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House Hansard - 292

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 20, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 292 - Mar/20/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:07:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government, in which that leader was a minister, cut hundreds, if not thousands, of positions in law enforcement across the country, including those of CBSA officers and those back office experts who actually analyze the bills of lading and the origins to designate and find out where these auto thefts are happening and which containers have stolen vehicles in them. We are investing in them. We are giving more money, so they can do their work. The common sense that the Leader of the Opposition is putting forward is nonsense. We know that they are all about cuts, not investments in keeping Canadians safe.
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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/20/24 3:08:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, why do we not just look at the CBSA's own numbers on this. In the first year of the Conservative government, there were a total of 12,673 CBSA officers. In the last year, there were 14,113. I know that the Prime Minister is not great with numbers, but 14,000 is bigger than 12,000. By the way, if he wants to analyze whether stolen cars are in shipping containers, why does he not accept my plan to scan those shipping containers? Would that not be common sense?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:08:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will let the Leader of the Opposition's high-priced corporate lobbyist friends, who give him so much money at fancy cash-for-access private events, explain to him the impact on supply chains and shipping in Canada to try to scan 600,000 containers a day. The fact is, we are doing everything necessary to invest in countering organized crime, to track those containers and to do the work. He is not paying attention to the things that actually grow the country, even though he is listening to high-priced lobbyists.
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Mr. George Chahal (Calgary Skyview, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:09:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Calgary and my home province of Alberta are home to tens of thousands of proud Ukrainian Canadians. Since Russia's illegal war on Ukraine, Canada's commitment towards Ukraine has never been stronger. That is why our government introduced a modernized Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, which President Zelenskyy asked for, to be there to help Ukraine rebuild after it defeats Russia. Shamefully, the Conservative Party did not want to accept Ukraine's reasonable request for assistance. Can the Prime Minister update the House on this crucial trade agreement?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:10:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after the Conservative leader turned his back on Ukrainians and forced his own caucus to do the same— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Speaker
  • Mar/20/24 3:10:22 p.m.
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Colleagues, I ask for order, please. I will ask the Prime Minister to start from the top.
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
  • Mar/20/24 3:10:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after the Conservative leader turned his back on Ukrainians and forced his own caucus to do the same, he whipped his senators last night to vote against the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement that Ukraine asked for. Our Liberal caucus, including the member for Calgary Skyview, never backed down. Despite the Conservative Party's efforts to derail Ukraine's hopes to rebuilding after it wins the war, the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement received royal assent last night. While Conservative politicians sell out to the Kremlin, we will stand with Ukraine.
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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/20/24 3:11:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the $60-million arrive scam is just the tip of the iceberg. We have now learned that there is $5 million in additional fraud that has been identified by the department of public procurement, and this is out of the $21 billion the Prime Minister is now spending on outside consultants, which is a 100% increase, done fully with the support of the NDP. Can the Prime Minister tell us how much of this $21 billion is fraud?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:11:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the situation is obviously unacceptable, which is why authorities are looking into the procurement process. Anyone who took advantage of our COVID response to save Canadians' lives should face consequences. All federal contracts with these companies have been suspended as the investigation continues. However, everyone in the House noticed how quickly the Leader of the Opposition pivoted from the question on Ukraine. The reality is, his members are ashamed of him for forcing them to vote against Ukrainian Canadians, to vote against Ukraine, and to vote against support the Ukrainian president was asking for.
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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/20/24 3:13:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has demonstrated once again that he is a fake and a phony because— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Speaker
  • Mar/20/24 3:13:25 p.m.
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The hon. Leader of the Opposition is a very experienced member of Parliament. I know that he would understand that that kind of a statement directed at an individual would not be considered parliamentary. I will ask the hon. member to continue with his question.
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Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Mar/20/24 3:13:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a fake and a phony on this issue, just like on everything else. He says— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Speaker
  • Mar/20/24 3:13:55 p.m.
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The hon. member is a very experienced member and knows that, when the Speaker has chastised him a little for the use of language, it is not considered parliamentary. I ask him to withdraw those comments and rephrase the question without using those words.
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Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Mar/20/24 3:14:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is a Prime Minister who authorized the export of gas turbines to pump gas from Putin's economy into Europe to fund the war. He is someone who signed on to allow Russian detonators to blow up Ukrainians on the battlefield, and he is pro Russia's energy policy to fund the Russian economy. We will take no lessons— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:15:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is pretty weak sauce from the Leader of the Opposition. The reality is that President Zelenskyy— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Speaker
  • Mar/20/24 3:15:45 p.m.
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I see that the opposition House leader is asking members to be calm. I will ask all House leaders to please ask all of your members, on all sides, to be calm. The right hon. Prime Minister may continue.
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
  • Mar/20/24 3:16:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is flailing in every way he can to try to divert attention away from the fact that his members voted against a request made by President Zelenskyy himself to support a Canada-Ukraine free trade deal. The reality is that constituents across the country feel betrayed by the Conservative Party voting against Ukraine.
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Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/20/24 3:16:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Ukrainians asked for us to give missiles. The Conservatives support Ukraine, not giving turbines and detonators to Russia, which is what he has done. The Prime Minister has failed Ukrainians abroad, and he has failed Canadians at home. Canadians are good and decent people. They do not have to live this way. They do not have to give up the things they used to take for granted, such as affordable food and homes, all for the incompetence and ego of one man. He is not worth the cost or the corruption. Will he call a carbon tax election so Canadians can decide?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:17:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, members can notice how desperate the Leader of the Opposition is to try to find any excuse he can to justify their voting against Ukraine. Suddenly, he is not talking about the price on pollution that Ukraine put in itself years ago. He is not using that as an excuse, even though that was all we heard as a justification for why they voted against Ukraine, voted against Ukrainian Canadians and voted against the reconstruction of Ukraine, which we are committed to through a free trade agreement. He stood in the House and voted against Ukraine, and he is now trying to do anything he can to hide from it. He let down Ukraine, and that showed who he is.
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Hon. Mona Fortier (Ottawa—Vanier, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/24 3:18:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, climate change is a reality that impacts my constituents in Ottawa—Vanier. They have asked the government to reduce emissions while putting more money back in their pockets. That is why, every year, they receive $1,120 from the Canada carbon rebate. While Conservative politicians fail to recognize that climate change is real and that there is an even greater cost of inaction, can the Prime Minister inform Canadians—
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