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House Hansard - 99

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 21, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)
  • Sep/21/22 3:12:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are not getting the care they need in our health care system. This is not surprising. The government has failed to offer real solutions to fix what the Canadian Medical Association is calling an “unprecedented health crisis”. This failure of leadership is paving the way for the Conservatives, who want to privatize health care, putting profits over patients. Health care workers and Canadians are counting on the federal government to protect their public health care system. When will the Liberals act to rebuild health care in Canada?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Sep/21/22 3:12:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very grateful for that question. The member pointed to a health care crisis. We have a health care crisis because we have a health care workers' crisis. We need to support them through the very hard time they are going through, with the investments we have already announced and implemented, including the $2-billion investment we are making now to support a reduction in surgeries and the additional $1-billion investment to reduce the pressure on long-term care, health care workers and patients. We are going to continue that because we are there for patients and health care workers.
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Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Sep/21/22 3:13:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last week, a new study reviewed those points of no return called tipping points: stalled ocean currents, permafrost collapse and forest dieback. The conclusion was that even at 1.5°C global heating, irreversible and globally damaging thresholds are exceeded. The nine most dangerous have among them the loss of the Labrador current, which looms large. This is dangerous for Canadians. We can avoid this, but only with urgent action. When will the government wake up and cancel TMX and Bay du Nord?
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Mr. Terry Duguid (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Sep/21/22 3:14:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we share the member's concern about our climate future. We hear about it every day, every week, from our constituents. Just to remind the hon. member, we have an ambitious sector-by-sector path for Canada to reach its 2030 targets and to move to net zero by 2050. It is a very practical road map. A couple of examples are incentives in infrastructure for electric vehicles, energy retrofits for greener homes and buildings, reducing oil and gas emissions, and supporting our farmers.
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:15:08 p.m.
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We have a point of order from the hon. opposition House leader.
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Hon. Andrew Scheer
  • Sep/21/22 3:15:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there seemed to be some confusion on the government's part during question period, so I would like to seek unanimous consent to table a document showing that combined CPP and EI premiums have gone up almost $700 under the current government. I would like to be able to—
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:15:28 p.m.
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I believe we are getting into debate on that one. I do not believe we have unanimous consent. I can hear that very clearly.
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Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Sep/21/22 3:15:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first I would like to acknowledge the hon. member for Willowdale, who wanted to introduce a similar motion. There have been discussions among the parties, and I think that you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That the House offer its condolences to the relatives of Mahsa Amini, from her Kurdish name Jina, a 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" by the Iranian morality police, and offer its solidarity to the women of Iran who are fighting for their rights and freedoms.
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:16:38 p.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member moving the motion will please say nay. Okay. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.
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Mr. Jake Stewart
  • Sep/21/22 3:17:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it you will find unanimous consent to table this report. In question period, the House leader of the official opposition, the member for Thornhill and others cited a March 2022 report by the Parliamentary Budget—
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:17:29 p.m.
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I believe we are starting to get into debate and I do not think we have unanimous consent, so we will just calm that one down. It might be part of a further discussion down the road.
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:19:26 p.m.
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It being 3:17 p.m., pursuant to an order made on Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 47 under Private Members' Business in the name of the member for Avalon. The question is on the motion. May I dispense? Some hon. members: No. [Chair read text of motion to House]
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:33:52 p.m.
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I declare the motion carried.
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The Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:36:11 p.m.
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It is my duty, pursuant to subsection 94(2) of the Access to Information Act and subsection 72(2) of the Privacy Act, to lay upon the table the reports of the Auditor General of Canada on the administration of these acts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), these reports are deemed to have been permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
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Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)
  • Sep/21/22 3:37:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, entitled “Canada and Radioactive Waste Management: Important Decisions for the Future”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Sep/21/22 3:37:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions on Thursday, September 22, 2022, the House shall briefly suspend and thereafter resolve itself into a committee of the whole in order to welcome the players of Team Canada 1972, and, during committee of the whole, a member of each recognized party and a member of the Green Party may make a statement for not more than five minutes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, provided that: (a) the Speaker be permitted to preside over the committee of the whole; (b) at the conclusion of the time provided for the statements or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, the Speaker may make welcoming remarks on behalf of the House; (c) the names of the players present be deemed read and printed in the House of Commons Debates for that day; (d) only authorized photographers be permitted to take photos during the proceedings of the committee; (e) when the proceedings in the committee of the whole have concluded, the committee shall then rise; and (f) the time taken for the suspension and the proceedings in committee of the whole be added to the time provided for Government Orders on that day.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Sep/21/22 3:39:17 p.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. minister moving the motion will please say nay. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.
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Ms. Anita Vandenbeld (Ottawa West—Nepean, Lib.)
  • Sep/21/22 3:39:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present petition e-3978 that calls on the Friday before Mother's Day to be henceforth known as civilian spouse or partner of a military member appreciation day. We know there are over 50,000 civilian spouses of serving military members and reservists and this is a way to ensure that we are properly recognizing those who serve alongside the serving military member. It is particularly appropriate that I am doing this the same week that we are celebrating Military Family Appreciation Day.
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Mr. Len Webber (Calgary Confederation, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, I am tabling this petition in support of Bill S-223, a bill that seeks to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking. This bill has passed the Senate twice and the House once in its current form. It is currently stalled before the foreign affairs committee and petitioners hope that this will be passed soon. The families of victims of forced organ harvesting and trafficking have now waited almost 15 years for Canada to pass this legislation. Let us end the delays and let us get this work done.
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Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Sep/21/22 3:41:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to table e-petition 3965 signed by 707 signatories. They are petitioning the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, whom they cite aims to restore Pacific herring stocks to enable this keystone species to play its vital role in sustaining Pacific salmon populations and the marine ecosystem. The undersigned citizens call upon the minister to, first, postpone licensing any further shellfish aquaculture facilities located in or near herring spawning and rearing habitat in Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel until an ecosystem-based assessment is completed on the impacts of this industry's activities on the herring stock, and this industry establishes a record of effectively managing its gear and equipment and pays for the cleanup of the tons of plastic debris it produces annually. They also ask the minister to develop, with first nations, a co-management plan for Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel that is area-based and ecosystem-based, and respects and recognizes unceded traditional territories and this location's unique value as an ecologically and biologically significant area and important bird and biodiversity area with 21 salmon-bearing creeks and herring spawning and rearing grounds.
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