44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 24, 2022 10:00AM
- Mar/24/22 3:03:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, COVID-19 has undoubtedly had a devastating impact on the industry. I want to stand here to thank all those who work in the aviation sector, and all those who work in the tourism sector, who stepped up, cared for each other and did the right thing, which was to get vaccinated and follow public health advice.
Everybody knows that COVID-19 has been unpredictable. We are working together with our scientists to do the right thing, protect Canadians and protect those who work in the aviation sector.
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- Mar/24/22 3:03:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, intimate partner violence needs to end, and it needs to end now. This matters to everyone because intimate partner violence destroys families and causes serious harm in our society.
I salute community organizations for the important work they do to help women and children fleeing violence perpetrated by violent partners.
I announced a $4.5-million investment to help an organization called Nouvelle-Étape create new spaces.
Could the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion tell us more about the reason for these investments?
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- Mar/24/22 3:04:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.
During the pandemic, the most vulnerable members of our community were in greater need of housing. We know we need to act fast.
Our government created nine new affordable housing units in the member's riding for women and children fleeing violence.
We will not stop working until every Canadian has a safe, affordable place to live.
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- Mar/24/22 3:05:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of this question period I have wanted to ask the Minister of Health some questions I had previously prepared. Unfortunately, I am going to change them a bit.
I would like the Minister of Health to look me in the eye and tell me truthfully right now that it was the federal vaccine mandate that saved so many lives and prevented so many hospitalizations in Canada from the start of the pandemic; that this was not due to the vaccine passports of the various provinces; and that the provinces that are lifting these vaccine passports have data that is rather more credible than his to justify doing so.
When will the federal government lift federal mandates?
When will the federal minister listen to the science across Canada and not just the political science?
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- Mar/24/22 3:05:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to see and hear my colleague speak about science.
If he would like to see the studies I mentioned, I can have people from my department brief him. They would be very happy to show him the statistics, methods, data, the various techniques used, the standard deviations, the confidence intervals and everything that goes with this type of study.
The 1,600 deaths were prevented as a result of the combination of various vaccine requirements. Nevertheless, the Canadian government's vaccine mandate also played a role.
The Conservatives opposed vaccination at the time. This means that their policy would have been responsible for hundreds, if not thousands, of additional deaths.
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- Mar/24/22 3:06:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives were the first in the House to put pressure on the government to procure and supply vaccines for all Canadians.
We were the first, while they were slow to act. I do not need any lectures from the government's chief health lecture-giver. All he gave us today was a bunch of numbers, such as 8,000; 25,000; 700,000; 135,000; 3; 400,000; 10; 30%; 100; 1.1 million; and 4 billion. That is a lot of numbers, but he did not answer the question at all.
When will he join the provinces and announce that the federal government is lifting the health measures?
It is a simple question and we want an answer.
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- Mar/24/22 3:07:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I apologize if I disrespected my colleague. That was not my intention.
I respectfully offer the assistance and support he needs and deserves as a member of Parliament. He has a very important role in the House.
I think he is entitled to ask for all of the information whenever he wants if he is to continue doing his job properly, as he is already doing within the Conservative caucus.
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- Mar/24/22 3:07:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like him to table that here in the House. He offered to. I would like him to table every study showing that scientific experts called for federal vaccine mandates.
Dr. Njoo and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said that a vaccine mandate was not necessary and that voluntary vaccination should be encouraged. Those are the facts and figures.
The Minister of Health keeps telling us there are studies proving his vaccine mandate was justified by science. We want to see those studies now, and we want an answer. When will he end the vaccine mandate?
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- Mar/24/22 3:08:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member asked two questions, one I cannot answer and the other I will.
When will the COVID‑19 pandemic end? Unfortunately, I do not think we can answer that today.
However, if my colleague wants access to more information in addition to what I have already provided, I would be happy to provide it in the most appropriate way possible. I tried to be as clear as possible, but maybe I was not clear enough.
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- Mar/24/22 3:09:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Yemen is undergoing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and its people deserve decisive action, especially women and girls who are disproportionately affected. Canadians are deeply concerned by the raging conflict and the deteriorating food security situation.
What is the Minister of International Development doing to help the people of Yemen?
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- Mar/24/22 3:09:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle for this question and for her hard work. The conflict in Yemen continues to impact almost 20 million people who need help, especially women and children. This is why last week I announced an additional $62.5 million in funding to help with urgent humanitarian needs. By providing food assistance, clean water, sanitation, protection and health care, this aid will help the Yemeni people whose lives have been impacted by this.
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- Mar/24/22 3:10:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in December, the government announced the reallocation of crab fishing licences in my riding in an effort to reconcile the loss of constitutionally protected indigenous fishing rights. It is absolutely essential to correct historical wrongs in the allocation and management of this fishery. The government has failed to properly consult the impacted fishers or first nations. As a result, many fishers will lose the income their families need.
Will the government do the right thing and fully compensate these crab fishers?
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- Mar/24/22 3:10:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for pointing out the importance of including indigenous communities who have a right to fish in the fisheries. We are having those discussions with the crab harvesters who had those licences. This takes some time, but we are doing that. Those discussions have not concluded yet, but we will respect both the prior fish harvesters and the indigenous right to fish.
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- Mar/24/22 3:11:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, despite misguided calls for Canada to build pipelines to join a global effort to shut off Russian oil, the international experts at the International Energy Agency have not recommended that. In fact, they have been very clear that it is not boosting production that the world's nations need to do; it is cutting consumption. The International Energy Agency has published a 10-point plan.
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
Ms. Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am having difficulty finishing my question.
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- Mar/24/22 3:11:42 p.m.
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Order. Let us show a little decorum. We are on the last question.
The hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
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- Mar/24/22 3:11:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will not start over, but I will summarize. There have been calls that are misguided and not based on evidence to increase production or take another decade to build more pipelines in Canada.
The experts at the International Energy Agency have published a 10-point plan that they want industrialized countries to pursue and that will cut consumption by 2.7 million barrels of oil a day. The International Energy Agency's 10-point plan calls for such things as cutting speed limits by 10 kilometres an hour in industrialized countries, cutting down traffic in our city centres and boosting public transit. Will Canada join the IEA 10-point plan?
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- Mar/24/22 3:12:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in fact, the 10-point plan is under discussion right now with the Minister of Natural Resources in Paris. In the face of the emerging global energy crisis created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the 10-point plan to cut oil use proposes actions that can be used to reduce demand with immediate impact. As discussed in the plan, the IEA and its members are committed to reducing emissions and creating a more sustainable path for the longer term. From using public transit and biking to working from home, those are all actions we can take, as per the IEA, to reduce our carbon footprint and collectively reduce our emissions. We are working in partnership here at home and abroad to reduce emissions and increase the use of renewable energy.
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- Mar/24/22 3:13:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to follow up on an exchange that took place during question period with the Minister of Health, in which he promised to table documents in the House. I invite him to table all the documents that have anything to do with all the numbers he mentioned, including 8,000, 25,000, 700,000, 735,000, 300,000 and 400,000, and especially the 10% to 30% of patients he told us will suffer from long COVID.
I would also invite the Minister of Health to table the documents that justify the federal vaccine mandate.
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- Mar/24/22 3:14:00 p.m.
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I believe that is a matter of debate, but at the same time, it is good to have the numbers.
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- Mar/24/22 3:14:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I just now observed my good friend and colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands trying to get through a question in this House and the amount of heckling that came from this side is completely unacceptable.
We have had huge challenges in attracting women, not just to run for politics but to actually stay in politics. I want to remind men in this House of the important role they play when it comes to their conduct in any violence against women and attacks on women in this place. What I just heard happen is unacceptable.
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