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Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians

Alex Ruff

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
  • Conservative
  • Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $91,173.06

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 4:57:45 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-41 
Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for Lac‑Saint‑Jean for all that he does to help the people of Afghanistan. He spoke a lot about how long it took the Liberal government to introduce this bill. I would like to give him more time to share his feelings and frustrations and I would like for him to talk about the consequences that he, other members and I have faced when dealing with the Liberal government in trying to help the Afghan people. Unfortunately, some Afghan citizens were killed because of these delays.
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 4:35:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-41 
Madam Speaker, as my hon. colleague knows, I have been a bit torn on this bill due to my own past history and involvement in Afghanistan and due to my hatred of the Taliban. I care deeply about the Afghan women and girls and Afghans in general. I do believe we need to support this bill, but we do need to get it right. Tied to this, though, in the Special Committee on Afghanistan, recommendation 2 talked about the importance of interdepartmental coordination. This is a good example of a bill that is coming from public safety to change the Criminal Code, but it would tie in to foreign aid, international aid and policies within foreign policy. I would like the member to comment on the complexities of this. It would be nice to know how the government is actually going to lead this effort to make sure that, however it gets put through, it is done right.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Alex Ruff
  • Oct/18/22 12:58:08 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, yes, I am concerned. It is absolutely egregious that the government promises one thing and then does not deliver on it. I am a big believer that we should not make promises, or that it is way better to underpromise and overdeliver than vice versa, as we have seen so much over the last seven years of the Liberal government. It is really good at promising but really bad at delivering.
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Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Feb/17/22 3:03:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here is some of the damning testimony this week from retired generals about the Liberal government's failure during the fall of Kabul and the government's continued lack of leadership. One said, “we were the first embassy to depart. That was very embarrassing”. Another said, “When this crisis was unfolding right in front of our eyes, we then urged the government, as we do now, to create an interdepartmental task force with one leader.” I will ask the same question I asked last week. Will the Prime Minister assign one lead minister to solve this ongoing humanitarian aid crisis?
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Context: House Hansard - 28 - Feb/10/22
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Feb/10/22 3:04:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will quote an email to the government sent by the Liberal MP for Thunder Bay—Rainy River at the height of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan: “I hate to tell you, but everyone on the ground considers our government’s management of this amounts, so far, to a total disaster.” Afghanistan committee testimony indicates that nothing has changed: ...at this time it is not coming across that Afghanistan is a priority foreign policy issue for Canada. A Canadian moral stance is missing. Why are the Liberal ministers failing to show leadership and accountability in dealing with this urgent humanitarian aid crisis?
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