Commons debates budget bill as Liberals defend Trans Mountain

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1. deflected
   Natural ResourcesAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). loaded question.The answer addresses the Northern Gateway court ruling but pivots to environmental spending without tackling the nationalization accusation.Northern gateway did not get built, because the Federal Court of Appeal said that his government had not consulted properly with Canadians.
2. deflected
   Natural ResourcesAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights a recent visit but avoids outlining any concrete plan for building the pipeline.in Fort McMurray, just a matter of days ago, he did exactly that when he spent time with energy workers and he spent time with CEOs of major energy companies.
3. deflected
   Natural ResourcesAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's timing and preparation instead of addressing any phase-out timeline.it is too bad that the Leader of the Opposition showed no patience last Sunday.
4. partly answered
   Natural ResourcesMr. Alain Rayes (Conservative) asked Marc Garneau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer asserts the project will be built and claims superior leadership but offers no explanation for the delayed meeting.our Prime Minister has demonstrated more leadership in the past two years than the Harper Conservatives did in 10 long years.
5. deflected
   Natural ResourcesMr. Alain Rayes (Conservative) asked Marc Garneau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer contrasts policy approaches without providing any cost estimate for the project.we are not like the Harper Conservatives.
6. answered
   HealthMr. Guy Caron (NDP) asked Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly explains the advisory council created to study pharmacare options ahead of the report.We recognize it and we have created an advisory council on the implementation of a national pharmacare program with a mandate to study and evaluate and to present to us options that we will be considering.
7. answered
   HealthMr. Guy Caron (NDP) asked Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Liberal). substantive question.The answer explains the advisory council's role in evaluating pharmacare options and thanks the committee.We have created an advisory council on the implementation of a national pharmacare program, with a mandate to study, evaluate, and recommend options for implementing a national pharmacare program.
8. answered
   Indigenous AffairsMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly details added consultations and the monitoring committee created to address section 35 rights.we added four months more of consultation with indigenous communities up and down the line and we established a co-developed monitoring committee with indigenous communities.
9. partly answered
   Indigenous AffairsMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer supplies meeting numbers but sidesteps the ultimatum and exclusion claim.we met with 118 indigenous communities.
10. deflected
    Lisa Raitt (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). rhetorical question.Response pivots to Harper record and oceans plan instead of addressing investment decline or PM remarks.There was not one kilometre built to give us access to global markets.
11. deflected
    Lisa Raitt (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer lists projects but ignores the listed cancellations and PM's phase-out comment.expanded export capacity for the Alberta Clipper project, the Nova Gas pipeline, the Line 3 replacement project, the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline, support for the Keystone XL pipeline, the Arnaud apatite mine, Woodfibre LNG, the Ridley Island propane terminal: these mean tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investment in the Canadian economy.
12. deflected
    Mr. Blaine Calkins (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). loaded question.Response repeats the one-conversation line and avoids the Fort McMurray versus Paris contradiction.the Prime Minister makes the same speech in Nanaimo, in Vancouver, in Fort McMurray, in Calgary, in Edmonton, in Winnipeg, and St. John's, Newfoundland, because he is delivering a message to all Canadians, and that message is that in 2018, environmental stewardship and the economy is one conversation.
13. misdirected
    Mr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer mocks the member's psychoanalysis remark and shifts to job numbers rather than addressing phase-out optimism.I did not know that the member opposite had other powers and could do some kind of psychoanalysis across these 100 metres, but Canadians will understand.
14. deflected
    Mrs. Shannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). rhetorical question.Response questions Conservative confidence in Alberta instead of addressing the phase-out statement or project cancellations.It is also a little hard to understand why it is that the members of the Conservative Party, many of whom are from Alberta, do not have confidence in Alberta's capacity to innovate and the entrepreneurship of Albertans.
15. deflected
    Mrs. Shannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer highlights 15,000 jobs and growth forecast while ignoring the phase-out and job-loss claims.I am sure the member opposite, who comes from Alberta, would know that Alberta has created 15,000 new jobs in 2017.
16. answered
    Public SafetyMr. Matthew Dubé (NDP) asked Ralph Goodale (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly lists new directives, Bill C-59 and the parliamentary committee as measures to prevent recurrence.we have issued new ministerial directives and we have published those ministerial directives for the first time ever.
17. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Murray Rankin (NDP) asked Ralph Goodale (Liberal). substantive question.The answer explicitly refuses to address the case and pivots to unrelated legislation.the hon. gentleman is a distinguished lawyer and knows very well that I cannot comment on the items that are included in his question.
18. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Ahmed Hussen (Liberal). loaded question.The answer discusses general policy without addressing the demand for reimbursement.Canada remains an open and welcoming country for people who need protection.
19. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Ahmed Hussen (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the Conservatives' record instead of responding to the current crisis.who did not take border operations seriously? The Conservative Party.
20. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel (Conservative) asked Ahmed Hussen (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the opposition's voting record rather than explaining how the crisis will end.When the time came to vote for that $173 million, the member opposite joined her party and voted against the measure.
21. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel (Conservative) asked Ahmed Hussen (Liberal). loaded question.The answer lists spending measures without addressing the request to designate the border under the safe third country agreement.We have provided an additional $112 million for the settlement and integration of newcomers in Quebec.
22. partly answered
    International TradeMs. Karine Trudel (NDP) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses supply management but ignores the aluminum tariff concern.I can assure her that we were the party that fought to implement supply management, and we are the party that will defend it.
23. deflected
    International TradeMs. Tracey Ramsey (NDP) asked Andrew Leslie (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses advocacy efforts but does not define agreement in principle or address debate and vote.we have worked with U.S. counterparts for months now to ensure that at every level our position is fully understood and that Canada is exempt from these tariffs.
24. deflected
    FinanceMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Scott Brison (Liberal). loaded question.The answer highlights transparency changes without addressing the blank-cheque concern or trust issue.we are proud of the changes made to the main estimates in order to enhance transparency and deliver timely results for Canadians.
25. deflected
    FinanceMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Scott Brison (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks past Conservative actions instead of addressing secrecy or deficit timeline questions.we will take no lessons from the Conservatives on budget transparency.
26. deflected
    FinancePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Scott Brison (Liberal). loaded question.Answer again references past Conservative misuse of funds rather than explaining legal enforceability of the $7 billion allocation.that hon. member was part of the cabinet when the president of the Treasury Board, the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka , actually took funds from a border infrastructure fund to put gazebos in his riding.
27. deflected
    FinancePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Scott Brison (Liberal). substantive question.Answer claims details exist in a table but does not address the lack of legal restrictions on reallocating the funds.just about everything the hon. member has said is wrong.
28. partly answered
    Natural ResourcesMr. Fin Donnelly (NDP) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). substantive question.Answer details elements of the oceans protection plan but does not address the absence of dilbit cleanup technology.
29. answered
    Natural ResourcesMr. Nathan Cullen (NDP) asked Jim Carr (Liberal). loaded question.Answer directly lists additional funding, personnel, and equipment for marine response tied to the project.It played a critical role in our decision in this project, and is facilitating an investment of $150 million to establish six new response bases in British Columbia, 135 new personnel, 43 new vessels, including spill response craft and barges.
30. deflected
    Foreign AffairsPeter Kent (Conservative) asked Mr. Matt DeCourcey (Liberal). loaded question.Answer restates general government positions on Assad and Israel without addressing the specific event or solicitation of votes.we have been abundantly clear that we oppose and condemn the murderous Assad regime and its indiscriminate violence perpetrated against its own civilians, including the use of chemical weapons.
31. deflected
    Foreign AffairsPeter Kent (Conservative) asked Mr. Matt DeCourcey (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats prior positions and praises the MP instead of addressing government funding or distancing from the event.Equally, she has done tireless work tackling issues of discrimination in all forms, including anti-Semitism.
32. partly answered
    JusticeMr. Michael Cooper (Conservative) asked Jody Wilson-Raybould (Liberal). substantive question.Answer cites judicial appointments and Bill C-75 but does not explain the specific delay in filling Alberta spots or take responsibility for the release.One hundred and sixty-seven have been appointed, with 27 appointed in Alberta.
33. deflected
    Foreign AffairsMr. Garnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Mr. Matt DeCourcey (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses human rights engagement but avoids any mention of condemning aggression or supporting Taiwan.We raise human rights situations and actions at all opportunities to engage with our Chinese counterparts, including at the highest levels.
34. answered
    The EnvironmentMs. Anne Minh-Thu Quach (NDP) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly rejects the request for an investigation and explains the priority of dismantling the vessel.Mr. Speaker, we do not need to conduct an investigation.
35. misdirected
    Fisheries and OceansMr. Todd Doherty (Conservative) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's facts and motives instead of providing the requested bid scores.I can give my hon. friend points for imagination, but I cannot give him points for sticking to the facts with what happened.
36. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Luc Thériault (Québec debout) asked Ahmed Hussen (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights collaboration and funding but does not address reimbursing Quebec's specific costs.We have worked very closely with Quebec to make sure there is extra funding for newcomers and integration in Quebec, an increase of over $112 million.