44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2023 02:00PM
- Oct/18/23 3:34:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians would love for reports to come from the RCMP, but the Prime Minister is hiding behind cabinet confidences and the NDP-Liberal coalition to keep Canadians in the dark about wrongdoing. That is why they were not able to launch that criminal investigation into the government. If members can believe this, there is a $1-billion so-called green slush fund that, through misappropriation and conflicts of interest, the government has had to suspend because $150 million in taxpayers' money has been mismanaged.
Now, whistle-blowers are looking for employment and reprisal protection, but we know that the government will do what it always does and throw a whistle-blower under the bus, just like it did with Jody Wilson-Raybould when she called out corrupt Liberals. Will they protect these whistle-blowers?
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- Oct/18/23 3:35:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians watching at home should remember what the facts are in the House. The moment that we heard about allegations of misconduct, we immediately commissioned a third-party independent expert to investigate these allegations, who reported back to me. We have suspended, in good governance, the funds that would be disbursed to protect the interests of Canadians.
I can assure the member that we will take all measures required to make sure that proper governance is applied in all agencies of the Government of Canada.
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- Oct/18/23 3:36:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court has declared the Liberals' no more pipelines act as unconstitutional. Ignoring concerns from Canadians, the Prime Minister and his minister for carbon taxes seem hell-bent on destroying our natural resource sector. After eight years of the Prime Minister's anti-resource agenda, Canadians are suffering. Common sense Conservatives would advocate for our natural resource sector. The Prime Minister is just not worth the cost.
When will the NDP-Liberal government do the right thing and repeal this disastrous bill?
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- Oct/18/23 3:36:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think Canadians understand that, when the Conservative Party was in power, it gutted the environmental legislation that existed in this country in 2012. It undermined the confidence that Canadians had that the environment was going to be protected and that the rights of indigenous peoples would be respected, such that good projects could go ahead.
We have put into place a system of better rules to ensure environmental sustainability and respect for indigenous rights, which will accelerate the work we are doing to ensure that good projects move ahead.
With respect to the Supreme Court decision, there are some surgical tweaks that we will make to ensure that we move forward.
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- Oct/18/23 3:37:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Jews in Canada represent just 1% of the population, and as Irwin Cotler reminds us, they are victims of 67% of reported hate crimes in Canada. Anti-Semitism is on the rise and Islamophobia is too.
I met with Jewish students yesterday who are afraid to be outed as Jews in their own community for fear of their safety. I have spoken with Muslims who are afraid to be outed as Muslims in their own communities for fear of their safety.
Can the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion let us know what role the government is playing in addressing the real anxieties of Jews and Muslims in Canada right now?
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- Oct/18/23 3:38:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I first want to acknowledge just how difficult the past few days and weeks have been for both the Jewish and Muslim communities. I want them to know that all of us here stand with them and in solidarity with those communities.
On Monday, we announced the appointment of Ms. Deborah Lyons as Canada's special envoy on preserving holocaust remembrance and combatting anti-Semitism. As she stated, she will work closely with her counterpart, the special representative on combatting Islamophobia, to support both communities during this difficult time when feelings of anxiety, tension and fear are on the rise.
Diversity is at the core of who we are as Canadians. We all need to be united in standing up against hate and intolerance whenever and wherever.
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- Oct/18/23 3:39:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those who join the Canadian Forces do so because they believe in service to their country. Now, members are leaving their jobs because they cannot keep up with rising house costs. Those who keep us safe cannot afford a home, and the Liberals' and Conservatives' solution is to leave housing to condo developers, who keep costs so high.
The people who serve us deserve better. What is this government going to do to ensure that members of the Canadian Armed Forces do not become homeless?
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- Oct/18/23 3:40:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for raising this. As an advocate, she has brought forward a lot of issues in the House.
However, let me be very clear. Military members and their families are our top priority, and we are taking steps to ensure that they are supported. This is why we are working with our stakeholders to align resources and acquire additional housing. In budget 2022-23 alone, we have invested $55 million in residential housing for CAF members.
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- Oct/18/23 3:41:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the incredible irony here is that the portions of the impact assessment law that the Supreme Court found were in excess of federal jurisdiction were the sections created by Stephen Harper in wrecking our previous, predictable, strong environmental assessment legislation and the so-called designated project list, which was a very bad idea. The expert environmental law panel created under former minister McKenna, and then ignored by the government in bringing forward Bill C-69, has the answers the government needs.
Will this minister commit to reviewing those recommendations and putting them in place?
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- Oct/18/23 3:41:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think we can agree that the Conservative Party destroyed environmental legislation in this country and undermined the integrity of those processes such that it was incumbent upon the new government to bring into place better rules that would allow major projects to be built in this country. These would be projects that respect environmental rights and the rights of indigenous peoples. We have delivered on that.
We certainly respect the decision of the court, and we will be making amendments to the act. However, the Supreme Court was clear, and I will be very clear about this, that the Parliament of Canada enacted legislation to protect the environment, and we certainly will continue to do that.
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- Oct/18/23 3:42:18 p.m.
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I wish to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of Her Excellency Lindita Nikolla, Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania, accompanied by a parliamentary delegation.
Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
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- Oct/18/23 3:43:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.
If you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move that the House concur in the following: “The Speaker, to use the old hockey analogy, is nothing more than a referee. If there is one thing I know, it is that nobody pays good money to go see the referee. They go to see the stars: you, the players on the ice.”
This was said by you, Mr. Speaker, upon taking the chair—
Some hon. members: No.
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- Oct/18/23 3:43:26 p.m.
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It being 3:44 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of the member for Carleton relating to the business of supply.
Call in the members.
And the bells having rung:
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- Oct/18/23 3:43:26 p.m.
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I am afraid there is no unanimous consent for the motion from the member.
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- Oct/18/23 4:00:05 p.m.
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The question is as follows.
Shall I dispense?
Some hon. members: No.
[Chair read text of motion to House]
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- Oct/18/23 4:14:23 p.m.
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I declare the motion lost.
I would like to draw the attention of the House today to the fact that this was the first vote call by our table officer Jubilee Jackson. We congratulate Jubilee on a job well done.
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The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-319 under Private Members' Business.
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I declare the motion carried.
Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
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The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-314 under Private Members' Business.
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I declare the motion defeated.
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