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Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: page 3 of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report shows that when they add the fiscal and economic costs, the net cost is $1,820 per Ontario family above and beyond the rebates, with the vast majority paying more than they get back. Apparently the environment minister did not get the memo. He let the cat out of the bag and admitted that Canadians would pay more in taxes than they got back in any benefits, proving that everything the Prime Minister has said on this tax has been false. Why will the Prime Minister not admit what his environment minister has already said and say this is a scam?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: over the past years we have seen right across the country that the cost of inaction on fighting climate change is getting alarmingly high. This includes in many Conservative-held ridings that should be telling this to their leader. Whether in floods, wildfires or droughts, we are seeing the impacts of climate change that are going to get worse and worse. That is why it is necessary to have a plan to fight climate change and grow the economy in sustainable ways that would give great jobs to Canadians for the coming decades. That is exactly what we have done with our approach on fighting climate change and in our latest budget.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I thank the member for Pierrefonds--Dollard for the question. It is very important, especially in light of the questions the Conservatives just asked. We are pleased to report that Canada's emissions are down from 2019 and 2005 levels, and we continue to grow our economy at the same time. This progress did not just come out of nowhere. Since 2015, we have taken historic action, and this includes putting a price on pollution--
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we are pleased to report that Canada's emissions are down from 2019 and 2005 levels, and we continue to grow our economy at the same time. This progress did not just come out of nowhere. Since 2015, we have taken historic action, and this includes putting a price on pollution. While Conservative politicians say that we have to choose between clean air and a strong economy, we are achieving both, and are on track to meet our 2030 climate targets.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Blake Desjarlais: we have heard a lot of non-answers today. Workers deserve decent wages and good working conditions. The Liberal government claims it supports workers, but at the last moment, the Liberals act like Conservatives and do not have the workers' backs when they take a stand. For the final and last time today, will the government commit to protecting workers' rights and not force workers back to work? Is the answer yes or no?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we are engaged in full respect, in debate, in discussions and negotiations at the bargaining table, which is where that needs to happen. Our negotiators and the unions are hard at work finding a way to ensure that we continue to support and respect the extraordinary public servants who have worked so hard, including over these past difficult years of the pandemic, to deliver services for Canadians at the same time as we move forward in a way that is responsible for Canadian taxpayers. This is the work we will do in good faith and positivity, just as we have always engaged with unions across the country.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Kevin Vuong: most Canadians know that the federal carbon tax is a farce. It siphons 14.3C/ a litre from the pockets of consumers. It increases the cost of living. It contributes to inflation and it causes even higher food prices. Sadly, the carbon tax does little to fight climate change. Equally disturbing, there is tax cascading, where the government levies the GST on all the other gasoline taxes. It is taxing taxes. If the Prime Minister wants to provide a meaningful, sustained rebate to financially struggling Canadians, why does he not lower his carbon tax cash cow and axe the tax on gasoline taxes?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I can only feel bad for the citizens of Spadina--Fort York , who elected someone they thought was going to stand up for them and deliver them supports while putting a price on pollution and returning more money to the pockets of hard-working Ontarians, and now he is just spewing Conservative talking points. It is a real shame to see that, but on this side of the House, we will continue to stand and fight for Canadians and for the fight against climate change.
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Randy Boissonnault: there have been discussions among the parties, and I would like to ask for unanimous consent to adopt the following motion. I move: That, notwithstanding any Standing Order, special order, or usual practice of the House, Bill C-46 , An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and the Income Tax Act, be deemed read a second time and referred to a committee of the whole, deemed considered in committee of the whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at the report stage and deemed read a third time and passed.
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Patty Hajdu: I rise on a point of order. Today, in question period, while the Prime Minister was answering a question, I heard the Leader of the Opposition repeatedly call him a "freeloader". Shortly after that, the member for Leeds--Grenville--Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes repeated that insult. When I was first elected to this place, I was really impressed by the rules of order that really encourage us to debate policy without resorting to personal slurs and attacks. It is disappointing for the many young people who are considering entering into politics, including many women, to watch members of the opposition, including the leader--
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Speaker: On the first point of order, I believe I addressed it when I heard it. I want to remind hon. members to use their language judiciously. With respect to the other one, we will look into it to see exactly what happened, if the name was used by the hon. member, and we will come back to the House should we feel it necessary. Again, I want to remind everyone that we are here for the good of the country, not to call each other names, and to debate, not to argue.
Committees of the House
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Speaker: It being 3:21 p.m., pursuant to order made on Thursday, June 23, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion to concur in the 14th report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration concerning the extension of time to consider Bill S-245 . Call in the members.
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Speaker: I have the honour to inform the House that messages have been received from the Senate informing the House that the Senate has passed the following bills to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-205 , an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders); Bill S-210 , an act to restrict young persons' online access to sexually explicit material; and Bill S-246 , an act respecting Lebanese heritage month.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Bardish Chagger: I was just informed today by my clerk at PROC that I have to ask for concurrence in order for the reports for the extension of these four provinces to go through. I have not asked my colleagues in the other parties for concurrence as yet. I will do my due diligence before coming back to the House, but I do hope to see the extensions requested once the process is followed.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Tom Kmiec: I am tabling a petition on behalf of my constituents. In the past 130 years, the Hazara ethnic group has faced an ongoing genocide and systematic ethnic cleansing in Afghanistan. I have tabled petitions about this before on my constituents' behalf. They are also raising the fact that the Taliban regime is responsible for the ongoing massacre of Hazaras in Afghanistan. Gunmen have been directly involved in executions of Hazaras, forcing them to leave their homeland. They are again calling on the Government of Canada to recognize the ongoing genocide and the persecution of Hazaras, as well as to prioritize Hazaras as part of the government's own target of 40,000 Afghans by the end of the year.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mrs. Carol Hughes: I once again rise to table a petition regarding the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The petitioners wish to bring to the attention of the House the fact that the Chinese government has waged a nationwide persecution campaign against Falun Gong practitioners. This has resulted in arrests, with many being imprisoned for up to 20 years. The petitioners add that this includes torture and abuse. They also indicate the conclusion of investigators that tens of thousands of Falun Gong prisoners, who are prisoners of conscience, have been put to death. Moreover, the prisoners have had their organs involuntarily seized for sale at high prices. The petitioners call on this Parliament to pass a resolution to establish measures to stop the Chinese Communist regime's crime of systematically murdering Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. They also call on Parliament to amend Canadian legislation to combat forced organ harvesting and publicly call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Elizabeth May: I am honoured to rise today to present petitions on a theme that many of my constituents raise frequently, and that is the need for electoral reform. These petitioners are particularly looking for this Parliament and the government to establish a national citizens' assembly on electoral reform, requiring that the citizens' assembly complete its work within 12 months. The government should then adopt the recommended changes to our electoral system to end the perverse first-past-the-post voting system before the next federal election.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Emmanuella Lambropoulos: I rise to present petition e-4350, a petition to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship . On February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Turkey and Northern Syria. Over 50,000 are dead and hundreds of thousands injured or left without shelter in freezing conditions. The 742 citizens and residents of Canada who have signed the petition call upon the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to establish a public policy to facilitate and expedite the granting of permanent resident status to children who were left homeless and who lost at least one parent because of the earthquake. It should also be granted to their accompanying surviving parent or another adult on whom they depend to meet their economic, emotional and social needs. They also call for a public policy to facilitate and expedite the sponsorship under the family class by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of any of their Syrian relatives who identify themselves as being directly affected by the earthquake.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Garnett Genuis: I have a few petitions that I will table relatively quickly. The first petition is in support of Bill C-257 , which is an excellent private member's bill put forward by me. It seeks to prohibit discrimination on the basis of political activity or belief by adding reference to political belief or activity to the Canadian Human Rights Act. One effect of this is that people could bring human rights complaints against social media companies if they were facing political discrimination by those companies.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Garnett Genuis: the second petition deals with immigration from Hong Kong. In particular, a desire has been expressed to still allow those who have been convicted of political offences as part of political persecution in Hong Kong to come to Canada. However, petitioners note that, in practice, the exemptions given only apply in cases of convictions under the national security law. In many cases, there has been persecution of Hong Kong democracy activists through other means than the national security law. Therefore, petitioners call on the Government of Canada to recognize the politicization of the judiciary in Hong Kong and to affirm its commitment to render all national security law charges and convictions irrelevant and invalid in the context of considering Canadian immigration. It also calls on the government to create a mechanism by which Hong Kong people with pro-democracy movement-related convictions may provide an explanation for such convictions. Based on the explanation, the government can then grant exemptions. Finally, they call for the government to work with other allies to ensure that Hong Kong people are not barred from coming to Canada on the basis of criminal record-related provisions if they were convicted based on political purposes and are not otherwise criminals.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Garnett Genuis: the third petition I am tabling highlights the ongoing detention of Huseyin Celil and asks the government to take a number of steps to secure the release of Mr. Celil. These steps include demanding the recognition of his citizenship, formally highlighting the priority of his release, appointing a special envoy to secure his release and seeking the assistance of the Biden administration.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Garnett Genuis: next I am tabling a petition that raises significant concerns about recommendations in the Minister of National Defence 's advisory panel on systemic racism and discrimination, which produced its final report last year. There are concerns that these recommendations, in fact, are paradoxically discriminatory in that they call for the exclusion of religious clergy from many mainstream denominations on the basis of the government apparently having objections to aspects of their doctrine.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Garnett Genuis: the final petition I am tabling is from those who are strongly opposed to the legalization of child killing in Canada in the name of so-called medical assistance in dying. Petitioners are strongly opposed to proposals to legalize the killing of children by the medical system, and they call on the government to block any attempt to allow the killing of children in Canada.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Gord Johns: it is timely that I am tabling this petition today on behalf of British pensioners who have had their pensions basically frozen through the indexation on pensions by the government of the United Kingdom. These are pensioners who have retired in Canada. It is timely because the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners is here having its first-ever frozen pension day on the Hill. Its members are calling on Canada to take action. We know these pensioners are losing tens of thousands of dollars over the course of their retirement. With the current inflation crisis, many seniors are having trouble making ends meet. Canada is second only to Australia in its number of U.K. pensioners, with around 144,000 United Kingdom retirees. The indexation of the pensions is entirely dependent on specific agreements between countries, and Canada does not have an indexing agreement or a social security agreement with the U.K. British pensioners living in places such as the U.S., Jamaica and the European Union receive a full U.K. state pension, which is updated annually. These countries have reciprocal social security agreements with the U.K. Even U.K. citizens who continued to pay into their pensions while living outside of the U.K. and who are now living in Canada do not have an indexed pension. Pensions are deferred wages, and they must be able to support the people who rely on them. For some seniors, the lost income can mean retiring in poverty. The Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners has estimated that frozen British pensions cost the Canadian economy close to a billion dollars annually. Therefore, they are calling on the Government of Canada and the House of Commons to negotiate an end to the cost of living index freeze by the government of the United Kingdom for recipients of the British state pension who live in Canada.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Mike Morrice: I am proud to table a petition on behalf of over 1,200 people who recognize that, first and foremost, homes should be places for people to live and not commodities for institutional investors to trade. They know that the commodification of housing, including the rapid rise of institutional investors like real estate investment trusts and their holdings, has substantially contributed to the unaffordability of housing and has worsened the housing crisis that we are in. They recognize that REITs comprise some of Canada's largest corporate landlords, which have long received special tax treatment from the federal government. They also note that REITs have grown from owning no rental suites at all in 1996 to nearly 200,000 in 2021. As a result, along with other items, the petitioners call on the Government of Canada to remove the tax exemption for real estate investment trusts and use the revenue that would be generated in doing so to invest in quality, affordable and dignified non-profit and co-operative housing.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Arnold Viersen: I am pleased to present petitions signed by Canadians from across the country. They are concerned about the comments from Louis Roy of the Quebec college of physicians. He recommended euthanasia for babies coming into the world with severe deformities or serious syndromes to occur from birth to one year of age. This proposed legalization of the killing of infants has deeply disturbed many Canadians, and they want to make sure that this place understands that infanticide is always wrong. Therefore, they are calling on the Government of Canada to block any attempt to bring this forward.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Arnold Viersen: the next petition I have to present is from Canadians from across the country who want to have the right to be protected from discrimination. Canadians can and do face discrimination, and it is fundamental that Canada has the right to be politically active, which is in the best interest of Canadian democracy. They want to ensure that public debate and the exchange of differing ideas continues, and they are asking for Bill C-257 to add protection against political discrimination to the Canadian Human Rights Act. Therefore, the undersigned are calling for the support of this bill to defend the rights of all Canadians to peacefully express their political opinions.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Arnold Viersen: the final petition I have to present today comes from Canadians from across the country who are concerned about the increased risk of violence against women when they are pregnant. Currently, the injury or death of preborn children as victims of crime is not considered an aggravating circumstance in sentencing as proposed in the Criminal Code of Canada. Canada has no abortion law. This legal void is so extreme that we do not even recognize preborn children as victims of crime. Justice requires that an attacker who abuses a pregnant woman and her preborn children be sentenced accordingly. The sentence should match the crime. Therefore, the people who have signed the petition are calling on the House of Commons to legislate the abuse of a pregnant woman and the infliction of harm on her preborn child as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing proposed in the Criminal Code.
Government Response to Petitions
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Michael Barrett: I would like to inform the House that the interim Ethics Commissioner has resigned that role, effective today. As a result, there are decisions that the office cannot proceed with, which are based upon functions that only the commissioner can undertake. After the politicization of that role by the Liberal government, the office remains paralyzed. The official opposition invites the government to meaningfully consult with recognized parties on an appointee whose appointment avoids even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
The Budget
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux: the member is wrong on so many counts. This budget is indeed a reflection of the priorities that Canadians have expressed to the government in many different ways. I would highlight what the member said about the dental legislation we brought in last year being the worst piece of legislation he has ever seen as a parliamentarian. That particular program, which the member sees as useless legislation, has benefited 250,000 children in Canada. Many of the initiatives, whether we are talking about the grocery rebate or the expansion of the dental program for seniors, would directly benefit from the budget. Why is the Bloc being so narrow-minded and following such a separatist agenda that it does not see the good that is being presented in this budget? For the sake of doing what is right, the Bloc should vote in favour of the budget so Canadians from coast to coast to coast would receive the badly needed benefits this budget would provide.
The Budget
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Alain Therrien: did I say anything about independence? We are a part of Canada while awaiting independence, and we have a situation where there are problems caused in part by the government's inaction. There comes a time when we must ask ourselves if the Liberals are going to wake up. We are not talking about independence. We are talking about a government that should be focused on the issues that are important to Quebeckers. That is why we are here. If the government wants to know what Quebeckers want and need, it should listen to the Bloc Quebecois. What Quebeckers want, as I said, are health transfers and measures to address the labour shortage. It is time to sink or swim, and the Liberals have done absolutely nothing. That is all. All we were asking for was for them to listen to Quebeckers and work to meet their needs. That is all.
The Budget
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Luc Berthold: they could also listen to the Conservative Party and the members from Quebec who are there to represent Quebeckers too. I would like to ask my colleague a question. He spoke at length about the Liberals' will and centralist tendencies throughout the years. We know that the Liberals want to manage and control everything from Ottawa and leave very little to the provinces. There is something else the Liberals are currently doing, which is putting Canadians further into debt. I know that my colleague dreams of independence for Quebec. Does he believe that his dream is realistic, given the share of the debt Quebec is being burdened with by the Liberals?