44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 26, 2021 10:00AM
- Nov/26/21 11:43:58 a.m.
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I cannot hear the answer, so could the minister restart it?
The hon. Minister of International Trade.
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- Nov/26/21 11:44:05 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this issue is important. It is why we are pursuing it under chapter 10. However, this is only possible because this government fought hard to keep the dispute settlement mechanism in the new trade agreement so that we could stand up for Canadians.
I want to remind the House and Canadians that the Conservatives urged the government to capitulate to Donald Trump and get us a weaker deal. We did not.
Our government will always stand up for Canadian workers and the softwood lumber industry.
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- Nov/26/21 11:44:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over 22,000 New Brunswick jobs are going to feel the impact of this government's inability to stand up for them. There are thousands of jobs in Miramichi—Grand Lake and across the country that are now at severe risk because of the weakness of the current Prime Minister.
Printing more money, news flash, will not fix this issue. What will the Liberal government do to protect these hard-working forestry jobs?
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- Nov/26/21 11:45:12 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my message to the forestry sector industry and the workers is that we will continue to stand up for their interests. We are interested in an outcome that is acceptable to the forestry industry and to the workers. We are going to work with the Canadian softwood lumber industry, as we have always done. It is they who will give us the mandate to take to the United States on this very issue.
I am going to keep working closely with industry. Together, we are going to take a team Canada approach, just as we have done all the way along, challenging on this issue and continuing to work on it.
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- Nov/26/21 11:45:54 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister just does not get it. My region and province have been suffering for years due to the inaction of the government on the softwood lumber dispute, yet when the Prime Minister promised hope and met with President Biden, the American leader said their relationship was easy and then jacked up the tariffs on Canadian wood.
Why did the Prime Minister not get a deal on softwood lumber when he met with the President? Failure is not an option for the workers in my area. Why is it for the Prime Minister?
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- Nov/26/21 11:46:28 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think Canadians will know who is defending them and who has always defended them.
When we retaliated against the U.S. on unfair U.S. aluminum and steel tariffs, the current Leader of the Opposition urged us to stop fighting back. When we were negotiating for a better CUSMA deal, the Conservatives wanted Canada to capitulate to Donald Trump. Our government has a proven track record of negotiating outcomes for the benefit of Canadian businesses and Canadian workers, whether it is renegotiating NAFTA, getting a good deal on CPTPP or getting a good deal on CETA. We are going to continue doing this work for Canadians.
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- Nov/26/21 11:47:18 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, indigenous communities across Canada continue to be at the forefront of the climate crisis. The ongoing flooding in B.C. has devastated first nations communities that are waiting for help to clean up and a plan to face future climate events. This week I asked the government to listen to and work with indigenous leaders, such as Chief Roxanne Harris from Stz'uminus First Nation. Stz'uminus First Nation and others have not received the support they need.
When will the government follow through with its promises?
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- Nov/26/21 11:47:49 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my heart goes out to everyone who has suffered so tremendously through this flooding experience, including indigenous people who are disproportionately impacted not just by this climate-related event, but by many others.
My team has been working very closely to coordinate services with the Province of B.C. and has announced funding of $4.4 million through the emergency management assistance program to the First Nations' Emergency Services Society of British Columbia. This is built on the principle that indigenous people know how to support their communities, and we will continue to work through that indigenous-led lens.
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- Nov/26/21 11:48:34 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, extreme weather is hitting both the east and west coasts. The environment commissioner just released a scathing report on Canada's climate inaction. It said, “We cannot continue to go from failure to failure; we need actions and results, not just more [targets] and plans.” The Liberals have the worst record in the G7.
The Prime Minister claims to be a climate leader, so why is he continuing to give billions of dollars to big oil and gas? Why is he dragging his feet on fighting the climate crisis and supporting workers?
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- Nov/26/21 11:49:11 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I challenge anyone in the House to show me a country that has done more in the last four years to fight climate change than Canada has done. There has been record-level investment in public transit. There has been record-level investment in—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Nov/26/21 11:49:30 a.m.
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Let us just hold on a second.
The minister can restart.
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- Nov/26/21 11:49:36 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there has been record-level investment of $4 billion in electrification of transportation, in nature-based solutions and in adaptation to climate change. However, the fight is not over. We have lots more to do, and that is what we will be doing.
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- Nov/26/21 11:49:52 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on November 28 four years ago, people from my community and from across our country gathered here to witness our government's apology to the LGBTQ2 community, acknowledging Canada's role in systemic oppression, criminalization and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirit people. There is so much more to be done.
Can the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth share with us what we are doing to support LGBTQ2 communities across Canada?
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- Nov/26/21 11:50:28 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Toronto—Danforth for her incredible work and advocacy, and for highlighting this important date.
The discrimination that fuels homophobia, biphobia and transphobia must be eliminated, and the work starts right here in the House. That is why our government introduced the LGBTQ2 secretariat in 2017 and invested $7.1 million in budget 2021 to support its work and $15 million for a new LGBTQ2 projects fund. We will continue the work for the LGBTQ2 communities to create a Canada where everyone can live their authentic and true lives.
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- Nov/26/21 11:51:16 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government wasted millions of dollars in the fight against COVID-19. However, it could recover some of those millions, such as the $100 million it overpaid to the Prime Minister's friend and former member Frank Baylis, or the $81 million it paid to Tango Communications Marketing, another Liberal Party friend. Both contracts were awarded without tender. Worse still, Tango Communications Marketing did not even deliver the products.
Since taxpayers' money does not grow on trees, will the Prime Minister take action and recover that money?
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- Nov/26/21 11:51:49 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his re-election.
He will recall that our government invested $1 billion to rebuild Canada's biomanufacturing sector just 30 days after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. What was the result? Medicago moved into Quebec City, where the member lives, Novavax will be produced in Montreal, and Moderna plans to set up a facility in Canada. We will continue to protect the health and safety of Canadians.
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- Nov/26/21 11:52:29 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the new Minister of Environment has refused to signal his support for the Canadian nuclear energy industry. He said it is not up to the government to decide what sources of energy would be used. Before he said that, he said something different, which was that it was time to close the Pickering nuclear power plant. There are 3,000 families who rely on those paycheques at that plant alone, and those good jobs across Canada.
Will the minister step forward today and announce his support for the nuclear industry and the good jobs that come with nuclear?
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- Nov/26/21 11:53:11 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as someone who grew up in Saskatoon and in the hon. member's riding, I certainly understand the importance of the nuclear industry in this country. Certainly, Cameco and other organizations in Saskatchewan are important drivers of economic opportunity for Saskatchewan families. Nuclear is an important part of the electricity grid in this country. This government has invested in the development of small modular reactors. We look forward to seeing those things demonstrated and ultimately commercialized. We look forward to moving forward with non-emitting technologies to ensure that we are fighting climate change, but doing so in a manner that promotes economic progress.
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- Nov/26/21 11:53:55 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, now that inflation has taken hold and is the second highest in the G7, and because of the current government's unbridled spending, Canadians are suffering with rising prices for basic necessities.
Does the Prime Minister still maintain, at a time when Canadians need a prime minister who actually cares, that he does not think about monetary policy?
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- Nov/26/21 11:54:30 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me start by reminding all members of the House and Canadians that inflation is a global phenomenon right now. It was 4.7% in Canada in October. In the U.S., it was 6.2%. In Mexico it was also 6.2%. In New Zealand, a country very similar to our own, it was 4.9%. Let me point out that the G20 average is 4.6%. That is the OECD average as well.
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