44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 26, 2023 02:00PM
- Apr/26/23 3:58:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by Canadians. Some of Canada's most heinous killers have seen their sentences significantly reduced after the Liberals failed to respond to a Supreme Court of Canada decision that struck down a Harper Conservative law that gave judges the discretion to apply consecutive parole ineligibility periods to mass murderers and to take into account each life lost.
The petitioners are calling on the Liberal government to finally stand up for victims, invoke the notwithstanding clause and override the Bissonnette decision.
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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 2:53:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the member opposite wants to look at numbers, he should perhaps look at the number of assault-style weapons purchased by Canadians under the 10 years of Stephen Harper's government. He would see the challenges we are facing right now.
The fact is—
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- Apr/26/23 2:58:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, workers and families in southwestern Ontario still remember the Ford plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, being shuttered in 2011. It put thousands out of work, and it left the region's once thriving auto sector on life support. These types of closures were just all too common under the Harper Conservatives, which is one reason why this week's historic announcement with Volkswagen has come to them as such welcome news. Of course, not everyone in this chamber welcomed this historic investment.
While Conservatives may choose to attack the deal, could the Prime Minister update the House on what it means for our communities, our economy and our environment?
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- Apr/26/23 3:03:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Conservative politicians still think they can cut their way to growth because that is what they tried for 10 years under Stephen Harper and failed. That is what they are continuing to propose now, cuts and austerity: they can cut their way to new jobs for Canadians; they can cut their way to fighting climate change; and they can cut their way to indigenous reconciliation. Well, they cannot.
The Conservative Party continues to cling to a trickle-down austerity approach that does not work for the middle class and people working hard to join it. That is where we will stay focused, and we will take no lessons from them.
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- Apr/26/23 3:17:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
Months after an election where pensions were never mentioned, Stephen Harper, in 2012, shocked the world when he announced at the World Economic Forum—
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- Apr/26/23 3:18:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is right. Stephen Harper shocked the world at the World Economic Forum, saying that major transformations were coming to seniors pensions. This meant raising the age of retirement from 65 to 67 and forcing vulnerable Canadians to work longer before having access to their hard-earned pensions.
Can the Prime Minister please update the House on what our government has done to fix that reckless mistake?
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- Apr/26/23 3:18:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Mississauga—Lakeshore for his tireless advocacy and his hard work.
Indeed, one of the very first things we did when we took office was cancel the Harper Conservatives' plan for seniors and bring the age of retirement back down to 65. Instead of cutting OAS and GIS payments as they did, we raised them, and that led to us having the lowest poverty rates among seniors in the world. Now, we are trying to get the new grocery rebate legislation through the Senate to make life more affordable for seniors. We hope the partisanship of today's Conservative Party in the Senate will not be an obstacle to helping Canadians retire with financial security.
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