44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 10, 2024 02:00PM
- Apr/10/24 2:55:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, this Prime Minister is not worth the cost.
Now, thanks to $500 billion in debt and out-of-control government spending, here is the daily reality facing Canadians. The cost of rent has doubled, one child in four in Canada does not have enough to eat, and two million Canadians are turning to food banks. That is the Liberal record after eight years of this Prime Minister's management.
Because the Prime Minister keeps meddling in provincial jurisdictions, the lives of Quebeckers have become worse, and so have the lives of Canadians.
Will the Prime Minister stop interfering in provincial jurisdictions and stop ruining the lives of Canadians?
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- Apr/10/24 2:56:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is quite right to talk about the cost of living and the high cost of living for middle-class and lower-income families.
What is surprising, however, is that the Conservatives oppose the Canada child benefit, which reduces child poverty by 50% every month. They oppose dental care for children, and now for seniors. They are against investing in child care, which, in Quebec, has proven so important for gender equality and poverty reduction.
Now they seem to oppose investments in housing, despite the fact that their Conservative leader was the minister a few years ago—although he was not very good at housing then, either.
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- Apr/10/24 2:56:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to tell the minister that we voted in favour of most of the things he mentioned.
However, what makes us and Canadians angry is that this government is not effective when it comes to looking after its own affairs. Whether we are talking about passports, the military, the border, immigration, the cost of living or controlling expenses, to name only a few, this government has failed to take action.
What is the government doing now? It is encroaching on provincial jurisdiction. That is none of its business. When it comes to its own affairs, it is not up to the task.
When will a minister in this government stand up and finally take full responsibility for federal jurisdiction rather than encroaching on provincial jurisdiction?
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- Apr/10/24 2:57:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague that in his own riding, some 12,000 families receive the Canada child benefit on the 20th of each month, which is one week from now. That is about $500 a month tax free per family. This reduces child poverty in his riding by 50%.
Unfortunately, one of the first things the Conservatives did in 2016 was vote against the Canada child benefit, which helps thousands and thousands of families and children in his own riding.
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- Apr/10/24 2:58:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, this Prime Minister is just not worth the cost of his incompetence.
His inflationary policies have increased the cost of everything: rents have doubled, inflation is at a 40-year high, violent crime is making our streets more and more unsafe, and Quebeckers are getting less and less for their money.
After breaking just about everything in Ottawa, the Prime Minister has spent the last two weeks announcing that he now wants to impose his incompetence on Quebec's jurisdiction.
Can the Prime Minister mind his own business?
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- Apr/10/24 2:58:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we are hearing is the party of inaction. According to the Conservatives, doing nothing is the answer.
Well, no, the people watching us at home know we need to invest in housing, we need to invest in day care, we need to invest in workers.
If my colleague from Quebec wants to talk about success, let us look at the biggest private investment in Quebec's history. We attracted Northvolt to make the biggest investment here.
From our side of the House, we believe that by investing, we ensure prosperity not only today, but for generations to come.
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- Apr/10/24 2:59:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the minister often says, after eight years, those watching at home know very well that the Prime Minister is the only one responsible for the incompetence he has shown in his area of jurisdiction.
It is no wonder that Quebec does not want him underfoot. The Prime Minister wanted to interfere in housing and the price of rent doubled in Quebec. He wanted to interfere in the lives of middle-class people, and he shattered young families' dreams of home ownership and middle-class workers now have to rely on food banks. When the Prime Minister interferes, Quebeckers pay a heavy price.
Will the Prime Minister listen to common sense and put aside his plans to meddle even further in areas where he has clearly shown that he has no expertise?
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- Apr/10/24 3:00:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to expertise.
One thing is clear. Every time we have been there for Canadians, the Conservatives have voted against our measures. They are against investments in child care, housing and seniors. If we were to listen to the Conservatives, we would be saying no to pretty much everything.
No, in today's world, confident countries invest. We are investing in health, education and housing. Confident countries invest in their people. That is exactly what we are doing.
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- Apr/10/24 3:00:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there are plenty of concrete measures we can take to address the housing crisis. In fact, I proposed 12 of them just this morning. I am willing to discuss them with the Liberals at any time, because the only measures they have proposed so far include imposing ill-conceived conditions on the provinces. If they do not meet those conditions, Ottawa will cut off funding.
The Prime Minister is basically telling any province that refuses to be blackmailed that if they want the government to respect their jurisdictions, they will have to make do without federal money. However, it is our money.
There are no concrete measures, only threats to the provinces and municipalities. Is that the Liberal plan? It sounds like a Conservative plan.
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- Apr/10/24 3:01:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am delighted by my colleague's question because I have taken a close look at the infamous report he spoke about and worked on himself.
Several stakeholders are mentioned in his report. These stakeholders, including FRAPRU, spoke positively about housing rights and hailed the fact that we want to build more housing.
We are not here to write reports. We are here to build housing.
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- Apr/10/24 3:02:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the conditions set by Ottawa are not speeding up housing construction. They are slowing it down. Instead of getting the money out now, so that Quebec can get to work, the Liberals are picking a fight that will last until 2025.
The money they are holding back is meant for infrastructure, like water systems. However, that is only the first step, unless the Liberals want homes without drinking water built on vacant land. Imagine, we are no further ahead than installing running water. We have not even started talking about constructing buildings and already the federal government is slowing everyone down.
Why not just transfer the money now so that we can tackle the housing crisis now?
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- Apr/10/24 3:02:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, to me, the dark blue or light blue rhetoric is all the same.
Honestly, a person cannot claim to want to help others and then turn around and vote against all the measures that we announced this week. Incidentally, the measure that my colleague just mentioned was part of last week's announcements.
We announced a fund specifically to support housing infrastructure. We announced a fund to protect renters' rights. We announced a fund to ensure the creation of an industrial catalogue to speed up construction.
On this side of the House, we do not write reports; we build houses.
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- Apr/10/24 3:03:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of Canada under the Liberals, one in four children is going hungry, housing costs have doubled, people are sleeping in tents, and food bank usage has become the norm.
The Prime Minister has failed in his own responsibilities, and we know that his inflationary spending is creating chaos. He has the nerve to lecture the provinces and impose his incompetence on them.
Will the Prime Minister listen to the Premier of Quebec, who is urging him to withdraw from our areas of jurisdiction and mind his own business?
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- Apr/10/24 3:04:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are pleased to do so with the co‑operation of Quebec municipalities, including the City of Lévis, and the Government of Quebec. There will be 8,000 affordable housing units in the coming months. This is the largest number of affordable housing units built by Quebeckers in one go in the history of the province of Quebec. That is because we are working in partnership with the Government of Quebec.
We talk about competence, but I think we have forgotten the person who is perhaps the least competent of the gang: the Conservative leader. He built six affordable housing units during his tenure as housing minister.
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- Apr/10/24 3:04:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, at the public inquiry, it was confirmed that CSIS briefed top Liberal officials that Beijing had interfered in the nomination on behalf of the member for Don Valley North. Today, The Globe and Mail was reporting that a top Liberal broke the law by leaking classified information that resulted in the member for Don Valley North being tipped off that he was being monitored by CSIS.
Who broke the law? What is the name of that top Liberal?
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- Apr/10/24 3:05:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in regard to the fact that, unfortunately, foreign interference is a problem that some foreign state actors have taken to try to undermine our democracy, it is not new. That is precisely why we have taken this matter so seriously. It is precisely why we have initiated a number of steps to strengthen our democracy. We have all agreed to the inquiry, and we want to allow that work to continue so Canadians have a full picture of the issues around foreign interference.
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- Apr/10/24 3:06:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that non-answer is completely unacceptable. Enough of the cover-up. Only a handful of Liberal officials were briefed by CSIS. We now know a top Liberal broke the law, undermined the work of CSIS and put the partisan interests of the Liberal Party ahead of national security.
When did the Prime Minister first learn of this criminal leak, and did he refer it to the RCMP?
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- Apr/10/24 3:06:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all parties in the House agreed to the terms of reference for Justice Hogue's inquiry. It is important for Canadians and all members of the House that foreign interference not be partisan. It is important we allow Justice Hogue to continue in this work, so Canadians can have a full picture surrounding any attempts at foreign interference in this country. An interim report will be delivered in May, and I look forward to the recommendations on how we can strengthen our democracy.
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- Apr/10/24 3:07:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government signed bilateral agreements with all 13 provinces and territories this past March. A few weeks ago, in my riding, three agreements were announced with the territorial governments, to invest a total amount of nearly $86 million to improve health care access and services for the Yukon.
Can you elaborate on what this health investment means for those living in the Yukon and for all Canadians? This is for the Minister of Health.
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- Apr/10/24 3:07:46 p.m.
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I am certain the hon. member for Yukon was not asking the Speaker to elaborate but indeed the Minister of Health to elaborate.
The hon. Minister of Health has the floor.
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