44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 5, 2023 11:00AM
- Jun/5/23 12:47:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, you said that you would take it under advisement. If you do, I would like to add something to it, which is that, if you need other examples of comparison for this, you might want to refer to Wayne Easter's Canadian heritage moment when he referred to the then leader of the opposition as a “pigeon”, and the Speaker responded to that at the time. I would be happy to share the video of that if you would like to see it.
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- Jun/5/23 3:41:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to seven petitions. These returns will be tabled in an electronic format.
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- Jun/5/23 5:04:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I listened at length to the interventions today by the member for Calgary Forest Lawn, as well as the Conservative who preceded him.
I could not help but reflect on the fact that both these members ran in the 2021 election on a carbon price, which they are so adamantly opposed to now. They are so opposed that they have introduced 10 opposition motions in this House in the last 18 months to that effect, none of which have gained the support of any colleague in this House outside of Conservative MPs.
Can the member reflect on the fact that he ran in an election where he promised to price pollution, but he is now actually speaking out against it and moving countless motions to that effect?
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- Jun/5/23 5:09:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the members of the House for rejecting that motion to adjourn; this gives me the opportunity to speak to this very important issue. I found it interesting that it was a report from the public accounts committee that was looking to be concurred in, but little was actually said about the report.
Instead, there was just a lot of talk about a price on pollution, something that the Conservatives should realize they have lost the war on. They keep fighting this fight thinking that, somehow, more members in the House are going to change their opinion on the matter. That is just not true.
Canadians should know what is really going on right now, which is that the soldiers of the Leader of the Opposition are doing his dirty work for him. Earlier today, in a news conference, he said that he was going to put up every roadblock possible to ensure that we could not get the budget through.
I have news for Conservatives. We are absolutely going to be here as long as it takes to get the budget passed. We are going to pass the budget; we are not going to bend to their two ridiculous demands in the process. We can keep playing these games all they want. We can sit here into July if they want, but we are going to deliver for Canadians. That is what we have been sent to do.
Canadians should also know about the games the Conservatives played on Friday. There is a great montage and summary of all that, which I have shared on Twitter. This shows the extent to which they used the hybrid provisions that we have in the House, provisions that are there to assist members in participating from outside this chamber, in order to delay absolutely everything.
I hope that Canadians are aware of that. Typically speaking, on any given motion like this, we would have maybe one or two people who would have to raise a point of order after the debate. They would do this if something happened to their phone, where they were not able to utilize it properly or it flagged and said to “please verify”. Do we know—
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- Jun/5/23 5:12:23 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member is not even aware of what we are debating right now. I do not blame him, because the Conservatives are up to so much stuff over there. Just for his information, we are debating a concurrence motion that his colleague put forward from the public accounts committee. That is what we are debating, but I am not surprised that Conservatives are absolutely clueless as to what is going on in this House right now, given the fact that 40 Conservative members, on Friday, raised a point of order after the vote and wasted a total of 23 minutes just in one voting exercise. So—
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- Jun/5/23 5:13:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the relevance is that I am speaking to the motive for placing this concurrence motion before the House right now. That is the relevance of it. Nonetheless, I think it is important that we get back to the business at hand.
Therefore, I move:
That the House do now proceed to Presenting Petitions.
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- Jun/5/23 6:57:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 1400, 1409, 1413, 1416 and 1418.
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- Jun/5/23 6:57:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, furthermore, if the government's responses to Questions Nos. 1399, 1401 to 1408, 1410 to 1412, 1414, 1415, 1417 and 1419 could be made orders for return, these would be tabled immediately.
The Deputy Speaker: Is that agreed?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
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- Jun/5/23 6:57:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, finally, I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.
The Deputy Speaker: Is that agreed?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
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