44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 30, 2022 02:00PM
- Nov/30/22 2:25:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think all Canadians understand that I need to be deliberate about my answers, when it comes to matters of national security. Canada and its allies are regularly targeted by foreign states like China, including during our elections. Our national security agencies, under this government, are taking more action than ever.
We created an independent panel to evaluate foreign interference threats to Canadian elections and that panel confirms that election integrity was not compromised. Yes, I am regularly—
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- Nov/30/22 2:26:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think members and all Canadians understand that I need to be deliberate about my answers when it comes to a matter of national security.
Canada and its allies are regularly targeted by foreign states like China, including during our elections. Our national security agencies, under the current government, are taking more action than ever and indeed are among the global leaders on countering foreign interference in elections. We created an independent panel to evaluate foreign interference threats to Canadian elections that confirms that election integrity was not compromised. I am briefed, but more, all parties are briefed on threats—
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- Nov/30/22 2:27:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said a number of times in the House, to this moment, I have not. In all the briefings I have received, there has never been information around candidates receiving money from China in the 2019 election or in the 2021 election. We have independent public servants who are engaged to oversee the integrity of elections. They confirmed the elections did complete themselves with full integrity.
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- Nov/30/22 2:28:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know the member opposite, who sat in a cabinet, understands the importance of respecting national security guidelines. On top of that, I know the member opposite understands how important it is to ensure the integrity of our elections, because he was the minister for elections integrity under that previous government. However, under that previous government, while he was making reforms to our elections act, he did absolutely nothing on foreign interference.
What we did was bring in a number of mechanisms and a number of new tools to ensure the integrity of our elections.
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- Nov/30/22 2:29:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, like I just said, Canada and most of our allies are regularly subject to foreign interference from various states, including China, on an ongoing basis and including during our elections. That is something the member opposite would know if he had paid attention when he was minister of elections, and also if he were to ask his two colleagues who are previous leaders of the Conservative Party from 2019 and 2021, whose teams were briefed before, during and after those elections on foreign interference.
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- Nov/30/22 2:31:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague raises an important question: Should politicians who make partisan accusations decide whether or not there was problematic interference in our democracy during the election? That is why we leave it up to our intelligence services and experts in the public service. I have created a committee that is responsible for taking an independent and objective look at the electoral system to ensure the integrity of our elections, and that is what it did during the 2019 and 2021 elections.
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- Nov/30/22 2:32:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, interference in our democratic processes and our elections is an extremely important and crucial issue. I realize the hon. member is attacking the integrity of our institutions. Canadians can trust the process we set up to oversee the integrity of our elections. I can assure Canadians that, despite the ongoing reality of interference in our country, our democratic institutions and our elections were not affected.
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- Nov/30/22 2:33:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we on this side of the House respect provincial jurisdictions. We are well aware of how much Canadians are suffering because their health care systems are overwhelmed and struggling to meet the demand. That is why we are here to work with the provinces and territories to improve health care system outcomes. Yes, we are here with more money, but we are also here with more tools to ensure that our systems can improve and remain public, to meet the expectations of Canadians.
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- Nov/30/22 2:35:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can very much understand why so many Albertans are preoccupied with the premier's choice to bypass the legislature in order to advance her agenda, but on this side of the House we will remain focused on standing up for Albertans on working constructively with anyone who wants to advance better jobs and a cleaner environment for Albertans, and who wants to work to ensure that they are getting quality health care services with real results and real outcomes.
We are going to continue to work with all Albertans to deliver a brighter future for them.
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- Nov/30/22 2:36:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has made it very clear that he disagrees with our focus on supporting Canadians. He made it crystal clear by standing and voting against support for families who could not otherwise afford to send their kids to the dentist. That demonstrates the priorities of the Conservative Party to not be there for Canadians and to attempt austerity as a way of moving forward.
We demonstrated during the pandemic that by being there for families, small businesses and communities, not only did we get through the pandemic but we ended up with a stronger economy.
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- Nov/30/22 2:37:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the member opposite just demonstrated is that he does not understand that what he has been talking about from the very beginning is austerity. It is withdrawing and not being there to support Canadians who need it, in the hopes that it will somehow make everything okay.
What Canadians saw during this pandemic and what Canadians are seeing during this recovery is that by being there in targeted, measured ways, through things like making sure every family can afford to send their kids to the dentist and like making sure we are giving a top-up to the lowest-income renters, we support people in difficult times, something the Conservatives do not do anything about.
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- Nov/30/22 2:39:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been very clear that we are not targeting law-abiding hunters and fishers. We are not going after shotguns or rifles. We have banned military-style assault weapons. Unfortunately, Conservative politicians continue to mislead Canadians, to base things on fear and to be focused on making assault weapons legal again in this country.
We will continue to take the necessary measures to keep Canadians safe while respecting the rights of law-abiding Canadians. That is what Canadians expect, and that is what we have been doing.
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- Nov/30/22 2:40:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we see once again that the Conservative Party is deep in the pockets of the American gun lobby. The reality is Canadians know that we can and will continue to respect law-abiding hunters—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Nov/30/22 2:41:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again we see the extent to which the Conservative Party of Canada is in the pocket of the gun lobby. We will continue to move forward in responsible ways while respecting the choices of law-abiding hunters and fishers and people who use guns responsibly to continue with their rifles and shotguns, while at the same time preventing those military-style assault weapons that were designed to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time from being used in this country.
The Conservatives continue to try to bring those back. We still stand strongly on better gun control.
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- Nov/30/22 2:42:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, the Conservatives do a good job of talking about their supposed tough-on-crime agenda. That single-minded approach they have is, unfortunately, wrong.
As we have seen, supposedly tough-on-crime legislation that keeps getting struck down by the courts does not do a thing to keep our communities safer. That is why we are focused on smart legislation to ensure that Canadians are protected and to make sure our communities are safer. We are going to continue to move forward on responsible gun control while respecting the rights of law-abiding hunters and farmers.
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- Nov/30/22 2:44:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our Bill C‑5, which the Conservatives voted against, gave judges the ability to increase maximum sentences for hardened criminals. This provides the flexibility to ensure that criminals are punished and put in prison while respecting the legal principles that apply to everyone.
We will continue to introduce measures that will keep our communities safe while the Conservatives will continue to want to bring assault weapons back to Canada.
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- Nov/30/22 2:45:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that the sovereignist wants to attack the integrity of Canada's institutions. The reality is that, since 2015, we have significantly increased the tools to keep our institutions strong. We created the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which looked into interference in the election. We also passed the Elections Modernization Act, which addresses this issue and which the Bloc Québécois voted against. We created an expert panel to monitor and report on electoral interference. We closed the fundraising loopholes to prevent foreign money from being used in our elections. We implemented stricter controls on advertising and online platforms and—
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- Nov/30/22 2:46:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we all know that the leader of the Bloc Québécois likes to hear himself speak. Perhaps he should listen to others because I have said several times that Canada and our other allies are regularly targeted by foreign states such as China with interference, including during elections. When I expressed my concerns about Chinese interference in Canada, that is exactly what I was talking about. We have put measures in place to ensure the integrity of our elections. These measures worked and they revealed that our elections were not compromised.
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Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. We are not targeting owners of hunting guns and rifles. We know that military style assault weapons have no place in our communities. That is why we have moved forward with an assault weapons ban in this country. It is a ban that the Conservative Party wants to overturn, but we will stand firm.
While respecting hunters and farmers, we will ensure that our communities are safer and that these assault weapons are banned.
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- Nov/30/22 2:49:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will always be there to keep Canadians safe. We will always be there to protect our communities and make the necessary investments. Yes, we have a plan to improve gun control to protect Canadians, their families and their communities.
We have put forward proposals to ban assault-style weapons, but we will respect hunters' and farmers' right to use rifles and shotguns.
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