44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 8, 2023 02:00PM
- Mar/8/23 2:49:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on International Women's Day, we must recognize that indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people experience higher levels of violence. They are murdered and go missing at disproportionate rates, but after eight years, the Liberals have barely implemented any of the calls for justice from the MMIWG2S report. Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people deserve better.
My colleague from Winnipeg Centre has urged the government to create a red dress alert to save countless lives. Will the Prime Minister do it?
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- Mar/8/23 2:49:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this International Women's Day, and every day, our hearts are with survivors and families of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people. Addressing this ongoing violence requires living up to our goals as a country and all the calls for justice. We are taking a whole-of-government approach, supported by an over $2-billion investment in concrete measures to keep people safe and a $4-billion investment to support indigenous housing needs. We know there is more to be done, and we will continue to do it urgently.
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- Mar/8/23 2:50:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as we mark International Women's Day, we must address the ever-increasing coordinated and dangerous campaigns of hate targeting trans women across Canada and abroad for being who they are. Several hundred Canadian organizations and civil society groups are declaring that gender equity cannot exist without uplifting, celebrating and supporting trans women.
Will the Prime Minister hear their call for action and include trans people and trans women in the upcoming national action plan to combat hate?
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- Mar/8/23 2:51:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that even as we celebrate International Women's Day today, trans women in particular are facing extraordinarily dangerous degrees of hate and violent acts. That is why we continue to reinforce that everyone has the right to live free from violence.
Since 2015, we have taken real action to end gender-based violence in our communities by developing our first federal strategy to prevent gender-based violence and making historic investments to prevent and end gender-based violence. We know we have much more to do, including to protect trans women, and we will do that.
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- Mar/8/23 2:51:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on International Women's Day, we celebrate the contributions, achievements and leadership of women and girls in my constituency and around the world, but we cannot forget that the fight for gender equality must also be driven by men and boys. Access to abortion is an issue that impacts us all, and we know how important access to this reproductive health service is.
Could the Prime Minister tell the House what the government is doing to ensure everyone has the right to make decisions about their own bodies?
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- Mar/8/23 2:52:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Vancouver Granville for his hard work and his advocacy. Here in Canada, universal access to abortion is guaranteed and protected under the Canada Health Act, but we know that in Canada there are still those, even in the House, who would like to resurface the debate on the right to abortion.
This cannot be ignored, and we must remain vigilant. We will, on this side of the House, always unequivocally stand up for women's fundamental right to choose.
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- Mar/8/23 2:53:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, during the 2019 election, the intelligence services warned the Prime Minister's Office that at least one of his Liberal candidates was part of a foreign interference network.
Is that candidate now part of the Prime Minister's caucus, yes or no?
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- Mar/8/23 2:53:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the national security advisor and I said last fall, we have no information that any federal candidates received money from China. That remains the case today.
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- Mar/8/23 2:53:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will repeat the question. Three weeks before the 2019 election, our intelligence services notified the Prime Minister's Office that one of his candidates was implicated in a foreign interference network.
According to our intelligence agencies, were any members of the Prime Minister's party or any of his ministers part of that network, yes or no?
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- Mar/8/23 2:54:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have answered that question many times. I know there are other important questions Canadians have for the Conservative leader.
Just recently, Conservative Party members dined with a far-right German politician. Christine Anderson and her party's far-right, xenophobic, anti-science, pro-Putin views are well known.
The Leader of the Opposition's carefully crafted condemnation, which neither he nor his MPs will repeat, will not cut it. It is time he gave Canadians real answers and apologized.
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- Mar/8/23 2:55:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, members of the Prime Minister's Office were present when our intelligence services warned his office that one of his candidates was part of the interference network.
Was Katie Telford aware, yes or no, of that warning? Did she inform the Prime Minister, yes or no?
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- Mar/8/23 2:55:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know that Canadians have many questions about that. That is why we proposed mechanisms to allow independent experts to ensure that everything is being done.
Everything was done to protect our institutions and our elections from foreign interference. Obviously, this includes work done by parliamentary committees. That is why the minister responsible for democratic institutions and the foreign affairs minister will appear before committee tomorrow.
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs has already heard from Elections Canada officials, the director of CSIS, the chief of the CSE, the deputy commissioner of the RCMP, the deputy minister of foreign affairs and—
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- Mar/8/23 2:56:20 p.m.
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The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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- Mar/8/23 2:56:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister respects committees, why did he prevent them from doing their work?
He is currently obstructing a motion to have his chief of staff testify. Katie Telford was apparently informed by intelligence services of foreign interference in our electoral system.
Will the Prime Minister be transparent and let Katie Telford testify before the parliamentary committee, yes or no?
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- Mar/8/23 2:57:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been clearly established that ministerial responsibility is an important responsibility. That is why we are always willing to participate in the work of committees, including by sending the minister responsible for democratic institutions and the foreign affairs minister to committee tomorrow.
I want to quote someone: For hundreds of years, ministerial responsibility has been a key principle in the House and at committees.
The member for Carleton said that. We entirely agree with what he said several years ago.
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- Mar/8/23 2:57:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if he thinks the minister should take responsibility, then why does he not take responsibility?
The Prime Minister has been aware of foreign interference in our electoral system since—
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- Mar/8/23 2:57:56 p.m.
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I am sorry to interrupt, but there appears to be a problem. We want to check to make sure there is interpretation.
It seems that there is no interpretation taking place on Zoom, so we will figure out what the technical issue is and then go from there. In case anyone is wondering, one of the major computers has had to be rebooted. I ask for your patience.
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- Mar/8/23 3:06:50 p.m.
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Is the interpretation working?
Everything is fixed and the computer is plugged back in.
The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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- Mar/8/23 3:07:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today we learned that a briefing prepared by the Prime Minister's own department for the Prime Minister indicates that there was a large transfer of money, funds, for the 2019 federal election.
Is the Prime Minister aware, yes or no, of any money from the dictatorship in Beijing being sent to candidates, leadership candidates, the party or local party associations?
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- Mar/8/23 3:07:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the national security advisor and I stated last fall, we have no information on federal candidates receiving money from China. That continues to be the case today.
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