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House Hansard - 118

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 118 - Oct/26/22
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • Oct/26/22 3:37:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in July, Sunshine House received Health Canada funding to run a mobile overdose prevention site providing peer-led support to people who use drugs, but it has hit a bureaucratic wall. The people at Sunshine House have been told they need an exemption to run the site. Winnipeg Centre has an overdose crisis. Last week, five people died due to a toxic drug supply. People need help and the government delays are costing lives. Will the Prime Minister act to ensure this overdose prevention site can start its critical life-saving work now?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Oct/26/22 3:38:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is a government that has always put evidence and data at the centre of everything we do to move forward. We know harm reduction and safe consumption sites work. That is why over the past seven years we have seen the opening of countless numbers of sites across the country, but we know there is more to do. That is why we are moving forward with a program with British Columbia to ensure safer drug supplies. That is why we are moving forward in cities across the country, including the member opposite's city, to ensure we are getting the support for people who are facing such terrible challenges in epidemics and deaths. We are going to continue to be there hand in hand with local municipalities.
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Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Oct/26/22 3:38:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians care about human rights. We stand up for human rights, whether it is for the Uighur Muslims in the People's Republic of China and whether it is the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and around the world. We must also stand up for Palestinian human rights. We must make it very clear that as a staunch friend of Israel we also call for human rights to be respected for the people of Palestine. There are two important UN resolutions coming up. I want to ask the Prime Minister, will Canada consider please voting for the motion to respect what is happening, to help Palestinian refugees and to take action on Israeli settlements?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Oct/26/22 3:39:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is a steadfast friend and ally of Israel and a friend to the Palestinian people. We are firmly committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. We continue to firmly support the goal of a comprehensive just and lasting peace in the Middle East, including the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel.
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The Speaker
  • Oct/26/22 3:40:43 p.m.
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It being 3:40 p.m., pursuant to order made on Thursday, June 23, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of the member for Beloeil—Chambly relating to the business of supply. Call in the members.
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The Speaker
  • Oct/26/22 4:10:26 p.m.
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I declare the motion lost.
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The Speaker
  • Oct/26/22 4:11:46 p.m.
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Pursuant to order made on Thursday, June 23, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at third reading stage of Bill C‑242 under Private Members' Business.
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The Speaker
I declare the motion carried. The Speaker: It is my duty pursuant to Standing Order 38 to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for North Okanagan—Shuswap, The Economy; the hon. member for Battle River—Crowfoot, Access to Information; the hon. member for Brantford—Brant, The Economy.
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux
  • Oct/26/22 4:25:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in light of what happened today, in particular prior to question period, I hope you would find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That, the time provided for Government Orders today be extended by 30 minutes.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/26/22 4:25:50 p.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. Some hon. members: Nay. The Deputy Speaker: There is no agreement. I wish to inform the House that, because of the deferred recorded divisions, Government Orders will be extended by 27 minutes. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! The Deputy Speaker: Government Orders is extended because of the vote, not because of extenuating circumstances. It is an automatic change.
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Oct/26/22 4:26:43 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 response to one petition. This return will be tabled in an electronic format.
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Mr. Francis Drouin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Oct/26/22 4:27:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, the following reports of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, or APF, respecting its participation in the meetings of the APF Education, Communication and Cultural Affairs Committee, the APF Young Parliamentarians Network and the APF Network of Parliamentarian Women in Papeete, French Polynesia, from April 19 to 22, 2022; in the Working Group on Reforming the APF Constitution and in the meeting of the APF Political Committee in Quebec City, Canada, from May 12 to 15, 2022; in the 9th edition of the Francophone Parliament of Youth in Tirana, Albania, from July 25 to 31, 2022; and —
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/26/22 4:28:00 p.m.
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Order. There is still a technical problem with the system. We will send another wireless system over to the member so he can access the translation. The parliamentary secretary may continue.
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Mr. Francis Drouin
  • Oct/26/22 4:28:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I got to the 9th Edition of the Francophone Parliament of Youth in Tirana, Albania, from July 25 to 31, 2022; the 37th Session of the America Region of the APF and Conference of Branch Chairs in Edmonton, Alberta, from July 18 to 22, 2022; the Bureau Meeting and 47th Annual Session of the “Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie”, or APF, in Kigali, Rwanda, from July 5 to 9, 2022; and finally, the Symposium of the APF on Contested Democracies in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, September 15 and 16, 2022.
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Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Oct/26/22 4:29:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 21st report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts entitled “Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
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Mr. Kevin Vuong (Spadina—Fort York, Ind.)
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-301, An Act to amend the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, the Canada Student Loans Act and the Apprentice Loans Act (interest on student loans). He said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to introduce my private member's bill, which seeks to eliminate interest on Canada student loans and Canada apprentice loans. This bill will assist Canadian students trying to obtain a post-secondary education and their families with the high cost of education. Especially during high interest rates, high inflation and soaring food costs, removing the interest on these loans will lessen their financial burden and provide students with the opportunity to obtain good-paying jobs in the future. Anything that reduces financial barriers to education and creates a better taxpayer will reap dividends for our nation. There is no better investment for our country than Canada's youth.
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Mr. Brad Vis (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, CPC)
  • Oct/26/22 4:31:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of residents of British Columbia who are frustrated with the mandatory vaccination requirements that were in place at Canada Post. These residents are asking the federal government to investigate Canada Post's treatment of employees who refused to attest their personal vaccination status and demand that Canada Post compensate affected employees for monetary loss pertaining to leave without pay or employment termination.
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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville, CPC)
  • Oct/26/22 4:32:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, citizens and residents of Canada are drawing the attention of the House of Commons to the following: The Liberal Party of Canada promised in its 2021 platform to deny the charitable status of organizations that have convictions about abortion, which the Liberal Party views as dishonest. This may jeopardize, they say, the charitable status of many other institutions, such as hospitals, churches, schools, homeless shelters and other charitable organizations which do amazing work in Canada. They do not agree with the Liberal Party on this matter for reasons of conscience. Many Canadians depend on and benefit from charitable work done by such organizations, and the government has previously used a values test, through the summer jobs program, denying funding to organizations not willing to endorse the political positions of the governing party. They therefore call on the government to recognize that all Canadians have a right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to freedom of expression without discrimination. They also call on the government to protect and preserve the application of charitable status rules that are politically and ideologically neutral, without discrimination on the basis of political or religious values and without the imposition of another values test.
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Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Oct/26/22 4:33:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present a petition. It is rather long, so I will try to summarize it, as required by our Standing Orders. It relates to the really high value and importance of old-growth forests for Canada, particularly in the context of indigenous values, indigenous exercise of rights under treaties and the indigenous role in fighting the climate crisis. Petitioners are calling for the Government of Canada to act to protect the last unprotected, intact old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island, specifically referencing Fairy Creek. They call on the government to work with provinces and first nations to immediately halt logging of endangered old-growth ecosystems, move to high-value forest initiatives in partnership with first nations, preferring value added and the harvesting of second and third-growth forests. The petitioners specifically also call for banning the use of whole trees for wood pellets, in what is described as a fairly fraudulent climate action because it does not reduce emissions of carbon, but it does remove forest. They also call for banning the export of raw logs, whole logs, from Canada, to instead make sure they reach Canadian mills to create Canadian jobs.
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Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Oct/26/22 4:35:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table in the House a petition signed by many people regarding an issue that is of concern to many Canadians, and that is the increased international trafficking in human organs removed from victims without consent. I think it is critical that the House take these Canadians' concerns seriously. The undersigned are calling on Parliament to move quickly on the proposed legislation to amend the Criminal Code of Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to prohibit Canadians from travelling abroad to acquire human organs removed without consent or as a result of a financial transaction. More importantly, they are calling on Parliament to render inadmissible to Canada any and all permanent residents or foreign nationals who have participated in this trafficking of human organs.
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