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Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: we have a Prime Minister who boasts about his ignorance. What are things coming to? Let us say that we pretend to believe him because he is becoming more and more convincing in the role of an ignoramus. The fact that he wants to remain ignorant is another problem, as is the fact that he does not ask any questions. This just goes to show that he cannot participate in the decision on who will chair the much-needed commission of inquiry into Chinese interference in Canada. Does the House not agree?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Speaker: I would like to remind members that there is a fine line between insulting someone and commenting on the situation they are in. I would like members to pay attention to what they are saying. I know that the members of the House are very competent and that they speak eloquently, so I just want to remind them not to insult people. The right hon. Prime Minister.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we are all well aware of how the Bloc Quebecois feels about Canadian institutions, but the reality is that these unfounded attacks on the integrity of a man like David Johnston, our former governor general, are not befitting of this place. He is a man who put his heart and soul into serving this country. He has always demonstrated a great deal of integrity. That is why he is the right person to be an independent expert to look into this important issue of foreign interference.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Jagmeet Singh: with each day of this strike, the government's mask is slipping, and what it reveals is not pretty. What the workers want is simple. They want salaries that keep up with inflation. However, this government is not addressing the workers' needs. Will the prime minister wake up, give his minister a push, do his job and offer these workers a fair contract?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I must admit that I am a little perplexed to have to explain to a member of the NDP how union negotiations work. It has indeed been eight days. There are challenges at the bargaining table, but everyone is constructively and productively engaged in the process. In fact, the government's negotiators have just put an offer on the table that aligns with a third-party expert's recommendations. This offer provides a solid basis for moving forward. The talks are advancing. This is the way things work when unions are respected.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Jagmeet Singh: if the Prime Minister were serious about respecting these workers, he would not be jetting off to New York at a time when we have the biggest strike in our country's history. That does not show respect for workers. Workers are not buying it. We are not buying it. If the Prime Minister were serious about this, he could show some leadership and certainly not allow the minister who put us in this mess to continue to do this work. Will the Prime Minister accept that this is serious, that it requires the full attention of government and that he has to get serious about getting a contract for these workers now?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I do find it a little odd that I am having to explain to a member of the NDP how collective bargaining works. Sometimes it takes time, and the work is being done constructively at the negotiation table. This includes the fact that we put forward, just yesterday, an offer that aligns exactly with the recommendations of a third party expert on this issue. This is the basis for a good deal moving forward that will respect our public servants while being fair for taxpayers. That is what we are going to continue to work on.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: the Prime Minister cannot believe he is having to explain something to the leader of the NDP . Talking down to a member of his own coalition government just demonstrates how arrogant and out of touch this Prime Minister has become. Today, for example, he will hop on his private jet and fly off on vacation to hang out with the stars and give self-important and self-indulgent speeches at Canadian taxpayers' expense. He will do this while he is putting in place a 41C/-a-litre carbon tax that will cost the average family $1,500 more. Why does he not axe the trip and axe the tax?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: $976 is what an average family of four in that member's riding will be getting this year with the climate action incentive. That is because we are not only moving forward with a price on pollution that helps fight climate change but also giving money back to average families in jurisdictions where it applies. Across the country, this will leave eight out of 10 of them better off. This is how we fight climate change and support families while drawing in global investments like those from Michelin, Volkswagen and others that want to be part of Canadian workers' successes.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: when he said $900-and-something, I thought for a moment that this was the price of his New York hotel room. Then I thought, "No, that cannot be true. It will be in the thousands." He is spreading disinformation again. He promised he was going to censor misinformation. Why does he not censor himself? We can look at the information coming from the Parliamentary Budget Officer that he appointed. This demonstrates that the average Canadian will spend at least $1,500 more in taxes than they get back in rebates. The Liberals call this report a prop. It is from the Parliamentary Budget Officer that they appointed. They are called facts. Will he finally listen to them?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I can tell you he was not reading from the PBO report. The PBO has actually decried the fact that the report is being deliberately misinterpreted by the Conservatives. The reality is that eight out of 10 families in jurisdictions where the price on pollution applies do better with this price on pollution. The report is very clear about this. What the Leader of the Opposition does not want to talk about is the fact that having no plan, which he does not, to fight climate change is not going to create jobs for Canadians, create growth for the economy or leave Canadians better off in the coming years.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: it is now clear why he wants to censor the Internet. He does not want Canadians to go and find out which of us is telling the truth. It would be very easy for them. I encourage them to google "A Distributional Analysis of the Federal Fuel Charge under the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan" and go to page 3. Anyone watching can google it now and see that the Prime Minister is deliberately misinforming the House of Commons. He is stating that Canadians will be better off, when clearly the average household will pay $1,500 more in taxes than they get back. Would the Prime Minister like me to have one of the pages send this document over so he can read it?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: the Conservative Party of Canada continues to refuse to understand that we cannot have a plan for the future of the economy if we do not have a plan to fight climate change. They continue to mislead Canadians, to confuse the issue and to harm workers across this country. Volkswagen is choosing to invest in Canada. Rio Tinto is making investments in Canada. ArcelorMittal is investing in Hamilton. If these things are happening, they are happening because of the leadership that Canadians, the Canadian government and Canadian workers are showing in tackling climate change and building a stronger future.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: he does not have an environmental plan; he has a tax plan. Since he brought in the carbon tax, he has not succeeded in reaching a single emissions reduction target. That is because taxing people for something they have no choice but to use does not change the environment. Canadians have to drive and heat their homes. Instead of putting the burden on himself, the Prime Minister chooses to put it on the working class, 60% of whom will pay more in taxes than they get back in rebates. Why does he not cancel his hypocritical, high-flying lifestyle and the tax at the same time?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: the Leader of the Opposition has a significant task ahead of him in convincing Canadians over the next couple of years that it would be better for them if we did not fight climate change, if we did not show leadership on the environment and if we did not make investments in cleaner technologies. He will have a significant task convincing people in St. Thomas that it is a waste of money to be investing in the Volkswagen plant. These are the kinds of things he is going to have to try to convince Canadians of. All the fancy rhetoric he tries to use will not fool Canadians. The reality is that Canadians know the environment and the economy go together.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: the big task I have ahead is cleaning up the mess that he will leave me. He wants me to hold a big parade for him because he has made another promise. This is the guy who said that he spent billions of dollars on the Infrastructure Bank but has not completed a single project. He said it would only cost $7 billion to build the Trans Mountain pipeline. It is up to $30 billion, and it is not even built. He said his $89 billion of spending on housing affordability would make things affordable, but house prices have doubled. Why is it that the more he spends, the worse things get?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we know the Conservative instinct is to cut. That is what the Conservative Party has always done. That is what the Conservative government did in years past. It cut veterans services, initiatives that supported the fight against child poverty, housing programs, and pensions. It cut everything it could because that would somehow lead to growth. Well, it did not. What has led to growth is investing in the middle class, and the people working hard to join it, and cutting taxes for the middle class while raising them for the wealthiest 1%, which the Conservatives voted against. Most recently, when we were delivering dental care for low-income Canadian kids, the Conservatives voted against it. We will continue to be there for Canadians.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: the Prime Minister continues to be in the way of Canadians. He wants to bring in a 41C/-a-litre tax on Nova Scotians, which he claims will help the environment. Meanwhile, a project that would have actually helped the environment, the sustainable marine project, would have used tidal energy, the waves of the ocean, to generate electricity. That project has been cancelled because the Prime Minister 's federal bureaucracy was too slow and incompetent to approve it. Now the company is getting up and leaving. How does this sound? Why does the Prime Minister not get out of the way of Nova Scotians, let them generate clean electricity, and cancel the carbon tax that is on their backs?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we have worked with provinces, initiatives and proponents across the country on historic investments in clean energy to transition toward decarbonizing our traditional energy sources. This is what we will continue to do to ensure that Canada is ready for the opportunities and investments that are coming in to create great jobs for workers right across the country. That is what our budget is focused on, creating those great jobs for the middle class in critical minerals, in manufacturing, in CCUS, in energy, in a range of things that are going to position Canada as that supplier of energy and resources the net-zero world needs.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: I personally have nothing against Mr. Johnston. If I remember correctly, he was the debates commissioner when one of his moderators called Quebeckers racist, and he refused to apologize. We all remember that fondly. He still has ties to the Trudeau Foundation. The Trudeau Foundation took a cut from a donation made to the University of Montreal. The Prime Minister's brother signed a contract on behalf of the Trudeau Foundation that was irregular, to say the least. Thirty people at the Trudeau Foundation have resigned. I do not believe that the Prime Minister knew nothing. Maybe he is a good actor, but does he realize that he does not have the independence to call an inquiry--
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I know everyone in the House must be surprised and shocked. Apparently the Bloc Quebecois does not like David Johnston. David Johnston has demonstrated his integrity, his dedication to Canada over not just a few years, but decades of service to Canadians, to our institutions. He is exactly the right person to take an independent look at all the infrastructure and all the programs that we have in place to combat foreign interference, and to reassure Canadians that everything is being done.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: it is unfortunate, but he has close ties to the Trudeau Foundation. The Trudeau Foundation is an incubator for Liberal circles, often unbeknownst to those who once supported it but now regret it, including some scholarship recipients. The government and the Prime Minister are tolerating interference in our institutions and the intimidation of some Canadian citizens of Chinese origin. Does the Prime Minister not realize that when people talk about the Prime Minister in China, they are laughing at him and at us?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we see how excited the Bloc Quebecois is about attacking Pierre Elliott Trudeau's legacy, my father's intellectual legacy. The reality is that we will always encourage intelligent and engaged debate in this country. That is one of the things that this foundation is doing. I cannot say more because, as the hon. member knows very well, it has been 10 years since I have had any direct or indirect involvement with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: again, we are seeing the NRA spokesperson making things up. It will be three years next month since we got rid of assault-style weapons in Canada. It is now illegal to use them, buy them or sell them. The Conservative Party of Canada wants to bring these assault rifles back, but we will not allow that to happen. That is why I am calling on everyone in the House to support Bill C-21 when it comes back to the House.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: members just witnessed, once again, the demagoguery of a Prime Minister who divides to distract. He calls indigenous Canadians in Nunavut, who hunt for sustenance, Americans. He calls our patriotic farmers, who use rifles for pest control, Americans. He calls decent, hard-working, law-abiding citizens, who have never broken a law in their lives, Americans because they disagree with his plan to ban hunting rifles. Will he stop dividing to distract and start going after the real criminals?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: the length to which the Leader of the Opposition will go to try to pretend that he is not in the pocket of the NRA is quite humorous. The reality is that the talking points they are putting out there are completely disconnected from any reality. Three years ago, we made the decision to render assault-style weapons, weapons designed to kill the largest number of people as quickly as possible, illegal in our communities in this country. We banned them from being bought, sold or used. This is what we are continuing with. This is what he stands against.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: he put all the resources into going after licensed law-abiding, trained and tested firearms' owners, who are statistically the least likely people to commit a crime. Meanwhile, he has turned loose onto our streets repeat violent offenders who have committed literally dozens of violent offences. In Vancouver, under his bail regime, the same 40 people had to be arrested 6,000 times. That is what he has brought to our streets: crime, chaos, drugs and disorder. Why will he not start going after the real criminals with common sense in our justice system?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: if Conservative Party members were serious about going after crime, they would support our freeze on handguns. They would support the fact that we have banned assault-style weapons, which is something they continue to avoid, dodge, and spread misinformation and disinformation on. The reality is that we have continued to invest in police when the Conservative government before me cut services and funding to police. They cut services to CBSA. They cut initiatives that actually kept Canadians safe, and now they are just in the pockets of the NRA.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: he banned BB guns, paint guns and the hunting rifles of indigenous and rural Canadians, but enough about that. Let us just have the facts. Under the Conservative government, violent crime went down 22%. Under the Prime Minister , it has gone up 32%. There has been a 92% increase in violent gang crime under the Prime Minister. Those are the facts. Will he listen to the facts and the common sense and go after the real violent criminals, instead of targeting law-abiding rifle owners and hunters?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Speaker: I am sorry. I am going to have to interrupt the right hon. Prime Minister again. I am having a hard time hearing his answer. I know there are some people who get excited when we talk about certain items. I would like for them to take a deep breath. Now that everybody has taken that breath, the right hon. Prime Minister can begin from the top, please.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: members cannot be serious about keeping our communities safe if they stand against gun control. That is consistently what the Conservatives have done, by spreading misinformation and disinformation when we are going after assault-style weapons, putting a freeze on handguns, and not going after law-abiding hunters and fishers. They are using that to try to scare people, when the reality is that keeping Canadians safe requires a multi-faceted approach. It means investing more in CBSA, which has doubled the number of interdicted guns coming across the border.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Jagmeet Singh: public service workers have been waiting for over two years for a fair contract. Liberals like to talk a lot about workers' rights, but when they offer workers in the public sector what is effectively a pay cut when they are asking for salaries that keep up with inflation, they are no better than Conservatives. Will the Prime Minister get serious about these workers, cancel his trip and get these workers a fair contract?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we take seriously the responsibility of engaging constructively with labour unions. That is why we are, right now, at the negotiating table. That is why our negotiators have put forward an offer that is aligned perfectly with the recommendation of third-party experts as a pathway to solution, and it is certainly something that we are going to be able to build on together and see built on at the negotiating table. We have full confidence, not just in our negotiators and our minister, but in the union negotiators, who are fighting for better opportunities for their folks, and we know that is how we get to the right deal at the table.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Jagmeet Singh: this situation and the Conservatives are getting ridiculous. We have a situation where Galen Weston is earning over 430 times the median income of an employee at his company, and the Prime Minister wants to do nothing about that, but a janitor working in the public service cannot even have a salary that keeps up with inflation. What is going on with that picture? I know that the janitor cannot offer the Prime Minister a fancy vacation, but the Prime Minister should agree that the janitor deserves respect. Will he cancel his trip and negotiate a fair contract for these workers?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: one of the very first things, no, the very first thing we did when we came to office was lower taxes for the middle class and raise them on the wealthiest 1%. Unfortunately, not just the Conservatives voted against that. The NDP voted against that back when we first got elected. The reality is that we will continue to step up for the middle class. We will continue to invest in things such as child care, dental care, public health care, and supports for seniors and students. We know that one builds a strong economy from the bottom up and the centre out. That is exactly what we are doing.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Speaker: Everybody is excited today. I have found something that has worked in the past. I have a list here that has been worked on by both sides. This is the only tool I have. I can work with this list and follow it, or I can bounce around wherever. The folks in the back, who are at the end of the list, might want to prepare because they may be called on for a question. The hon. member for Guelph.
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Lloyd Longfield: workers and families in southwestern Ontario still remember the Ford plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, being shuttered in 2011. It put thousands out of work, and it left the region's once thriving auto sector on life support. These types of closures were just all too common under the Harper Conservatives, which is one reason why this week's historic announcement with Volkswagen has come to them as such welcome news. Of course, not everyone in this chamber welcomed this historic investment. While Conservatives may choose to attack the deal, could the Prime Minister update the House on what it means for our communities, our economy and our environment?
Democratic Institutions
Date: 2023_04_26
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I want to thank the member for Guelph for his extraordinary hard work. Volkswagen's decision to build its first North American battery facility in Canada is a generational investment in jobs and clean growth. The plant will create thousands of direct and tens of thousands indirect jobs in St. Thomas and across Canada's battery and EV ecosystems. While the Leader of the Opposition continues to bet against Canada and our workers, and prefers to call it a waste, on this side, we will continue to push for a strong economy, good-paying jobs and cleaner air.