Commons committee debates McKinsey contracts amid Liberal spending scrutiny

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. answered
   Disaster AssistanceMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly provides an update on Canada's response efforts.I can assure her that we are working with partners in the region and around the world to see how we can best help in the short term, knowing that there will also be a need for support in the long term as communities rebuild from this terrible event.
2. deflected
   FinanceMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids the spending question by pivoting to pandemic achievements.These are the things that got Canada through this pandemic with a better record and fewer deaths than just about any of our peer countries.
3. deflected
   HousingMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer sidesteps admission of responsibility by listing government supports instead.While the Conservatives are abandoning the middle class, we are going to continue investing and being there for Canadians
4. deflected
   Public Services and ProcurementMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the McKinsey contract query and reframes around pandemic spending.Canadians remember well that, during the pandemic, when uncertainty reigned, the federal government was there for them.
5. misdirected
   HealthMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the opposition's stance on vaccines rather than addressing the Medicago spending.no one is surprised to see the Conservatives once again attacking our vaccination policy and suggesting that we were wrong to try to get all the different types of vaccines possible
6. partly answered
   HealthMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer corrects the premise and lists past meetings but does not address the cheque-versus-conditions question.no prime minister has had more meetings with the provincial and territorial premiers on the subject of health than I have over the past two years.
7. deflected
   HealthMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids the centralization question by emphasizing shared goals and results.We are here to help the provinces. We will invest and ensure that there are results across the country.
8. partly answered
   HealthMr. Alexandre Boulerice (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer affirms commitment to public care but does not directly address the privatization concern.we on this side of the House will always defend the public health care system.
9. deflected
   HealthMr. Blake Desjarlais (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer discusses a meeting and general commitments but avoids the yes/no on funding conditions.We will ensure that we are standing up unequivocally for the Canada Health Act by ensuring that all Canadians have access to timely and necessary procedures.
10. partly answered
    Foreign AffairsMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses research security guidelines but does not confirm a ban on funding.we have established research security guidelines and are very clear with universities: If they partner with the federal government on research, their projects will be reviewed on national security grounds.
11. partly answered
    JusticeMs. Raquel Dancho (Conservative) asked David Lametti (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges bail reform work but does not commit to voting yes on the motion.Bail reform has been on our radar screen since, at the very least, the meeting with provincial ministers of justice in late October.
12. deflected
    JusticeMrs. Tracy Gray (Conservative) asked David Lametti (Liberal). loaded question.The answer explains the bail system but avoids addressing responsibility or reversing course.our bail system creates a number of different balances based on charter rights that individuals have and based on the presumption of innocence until being found guilty
13. misdirected
    JusticeMrs. Tracy Gray (Conservative) asked Marco Mendicino (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks Conservative voting record instead of addressing the bail system fix.What have the Conservatives done? In each of those instances, they have voted against.
14. partly answered
    JusticeMr. Richard Martel (Conservative) asked David Lametti (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses bail threats and investments but does not admit policy failure.As for the bail system, no one should be released if they pose a threat to Canadian society.
15. deflected
    JusticeMr. Richard Martel (Conservative) asked David Lametti (Liberal). loaded question.The answer defends the policy by attacking prior government instead of admitting failure on Bill C-5.That is the reason why we are scrapping the Harper government's "tough on crime" agenda, which was an utter failure.
16. deflected
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Liberal). substantive question.The answer promotes the bill's goals but does not address stopping misinformation by colleagues.We are the first government to recognize the decline of French across the country and we are the first government to recognize that, yes, French is under threat across Canada.
17. misdirected
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to attacking the Bloc Québécois rather than addressing the Quebec lieutenant's actions.Despite all that, the Bloc is against it because it does not want things to work, it wants to pick a fight and it does not want Parliament to work.
18. deflected
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Liberal). loaded question.The answer restates government achievements on French without engaging the specific claim about the lieutenant or the 2021 vote.We are the first government to recognize the decline of French across the country, including in Quebec.
19. deflected
    Carbon PricingMs. Lianne Rood (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer promotes carbon pricing benefits but ignores the call to axe the tax and the affordability concerns raised.We can fight climate change and support Canadians.
20. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Mark Strahl (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer shifts to past poverty reduction and attacks Conservatives instead of addressing the carbon tax or current affordability issues.What happened in 2015? The government changed.
21. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Mark Strahl (Conservative) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer attacks Conservative ideology and voting record rather than responding to the carbon tax question.Even worse, their ideology forces them to vote against things that improve the lives of Canadians.
22. partly answered
    HousingMs. Jenny Kwan (NDP) asked Ahmed Hussen (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists specific renter supports but does not address corporate landlord profiteering or rent increases directly.We are the government that introduced the Canada housing benefit, which is now real in every province and territory in Canada.
23. deflected
    Child CareMs. Leah Gazan (NDP) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). loaded question.The answer celebrates new spaces without addressing the prioritization of non-profit spaces or the legislation's requirements.This means that we are delivering more affordable child care for families in Alberta and right across the country.
24. deflected
    Carbon PricingMrs. Shannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer highlights rebates and climate costs but avoids addressing the carbon tax increase or the constituent's specific hardship.That is going to go up to $25 billion by 2025.
25. deflected
    Carbon PricingMrs. Shannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids addressing missed targets or the specific non-profit example and instead criticizes the opposition's position.What confuses me is the Conservatives seem to not understand that the plan to put a price on pollution is going to put more money in the pockets of nine out of 10 Canadian families.
26. deflected
    Agriculture and Agri-FoodMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to climate costs and accuses the opposition of lying without addressing the carbon tax impact on farmers.it seems like the party opposite is worried about costs, but never talks about the costs we are passing on to our kids and grandkids through the impacts of climate change
27. misdirected
    Agriculture and Agri-FoodMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to historical Conservative support for carbon pricing and climate impacts rather than the rebate for farmers.some Conservative voices who have historically supported a carbon price include Preston Manning and Stephen Harper.
28. partly answered
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses the proposed solution by rejecting it and mentions collaboration with Quebec but does not address the timeline or American actions.the solution the member is proposing is not a good one.
29. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc) asked Marco Mendicino (Liberal). substantive question.The answer restates general principles and collaboration without addressing suspension of the agreement or Roxham Road.we have an agreement and we have principles to protect the rights of refugees.
30. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Rick Perkins (Conservative) asked Kamal Khera (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the opposition's record and leader instead of addressing the carbon tax on Nova Scotians.unlike the party opposite, which has opposed every single measure we have put forward to support seniors, and unlike its leader, who gave reckless advice to seniors to invest in crypto.
31. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Rick Perkins (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer defends existing programs and criticizes opposition without addressing cancellation of the carbon tax.the programs we have been putting in place since 2015 have been designed specifically to help people such as Maynard.
32. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Brassard (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). loaded question.The answer lists past affordability measures but avoids any response on scrapping the carbon tax.In fact, since 2015 we have brought in a number of measures to make sure that life is more affordable for the lowest-income Canadians.
33. deflected
    HealthMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses employee impacts and collaboration but never addresses the question of instructing Medicago to drop Philip Morris.our government is disappointed to learn of Mitsubishi's decision.
34. misdirected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Stephen Ellis (Conservative) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the Conservatives' plans and tweets instead of addressing McKinsey spending accountability.They can keep tweeting; we will keep delivering.
35. misdirected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Stephen Ellis (Conservative) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to past voting records against Liberal programs rather than explaining the cited spending examples.What did the Conservatives do when we put in child care?
36. partly answered
    LabourMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Seamus O'Regan (Liberal). substantive question.The answer affirms support for workers and emissions reduction but offers no commitment to major new clean-tech budget investments.We have stood with workers every step of the way.
37. partly answered
    Foreign AffairsMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). substantive question.The answer details military aid and training but states that peace decisions rest with Ukraine without mentioning Canadian pressure for talks.The decision relating to peace and Ukraine's future will come from Ukraine itself.