Government moves time allocation on citizenship bill changes

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1. deflected
   International DevelopmentThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.Answer praises general leadership on maternal health without addressing the specific refusal to fund abortion services.We have got many other countries off the bench and into the game, providing a substantial amount of funding to support these mothers and support their young babies.
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   International DevelopmentThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Deepak Obhrai (Conservative). loaded question.Answer highlights Muskoka initiative outcomes but ignores the question on refusing to fund the UN population fund.the Prime Minister , under the Muskoka initiative on maternal, newborn, and child health, will save the lives of 1.3 million children and newborns, as well as more than 60,000 young mothers
3. answered
   EmploymentThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.Answer directly explains the program's rules requiring Canadian priority and advertising at average wages.Employers are required to offer any jobs that are available to Canadians first, and they must advertise those jobs at the average wage in Canada.
4. partly answered
   EmploymentThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.Answer addresses wage data for most temporary workers but opens with sarcastic jab instead of fully tackling market interference claim.I am delighted to see that the Leader of the Opposition has been converted to free-market theory.
5. misdirected
   PrivacyThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). loaded question.Answer calls the claim untrue then pivots to defending the bill's child protection purpose and attacking the premise.what the Leader of the Opposition has just said is not true.
6. answered
   EmploymentJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.Answer explains the blacklist mechanism and current actions like investigations and moratorium.as soon as an employer ends up on the list, it no longer has access to the temporary foreign worker program.
7. partly answered
   EmploymentJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.Answer asserts employers are on the list and actions taken but ends by attacking Liberals rather than naming any.There are employers on the list.
8. misdirected
   EmploymentJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.Answer repeats that employers are on the list but shifts to attacking Liberal record on exotic dancers instead of naming one.They brought exotic dancers to this country in the hundreds and thousands, without any scrutiny of what happened to them.
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   EthicsMs. Ève Péclet (NDP) asked Mr. Paul Calandra (Conservative). loaded question.Answer ignores aircraft use entirely and attacks NDP instead.I contrast that to the NDP, which still has not accounted for some $3 million worth of taxpayers' money it used to open up illegal offices.
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    EthicsMs. Ève Péclet (NDP) asked Mr. Paul Calandra (Conservative). loaded question.Answer evades manifest disclosure and pivots to NDP offices.The only people we are having trouble finding are the people who supposedly work in the NDP offices.
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    EthicsMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Mr. Paul Calandra (Conservative). loaded question.Answer dodges manifest question and accuses NDP of wasting funds.At the same time, New Democrats have to account for the fact that they wasted millions of taxpayers' dollars on potentially illegal offices across this country.
12. misdirected
    EthicsMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Mr. Paul Calandra (Conservative). loaded question.Answer ignores Carson hiring query and attacks entire NDP caucus.It is not just one person implicated in the NDP; it is the entire caucus, who actually participated in the scheme to rip off Canadian taxpayers.
13. deflected
    EthicsMr. Mathieu Ravignat (NDP) asked Mr. Paul Calandra (Conservative). loaded question.Answer claims issue is only provincial and attacks opposition leader's past silence.If the Leader of the Opposition, 20 years ago, had had the courage to come forward with the fact that he was offered a bribe and had not actually hidden it for 17 years, I can only imagine the corruption we could have put a stop to if he had just had the courage, 20 years ago, to come forward, instead of hiding it for 17 years.
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    EthicsMr. Mathieu Ravignat (NDP) asked Mr. Paul Calandra (Conservative). substantive question.Answer states problems are provincial and cites Federal Accountability Act without addressing SNC-Lavalin contracts.As you know, Mr. Speaker, one of the first acts this government brought forward when it was elected was the Federal Accountability Act, which removed the influence of big money and big unions from federal contracting.
15. partly answered
    JusticeMs. Françoise Boivin (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). loaded question.Answer addresses eligibility disagreement but not politicization or Chief Justice attack.Of course, we also know that constitutional expert Peter Hogg disagreed.
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    JusticeMs. Françoise Boivin (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). loaded question.Answer avoids Nadon appointment process and refuses comment on former justices.We will not comment on rumours, speculation or comments made by former Supreme Court justices.
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    JusticeMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). loaded question.The answer denies the premise of conflict and affirms respect without addressing why the PM would pick a fight.Mr. Speaker, that is patently false. We have nothing but the utmost respect for the Supreme Court as well as all of the institutions of the country.
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    Citizenship and ImmigrationMr. Marc Garneau (Liberal) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.The response claims the bill strengthens citizenship but ignores the specific concern about foreign courts and the Tamil community.Our citizenship and immigration bill will strengthen the value of Canadian citizenship by tightening requirements.
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    Citizenship and ImmigrationHedy Fry (Liberal) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.The answer criticizes the asker for raising individual cases and pivots to general human rights instead of addressing the visa request.It is astonishing, Mr. Speaker, that former ministers would stand in this place and ask the Minister of Immigration to give a decision in this place about individual immigration cases.
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    Citizenship and ImmigrationCarolyn Bennett (Liberal) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.The response attacks the previous Liberal government and shifts to refugee claimants rather than explaining the nominee program limits for Ontario.What shows disrespect to the taxpayers of Ontario is spending Ontario taxpayers' hard-earned dollars on failed and bogus refugee claimants.
21. partly answered
    National DefenceMr. Jack Harris (NDP) asked Rob Nicholson (Conservative). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the seriousness and notes an ongoing study but does not address the call for an independent judicial inquiry or late reports.The Chief of the Defence Staff is going to be conducting a study of this, an investigation into this.
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    National DefenceMs. Christine Moore (NDP) asked Rob Nicholson (Conservative). substantive question.The answer promises to table reports but attacks the NDP for lack of support instead of committing to appear or appoint an inquiry.We never got support from the NDP. If the member and her party have changed their minds, let them stand up and start supporting our efforts to protect the innocent.
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    The EnvironmentMs. Megan Leslie (NDP) asked Leona Aglukkaq (Conservative). substantive question.The response lists unrelated environmental investments and avoids addressing the muzzling of meteorologists or climate change qualifications.We have also recently launched a national conservation plan that promotes our government's strong legacy of conservation work and includes new investments to secure ecologically sensitive lands, and conserve marine and coastal areas.
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    The EnvironmentMs. Megan Leslie (NDP) asked Leona Aglukkaq (Conservative). substantive question.The answer accuses the opposition of playing politics and avoids confirming whether climate change is real or ending the muzzling of scientists.On the other hand, the opposition will continue to play politics with this issue.
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    Government AppointmentsMr. Yvon Godin (NDP) asked Rob Moore (Conservative). substantive question.The answer ignores the request for the minister to appear before committee and instead attacks the opposition.The question is, when is his party going to take action for its abuse of taxpayers' dollars in running House of Commons offices as partisan units?
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    Government AppointmentsMr. Ryan Cleary (NDP) asked Rob Moore (Conservative). substantive question.The answer repeats the termination fact but evades the hiring process question by attacking the opposition.Why does the hon. member not talk to his own colleagues about accountability in repaying taxpayers' dollars that were misspent in a partisan nature?
27. partly answered
    International TradeMr. Ryan Cleary (NDP) asked Ed Fast (Conservative). substantive question.The answer addresses the trade deal benefits but does not explain the secrecy or specific funding conditions asked.It opens up a fish and seafood market worth $25 billion a year.
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    International TradeMr. Don Davies (NDP) asked Ed Fast (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids giving a timeline and instead attacks the NDP's record on trade deals.It is pretty rich for the NDP members to get up in the House to talk about trade when they have never once stood in the House to support any of the trade deals Canada has signed.
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    Government AccountabilityWayne Easter (Liberal) asked Rob Moore (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's personal expenses rather than addressing ministerial accountability.This is the same member who was asked to repay expenses on the house he claimed was his own which was not his own.
30. misdirected
    National DefenceJudy Sgro (Liberal) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer defends the government's record but attacks the Liberals instead of addressing current RCMP and defence issues.We need no lessons from the Liberal Party.
31. deflected
    InfrastructureMr. Dennis Bevington (NDP) asked Denis Lebel (Conservative). loaded question.The answer denies the premise but does not explain the policy change on green infrastructure funding.The example the member gave is totally wrong.
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    InfrastructureMs. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (NDP) asked Denis Lebel (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the NDP's voting record instead of addressing the eligibility criteria change.this party should not mislead people.
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    Agriculture and Agri-FoodMark Eyking (Liberal) asked Gerry Ritz (Conservative). substantive question.The answer highlights the government's record and past Liberal inaction instead of addressing the border rule changes.We continue to work with them on people who cheat at the border, cheese compositional standards, pizza kits, milk protein concentrates, and of course now we are working on spent fowl, issues that the Liberals never attacked when they were in government.
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    HousingMr. Craig Scott (NDP) asked Candice Bergen (Conservative). substantive question.The answer criticizes NDP voting record and promotes existing funding instead of addressing adoption of a national housing program.Every time we provide that support, New Democrats vote against it, so no, we are not interested in their strategy.
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    Citizenship and ImmigrationMr. Pierre Dionne Labelle (NDP) asked Chris Alexander (Conservative). substantive question.The answer responds about an unrelated individual from El Salvador rather than the Zamudio family from Mexico.if I understood the question correctly, we are talking about Mr. Figueroa, who admitted to being a member of the Front Farabundo Martí de libération nationale.
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    International TradeMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Ed Fast (Conservative). substantive question.The answer refuses to address hearings due to court matters and promotes the treaty without engaging the Tiananmen reference or lock-in concerns.the member should know that we do not comment on matters that are before the courts.
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    Points of OrderMr. Pierre Dionne Labelle (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer shifts to defending aircraft use instead of addressing the misidentification of the family in the prior response.There were several allegations levelled against me about the use of government aircraft.