Commons holds take-note debate on French in Montreal

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1. deflected
   HealthErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer promotes Canada's vaccine portfolio instead of addressing why deals placed Canada behind the US.We now have the best, most diverse portfolio of vaccines anywhere in the world, including agreements with all of the leading vaccine candidates for more doses per capita than just about any other country.
2. deflected
   HealthErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer repeats portfolio talking points and avoids giving any number of vaccines ahead of Canada.This summer our experts came together and recommended a portfolio of vaccines that have actually put Canada at the very top, in terms of per capita doses, and those very experts are ensuring that we roll out vaccines to all Canadians.
3. partly answered
   HealthErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer states work is underway for quick approval but does not give a yes or no on whether rapid approval is the Prime Minister's job.We also know that there are three of the top vaccine candidates that are currently being examined by Health Canada for approvals.
4. deflected
   HealthErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer claims a plan exists and will be shared later without releasing or committing to a timeline for the distribution plan.We will continue to work with the experts, and we will have more to say about this in the weeks to come.
5. misdirected
   Official LanguagesErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks Conservatives on bilingual judges instead of addressing whether Bill 101 will apply to federally regulated companies.They refuse to appoint exclusively bilingual judges to the Supreme Court.
6. deflected
   HealthMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer repeats the per-capita doses claim and avoids acknowledging any failure to protect the vulnerable.That is how we ended up securing more doses of vaccine per capita than any other country in the world.
7. deflected
   HealthMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses expert recommendations and past investments but does not address speeding up the approval process.Vaccination experts provided us with recommendations that helped us establish the best portfolio of potential vaccines anywhere in the world.
8. partly answered
   HealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer explains the NRC timeline but does not provide a plan for immediate domestic vaccine production.That will be implemented for next summer or fall.
9. deflected
   HealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Response criticizes asker and blames prior government without providing dates or plan.He just did not read the whole thing.
10. deflected
    HealthMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer compares Canada to other countries instead of addressing negotiation for domestic manufacturing.Canada has negotiated, through working with experts and scientists and relying on their recommendations, an excellent portfolio of vaccines with tens of millions of doses for Canadians.
11. partly answered
    HealthMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Response states that domestic production was considered but cannot proceed, while avoiding specific details on negotiations.In signing the contracts, yes, we looked at different ways of ensuring domestic production as much as we were able to, but that, unfortunately, is not something we can move forward on.
12. misdirected
    HealthMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists historical closures under Conservatives rather than addressing the negotiation question.That is what happened to manufacturing—
13. answered
    Official LanguagesMr. Richard Martel (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Response commits to moving forward with modernization of the Official Languages Act as requested.I can assure members that we will be moving forward with the long-awaited modernization of the Official Languages Act.
14. deflected
    Official LanguagesMr. Alain Rayes (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer lists unrelated past actions on languages instead of committing to a bill before Christmas.That is why we amended the long-form census to enumerate all rights holders.
15. misdirected
    Official LanguagesErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Response challenges Conservatives on Supreme Court justices instead of addressing the National Assembly motion.Will they commit to appointing only Supreme Court justices who can speak French?
16. deflected
    HealthMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer lists pandemic measures taken but does not explain why domestic vaccine production licences were not negotiated.We worked with experts to secure the best vaccine contracts of any country in the world.
17. deflected
    HealthMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids addressing the specific claim about agreements signed and instead repeats reliance on experts without engaging the question.from the start of the pandemic and at every step, we relied on the experts, scientists, and those who have worked with vaccines and vaccine procurement for years.
18. deflected
    HealthMr. James Cumming (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts to blaming previous Conservative government for lost capacity rather than addressing the $173 million Medicago investment and current lack of production.That is why we have invested in pharmaceutical companies and have invested to restore Canada's biomanufacturing capacities, after 10 years of the Conservative government saw most of the manufacturers leave this country.
19. misdirected
    HealthMr. James Cumming (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer ignores the negotiation and manufacturing question entirely and instead attacks opposition members on unrelated COVID behaviour.I would ask the member opposite, who understands how important it is to protect every single life, why the Leader of the Opposition took part in events in Alberta without masks or distancing, why his colleague, the MP for Lethbridge , downplayed, this week, the number of deaths in Alberta, or why the MP for Niagara West compared COVID to the flu just a few weeks ago.
20. partly answered
    HealthMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer explains signing multiple agreements due to uncertainty but does not directly confirm or deny whether a domestic manufacturing clause was negotiated.That is why the government listened to the experts. We signed agreements with many companies to ensure that when the vaccines are available, Canadians will receive safe doses so that we can put an end to this pandemic.
21. deflected
    HealthMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer restates signing multiple agreements and working with experts without explaining why Canada faces longer waits than other nations.We know that that is how we are going to get through the pandemic. We will continue to work with experts to make sure that the vaccines are safe and that Canadians can have access to them as quickly as possible.
22. answered
    HealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly commits to providing all necessary support and lists specific shipments and funding already delivered to Nunavut.We have ensured that northern and remote communities have the resources they need, with 3,792 rapid tests shipped, 771,000 items of PPE shipped, $13 million through the safe restart agreement and $130 million in federal funding to address health, economic and transportation priorities across the three territories.
23. partly answered
    HealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer details federal transfers for safe restart and health systems but does not commit to new targeted funding specifically for Brampton or other hard-hit communities.over $25 billion is the money we transferred directly to the provinces to help them with the safe restart, with getting kids back to school, with supporting their health systems and with protecting the most vulnerable.
24. partly answered
    HealthMr. Gary Vidal (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists existing funding and PPE shipments for indigenous communities but does not outline a specific future vaccine access plan or timeline.We have ensured indigenous communities have what they need to fight and prevent the spread of COVID-19, including $2.4 billion to support indigenous families, students, businesses, communities and organizations.
25. deflected
    HealthErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids specific plan for first nations vaccine distribution and instead restates general partnership claims.The federal government will continue to be there to work with them, to protect them, to support them, and we will continue to do so with experts as we roll out vaccines to the most vulnerable populations.
26. partly answered
    HealthMrs. Rosemarie Falk (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer addresses federal funding and provincial coordination but does not provide a detailed plan on testing or vaccine deployment.We sent over $25 billion to provinces to ensure a safe back to school for kids and to support the most vulnerable, including people in long-term care facilities.
27. deflected
    HealthErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer sidesteps the question on priority vaccine access and outbreaks by listing past supports without addressing delays.We respect provincial jurisdiction, but we were also able to step up and provide extra supports so that provinces could do more to prevent outbreaks in long-term care homes
28. deflected
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids committing to Bill 101 application and instead offers general statements on protecting French.We recognize that in order for Canada to be a bilingual country, Quebec must first and foremost be francophone.
29. deflected
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats broad commitments to French without addressing specific action or voting with Bloc.We will continue, for example, to appoint only bilingual judges to the Supreme Court.
30. misdirected
    Veterans AffairsMr. John Brassard (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Conservative record instead of explaining court spending or broken promise on veterans.That stands in stark contrast to the Conservative approach, including from the Leader of the Opposition , which was to close offices, fire staff and gut Veterans Affairs while nickel-and-diming veterans and using them for photo ops.
31. misdirected
    Veterans AffairsMr. John Brassard (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to attacking Conservatives and listing spending rather than addressing ongoing lawsuits or broken promises.We are continuing to pick up the pieces broken by years of Conservative neglect.
32. misdirected
    Veterans AffairsErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer insults the asker about jokes and past Conservative actions instead of addressing office closures, lawsuits or Legion concerns.jokes, that is what the member opposite delivers for veterans in the House, jokes about the pandemic and closures of veterans offices.
33. partly answered
    Agriculture and Agri-FoodMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer addresses dairy compensation timeline but ignores egg/poultry producers and future years mentioned in the question.We committed to full and fair compensation in the amount of $1.75 billion, and that will be delivered before the end of the fiscal year.
34. deflected
    Agriculture and Agri-FoodMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer restates general defense of supply management and NAFTA without addressing cheques for egg, poultry or processors.We pledged to compensate supply-managed farmers, and that is exactly what we are doing.
35. partly answered
    Agriculture and Agri-FoodErin O'Toole (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer confirms $1.75 billion for dairy farmers but does not address the broader promise to all farmers or timeline for others.We are keeping our promises by giving them $1.75 billion in compensation.
36. answered
    Child CareMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly responds with specific funding amounts and commitments matching the request for concrete action.That is why investing more than $7.5 billion in early learning and child care over the next decade is what we are going to do.