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Tony Baldinelli

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Conservative

Niagara Falls
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 69%
Expenses Last Quarter: $102,468.80

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Nov/1/23 7:53:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, why is it that the members of the government believe that there is still some value in retaining the ArriveCAN app?

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Context: House Hansard - 244 - Nov/1/23

Mr. Tony Baldinelli

Nov/1/23 7:37:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I enjoy working with my hon. colleague on the international trade committee as well. If we go back to the study we undertook, we were the first committee to undertake a study on this. The first recommendation asked, “That the Government of Canada ensure the safety and security of Canadians by continuing with its ongoing efforts designed to modernize Canada’s borders, including through the use of appropriate digital and non-digital tools”. If we are going to do that, we need to ensure that we get it right. ArriveCAN was a disaster. We need to get to the bottom of ArriveCAN before we can proceed forward to improve the borders and the digital tools we need moving forward. Why was it allowed to take place? Why did it cost $54 million when people were saying they could have created it over a weekend for a couple of a hundred thousand dollars?

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Context: House Hansard - 114 - Oct/20/22

Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)

Oct/20/22 3:00:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' continued use of the ArriveCAN app destroyed any chance of recovery this summer for our Canadian tourism sector. Canadians are struggling and deserve so much better, so they can be excused for being upset when the government committed $54 million to the disastrous ArriveCAN app. Canadians simply want to know two things: Who got rich at their expense and when will we scrap this app?

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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22

Mr. Tony Baldinelli

Jun/8/22 10:38:19 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-19

Madam Speaker, one of the things I have been doing in my role, for example, is to bring forward the concerns of those residents in my community of Niagara Falls. They are telling me that they need us to scrap the ArriveCAN app. I have 40,000 people who work in the tourism sector in Niagara alone, and they need to go back to work. One way we could help them is to get rid of the ArriveCAN app. For my grape and wine sector, the government proposed last year to provide $101 million when the excise exemption is repealed on July 1. The government forecast is showing $135 million. What is it going to do—

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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22

Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)

Jun/2/22 3:08:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, budget 2022 allocates $25 million to the continued mandatory use of the ArriveCAN app, yet it failed to extend important tourism recovery programs for businesses that still needed the help. The government has been warned that the ArriveCAN app is impacting travel to Canada. What is more important to the Liberal-NDP government: funding ArriveCAN, which clogs up our borders and deters visits, or scraping this app to help achieve tourism recovery in Niagara and throughout Canada?

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Context: House Hansard - 65 - May/5/22

Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)

May/5/22 2:49:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, recently I received a very concerning email from the general manager of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. He warned that the continued use of the ArriveCAN app would result in much longer processing times and lengthy border wait times as we approach the summer tourism season. Further, these border delays will discourage cross-border travel, and will continue to adversely impact the hard-hit tourism sector in Niagara. When will the federal government help the tourism sector in Niagara and in Canada by ending the use of the ArriveCAN app?

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