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House Hansard - 83

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 7, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 83 - Jun/7/22
Hon. Steven MacKinnon
  • Jun/7/22 3:44:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe that you will find agreement to apply the results of the previous vote to this vote, with Liberal members voting yes. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Hon. Steven MacKinnon: I apologize, Mr. Speaker. I meant to say that the Liberals will be voting against.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/7/22 3:44:28 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
I think we can record that as a “no”.
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Mr. Blaine Calkins
  • Jun/7/22 3:44:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives will agree to apply and will be voting in favour.
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Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille
  • Jun/7/22 3:44:58 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the vote and will be voting against.
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Ms. Rachel Blaney
  • Jun/7/22 3:45:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Mr. Speaker, the NDP agree to apply and will be voting no.
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Mr. Mike Morrice
  • Jun/7/22 3:45:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Greens agree to apply and will be voting no.
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Mr. Kevin Vuong
  • Jun/7/22 3:45:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply the results of the previous vote, voting against.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/7/22 3:46:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
I declare Motion No. 44 defeated. I declare Motions Nos. 45 to 63 defeated.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/7/22 3:47:00 p.m.
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If a member of a recognized party present in the House wishes to request a recorded division or that the motion be adopted on division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Jun/7/22 3:47:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask for a recorded vote.
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Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson
  • Jun/7/22 3:47:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
moved that the bill be concurred in.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/7/22 3:59:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
I declare the motion carried. When shall the bill be read a third time? At the next sitting of the House? Some hon. members: Agreed.
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Mr. Francis Drouin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Jun/7/22 4:00:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today we are debating an opposition motion that is supposed to offer solutions to address the impact of inflation. I want to point out to my hon. colleagues that what they are asking for is that the House call on the government to provide immediate assistance. They therefore believe that providing immediate assistance to address the housing problem is to immediately launch a national public inquiry into money laundering. How is that going to provide immediate assistance to Canadians looking for housing? I do not understand how a national public inquiry into money laundering is going to provide immediate assistance to Canadians. It does not make sense. I cannot believe that anyone even took the time to write this motion. I see no reason whatsoever to support this motion. I will not be able to support it because it makes no sense. Today we are talking about inflation, and I know that two Conservative members have switched sides. Two Conservative MPs, on the day the Conservatives presented a motion to come to solutions to fight inflation, decided to jump camp to a specific member of Parliament running for the highest office. His solution to fight inflation is to fire the Governor of the Bank of Canada. I do not see how that is going to help, but that was the big policy idea that this particular member of Parliament came up with. He also suggested that we opt out of inflation by joining the big cryptocurrency movement. I am not sure if my hon. colleagues on the other side of the House actually watch cryptocurrencies. Let us take Terra Luna, for instance. In April, it was worth $135.
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The Speaker
  • Jun/7/22 4:02:48 p.m.
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I will interrupt for a moment. We are trying to hear the parliamentary secretary, and while it is nice to hear everybody getting along and talking, maybe members can keep the tone down a bit so that those who want to hear what the parliamentary secretary has to say will have that option. Those members who want to hear each other can maybe just whisper to each other. The hon. parliamentary secretary can continue.
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Mr. Francis Drouin
  • Jun/7/22 4:03:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, just to make sure my colleagues heard me properly, I note that on the day the Conservatives are proposing a motion to fight inflation, with solutions that have no immediate impact on Canadians, two members of Parliament have decided to jump ship to support the member for Carleton, who came up with two policy ideas. Those two grandiose ideas are to fire the Governor of the Bank of Canada and opt out of inflation by investing in cryptocurrency. With respect to cryptocurrency, I am sure the Conservatives have been following the trajectory of Terra Luna. Terra Luna, about a month and a half ago, was worth $135 on the market. Today it is worth barely a penny. It is worth $0.0003. I have not checked out the latest number, but it is not even worth a Canadian penny, and we do not even have pennies. I do not see how this motion would help Canadians fight inflation. We have put some solutions forward. Obviously, the Canada child benefit is helping families. It is geared toward the cost of inflation, so that is a potential solution. I represent a big farming community. We have talked about how we can help farmers lower their costs, and fertilizer is certainly in debate. I do not necessarily support simply giving a direct exemption to companies that have decided to continue to do deals with Russia and Belarus, because other companies have changed their supply chains and have made the decision not to continue doing business with them. If I were advocating for a potential solution, it would be to provide aid to farmers directly, as opposed to giving it to companies that continue to do deals with Russian and Belarusian companies. Many companies signed contracts with farmers last summer, telling them they would pay a certain price. Some of those companies are now telling them that even though they signed a contract, they are going to charge them extra fees. When an individual and a company sign a contract in Canada, they are creating a bond of trust. It is a binding contract. I am fortunate that in my riding this is not happening, but I have heard many, many stories like this in other parts of the country. Companies are not honouring the contracts, and I would hope that they continue honouring them. It is a binding agreement they have signed with farmers and they owe it to our farmers to honour those contracts. I do not support this motion because it does not include any solutions that will help Canadians immediately.
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Mrs. Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, CPC)
  • Jun/7/22 4:06:38 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the finance minister did not even know that Canada depends on Russia for its fertilizer when the tariffs were decreed. Food has become scarce and more expensive. Carbon taxes on fuel and phasing out the oil sands, our source of fuel, have driven up food prices even higher. Why is the government intentionally driving up the cost of food? Is it just incompetent?
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Mr. Francis Drouin
  • Jun/7/22 4:07:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the government is not intentionally increasing the price of food. Everyone is concerned with the price of food around the world. I would invite the hon. member to come to the agriculture committee on Thursday and hear from the agriculture minister from Ukraine, who will explain what the issue is. When Russia is bombing grain terminals, the Government of Canada is not intentionally raising the price of food. Ukraine is a major contributor on wheat, corn and canola. Canada can play a major role on canola because we have amazing growers out west who grow canola. We can increase the role— An hon. member: It is not “can play”. We do play. Mr. Francis Drouin: Yes, we do, Madam Speaker. We export 40% of our canola, and we will continue to do so. We have always supported our farmers in Canada.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Jun/7/22 4:08:03 p.m.
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I just want to remind members that when somebody has the floor, others should not be trying to have conversations or yelling out other things. Questions and comments, the hon. member for Port Moody—Coquitlam.
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Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/7/22 4:08:18 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, if the Liberal and Conservative governments would have had courage in the past, and if taxation was fair in this country, we would not be in the mess we are in right now. We would already have pharmacare, affordable child care and affordable housing in this country. Will the Liberals tax the outsized profits from big box and grocery retail?
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Mr. Francis Drouin
  • Jun/7/22 4:08:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, if we want to create government programs we need to generate revenues. That is a simple fact. Government does not own any dollars. It needs to generate revenues. One way to generate revenues is to unleash the power of entrepreneurship, which is a great idea, and we have great entrepreneurs. Farmers are playing a huge role in this country. However, we simply cannot create money. Money does not grow on trees. We need to generate wealth, and to do so, we need to ensure our entrepreneurs and private sector are healthy. I believe the economy has been growing. Obviously, we are concerned about inflation, but the solutions provided by the current opposition is not something that is realistic and will not provide any immediate relief.
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