44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 26, 2023 02:00PM
- Apr/26/23 2:23:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said several times in the House, it has been 10 years since I have had any direct or indirect involvement with the foundation that bears my father's name. With respect to the committee, the hon. member knows very well that committees decide who will or will not be called to testify.
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- Apr/26/23 2:24:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have already answered that question, as everyone here knows. For 10 years, I have had no direct or indirect involvement with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
We might ask ourselves why the Conservatives want to keep spending their time attacking me and my family instead of talking about the budget and the challenges facing Canadians.
It is because we are here to deliver for Canadians with a grocery rebate, with help for dental care, with initiatives and programs that help Canadians immediately.
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- Apr/26/23 2:26:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike the Conservative Party, we on this side of the House support workers and unions in the important work that they do.
We know that public servants provide important services to Canadians, and the government appreciates their work, particularly the work that they have done over the past few years, which have been difficult. That is why we are working tirelessly to come to an agreement that is fair for public servants and reasonable for taxpayers.
We will continue to ensure that everyone at the bargaining table takes the work seriously, and we will resolve this situation the right way.
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- Apr/26/23 2:27:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservative Party of Canada. Its approach on services to Canadians was to close Veterans Affairs offices; cut services to women; fight with the unions, including with legislation that was anti-union, like Bill C-525 and Bill C-377, which the member voted in favour of; or, furthermore, continue to make cuts across the board.
We have stepped up to support Canadians. Our public servants stepped up to help Canadians through the pandemic, and now we are in negotiations to make sure we get the right deal for them and the right deal for Canadians.
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- Apr/26/23 2:29:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past number of years, we have spent time across the world promoting Canada and Canadian workers. We have been talking about the leadership on environmental responsibility, the reconciliation with indigenous—
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- Apr/26/23 2:29:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past number of years, as Canadians know, we have been talking about what we are doing here in Canada. We have been singing the praises, quite literally, of Canadian workers, of Canadian companies and of Canadian know-how. We do this as we lead the fight against climate change, step up on indigenous reconciliation and invest in the middle class, with such measures as dental care and cuts to middle-class taxes, which the Conservatives voted against.
That has led to Volkswagen, Michelin and other companies investing in Canada because they see what we are doing. We will continue to promote Canada and Canadian workers right across the country.
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- Apr/26/23 2:31:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as we have said before in the House, neither I nor my staff were present at that meeting. It was a meeting that took place with public servants in a building where public servants work.
The member opposite may not understand that, after a decade of the Harper government, the lines were blurred between the government and the public service and the Prime Minister's Office. However, we are keeping them separate, and we will continue to do the work that Canadians expect us to do.
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- Apr/26/23 2:33:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are all well aware of how the Bloc Québécois feels about Canadian institutions, but the reality is that these unfounded attacks on the integrity of a man like David Johnston, our former governor general, are not befitting of this place. He is a man who put his heart and soul into serving this country. He has always demonstrated a great deal of integrity. That is why he is the right person to be an independent expert to look into this important issue of foreign interference.
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- Apr/26/23 2:34:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I must admit that I am a little perplexed to have to explain to a member of the NDP how union negotiations work. It has indeed been eight days. There are challenges at the bargaining table, but everyone is constructively and productively engaged in the process. In fact, the government's negotiators have just put an offer on the table that aligns with a third-party expert's recommendations. This offer provides a solid basis for moving forward. The talks are advancing. This is the way things work when unions are respected.
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- Apr/26/23 2:35:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do find it a little odd that I am having to explain to a member of the NDP how collective bargaining works. Sometimes it takes time, and the work is being done constructively at the negotiation table. This includes the fact that we put forward, just yesterday, an offer that aligns exactly with the recommendations of a third party expert on this issue. This is the basis for a good deal moving forward that will respect our public servants while being fair for taxpayers.
That is what we are going to continue to work on.
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- Apr/26/23 2:37:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, $976 is what an average family of four in that member's riding will be getting this year with the climate action incentive. That is because we are not only moving forward with a price on pollution that helps fight climate change but also giving money back to average families in jurisdictions where it applies. Across the country, this will leave eight out of 10 of them better off. This is how we fight climate change and support families while drawing in global investments like those from Michelin, Volkswagen and others that want to be part of Canadian workers' successes.
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- Apr/26/23 2:38:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can tell you he was not reading from the PBO report. The PBO has actually decried the fact that the report is being deliberately misinterpreted by the Conservatives. The reality is that eight out of 10 families in jurisdictions where the price on pollution applies do better with this price on pollution. The report is very clear about this.
What the Leader of the Opposition does not want to talk about is the fact that having no plan, which he does not, to fight climate change is not going to create jobs for Canadians, create growth for the economy or leave Canadians better off in the coming years.
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- Apr/26/23 2:40:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative opposition still chooses to—
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- Apr/26/23 2:41:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party of Canada continues to refuse to understand that we cannot have a plan for the future of the economy if we do not have a plan to fight climate change. They continue to mislead Canadians, to confuse the issue and to harm workers across this country.
Volkswagen is choosing to invest in Canada. Rio Tinto is making investments in Canada. ArcelorMittal is investing in Hamilton. If these things are happening, they are happening because of the leadership that Canadians, the Canadian government and Canadian workers are showing in tackling climate change and building a stronger future.
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- Apr/26/23 2:42:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has a significant task ahead of him in convincing Canadians over the next couple of years that it would be better for them if we did not fight climate change, if we did not show leadership on the environment and if we did not make investments in cleaner technologies. He will have a significant task convincing people in St. Thomas that it is a waste of money to be investing in the Volkswagen plant.
These are the kinds of things he is going to have to try to convince Canadians of. All the fancy rhetoric he tries to use will not fool Canadians. The reality is that Canadians know the environment and the economy go together.
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- Apr/26/23 2:43:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know the Conservative instinct is to cut. That is what the Conservative Party has always done. That is what the Conservative government did in years past. It cut veterans services, initiatives that supported the fight against child poverty, housing programs, and pensions. It cut everything it could because that would somehow lead to growth. Well, it did not.
What has led to growth is investing in the middle class, and the people working hard to join it, and cutting taxes for the middle class while raising them for the wealthiest 1%, which the Conservatives voted against. Most recently, when we were delivering dental care for low-income Canadian kids, the Conservatives voted against it.
We will continue to be there for Canadians.
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- Apr/26/23 2:45:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have worked with provinces, initiatives and proponents across the country on historic investments in clean energy to transition toward decarbonizing our traditional energy sources. This is what we will continue to do to ensure that Canada is ready for the opportunities and investments that are coming in to create great jobs for workers right across the country.
That is what our budget is focused on, creating those great jobs for the middle class in critical minerals, in manufacturing, in CCUS, in energy, in a range of things that are going to position Canada as that supplier of energy and resources the net-zero world needs.
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- Apr/26/23 2:46:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know everyone in the House must be surprised and shocked. Apparently the Bloc Québécois does not like David Johnston.
David Johnston has demonstrated his integrity, his dedication to Canada over not just a few years, but decades of service to Canadians, to our institutions. He is exactly the right person to take an independent look at all the infrastructure and all the programs that we have in place to combat foreign interference, and to reassure Canadians that everything is being done.
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- Apr/26/23 2:48:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we see how excited the Bloc Québécois is about attacking Pierre Elliott Trudeau's legacy, my father's intellectual legacy.
The reality is that we will always encourage intelligent and engaged debate in this country. That is one of the things that this foundation is doing.
I cannot say more because, as the hon. member knows very well, it has been 10 years since I have had any direct or indirect involvement with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
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- Apr/26/23 2:49:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, we are seeing the NRA spokesperson making things up. It will be three years next month since we got rid of assault-style weapons in Canada. It is now illegal to use them, buy them or sell them. The Conservative Party of Canada wants to bring these assault rifles back, but we will not allow that to happen. That is why I am calling on everyone in the House to support Bill C‑21 when it comes back to the House.
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