44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 23, 2022 02:00PM
- Nov/23/22 2:39:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they are struggling because of the current Prime Minister's tax hikes.
Canadians are worried about how they are going to heat their home through the Canadian cold winter. The Liberals' response is that they are sick and tired of hearing people complain about the cold. The Minister of Labour said that yesterday. Instead of scrapping the carbon tax, which is making it more expensive for Canadians to eat, to drive and to heat themselves, they are tripling it. They could scrap the tax that has not reduced emissions, but instead they are imposing it on three more provinces that do not want it. Canadians are the ones who are sick and tired.
Will the Prime Minister scrap his plan on the carbon tax?
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- Nov/23/22 2:40:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Conservative politicians seem to be the only people in Canada who do not think it is important to fight climate change. We moved forward with a price on pollution, preventing pollution from being free anywhere in the country. At the same time we are returning more money to the families who need that support in the provinces where the federal backstop applies.
This is an approach that has both fought climate change and supported families. We are pleased to see that positive impact extending to communities in Atlantic Canada as well.
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- Nov/23/22 2:40:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Liberal politicians are the only ones who seem to think that this is working. While the Prime Minister launches into his misleading defence of the punishing tax, Canadians know that the carbon tax these Liberals keep hiking is not an environment plan. He knows that the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who he appointed, told us that 60% of Canadians pay more than they will ever get back. His plan has not reduced emissions. He has not hit a single environmental target.
Instead of punishing Canadians by tripling the carbon tax, why does he not give Canadians a fighting chance this winter and scrap it?
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- Nov/23/22 2:41:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, the Parliamentary Budget Officer confirms that eight out of 10 families receive more money back from this price on pollution than they pay into it.
At the same time, every time the Conservatives talk about removing our price on pollution, what they are talking about is taking money out of the pockets of hard-working Canadian families. The price on pollution puts more money in the pockets of average families across this country. That is how we fight climate change and support families that need it.
Speaking of support for families that need it, why are Conservatives opposed to dental and rental supports for Canadians? Why are they opposed to child care that saves thousands—
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- Nov/23/22 2:42:17 p.m.
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The hon. member for Louis-Saint-Laurent.
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- Nov/23/22 2:42:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadian families are all facing the worst inflationary crisis in 40 years. It is directly impacting a basic necessity: food.
Butter is 20% more expensive, pasta is 27% more expensive, and lettuce is 30% more expensive. What is the Liberal government proposing? Believe it or not, it wants to increase, triple the Liberal carbon tax.
Seriously, could the Prime Minister stand up and admit that increasing taxes in a period of inflation is really bad for Canadians?
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- Nov/23/22 2:42:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our price on pollution is putting more money back into the pockets of families who need it across the country. That is the reality the Conservatives are trying to avoid.
Yes, there are many families who are struggling to make ends meet because of inflation. That is why we are giving a GST/HST credit that has been doubled for six months and gives hundreds of dollars a month to 11 million households. That is also why we are giving families more money for rent and dental care, yet the Conservatives voted against both of those measures.
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- Nov/23/22 2:43:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Prime Minister said is not quite right. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
Since his return from COP27, the minister in 58th place keeps saying that the carbon tax helps Canadians, but that is not true. The minister in 58th place is forgetting that, under his administration, Canada ranked 58 out of 63 countries on climate change performance. That is the Liberal government's track record over the past seven years. That is how the Liberal carbon tax performed.
Seriously, can the Prime Minister stand up and admit that increasing taxes in a period of inflation is really bad for Canadians?
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- Nov/23/22 2:44:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have one of the most comprehensive emissions reduction plans in the world. We have a clear plan to prevent emissions from increasing and we are going to reduce them. We are working hard to make our energy sources more sustainable than ever. We are investing in technologies that will help to reduce our emissions and create more good-paying jobs.
Climate change measures must include support for workers, and I hope to have the opposition member's support moving forward.
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- Nov/23/22 2:44:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us talk about solutions. Eleven candidates allegedly received funding from China in the 2019 election. This proves that we need to fight interference by foreign powers in our democracy. That works out well because, in this specific case, it is super easy. We simply need to go back to public funding of political parties. The parties need to be funded by Elections Canada based on the number of votes received instead of focusing everything on major donors. This can be resolved tomorrow morning.
Does the Prime Minister realize that, with foreign interference on the rise, public funding is becoming essential?
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- Nov/23/22 2:45:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously it is very important to all Canadians that our elections are run with integrity and are not compromised. That is why Canadians can take comfort in what the Chief Electoral Officer said when he confirmed yesterday that there is no reason to believe that it was not a free and fair election.
In January 2019, we formed a non-partisan committee to assess potential threats of electoral interference and the committee clearly established that the integrity of our election had not been compromised in 2019 nor in 2021. Canadians can have confidence.
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- Nov/23/22 2:46:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, why make things simple when they can be overly complicated?
It is impossible to wave a magic wand and eliminate all foreign interference in our democracy. Disinformation campaigns on social media, for example, are complicated, but illegal election financing can be eliminated tomorrow morning.
We already knew that political parties' dependency on private contributions made them susceptible to the influence of major donors. With the 2019 Chinese interference, we now know that we have the same problem with foreign powers. We can kill two birds with one stone.
Will the Prime Minister restore public financing of political parties?
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- Nov/23/22 2:46:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is talking about interference in the 2019 election as though it were a fact. Canadians should not put too much stock in what he is saying because the Chief Elector Officer confirmed that that there was no reason to believe that it was not a free and fair election.
Our non-partisan committee, which is mandated to assess potential threats of electoral interference, found that the integrity of our elections in 2019 and 2021 was not compromised. We must not make Canadians fearful for nothing. We can reassure them and tell them that our institutions are strong.
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- Nov/23/22 2:47:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 55 Canadians were murdered when the Iranian regime's IRGC shot down flight PS752. After that, the Iranian government bulldozed the site, destroyed the evidence, and threatened and harassed family members of victims. Now we have learned that Canada's spy agency is actively investigating credible death threats from this same regime against more Canadian citizens.
When is enough going to be enough for the government? When will Liberals finally use the Criminal Code, list the IRGC as a terrorist organization and shut down its operations in Canada?
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- Nov/23/22 2:48:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, like all Canadians, we are appalled at the actions of the Iranian regime. We stand with the women of Iran. We are listing the Iranian regime under the most powerful provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. This measure has been used in only the most serious of circumstances, including against the Bosnian and Rwandan regimes. This punishes the top 50% of the entire regime, targeting those who are directly responsible for the heinous acts we are seeing and preventing them from ever being able to come to Canada. They are permanently barred from Canada. We will never be a safe haven for the Iranian regime's leadership or money.
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- Nov/23/22 2:48:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, “The allegations in the Globe story are false.” That is what the Prime Minister's response was to the Globe report that he interfered in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
“I do not have any information, nor have I been briefed on any federal candidates receiving any money from China.” That was the Prime Minister's response to the Global News report.
The Prime Minister sows doubt when these kinds of reports are published. The best way to protect the integrity of a democracy is transparency, so when will the Prime Minister be transparent about all the facts concerning the 2019 election funding of candidates?
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- Nov/23/22 2:49:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in all the extensive security briefings I have received, there has never been any information on federal candidates receiving money from China. We established a non-partisan panel to evaluate any threats of election interference in January 2019, and the panel was clear that the integrity of our elections was not compromised in either 2019 or 2021. The Chief Electoral Officer said just yesterday that there is no reason to believe that it was not a free and fair election. Canadians can be reassured that our electoral integrity held.
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- Nov/23/22 2:50:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after two weeks of suspicious silence, the Prime Minister now suddenly claims that he was never briefed about candidates receiving money from Beijing, yet Global News is reporting that last January the Prime Minister received intelligence memos that Beijing's Toronto consulate directed the funnelling of a large sum of money to 11 candidates in the 2019 election. Therefore, did the Prime Minister receive those intelligence memos? Yes or no.
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- Nov/23/22 2:50:49 p.m.
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For the third time today, Mr. Speaker, in all the extensive security briefings I get, there was never any information given to me on candidates receiving money from China, so no. The reality is the integrity of our elections was not compromised. People do not have to take my word for it. They can look at the independent panel we appointed to look at just that, or the Elections Canada officer who said just yesterday that our elections were not compromised.
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- Nov/23/22 2:51:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Chief Electoral Officer also said yesterday that it was not his job to investigate and follow up on complaints.
The Liberal members for Hull—Aylmer, Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, Ottawa West—Nepean, Whitby, and Pickering—Uxbridge voted in favour of the Conservative motion to shed some light on the Global News report from November 7 regarding the briefing the Prime Minister received in January.
Who is telling the truth in all this? We have been listening to the Prime Minister since day one, and we have no idea what or who to believe.
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