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I AGREE.
WE SHOULD ALL CALL OUT -- CALL
OUT EVIL SYMBOLS AND THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PUTTING THEM
UP, I REMEMBER, A JANUARY 2018
EVENT WHERE THE PRIME MINISTER
STEROID STRAIGHT AT A SWASTIKA
AND INSTEAD OF CONDEMNING IT
SAID THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR.
>> WE ON THIS SIDE CONDEMN EVIL
SYMBOLS WHENEVER THEY ARE USED.
I DO RESPECT THAT MEMBER.
I JUST WISH HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD
RESPECT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
FIGHTING FOR PAIR THAT
LIVELIHOODS RIGHT NOW AND ARE
TRYING TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK
ON TRACK.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
GOVERNMENT LOUSE HEARD.
>> WE'RE IN -- HOUSE LEADER.
>> WE'RE IN A TIME OF GLOBAL
CRISIS AND AT A TIME WHEN
EVERYONE IS AFFECTED ABOUT THE I
PANDEMIC.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO EVERY ONE
OF THEM.
THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DISCOURSE
TOGETHER WILL DEFINE THIS MOMENT
FOR ALL OF US.
TO THOSE WHO ARE PEACEFULLY
PROTESTING, I ASK THAT IT'S TIME
TO GO HOME AND DO IT IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
TO CONTINUE TO LOCK DOWN THIS
CITY AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING
IT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING FOR
CANADIANS TO SEE THE WAY THAT
OUR SYMBOLS ARE TREATED AND I
ASK THAT THE CONSERVATIVES WOULD
JOIN WITH US TO ASK THEM TO GO
HOME AND-TO-DO IT WITH A
RESPONSIBLE DIE LONE.
I RESPECT THE MEMBER OPPOSITE
AND LET'S DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
>> The Speaker: THE MEMBER
FROM CARLTON.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THEY'VE SHOWN
NO RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE.
THIS COUNTRY IS A LAW NERVE AND
THE PRIME MINISTER IS JUMPING UP
AND DOWN ON IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
WITH HIS INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH
14-YEAR-OLD KIDS WHO ARE
SUICIDAL AFTER TWO YEARS OF
LOCKDOWN.
I SPOKE TO A WAITRESS WHOSE
BUSINESS WAS WIPED OUT BY
LOCKDOWN.
TRUCKERS HAVE BEEN SERVING FOOD
ON OUR PLATES THROUGHOUT THIS.
THESE ARE THE VERY HONEST HARD
WORKING SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK THAT
THIS PRIME MINISTER KEEPS
ATTACKING.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER.
WE'LL WAIT TO START THE TIME.
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, AGAIN, I
ENCOURAGE THE MEMBER TO JUST
THINK ABOUT IT AS HE TALKS ABOUT
DE-ESCALATING AND HAVING CIVIL
DISCOURSE, HIS TONE AND HOW HE'S
APPROACHING OF THIS ISSUE.
IT'S A TIME THAT IS INCREDIBLY
DELICATE.
WE'RE IN A MOMENT WHERE A RAW
NERVE IS BEING TOUCHED AND HOW
WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND HOW W-
>> The Speaker: I'M GOING TO
INTERRUPT THE HONOURABLE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER AND LET
THEM CALM DOWN AND YOU CAN START
FROM THE TOP BECAUSE I'M SORRY,
I COULDN'T HEAR IT ALL AND I'M
SURE THAT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER
FROM CARLETON WANTS TO HEAR THE
ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION BUT WE'RE
JUST NOT HEARING ANYTHING
BECAUSE OF THE NOISE.
THE HONOURABLE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
LEADER.
>> I HAVE AN INSTINCT AND THAT
IS THAT CANADIANS EXPECT US
TODAY WHEN THEY SAW WHAT
HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND TO
WATCH THE DIALOGUE IN THIS
CHAMBER TO BE AS RESPECTFUL AS
POSSIBLE AND DIAL DOWN OUR
RHETORIC AND OUR LANGUAGE, FOR
US TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER
AND FIND AN OFFRAMP FROM THE
ESCALATION THAT OCCURRED.
THIS IS NOT HEALTHY.
IN A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY THEY'VE
RESPECTFUL DEBATES THAT DON'T
INVOLVE WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR US TO
ENGAGE IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO
ATTEMPT IN THIS PLACE IN THIS
HOUR TO BE EQUAL TO THAT I HOPE
TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT BASIS.
>> The Speaker: THE MEMBER FOR
CARLETON.
>> I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I WAS ON ON OVERPASS AS THE
TERRORIST ATTACKS WENT BY AND
I -- TRUCKERS WENT BY AND I SAW
CHEERFUL OPTIMISTIC CANADIANS
WHO THEIR FREEDOM BACK AND
LIVELIHOODS BACK AND THEY'RE
STANDING UP FOR THE FAMILIES WHO
FEAR THEY CAN'T FEED THEMSELVES.
THE 28-YEAR-OLD KID LIVING IN
MOM'S BASEMENT.
BECAUSE HE CAN'T AFFORD A HOME.
THE SMALL BUSINESSMAN WIPED OUT
BY ENDLESS LOCK DOWNS BY
INCOMPETENT POLLS, THESE ARE THE
PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR THEIR
LIVELIHOODS AND FREEDOM.
WHY WON'T THE GOVERNMENT STAND
WITH THEM?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER.
>> THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCE AND THAT IS I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT MY ENEMY IS ACROSS
THE AISLE.
I BELIEVE THAT OUR ENEMY IS THIS
PANDEMIC.
OUR ENEMY IS ENDING THIS
PANDEMIC AND GETTING EVERYBODY
TO GET VACCINATED AND TO MOVE
FORWARD IN A WAY WHERE THE
CONCERNS HE'S TALKING ABOUT
AFFECTED BY A GLOBAL CRISIS
MEANS THEY'RE SUPPORTED.
IT'S A TIME OF COLLECTIVE TRAUMA
AND IT REQUIRES US TO BE
COMPASSIONATE AND WORK WITH
ANOTHER AND UNDERSTAND THAT OUR
COMMON ENEMY IS THE VIRUS AND
NOT ONE ANOTHER.
>> The Speaker:
>> Voice of Interpreter: THE
HONOURABLE FOR LAC-SAINT-JOHN.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, FREI IS THE
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE BEIJING
OLYMPICS.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS CELEBRATING
THE GREATNESS OF CHINA WHILE IT
COMMITS GENOCIDE AGAINST THE
UIGHURS.
WE SHOULD NOT BLAME THE
ATHLETES.
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO
DECIDED TO ENCOURAGE THE GAMES
TO BE HELD IN CHINA.
IT'S THIS GOVERNMENT.
COULD THIS GOVERNMENT HAVE THE
COURAGE TO FINALLY RECOGNIZE
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHINA IS
TRUE AND THAT THE UIGHUR PEOPLE
ARE SUBJECT TO GENOCIDE?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF SPORT.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FOR HIS QUESTION WHICH
ALLOWS ME TO SPEAK FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THIS HOUSE AND THANK THE
CONSTITUENTS OF MY RIDING.
Mr. SPEAKER, THE DECISION
WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
OLYMPICS OR NOT IN CHINA WAS
FIRST AND FOREMOST UP TO THE
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND THE
PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES.
ATHLETES IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS
WELL HAVE SENT THEIR ATHLETES TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CHINESE
OLYMPICS.
THE GOVERNMENT SENT A CLEAR AND
COHERENT MESSAGE.
WE'VE ALWAYS DEFENDED THIS.
WE ARE IN FAVOUR OF DEMOCRACY
AND THAT IS WHY IN COOPERATION
WITH OUR ALLIES WE ARE SENDING
AN OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO CHINA.
>> The Speaker: THE MEMBER
FROM LAC-SAINT-JEAN.
>> IT'S CURIOUS.
CANADA IS PARTICIPATING IN A
BOYCOTT OF THE GAMES BUT THEY
WON'T TELL US WHY, THEY TONIGHT
HAVE THE COURAGE BECAUSE CHINA
IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST
THE UIGHUR PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO
INVESTIGATE OR TO DELAY OR MOVE
THE GAMES.
THEY ACCEPT A DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT
BUT REFUSE TO TELL US WHY.
IS THIS WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER
HAD IN MIND WHEN HE TOLD THE
WORLD THAT CANADA IS BACK.
IS THAT WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT
MANY?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I TAKE THE
ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE IN CHINA
AGAINST THE UIGHUR PEOPLE
SERIOUSLY AND THAT IS WHY WE
SHARE THESE CONCERNS AND WHY WE
HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DEFEND A
DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION TO THE
OLYMPIC GAMES THAT START ON
FRIDAY AND THAT'S WHY WE ASK THE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AT THE
UN TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MY
COLLEAGUE WHEN HE SAYS WE WON'T
INVESTIGATE IT.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WE SHED FULL LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
BECAUSE IT'S CONCERNING.
SEASONAL KELOWNA--LAKE COUNTRY.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, LAST MONTH
WHEN IT CAME TO PAYROLL TAX
HIKES, THEY SAID THAT
BUSINESSAFFORD THIS.
HOW OUT OF TOUCH IS THIS COMMENT
WITH SMALL BUSINESSES?
CONSIDERING WE WENT AHEAD WITH
THESE TACTICS DESPITE 30-YEAR
RECORD HIGHS INFLATION RATES.
WE HAVE TO ASSUME THIS
GOVERNMENT BELIEVES OF THAT
BUSINESSAFFORD THESE AS WELL.
SO TO THE MINISTER, HOW
HISTORICALLY HIGH DO INFLATION
RATES HAVE TO BE BEFORE THIS
GOVERNMENT STOPS INCREASING
TAXES ON SMALL BUSINESSES?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, WHEN IT COMES
TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES
IT IS A BIT RICH OF THE
CONSERVATIVES TO PRESUME TO
OFFER OUR GOVERNMENT ANY ADVICE
AT ALL.
AFTER ALL BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN
THE OMICRON WAVE WAS RISING, IT
WAS THESE CONSERVATIVES WHO
OPPOSED BILL C-2, A BILL WHICH
INCLUDED A LOCKDOWN INSURANCE
POLICY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND
CANADIANS.
THE CONSERVATIVES VOTED AGAINST
IT AND THANK GOODNESS THEY
FAILED OTHERWISE SMALL
BUSINESSES TODAY WOULD OF NO
SUPPORT.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR HASTINGS-LENNOX AND
ADDINGTON.
>> INFLATION, COUPLED WITH THE
GOVERNMENT'S CLAWBACK HAVE
FINANCIALLY CRIPPLED MANY OF
CANADA'S HARD WORKING SENIORS,
FORCED TO SPEND THEIR GOLDEN
YEARS IN A LABOUR MARKET JUST TO
MAKE ENDS MEET.
OUR VULNERABLE SENIORS NEED TO
KNOW THAT OTTAWA IS LISTENING.
THAT IS WHY THE CONSERVATIVE
OPPOSITION CALLED ON THE
GOVERNMENT TO REVERSALS THE CPP
TAX HIKE.
Mr. SPEAKER, WHEN WILL THIS
GOVERNMENT STAND UP, RISE UP,
LEAN IN TO CANADA'S HARD WORKING
SENIORS AND HELP THEM MEET --
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, THEY'VE WORKED
HARD ALL THEIR LIVES AND THEY
DESERVE TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
WE HAVE INCREASED OAS BY 10%.
SUPPORTING ALL IN THEIR LATER
LIVES.
WE HAVE RESTORED THE ELIGIBILITY
OF OAS TO 65 AND INCREASED THE
GIS AND STRENGTHENED THE CPP.
DURING THE PANDEMIC WE PROVIDED
DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
SUPPORT SPONSOR -- FOR SENIOR'S
SUPPORTS AND WE WILL BE THERE
FOR THEM.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR BRANTFORD-BRANT.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, WITH INFLATION
REACHING A 30 YEAR HIGH THE
LIBERALS CONTINUE TO HURT
CANADIANS WITH THEIR POLICIES.
60% OF PEOPLE FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
THE GOVERNMENT RAISED ITS CPP
TAX ON CANADIANS.
AN EXTRA $700 OUT OF PAYCHEQUES.
THIS MAY MEAN NOTHING TO THIS
PRIME MINISTER BUT IT MATTERS TO
EVERYONE ELSE.
WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT REVERSE
ITS CPP TAX AND STOP PENALIZING
HARD WORKING FAMILIES?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, THE
CONSERVATIVES CONTINUE TO
IRRESPONSIBLY PERPETUATE A FALSE
ECONOMIC NARRATIVE AND TALK DOWN
THE CANADIAN ECONOMY.
THE REALITY IS THAT CANADA
RESILIENT AND OUR ECONOMY IS
ROBUSTLY RECOVERING FROM THE
COVID RECESSION.
IN Q3 OR GDP GREW BY 5.4%.
THAT WAS BEATING THE U.S., JAPAN
AND THE UK AND AUSTRALIA.
WE HAVE RECOVERED 108% OF JOBS
LOST TO THE PANDEMIC.
COMPARED TO JUST 84% IN THE U.S.
AND WE HAD IN NOVEMBER A
SEPARATED SURPLUS AT A 13-YEAR
HIGH.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR KINGS PENCE.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, IN DECEMBER
THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND
CLIMATE CHANGE ANNOUNCED A
CONSULTATION PROCESS ON THE NEW
CLIMATE COMMITMENTS.
THE MINISTER CONFIRMED THAT HE
WILL TABLE BY THE END OF
MARCH 2022 CANADA'S 2030
EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN.
CAN THE MINISTER INFORM THE
HOUSE ON HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WILL
BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION TO
ACHIEVE NET ZERO BY 2050?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
FIRST, I COULD BE LATE MY
COLLEAGUE.
-- CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE FOR
HIS ONGOING EFFORTS TO SPEAK
FRENCH IN THIS HOUSE.
OUR GOVERNMENT IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN
CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS.
AND THERE WILL BE MANY NEW
COMPONENTS IN THE NEW
LEGISLATION INCLUDING ZERO
EMISSION EFFORTS AS WELL AS A
CEILING ON GS EMISSIONS END.
>> The Speaker: -- VAUGHAN.
>> THANKTHANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
MANY OF CANADA'S LABOUR FORCE
ARE SENIOR CITIZENS STRUGGLING
TO GET BY.
MANY SENIORS ARE FORCED TO WORK
BEYOND THEIR RETIREMENT AGE TO
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
THE CPP TAX HIKE HAS ADDED
INSULT TO INJURY.
TO OUR SENIORS WHO HAVE WORKED
HARD THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
THE OUT OF CONTROL INFLATION HAS
MANY WORKING SENIORS FEELING
THAT RETIREMENT IS A DREAM.
THEY WILL NEVER HAVE THE ABILITY
TO EXPERIENCE.
WHEN WILL THIS GOVERNMENT
REVERSE THE CPP HIKE FOR OUR
SENIORS?
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, SINCE 2015 OUR
GOVERNMENT HAS STRENGTHENED
RETIREMENT SUPPORT FOR SENIORS
TODAY AND FOR FUTURE RETIREES.
WE HAVE BUILT A STRONG SOCIAL
NET AND PENSION SYSTEM THAT ALL
CANADIANS CAN BE PROUD.
WE HAVE ENHANCEs THE CPP, OAS
AND RAISED GIS FOR SINGLE
SENIORS THAT HAVE HELPED 900,000
LOW INCOME SENIORS.
WE HAVE INVESTED IN SERVICES
WHICH IS 70 MILLION FOR NEW
HORIZONS SENIORS' PROGRAM.
BILLIONS INTO HOME CARE,
Mr. SPEAKER, WE'RE WE'RE GOING O
MAKE SURE THAT ARE SENIORS NOW
AND INTO THE FUTURE HAVE THE
SUPPORTS THAT THEY NED AUTO.
THANK YOU.
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR EDMONTON RIVER BEND.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, CMHC IS A
FEDERAL AGENCY FUNDED BY THIS
HOUSING MINISTER USING TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
SO RECENTLY CMHC FUNDED A STUDY
THAT DETERMINED THE BEST COURSE
OF ACTION, TAX CANADIAN
HOMEOWNERS MORE.
SO WHY SHOULD CANADIANS BE
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS,
Mr. SPEAKER?
BECAUSE THIS GOT CONTINUES TO
FLOAT THE IDEA OF ADDING MORE
TAXES ON CANADIAN HOMEOWNERS.
ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE,
Mr. SPEAKER, WE ARE 100%
AGAINST THIS TAX.
WHY DOES THIS MINISTER CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF ADDING
MORE TAXES ON CANADIAN
HOMEOWNERS?
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER FOR HOUSING.
>> IT GIVES ME ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN STATE
CATEGORICALLY THAT OUR
GOVERNMENT IS NOT CONSIDERING
CHARGING CAPITAL GAINS OR MORE
TAXES ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES.
WE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND IN
THE PUBLIC SPHERE.
THE PARTY OPPOSITE CONTINUES TO
ENGAGE IN MISINFORMATION, WE'RE
BUSY FOCUSSING ON THE WORK OF
ENSURING THAT EACH AND EVERY
CANADIAN HAS A SAFE AND
AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER.
>> THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.
WE WANT BUSINESSES TO BELIEVE IN
THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY AND TO
INVEST AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE
THEIR BUSINESSES ABOUT.
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN --
BUSINESSES.
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
TO HELP OUR ENTREPRENEURS DURING
THIS CRISIS BUT THERE ARE SOME
COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO THIS ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY
OPENED THEIR BUSINESSES IN
JULY 2022.
THEY'RE PART OF THE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY BUT NOTHING IS THERE
FOR THEM.
WHAT SPEED SKATE MINISTER OF
FINANCE GOING TO DO TO SUPPORT
THESE ENTREPRENEURS AND SAVE
THEIR BUSINESSES.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN, I
HAVE TO STRESS THE HYPOCRISY OF
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
WE KNOW -- WELL, IN TERMS OF
SMALL BUSINESSES IN CANADA.
WE SAW THE RISE IN THE OMICRON
WAVE AND WE ESTABLISHED MEASURES
TO HELP AND SUPPORT SMALL
BUSINESSES IN CANADA.
CONSERVATIVES WERE AGAINST SUCH
MEASURES.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR
GOVERNMENT WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT
THEM AGAINST --
>> The Speaker: --
>> Voice of Interpreter:
Mr. SPEAKER, WE KNOW THAT THE
VACCINE IS THE BEST WAY TO END
THIS PANDEMIC AND TO ENSURE THE
SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE SHARE WITH THE HOUSE THAT
OUR STEPS ARE TAKING TO CONTINUE
TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF
CANADIANS AND CANADA'S AIR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THANK YOU.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> The Speaker: HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF TRANSPORT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THANK MY CLEGG FOR HER
QUESTION.
-- COLLEAGUE FOR HER QUESTION.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR
CITIZENS.
Mr. SPEAKER, OUR LEADERSHIP
REQUIRES BELIEF IN SCIENCE,
LEADERSHIP ALSO REQUIRES
RESOLVE.
WE ARE RESOLUTE TO PROTECTING
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
CANADIANS AND THAT'S WHY WE
IMPLEMENTED MEASURES INCLUDING
REQUIRING TRAVELLERS TO BE FULLY
VACCINATED AND ANY ALLEGATIONS
OF VIOLATIONS OF OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH MEASURES WILL BE
INVESTIGATED FULLY BY TRANSPORT
CANADA, Mr. SPEAKER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR WINDSOR WEST.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, LIKE MANY
OTHER FRONTLINE WORKERS, GROCERY
STORE WORKERS HAVE BUT P YOU
THEIR HEALTH AT RISK TO MAKE
SURE THAT CANADIANS GET THE
ESSENTIALS THAT THEY NEED.
WITH COVID-19 CASES HIGH IT'S
ESSENTIAL THAT THEY ARE TREATED
AND COMPENSATED FAIRLY FOR THE
WORK THAT THEY DO.
IF GROCERY STORES WON'T DO THE
RIGHT THING ON THEIR OWN.
THEY TAKE GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS TO
PAY THEIR RICH CEOs.
IF THE LIBERALS WON'T STAND UP
FOR THESE WORKERS WILL THEY
GUARANTEE THAT THESE FAT CATS
DON'T GET SUBSIDIZED TAXPAYER
MONEY WHEN THEY FAILED TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN.
WHAT WILL THE MINISTER DO.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
Mr. SPEAKER.
I THANK THE MEMBER OPPOSITE FOR
REMINDING US AGAIN THAT COVID
HAS SHOWN SUSS WHO ARE THE TRULY
ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN OUR
ECONOMY.
THAT VERY MUCH INCLUDES
FRONTLINE WORKERS IN PLACES LIKE
GROCERY STORES.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS VERY PLEASED
TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT
MEASURES IN PLACE THROUGHOUT
COVID TO SUPPORT THESE WORKERS
INCLUDING MEASURES LIKE PAID
SICK LEAVE.
INCLUDING MEASURES LIKE
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE
WHO NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF IF A
LOVED ONE IS SICK AND, OF
COURSE, THE INCREASE IN THE
CANADIAN WORKERS BENEFIT.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER FOR KITCHENER CENTRE.
>> Mr. SPEAKER, EARLIER THIS
MONTH OVER 400 CLIMATE
SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS
CO-SIGNED A LETTER CALLING ON
THE IT GO TO STOP ANOTHER FOSSIL
FUEL SUBSIDY AND A NEW TAX
CREDIT FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND
STORAGE.
AS STATED IN THEIR LETTER,
DESPITE DECADES OF RESEARCH
CARBON CAPTURE IS NOT
ECONOMICALLY SOUND OR PROVEN ITS
SCALE.
IT WILL DIVERT RESOURCES AWAY
FROM PROVEN SOLUTIONS LIKE
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
CAN THE MINISTER CONFIRM THEY
WILL LISTEN TO SCIENTISTS AND
SCRAP THIS NEW PROPOSED SUBSIDY.
>> The Speaker: THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER.
THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
Mr. SPEAKER.
THANK YOU TO MY HONOURABLE
COLLEAGUE FOR HIS QUESTION.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY
POSSIBLE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL
HELP US REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES
AND WHEN IT COMES TO CARBON
CAPTURE AND STORAGE, THERE WAS A
REPORT A FEW YEARS AGO LOOKING
AT THIS VERY TECHNOLOGY AND WE
MIGHT HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE IT
WOULD HE ENTITY REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FAST
ENOUGH TO PREVENT 1.5° CELSIUS
OF GLOBAL WARMING,
Mr. SPEAKER, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> The Speaker: THAT'S ALL THE
TIME THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
>> Voice of Interpreter:
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR
QUESTION PERIOD TODAY.
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