Access to information bill advances amid Conservative criticism

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1. deflected
   TaxationMr. Andrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer restates tax fairness position without addressing job impacts or scrapping the plan.We think that is very important. Thanks to a very low tax rate for SMEs, we can continue to maintain a high level of investment for our economy.
2. deflected
   TaxationMr. Andrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats incorporation fairness point and ignores calls to cancel tax hikes.We will continue with that lower level of tax, because we know that encourages people to invest in active businesses, to help us to grow our economy, and to create great jobs.
3. partly answered
   TaxationMr. Andrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer addresses listening to Canadians and meetings but avoids why opposition is growing.I was with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce this past weekend to hear what it had to say.
4. misdirected
   TaxationMr. Alain Rayes (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Conservatives' past choices instead of addressing the requested apology.I also know that the Conservatives like having this kind of system, where the wealthy have a lower tax rate.
5. deflected
   TaxationMr. Alain Rayes (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer highlights job growth stats without responding to provincial criticism or respect for job creators.Last year, more than 350,000 new jobs were created in our country.
6. partly answered
   International TradeMs. Tracey Ramsey (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly addresses auto sector concerns and labour provisions raised in the question.When it comes to autos, I held a consultation on Friday afternoon with representatives of the auto sector.
7. partly answered
   International TradeMs. Ruth Ellen Brosseau (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Answer covers auto consultations and labour chapter but does not assure no changes to rules of origin.Regarding the auto sector, I had a very constructive consultation session with auto sector leaders on Friday.
8. deflected
   International TradeMs. Ruth Ellen Brosseau (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer discusses dairy surplus and general defense but evades yes/no promise on supply management loopholes.We are committed to working with our farmers, industry groups, and our American counterparts to continue to promote Canada's agricultural interests.
9. partly answered
   International TradeMs. Tracey Ramsey (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Addresses dairy defense but avoids the specific promise on no further access.When it comes to our dairy farmers, we will defend their interests vigorously at the NAFTA negotiating table.
10. deflected
    TaxationCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). substantive question.Restates tax fairness talking points instead of addressing the chamber vote or ignoring concerns.What we are trying to do is make sure our system works.
11. deflected
    TaxationCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Repeats incorporation talking points and ignores the specific question on Morneau Shepell impact.we are trying to get at how the system works, and the way the system works is it encourages wealthy people to incorporate to pay a lower rate of tax than middle-class Canadians.
12. deflected
    TaxationMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Avoids the Morneau Shepell comparison and pivots to general small business tax rate defense.our current system encourages the wealthiest Canadians to incorporate so they can get a lower tax rate than middle-class Canadians.
13. misdirected
    TaxationMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Ms. Pam Goldsmith-Jones (Liberal). loaded question.Ignores the question entirely and shifts to unrelated e-commerce promotion.e-commerce offers Canada's micro, small, and medium-sized businesses unparalleled opportunities to expand their markets overseas.
14. deflected
    TaxationTony Clement (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Repeats system fairness points and sidesteps the Morneau Shepell exemption claim.The system right now encourages people to incorporate so they pay a lower rate of tax than middle-class Canadians.
15. partly answered
    TaxationMr. Dan Albas (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). substantive question.Acknowledges listening at the meeting but does not commit to town halls or explain the tax changes.what I really did there was listen.
16. answered
    Parks CanadaMr. Wayne Stetski (NDP) asked Catherine McKenna (Liberal). substantive question.Directly clarifies no decisions made and frames the study as exploratory only.To be clear, it is an initial exploratory study to inform future discussions.
17. partly answered
    Parks CanadaMr. Matthew Dubé (NDP) asked Catherine McKenna (Liberal). loaded question.Addresses the study but sidesteps the privatization accusation.No decision has been made, but we need to have a closer look at this matter, for it is important.
18. deflected
    TaxationMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). loaded question.Restates consultation talking points without addressing the mandate letter contradiction.we want to create a fair tax system, and that is why we are consulting Canadians.
19. partly answered
    TaxationMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). loaded question.Addresses farm transfers but ignores the call to extend consultations.We want their views on how to better accommodate family transfers.
20. deflected
    TaxationMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). loaded question.Repeats general support for farmers without committing to extend consultations.I have and will continue to consult with farmers on every issue that affects the farmer.
21. deflected
    TaxationMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). loaded question.Shifts to defending the tax system rather than addressing the minister's silence or extending consultations.What we also know is that farmers are very important to our economy.
22. answered
    Foreign AffairsMs. Hélène Laverdière (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Directly states Canada's position on the Catalonia matter as an internal Spanish issue.This is an internal Spanish matter.
23. deflected
    HousingMs. Rachel Blaney (NDP) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). loaded question.Praises government housing efforts but avoids the right-to-housing legal question.We are investing, for the first time in 50 years, significant resources in building our housing system
24. deflected
    International TradeMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Lists negotiation objectives without addressing the competence criticism.Our main objectives for the negotiations are clear: protecting NAFTA as job creator and economic driver
25. answered
    International TradeMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the question by confirming defense of supply management and national interests.We are working extremely hard with our professional negotiators to vigorously defend Canada's national interest, including supply management and the interests of agricultural producers like my father.
26. deflected
    International TradeErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer avoids the question by congratulating the asker on a nomination instead of addressing priorities or jobs.let me start by congratulating the member for Durham on his nomination as official opposition critic for foreign affairs.
27. answered
    International TradeCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the auto sector concerns by stating they are fighting for those interests.at the NAFTA negotiating table we are fighting very hard, we are fighting energetically, and we are fighting, having done our homework, for the interests of all Canadian workers, very much including workers in the auto sector.
28. answered
    International TradeErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the concerns about multiple sectors by affirming they are fighting for auto, resources, and energy.let me assure the member opposite that we are fighting very hard at the NAFTA negotiating table for the interests of all Canadian workers.
29. answered
    Automotive IndustryMs. Cheryl Hardcastle (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly reassures about the automotive sector by explaining its importance and Canadian content levels.I am very pleased to have this opportunity to reassure the people of Windsor and in fact all Canadians that we absolutely understand the importance of manufacturing and the automotive sector to our economy.
30. partly answered
    The EnvironmentMs. Linda Duncan (NDP) asked Catherine McKenna (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses environmental commitments but does not explain the lack of transparency or specific measures sought.We believe that we are going to have the strongest environmental protections.
31. deflected
    Indigenous AffairsMr. John Brassard (Conservative) asked Carolyn Bennett (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids the specific contract criticism by restating general commitments to child welfare reform.our government is committed to completely overhauling child and family services in full partnership with first nations communities.
32. deflected
    Indigenous AffairsMr. Alexander Nuttall (Conservative) asked Carolyn Bennett (Liberal). loaded question.The answer sidesteps the payout criticism by focusing on systemic transformation needs instead.we acknowledge the disproportionate number of indigenous children in the child welfare system.
33. partly answered
    JusticeRob Nicholson (Conservative) asked Jody Wilson-Raybould (Liberal). loaded question.The answer highlights appointments made but does not explain delays or vacancies specifically raised.To date, I have been pleased to appoint 109 Superior Court justices across the country, including 22 deputy judges in the territories.
34. partly answered
    Foreign AffairsMr. Garnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer describes actions taken on Rohingya but does not address the Office of Human Rights specifically.The Prime Minister has spoken directly with Aung San Suu Kyi about this.
35. deflected
    HousingMr. Robert Aubin (NDP) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer praises past measures and listening but avoids any timeline or plan for a scientific standard.We are pleased that things have improved since then, and we continue to listen, so that our government can continue to make Canadian families and their housing conditions a priority.
36. answered
    JusticePeter Kent (Conservative) asked Ralph Goodale (Liberal). loaded question.The answer directly explains the settlement was court-supervised and based on Supreme Court rulings with no chance of winning.There was no chance of winning the civil lawsuit.
37. answered
    International TradeMr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). substantive question.The answer explicitly commits to protecting supply management without changes.I can assure my hon. colleague that this government has and will continue to support supply management.
38. answered
    Foreign AffairsMr. Luc Thériault (Bloc) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer states the issue is under Spanish domestic affairs and hopes for resolution per constitutional framework.The issue of Catalonia falls squarely under Spanish domestic affairs.
39. partly answered
    TaxationMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Bill Morneau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the concern and mentions grandfathering but does not commit to phasing in or specific professions.We are making sure that, as move forward, we grandfather existing amounts, which is important.