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Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: the Prime Minister says we have the wrong Trudeau. He is going to be thoroughly confused now, because I am adding a third one to the mix. Alexandre Trudeau allegedly signed a deal, one that was improper at best, with two major Chinese donors who used a company as a front for the transaction. This might interest the Minister of National Revenue . Has the Prime Minister spoken with his brother, and is his brother directly or indirectly connected with the foundation?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: as I have said many times, I have had no engagement, direct or indirect, with the Trudeau Foundation in 10 years. That includes not speaking with my brother about the foundation's operations. I have plenty of responsibilities, including investing for Canada's middle class and protecting Canada's French language and culture from Conservatives who want to attack it. While the Bloc continues to spin conspiracy theories, I will continue to deliver for Canadians every day, because that is what Quebeckers and Canadians expect from our government.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: the Prime Minister knew nothing. He does not talk to his own brother. Does he talk to his office? Back in 2016, his office asked the Trudeau Foundation for answers, but he does not talk to his office. The intelligence service has been telling him month after month about Chinese interference, but he does not listen. He does not listen to anyone or talk to anyone. Does he only work as Prime Minister between vacations at his friends' properties?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: the leader of the Bloc Quebecois surely remembers the widespread media coverage and questions concerning the Trudeau Foundation back in 2016. The whole reason my office had to ask for answers to the questions we were getting from the media was because we were unaware of what was happening at the Trudeau Foundation and because I have had no direct or indirect involvement with the Trudeau Foundation for a decade. The leader of the Bloc Quebecois said so himself in his question.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Melissa Lantsman: everyone agrees that the Prime Minister is entitled to a vacation. Everyone agrees that the cost of security for any prime minister when he travels is a reality. However, everyone also agrees that $9,000 over nine nights at a superelite villa of a Trudeau foundation donor raises some questions. That is $81,000. I will ask the Prime Minister the question again because he has not answered yet. Will he pay that money back?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: it is interesting to see the extent to which the Conservative Party does not want to talk about budget 2023 and all the measures we are putting forward to support Canadians, whether it is the grocery rebate, the work we are doing to support small businesses by reducing credit card fees or moving forward on dental care support, which the Conservatives continue to oppose. We will continue to focus on Canadians while they, for some reason, focus on me.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Melissa Lantsman: we are focused on the Prime Minister 's vacation, and I know that there are a lot of Canadians who believe that he should take a permanent vacation, but this is like a vacation auction: One donates to the foundation and one gets a holiday with a Prime Minister. It is pay to play. He did not pay the $81,000 back for his luxury villa because, if he did, he would have said so. What did those donors get for the gift that ordinary Canadians, who he works for, did not?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: that family includes a godfather to one of my brothers, and my father was godfather to one of those children. We have been family friends for decades, and we will continue to be family friends for decades more. As always, we worked with the Ethics Commissioner to make sure that all the rules were followed. That is what Canadians know and understand. Canadians are probably puzzled as to why the Conservative Party continues to stand against dental care, against for low-income Canadians and against child care, which is saving Canadians hundreds of dollars a month at a time of need.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus: we all know that the Prime Minister is not living the same reality as the majority of Canadians. We know that he is more afraid of his reign ending than of paying bills at the end of the month. We also know that the friends he invited on vacation are extremely wealthy. As Prime Minister, he has an ethical and moral responsibility to pay for his personal expenses during his trips. Can the Prime Minister confirm that he will pay for his accommodations in Jamaica?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: it is extremely important that Canadians have confidence in the work that we, as parliamentarians, all do with integrity and accountability. That is why we have a Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner who oversees our work and advises us on how to continue to do it with integrity in order to maintain the trust of Canadians. In this particular situation, specifically my vacation while staying with friends, we worked with the Ethics Commissioner to make sure that all the rules were followed, and they were.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus: the Prime Minister's staff briefed him before his trip and told him to be careful of the optics. We are talking about the optics of the Prime Minister vacationing during the holidays with multimillionaire friends while Canadians were suffering for lack of money. I can understand that his friends invited him, but he went on vacation at Prospect Estate, a rental property where people pay between $1,100 U.S. and $8,000 U.S. per day. The Prime Minister vacationed at a rental property. Accommodation for other members of his team and entourage were also paid for. The problem is that from an ethical and moral point of view, the Prime minister must pay for his personal expenses. Will he pay back the $80,000 he owes?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I was one year old the first time we went to visit these friends at their home. Over the decades, I have maintained my friendship with these people and continued visiting them. Sometimes, I went to their home, and sometimes they came to mine. We are true friends. I believe that even the Conservatives should understand the concept of a long-standing true friendship. Obviously, as in every case, we worked with the Office of the Ethics Commissioner to ensure that all the rules were followed, and they were.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice: I remember when I was elected in 2011. The Conservatives had just imposed special legislation against postal workers. It is crazy. Twelve years later, a Liberal government is threatening to do the same thing as the Conservatives. The NDP is clear. We will always side with workers. Will the Prime Minister turn into a Conservative and impose special legislation or will he try to negotiate a good agreement for those who answered the call during the pandemic?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: despite the difficulty I had hearing the hon. member I think he was saying that we may have threatened to impose some sort of legislation. We are working in good faith at the negotiating table. For years, we have demonstrated our deep respect for the work of unions, this essential work they do to defend the middle class and good jobs, including within the public service. We will continue to work in good faith at the negotiating table to ensure the continuity of service delivery for Canadians.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen: PSAC workers who serve the people of London are on strike today demanding a fair deal from the government. These workers deserve respect. People in London are looking carefully at what the government will do next. Will it do what it usually does and show its Conservative colours, or will it listen to workers' legitimate demands and commit to not introducing back-to-work legislation?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I question the member opposite's mention of our Conservative colours. She knows full well that the very first thing we did when we were elected was to eliminate the Conservative anti-union legislation Bill C-525 and Bill C-377 . The attacks the Conservatives laid on labour were legendary, and that is why we worked in partnership with organized labour across this country to deliver real services to Canadians. That is why we continue to sit at the bargaining table in good faith to work with them to continue to deliver the quality of services that Canadians have always received from the public service and deserve to continue to receive.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I want to thank the member for Kings--Hants for his extraordinary hard work. I know that he and MPs from coast to coast to coast have heard from constituents who understand the vital role that local news plays in their communities. That is why it is so disappointing to see the Conservative leader copy and paste right-wing talking points from the States in his effort to shut down these local news outlets. On this side of the House, we will always stand up for the important services that rural individuals, francophones and, indeed, families across the country rely on.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Luc Berthold: the Trudeau Foundation bears the name of the current Prime Minister's father, and according to its annual report, two seats on the board are reserved for family members: the Prime Minister and his brother, Alexandre Trudeau. The foundation is a family affair, since we have learned that the Prime Minister has chosen to spend at least $160,000 of taxpayers' money visiting its donors. He has said several times today that he has stayed there many times. How many times has he vacationed in that place since he became a member of Parliament?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Luc Berthold: getting answers from the Prime Minister, even to the simplest questions, is so difficult. We asked him how much he personally paid for his most recent vacation to Jamaica. The Prime Minister refused to answer. I asked a very simple question following a statement that he made today. He said that he had stayed on this private estate in Jamaica dozens of times. I am asking him to tell us, in honest straightforward terms, how many times he has vacationed in Jamaica since becoming an MP.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: this was the only time I have gone to see these friends since I became Prime Minister. From memory, I believe I only went once during the years I served as an MP, before becoming Prime Minister. We are working with the Office of the Ethics Commissioner, as we must always do, to ensure that all the rules are followed, even when we go visit friends.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Mark Strahl: one in five Canadians are skipping meals, and 1.5 million Canadians are using a food bank every month. Their rents or mortgage payments have doubled since the Prime Minister took office, and many of them do not know how they will be able to pay the bills at the end of each month. While Canadians are struggling with the cost of living, the Prime Minister jets off on a Jamaican vacation for $81,000 at a private villa, courtesy of a big-time Trudeau foundation donor. How much of that gift did the Prime Minister pay back out of his own pocket?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: if the Conservative Party really cared about Canadians and affordability, instead of personal attacks on me, they would move forward on supporting the budget we are putting forward tonight, which is delivering affordability supports, and mental, dental and health care supports to Canadians, as well as building great jobs in the growing green economy right across the country. Indeed, Conservatives will have an even sooner opportunity to do that. Will they let pass the unanimous consent motion to accelerate delivery of the grocery rebate to 11 million Canadians across the country? I hope they support that motion now.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie: since 2015, the Prime Minister has spent $21 billion more on the public service and $22 billion on outside consultants, yet he was not capable of negotiating an agreement with the public service. It is Canadians who are suffering. It is Canadians who are not receiving their passports, Canadians' loved ones whose immigration processes will be elongated and Canadians who will not receive their tax refunds. Will the Prime Minister take responsibility and apologize, not only to the public service, but also to Canadians, for failing to reach a negotiation?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: we know all too well what the Conservative playbook would be on this: back-to-work legislation even before the picket lines were brought up. That is what they have done before. That is their go-to on this. On this side of the House, we actually respect and work with unions as partners. We respect the right to collective bargaining. We have been at the table working constructively. They continue to be at the table, right now, in constructive conversations. We will continue to be there to make sure that Canadians get the services they need and that public servants continue to get the respect they deserve, but they do not get that from the Conservatives.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: the Prime Minister's Office has admitted that it sent questions to the Trudeau Foundation, which is named after his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. This is the same foundation for which his brother, Alexandre Trudeau, received or solicited a donation of $200,000, plus $50,000 for a statue of his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. By admitting that his office is in touch with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, is the Prime Minister not saying that he has had relatively direct involvement with the Trudeau Foundation?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: a lot of questions were being asked in 2016, questions that were being put to me in the House, about the Trudeau Foundation. That is why my office asked for answers to various questions, so that we could understand exactly what bearing they had on the foundation. As I have said, I have had no direct or indirect involvement with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation for 10 years. I fail to understand what part of this response the leader of the Bloc Quebecois refuses to accept, but it is the truth, and it is what I have been saying for a long time.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Yves-Francois Blanchet: the Prime Minister is being grilled like burgers on the barbeque he was talking about earlier. Meanwhile, he is not doing his job, which was already not going well. I have a solution to help him put an end to the torture. Why not let Parliament choose someone to lead an independent public inquiry that he will not have anything more to do with so that he can finally try to get back to doing his job?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: if the leader of the Bloc Quebecois wants this government to continue to do its job, all he has to do is vote in favour of our budget this evening. We are here to implement measures that will help Canadians with the cost of living. We are here to help small businesses with credit card costs. We are here to help Canadians with investments in the health care system and dental care. We are here to create good jobs for the middle class for the years to come with a green shift that will create good jobs and growth across the country. The leader of the Bloc Quebecois has a very simple choice. Will he support our budget, which meets Canadians' expectations?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: all that matters is the results. The result is that after eight years under the Prime Minister , one in five Canadians is skipping meals and 1.5 million are eating at food banks every single month. Some people are eating out of garbage bins because of the Prime Minister's inflationary policies. His solution is to bring in a 41C/-per-litre carbon tax that will cost $1,500 per household in net expenses after rebates on higher home bills, higher grocery bills and higher gas bills. We are voting against it. Will the Prime Minister axe his tax if he really wants to help?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: the leader opposite wants to talk about what we have done since 2015, so let us talk about that. We have lifted over 435,000 children out of poverty through the Canada child benefit, which his party campaigned against. We have created over 50,000 child care spaces to date and cut child care fees in half across the country, including six provinces and territories that are at $10 a day, and he voted against it. We have helped over 230,000 kids access dental care so far, which his party voted against. Every step of the way, we have been there for Canadians; he has been there for himself.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: this is from the guy who just stuffed his face with a free $80,000 vacation. Sometimes you make it easy for me, Justin. If only it were a laughing matter that one in five Canadians are eating at food banks. Some of them are going to the CEO of those food banks and asking for help with medical assistance in dying. The Prime Minister 's solution is to raise taxes on farmers and truckers who bring food to our grocery stores, which will inevitably lead to more hunger and famine. If he has any common sense at all, will he finally axe his carbon tax?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: everyone in Canada knows that we cannot have a plan for growing the economy if we do not have a plan to fight climate change. Everybody knows that except the Conservative Party of Canada. We have moved forward by putting a broad price on pollution and bringing down our emissions over the past number of years. We have also put more money back in the pockets of Canadians, and Canadians know that as we fight climate change and support them through this challenging time, they will be able to have better jobs for themselves and their kids for the coming decades.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: and yet the Parliamentary Budget Officer he appointed has calculated that the cost of the carbon tax to the average family is $1,500 more than these phony rebates they get back. This is not just a 41C/-a-litre tax on gas he wants to impose. In addition, it will raise the cost for farmers and truckers to bring food, so it is a food tax. Is his solution to the fact that 1.5 million Canadians are starving and going to food banks to raise taxes on food?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: our solution is to continue to invest in affordability for Canadians, including with a grocery rebate. We really hope the Conservatives will vote to accelerate this, even though they will probably vote against it tonight in the budget vote. In regard to the price on pollution, the member knows that constituents in his riding, the average family of four, will be receiving over a thousand dollars in carbon price returns this year. That offsets the cost of the price on pollution they are facing. It is both a plan to fight climate change and to grow the economy while supporting Canadians, and we will continue with it.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mrs. Brenda Shanahan: the national shipbuilding strategy is a program that allows us to create and maintain good jobs across the country. Until now, the strategy relied on the Seaspan and Irving shipyards, but we have just learned that Canada now has a third official shipyard, the Davie shipyard in Levis. Would the Prime Minister expand on this announcement and its importance for Canada's economy?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I thank the member for Chateauguay--Lacolle for her question and for the hard work she does. We recently announced that the Davie shipyard in Levis has become the third partner under the national shipbuilding strategy. The deal represents $21 billion in economic benefits and 4,500 jobs in the Quebec City region. Davie is already working on the design for six icebreakers and one polar icebreaker, to be built for the Canadian Coast Guard. We will be there for the Davie shipyard and we will be there for the workers of Quebec, in a way the Conservative Party was never able to.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: so if people just pay this 41C/-a-litre tax, the Prime Minister will send them something called a "carbon price return". That is his latest term for it. It is almost like when one gets one of those emails asking for the password to one's bank account, so that a carbon price return can be deposited into it. Canadians know this tax is a scam. It has not reached any of the climate change targets, and yet it is going to be a net cost to every family of $1,500. Canadians cannot afford to eat, heat or house themselves. Will the Prime Minister axe his tax?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: I suggest that the member opposite choose to spend a little time in his riding of Carleton , because if he did, he would hear from family members and individuals in his riding who just last Friday received a climate action incentive cheque. This went to families right across his riding, right across Ontario, with one payment every three months that will total over $1,000 for Ontario families of four. This will help them offset the price that we have put on pollution and continue to build good jobs and a better future for all Canadians. That is what we are doing. People know we have to fight climate change and support families.
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Hon. Pierre Poilievre: I have spent time in my riding, and what they are talking about is that they cannot afford to put gas in their car because the Prime Minister 's carbon tax is already 14C/ a litre, rising to 41C/ a litre. On page 3 of the report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, whom he appointed, it says that the net cost to the average Ontario family above and beyond any rebate cheques they will get is $1,820 a year. This is not an environmental plan. It is a tax scam. Will he axe the tax?
Labour
Date: 2023_04_19
Chamber: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report concurs with our analysis, which points out that eight out of 10 families across the country in regions where the federal backstop is brought in do better with the climate action rebate than the carbon price costs them. This is something that is well established. What is less clear is how the Conservative Party of Canada plans to grow the economy and create good jobs for the future when it refuses to accept climate change is real and that it also provides an opportunity to innovate and grow the economy.