Trudeau faces repeated Conservative queries on ethics probe, RCMP cooperation

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. partly answered
   Public SafetyCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer explains justification for invoking the Act but ignores accusations of hiding evidence and inquiry spin.It was only after we got advice from law enforcement that we invoked the Emergencies Act.
2. deflected
   Public SafetyCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer restates commitment to transparency without addressing why details are withheld or fear of showing reasons.We have kept that commitment, and the commission, an independent public inquiry, is further evidence of that.
3. misdirected
   EthicsCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer attacks Conservatives' motives and changes subject instead of addressing RCMP cooperation on the holiday investigation.it is clear that the Conservative Party has run out of ideas and material when it chooses to raise issues that were brought up by the Conservative leader three Conservative leaders ago.
4. misdirected
   EthicsCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to unrelated topics like economy and climate while ignoring the fraud charges and legal counsel question.Conservative politicians want to continue manufacturing distractions on matters that were dealt with years ago, instead of talking about the economy, talking about the environment, talking about things that Canadians care about.
5. misdirected
   EthicsCandice Bergen (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists unrelated policy priorities and accuses Conservatives of personal attacks rather than addressing ethics violations or being above the law.While they focus on personal attacks on me, we will stay focused on the things that matter to Canadians.
6. answered
   Official LanguagesMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly addresses requiring French knowledge for boards by discussing official languages modernization and CN obligations.As part of our modernization of the Official Languages Act, we are giving the Commissioner of Official Languages the tools he needs to ensure that CN meets its official languages obligations.
7. partly answered
   Official LanguagesMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer explains Governor General's French learning but does not address the broader signaling about French or appointments.It is important for our leaders to set the example, and our Governor General has been taking intensive French courses since she was appointed.
8. deflected
   Climate ChangeMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer defends carbon pricing but avoids addressing the commissioner's criticism on polluters, indigenous communities, or lack of worker plan.the commissioner's report recognizes that putting a price on carbon pollution is critical to reducing Canada's emissions.
9. deflected
   Climate ChangeMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer thanks commissioner but pivots to past progress without addressing the fairy tale criticism or timeline for action.His work shows how far we have come and what more we can do.
10. misdirected
    EthicsMr. James Bezan (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer attacks Conservatives on unrelated blockades instead of addressing RCMP cooperation request.Conservatives will stop at nothing to distract from their support of the illegal blockades that cost our economy
11. misdirected
    EthicsMr. James Bezan (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer lists unrelated topics Conservatives avoid rather than responding to the RCMP or Criminal Code question.y do not want to talk about making our communities safer with a ban on assault weapons.
12. misdirected
    EthicsMr. Larry Brock (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts to a list of topics Conservatives avoid instead of addressing the fraud admission or consent issue.They do not want to talk about workers.
13. misdirected
    EthicsMr. Larry Brock (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to budget topics and accuses Conservatives of mud-flinging rather than addressing the ethics violations listed.Are there any questions about the budget? No.
14. misdirected
    EthicsMr. James Bezan (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer blames Conservative leadership race and convoy support instead of addressing the RCMP request.What we see today is a Conservative Party desperate to distract Canadians from its farcical leadership race
15. misdirected
    EthicsMr. James Bezan (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer accuses Conservatives of personal attacks and mud-flinging instead of addressing the RCMP interview request.One would think that a Conservative Party, a loyal opposition of Her Majesty, would be bringing up issues that matter to Canadians
16. partly answered
    Official LanguagesMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer explains federal responsibility for languages nationwide but does not directly address applying Quebec's charter to federal businesses.As Prime Minister, my responsibility, and that of the Canadian government, is to protect our official languages across the country, not just in Quebec.
17. answered
    Official LanguagesMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer directly justifies the appointment by historical context and reconciliation priority.As a country, we are at a point in our journey where I think everyone agrees that it is very important to have a Governor General who can talk seriously about reconciliation.
18. deflected
    EthicsMs. Lianne Rood (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer avoids the tax question entirely by attacking Conservatives and listing unrelated topics.what we see are Conservative politicians who want to keep manufacturing distractions on matters that were dealt with years ago, instead of talking about the economy, the environment or things that Canadians care about.
19. deflected
    EthicsMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to Conservative blockades and unrelated issues instead of addressing the fraud or law question.Conservatives will stop at nothing to distract from their support of the illegal blockades that cost our economy dearly, put people out of work and made people feel unsafe in their own communities.
20. misdirected
    EthicsMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores Wilson-Raybould reference and law question, shifting to attacks on Conservative focus and listing government priorities.They simply want to make personal attacks rather than focus on the issues that actually matter to Canadians.
21. deflected
    EthicsMr. James Bezan (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer dismisses the RCMP cooperation request by calling it old news and pivots to unrelated Canadian issues.again, these issues were dealt with years ago. The Conservative Party is desperate to try to find personal attacks to muddy the waters so that people do not talk about the real issues facing Canadians
22. answered
    Foreign AffairsMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer explains coordinated sanctions approach and lists new actions taken against Russian supporters.We have continued to do that, including with 203 new sanctions brought in today, which means in total, over 1,000 people supporting Putin have been sanctioned since just February.
23. partly answered
    Public SafetyMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the date and states general anti-Semitism measures but does not address preventing the specific protest.budget 2022 provides funding to support the special envoy, the construction of a new Holocaust museum and the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, and proposes to prohibit the promotion of anti-Semitism through the denial and downplaying of the Holocaust.
24. deflected
    EthicsMr. Jacques Gourde (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids the RCMP hamstringing question by mocking repetition and listing unrelated priorities like assault weapons ban.it is obvious that the party opposite is short on material, because it is raising the same issues that were brought up by the Conservative leader three Conservative leaders ago.
25. deflected
    EthicsMr. Michael Cooper (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the integrity question entirely and pivots to unrelated budget topics while attacking the opposition.we see how short of ideas or relevance the Conservative Party of Canada is right now when it does not have anything to say about the housing crisis that we just put forward strong measures to address in our budget of two weeks ago.
26. deflected
    EthicsMr. Michael Cooper (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer cuts off but clearly shifts to accusing Conservatives of distraction instead of addressing the fraud admission claim.Canadians of all backgrounds and walks of life are watching question period, and what they see right now is a Conservative Party desperate to distract—
27. deflected
    EthicsMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer evades the RCMP information request by praising the budget and claiming the issue was already dealt with.The Conservative Party has nothing to say. It has no questions, no criticism, no counter-proposals. Instead, the Conservatives want to bring up an issue that was thoroughly dealt with years ago.
28. answered
    The EnvironmentMs. Monique Pauzé (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly responds by outlining the government's just transition plan, legislation, and investments for workers.on the contrary, our government has a clear plan for a just transition. We have a comprehensive action plan that includes legislation.
29. partly answered
    The EnvironmentMs. Monique Pauzé (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer addresses progress on green economy and pollution pricing but does not confront the commissioner's specific criticism about lack of transition readiness.After a decade of inaction under the former Conservative government, we have made tremendous progress, whether it is building the green economy of the future, putting a price on pollution across Canada, or protecting an unprecedented amount of our lands and waters.
30. answered
    Public SafetyMs. Raquel Dancho (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer explains the national security rationale and police advice that justified invoking the Emergencies Act.when illegal blockades hurt workers and endangered public safety, police were clear that they needed tools not held by any federal, provincial or territorial law.
31. partly answered
    Public SafetyMs. Raquel Dancho (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer defends the inquiry process but avoids waiving cabinet confidence and ends by attacking Conservative support for the convoy.Unfortunately, Conservatives are made uneasy by the fact that they were standing against hard-working Canadians by standing with people who were illegally blockading our economy.
32. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Glen Motz (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer reiterates the inquiry and committee but refuses to release documents and criticizes Conservatives for supporting the convoy.That is what Canadians expect, but that is exactly what makes Conservatives uncomfortable, because of their support of those convoys.
33. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Dane Lloyd (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer restates the government's commitment to transparency without addressing the request to amend the order in council.The commission, an independent public inquiry, is further evidence of that as it looks into the circumstances that led up to the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the use by the government of the Emergencies Act.
34. misdirected
    Public SafetyMr. Dane Lloyd (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The response accuses Conservatives of supporting blockaders instead of committing to providing the analysis.Unfortunately, Conservative politicians seem a little uncomfortable that the inquiry might find that their supporting blockaders and folks who tried to shut down the Canadian economy and overthrow the government were maybe on the wrong side of the issue.
35. deflected
    EthicsMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts focus to Conservative priorities instead of answering the tax question.once again, the Conservatives are flailing about in a desperate attempt to avoid talking about the day-to-day issues that matter to Canadians
36. partly answered
    Indigenous AffairsMs. Leah Gazan (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights existing investments from budget 2021 without committing to new funding.It will be supported by budget 2021's $2.2-billion investment in concrete measures that will keep people safe.
37. deflected
    Climate ChangeMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The response emphasizes climate commitments without addressing the approval of specific fossil fuel projects.It is why we are stepping up our climate ambition by committing more than $100 billion to climate action, ensuring we reduce methane emissions by 75% by 2030 and transition to a net zero-emissions electricity grid by 2035.