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Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Jacques Gourde: the minister's answer seems like a promise worthy of Pinocchio. The minister should check if her nose is growing. Canadians are right to worry about the services being delivered by this government. Many departments are falling behind, and wait times are endless. We are fed up with Liberal incompetence. When will the government take responsibility and send Canadians their tax refunds?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Diane Lebouthillier: as I was saying, I would like to reassure my colleague: My nose is just fine. Restoring and maintaining a respectful relationship with the public service of Canada is an ongoing commitment for our government. We recognize the important role that employees play in the delivery of services to taxpayers. We will respect the collective bargaining process and we will not be commenting on negotiations which are in progress.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Rene Villemure: to paraphrase what Isabelle Hachey said in La Presse this morning, the Trudeau Foundation is a catalogue of friends of the Liberal Party of Canada. This catalogue is not subject to the legislation governing political party financing. What a great way for a foreign power to contribute to this catalogue of friends of the Liberal Party, when the Liberal Party is in power. That is exactly what China did. Why does this government refuse to recognize that the only reason the Chinese authorities would donate to the Trudeau Foundation is to curry favour with the Prime Minister ?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Mark Holland: I served as executive director at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. That is a foundation. For any type of foundation, the rules in Canada are incredibly strict so as to ensure that all foundations are independent and free from any influence. That is the case here. The foundation that the member opposite attacked is a foundation that provides scholarships to students. It is an independent foundation.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Rene Villemure: we are not about to be lectured on independence. The connection between the Liberals and the Trudeau Foundation is so obvious that even its alumni are now embarrassed to be associated with it. It is obvious, given that we know that the foundation was invited to a meeting at the Prime Minister's building. It is obvious, given that we know that the PMO asks about the donations the foundation receives. It was through this foundation that the Prime Minister found his rapporteur on Chinese interference. Everyone knows that it will be impossible to get to the bottom of this interference when someone from the foundation that itself benefited from said interference is in charge of the investigation. Everyone knows that but the Liberals. What do they not understand?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez: maybe they will understand what Chantal Hebert said. She said that she has been in the building three times for round tables organized by the Clerk of the Privy Council with deputy ministers. In all those years, she has never met the current Prime Minister. She said that it was entirely possible that the Prime Minister did not even know about this meeting with deputy ministers, because it was none of his business; it was not his political staff. I wonder if the Bloc thinks Chantal Hebert is part of the conspiracy too.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Marie-Helene Gaudreau: according to La Presse, 30 people have fled the Trudeau Foundation over the past two weeks. The newspaper quotes one such individual who said, "I feel like someone pulled a fast one on me, because, ultimately, it is not true that it is non-partisan". The Trudeau Foundation is a nest of Liberals, and that is exactly why China has been trying to get closer to them since the election of this Liberal government. It is clear, then, that anyone from the Trudeau Foundation is disqualified from investigating Chinese interference. When will there be a public and independent commission of inquiry?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Mark Holland: Canada has the strictest and strongest rules to protect the independence of charities of any kind. It is unacceptable to attack an independent foundation which has no ties with the Prime Minister. This foundation is responsible for student grants to ensure that future generations have the funds they need to become the future leaders of our country. It is not acceptable to attack an independent charity like that.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus: last year, Canadians stood in line for days to get their passports. Now the minister is asking them not to apply for a new passport and especially not to apply for a passport renewal. Never in modern history has the government of a G7 nation asked such a thing of its citizens. It is sad and embarrassing. The Prime Minister has hiked the cost of the public service by 50%, but he is failing at managing services to the public. When will the Prime Minister realize that it is crisis management time and he must resolve it now?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Karina Gould: it is unfortunate that the Conservatives fail to understand the importance of being honest with Canadians. This is what I am doing now, being honest with Canadians about the passport situation during the general strike. It is equally unfortunate that the Conservatives are unable to grasp our duty to respect the right to strike. We have to respect public service workers, just as we have to respect Canadians. That is why we are at the bargaining table to negotiate this agreement with the public service. We are going to reach an agreement that is good for public servants and good for the public.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Kevin Waugh: even though public service spending has increased by 53%, we find ourselves in the grip of the biggest federal public service strike in history because of the Prime Minister 's epic incompetence. Canadians are being denied the services they pay for and deserve. The solution, according a Liberal cabinet minister yesterday, was that they not apply for passports anymore. Can members believe that? When will the government get the job done and restore services for all Canadians?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Karina Gould: unlike the Conservatives, I am not going to spin the situation for Canadians; I am going to be straight and honest with them. The law dictates what is an essential service, and passports are not considered essential under the law. I am not going to make things up; I am going to be straight with Canadians. When it comes to essential services like CPP, OAS, GIS, employment insurance, social insurance numbers, and filing taxes, these are all services that continue to be provided because they are considered to be essential.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Todd Doherty: let us be straight with Canadians. It takes a special level of incompetence to have increased spending of $21 billion on bureaucracy and an additional $22 billion on outside consultants and still end up with the largest federal public service strike in history. Despite all of those billions of dollars being spent, Canadians still have no proposals, no plan and no passports. How much will the residents of northern B.C. have to pay to bring an end to the strike caused by the Prime Minister ?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Seamus O'Regan: if we are going to get into the record that members on either side of this House have when it comes to workers' rights, maybe we could talk about it. I look at certain members in this House who were in government at one point of time. They now profess to be a party that represents workers. They just do not like the part where they may gather together, the collective part, the part where they actually get to bargain for free and fair wages. For this side of the House I will say that we believe in the collective bargaining process. We will be there until the end. We will reach a fair and reasonable deal for taxpayers as well.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Alex Ruff: trust in the Liberal government continues to erode. We are now a week into the largest general strike in history impacting the lives of all Canadians. Canadians are concerned about getting their tax returns on time. Afghans who helped Canada are still hiding in terror because the IRCC is incapable of processing their paperwork. Transport Canada is not conducting marine exams for students and now the minister who has presided over the largest backlog of passports in history has the audacity to tell Canadians that their passports are not essential and to not even bother to apply. Why after two years of negotiating has the Liberal government failed to solve this dispute? When will Canadians get their passports?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Chrystia Freeland: let me tell members what our government is doing for Canadians. A few weeks ago in this House, we tabled a budget that for some reason the Conservatives do not want to talk about. Do members know why they do not want to talk about it? Because we balance fiscal responsibility with compassionate and necessary investments in Canadians. We are providing dental care for Canadians so that no one would be able to tell the size of someone's paycheque by their smile. We are providing a grocery rebate to the Canadians who need it the most and we are investing in the jobs of the future and a green industrial policy.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Jenny Kwan: immigration backlog and processing delays continue to have a detrimental impact for people who want to reunite with loved ones and for those who need to get to safety. As the crisis in Sudan worsens, Canadians with loved ones in Sudan are worried sick about their safety. The Liberals must get a fair deal for the PSAC workers to restore all immigration services. The longer the government drags its feet, the longer loved ones trapped in Sudan will have to wait. Will the Prime Minister step in to prevent the processing backlog from getting even worse at IRCC?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Melanie Joly: I would like to reassure this House because my colleague mentioned the fact that people stuck in Sudan are not able to get out of Sudan. Canadians right now are being contacted 24-7 because consular services are emergency services. We are there to help them. We have had 550 of them who raised their hands saying they need help; 100 have gotten out of Sudan. We are on this and we will make sure that every Canadian is coming back and is safe.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Leah Gazan: the Liberals are going to cut $150 million in funding to women's shelters by September. Six hundred women's shelters will be impacted across the country. Gender-based violence is on the rise. This is unacceptable. Women and gender-diverse folks always seem to be an afterthought for the government. This funding is desperately needed to help those fleeing violence. Will the Prime Minister commit to renewing this life-saving funding or was his claim to be a feminist government just a farce?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Marci Ien: far from an afterthought, when the pandemic hit, a $3-million emergency funding top-up was what we provided to make sure that shelters could keep the lights on and keep the doors open. This work continues with the national action plan, more than half a billion dollars in the last budget to work with provinces and territories to make sure that the most vulnerable women and girls are safe. I said that we would have women's backs and I stand by my words.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Wilson Miao: our supply chains and trade corridors have experienced challenges due to the pandemic, the impact of climate change and external events such as Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Canada's economy and population continue to grow, and Canadians deserve to get the goods they need on time. Could the minister inform the House on how we can increase capacity at our ports and strengthen our supply chains for Canadians?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Omar Alghabra: I thank my hon. colleague from Richmond Centre for his advocacy. Last week, the Minister of Natural Resources and I announced that it is in our national interest to increase the capacity of the Port of Vancouver by 50% by approving the Roberts Bank terminal 2 project. The port will have to abide by 370 conditions, and we will continue our work with indigenous peoples, environmental stakeholders and unions to ensure the expansion and resilience of our supply chains. We have always said that our environmental plan is an economic plan. We are getting the job done.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Kelly McCauley: Beijing Communists laundered money into the Trudeau Foundation to gain influence with the Prime Minister . Foundation members who received Beijing's foreign-influence cash were then hand-picked by the Prime Minister to investigate the foreign interference their foundation facilitated. The PM, unbelievably, claims he has no ties to the Trudeau Foundation, yet his office hosted a meeting between foundation leadership and top government bureaucrats. When will the Liberal-NDP alliance end the cover-up and call for an independent investigation into foreign influence that is without the taint of the Trudeau Foundation?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Mark Holland: of course the member would be aware that it was not in the Prime Minister 's office, but in the building, and that many things happen in his building and in everybody's buildings. I do not know if the member is aware of everything that happens in his office building. These were meetings with public servants, which had nothing to do with the Prime Minister. The thing that I find disturbing is that they keep attacking a foundation when we have rules in this country, which are the strongest in the world, to protect the independence of our charities. The job of the foundation, which is the charity the Conservatives are attacking, is to give scholarships to students so they can be our future leaders. The Conservatives do not care whom or what they attack. Their partisan games continue.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Garnett Genuis: here we go again. It is just a building. To acquaint the government House leader, because maybe he has never been there, the building is called the Prime Minister's office. It is a four-storey building. Everybody who works in that building is either exempt staff of the Prime Minister or a member of the Prime Minister's own department. It is not like an apartment building where they just rent one space in it and do not know what else goes on. This is the Prime Minister's own office. The Trudeau Foundation met with five deputy ministers in the Prime Minister's own office. The Prime Minister is a member of the Trudeau Foundation, and he is trying to cover this up. Why will he not tell the truth?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Mark Holland: it has been made clear, first of all, that the Prime Minister is not an active member at all of the Trudeau Foundation. He has been independent from that for more than 10 years. I do not know how much time the member spends on subreddits and 4chan, but instead he should spend some time looking at facts. The facts are that we have some of the strictest rules for charities anywhere in the world. With respect to attacking charities on baseless information and misrepresenting them, the member knows full well that the building that the Prime Minister is in has, yes, the PMO. It also has PCO and, just as they do in the member's building, lots of things happen in different buildings.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Luc Berthold: no one believes the Prime Minister's claims that he built a wall between himself and the Trudeau Foundation. He is the only one who can see that wall, and the Beijing regime sees a wide open window. Canada's spy agency has made it clear that the Communist regime sees the Trudeau Foundation as a gateway to influencing the Prime Minister. His own brother, Alexandre, arranged and received a $200,000 cheque from the Beijing regime on behalf of the foundation. Is it not time to let a family member speak out about the use of the Trudeau Foundation to influence the Prime Minister ?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Mark Holland: I reject in totality the idea that the government would ever allow itself to be influenced by a foreign power. The idea that this would take place is absolutely ridiculous and offensive. However, let us talk about the walls that protect our institutions. Let us talk about the wall that is supposed to exist to protect our public broadcaster, CBC and Radio-Canada, which they want to tear down and destroy. They are talking with foreign tech giants about how to get rid of a public broadcaster. Let us talk about the wall that exists between monetary and fiscal policy in this country and what they want to do to the Bank of Canada. If the Conservatives want to talk about destroying walls, let us talk about what their plans are.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Luc Berthold: if I have to choose between the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Liberal government House leader, I will take the word of the security intelligence agency. Its officials found that there had been a donation whose main purpose was to influence the current Prime Minister . An article in La Presse this morning said it well: "The Prime Minister can swear that a Chinese wall separates him from the foundation, but that is not what the donors -- and not just Beijing -- who have been pouring dollars into the foundation since he took office seem to believe." When will he finally admit that he is being influenced as Prime Minister because of his proximity to the Trudeau Foundation?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Kristina Michaud: on Friday, a UN report revealed that the melting of glaciers is "off the charts" and is now irreversible. However, this government does not see this as a global tragedy, but rather as a business opportunity. Believe it or not, in the most recent budget, the government allocated millions of dollars for oil exploration in the Arctic. The unchecked use of oil is what led to this global disaster, and the federal government is seriously thinking that there might be some money to be made now that the ice is melting. When will Canada stop off-loading the consequences of the climate crisis onto future generations?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Steven Guilbeault: I thank my colleague for her question. It gives me an opportunity to remind her that Canada's last greenhouse gas inventory showed that, between 2019 and 2021, the greenhouse gas emissions in our country dropped by over 50 million tonnes. There was no pandemic in 2019 or in 2021. We had the best record of all the G7 countries in 2020 and 2021 when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We are doing better than the United States, better than France, better than Japan and better than Germany.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Kristina Michaud: by all means, let us talk about emissions and Canada's record. In no fewer than five reports released on Thursday, Canada's environment commissioner accuses the government of choosing words over action. Commissioner DeMarco says he is disappointed and frustrated at hearing nothing but empty promises from Ottawa on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting biodiversity. Is the environment commissioner wrong in each of his five reports, or is the federal government putting us directly on the path to disaster with policies such as oil exploration in the Arctic?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Steven Guilbeault: I would like to remind my colleague that we have a lot of respect for the work of the environment commissioner. Unfortunately, when preparing his five reports, he did not have access to the latest greenhouse gas inventory report, which came out last week after the commissioner's reports. He will no doubt include them next year. I would also like to remind my colleague that in the recent budget that my colleague, the Minister of Finance , tabled in the House a few weeks ago, we made record investments in clean technologies, in renewable energy, which puts us at the top of the list of G20 countries in terms of investment in this sector.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Martin Shields: Alberta families across the income scale will see a net loss of thousands of dollars because of the government's punishing carbon tax, so says the latest Parliamentary Budget Officer's report, but the Liberals would like to bury that one and cover it up. The ripple effect on the cost of food from farm to truck to store continues to inflate food prices. Albertans know that the carbon tax siphons off their hard-earned money and does not lower emissions. Will this NDP-Liberal government scrap the carbon tax, or will Canadians scrap the government?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Karina Gould: I know Conservatives do not like to talk about facts, but I am going to put a few facts on the table. In 2006, when they came into office, Canada ranked 17th in the OECD when it comes to child poverty. By the time they had left office in 2015, Canada ranked 24th. It is a little hard to take them seriously when they talk about poverty, but do members know what? After our coming into office in 2015, Canada now ranks second in the OECD when it comes to child poverty. We will take no lessons from the Conservatives. We will continue to act and continue to support Canadians and families.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Warren Steinley: the Prime Minister is completely out of touch with the pain and suffering his tax increases are causing Canadians. Gas is taxed. Groceries are taxed. Home heating is taxed. CPP is taxed. Payroll is taxed. Groceries are taxed, again. While well-connected, rich Liberals keep getting further ahead, hard-working Canadians are falling further behind. I have a simple question: When will the Prime Minister give Canadian families a break and axe his carbon tax plan?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson: I find it very interesting that the Conservative member is saying this. To be honest, it represents the height of hypocrisy because the platform he ran on in 2021 said, "We recognize that the most efficient way to reduce our emissions is to use pricing mechanisms." Climate change is a challenge that requires action, certainty and coherence. On this side of the House, our position is clear: We are putting a price on pollution and more money back in people's pockets. When Conservatives have a coherent policy on climate change, maybe they should tell Canadians.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_25
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Rob Morrison: rural Canadians are facing real challenges trying to make ends meet because of the carbon tax. Prices went up again for groceries, fuel and everyday life. When a truck arrives to deliver groceries, it is now more expensive. For Gail and Doug in Creston, taking the children to a volleyball tournament 320 kilometres away is no longer an option. This NDP-Liberal government's carbon tax is damaging. When will the government start listening to the common people, Canadians, and remove it?