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House Hansard - 42

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Mar/21/22 3:09:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think the minister answered my colleague's question earlier, so I would like to try it again. Following decades of underinvestment in Via Rail, last week the federal government began to solicit the private sector to not only co-develop, but operate and maintain high-frequency rail in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor. We know that privatization is short-sighted. We know it puts public money toward corporate profits and jeopardizes good jobs. Will the Minister of Transport reconsider and assure the House that Via Rail is not on the verge of being privatized?
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Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 3:09:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. Our government is not privatizing Via. Let me also be very clear that this is the largest infrastructure project in Canada's history and we are inviting all potential partners to help us do it right. For generations, governments have talked about this type of project. Our government is delivering for Canadians. This is good news for passengers. This is good news for climate change. This is good news for jobs. This is the way we build nations.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:10:43 p.m.
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I thank members for a great question period. It was very lively and very attentive. That is all the time we have left. The hon. member for Barrie—Innisfil.
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Mr. John Brassard
  • Mar/21/22 3:10:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been discussions among the party, and I hope if you ask, you will get unanimous consent for the following motion. I move that the House denounce foreign influence and Hollywood actors who unfairly target and misrepresent Canada's energy sector, including the position of many elected leaders from indigenous communities who support resource development projects, particularly at a time when efforts should be taken to displace Russian energy in Europe with clean Canadian energy.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:11:17 p.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member moving the motion will please say nay. Some hon. members: Nay. The Deputy Speaker: We have a point of order from the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
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Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Mar/21/22 3:11:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps you can help me here. I would like to remind the hon. House leader for the Conservative Party of this, and he is not the first person to do it, I have to say. When a member of this place puts forward that there have been consultations among the parties, they have to at least have talked to the parties.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:11:52 p.m.
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I am sure members can come up with a solution for that. We have a point of order from the hon. member for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon.
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Mr. Brad Vis
  • Mar/21/22 3:12:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier in question period the Minister of Housing said there was no mention of affordable housing in the Conservative platform. I would like to seek unanimous consent to table that platform and outline that we have a plan for indigenous housing— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:12:18 p.m.
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Does the member have leave to table that document? Some hon. members: No.
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Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Mar/21/22 3:12:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order arising our of question period, the parliamentary secretary for Global Affairs was misleading the House regarding cuts, going back 60 years, by the Conservative government. I would like to table a Library of Parliament report on operation expenditures and authorities covering 2000 to 2021. It shows that the highest amount spent, adjusted for inflation, was during the Harper years and it is more than is being spent now.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:13:05 p.m.
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Does the member have leave to table the document? Some hon. members: No.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:14:17 p.m.
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It being 3:13 p.m., pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of the member for Wellington—Halton Hills relating to the business of supply. Call in the members.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:26:47 p.m.
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I declare the motion defeated.
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Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 3:28:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to subsection 39(3) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act and Standing Order 111.1(1), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, a certificate of nomination and biographical notes for the proposed reappointment of Joe Friday to the position of Public Sector Integrity Commissioner for a term of 18 months. I request that the nomination and biographical notes be referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 3:28:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's responses to 24 petitions. These responses will be tabled in an electronic format.
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Mr. John Barlow (Foothills, CPC)
  • Mar/21/22 3:29:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, entitled “Supplementary Estimates (C), 2021-22”.
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Mr. Peter Fonseca (Mississauga East—Cooksville, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 3:29:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Finance, entitled “Considering the Path Forward”. I would like to thank our clerk Alexandre Roger; analysts Brett Capwell, Michaël Lambert-Racine, Sylvain Fleury and Joëlle Malo; and the whole team of interpreters, technology officers and staff of the committee for their dedicated work on this study and report.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/21/22 3:30:11 p.m.
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I think there is a supplementary opinion from the hon. member for Abbotsford.
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Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)
  • Mar/21/22 3:30:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, generally I work hard and the Conservative members of this committee work hard to secure consensus reports, but in this case that was impossible for a number of reasons. First, this report involves recommendations for tens of billions of dollars of spending for which no prioritization process was applied, none whatsoever. What is worse is that this was not placed within the context of balanced budgets. There was no spending restraint strategy attached to it. On top of that, this whole report is going to set Canada way back. These recommendations were adopted uncritically by the Liberal, the NDP and the Bloc members of this committee. For that reason, we had to issue a dissenting report, which highlights the importance of being fiscally prudent within a balanced budget.
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Hon. Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 3:31:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership of committees of the House. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the fifth report later this day.
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