House debates labour code changes as question period turns to battery plants and carbon tax

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. deflected
   Automotive IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses past Conservative job losses and new investments instead of addressing the request for plant contracts.Stellantis is going to invest $3.4 billion to build one of the largest plants in North America.
2. deflected
   Automotive IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights Canada's debt position and government investments while attacking Conservative cuts rather than addressing debt interest versus health care spending.Canada has the lowest debt and deficit in the G7, and we have a AAA credit rating.
3. deflected
   Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists government programs and attacks Conservative cuts instead of addressing the carbon tax on farmers or Bill C-234.The only thing that Conservatives know how to do is cut, cut, cut.
4. misdirected
   Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the questioner's truthfulness on unrelated topics instead of addressing food banks, carbon tax on farmers, or Senate interference.once again, the leader of the Conservatives is demonstrating this week that he just cannot tell the truth to Canadians.
5. misdirected
   Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). substantive question.The answer accuses the questioner of falsehoods on unrelated matters and blames external factors instead of addressing the carbon tax or Senate bill.just because the leader of the Conservatives says something does not make it true, as we saw several times last week
6. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges Quebec's control over immigration and notes integration challenges but does not fully address the link to rising rents.it is clear that we have challenges in Canada when it comes to ensuring suitable immigration that takes into account integration capacity.
7. deflected
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). loaded question.The answer notes the seriousness and mocks the premise instead of explaining the basis for the 500,000 immigrant target.This is the first time I have heard the Bloc Québécois say that it would like more immigrants.
8. answered
   HousingMs. Jenny Kwan (NDP) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly lists recent measures to build rental units in response to the call for immediate housing funds.over the past few months alone, we have put in place measures that will lead to the building of more than 100,000 new rental units.
9. deflected
   HousingMs. Lindsay Mathyssen (NDP) asked Jenna Sudds (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to child benefits and early learning instead of addressing housing affordability.We continue to develop programs through the Canada child benefit program and through early learning and child programs.
10. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The response discusses general investments and housing supply while ignoring the specific bill mentioned.That is why we are building housing, because we are focused on supply.
11. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). loaded question.The answer counters by accusing the Conservatives of bullying rather than addressing the question about the minister.the Conservative Party of Canada should be ashamed of asking this question in this House after they directed their MPs to bully senators who disagreed with them.
12. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Kyle Seeback (Conservative) asked Jenna Sudds (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists other supports and dismisses the opposition without engaging the carbon tax carve-out request.
13. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Kyle Seeback (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). loaded question.The response attacks the Conservatives' record in Ontario instead of addressing the bill or the minister's conduct.As a member of Parliament from Ontario, he should recall the common-sense revolution that cut services to education, to health care and to water, which led to deaths in Walkerton.
14. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer denies Liberal control over senators and shifts blame to Conservatives without committing to action on the bill.We do not tell the Senate what to do.
15. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). loaded question.The response focuses on alleged Conservative intimidation of senators rather than addressing pressure on the bill.after the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle posted a photo of the female senators who opposed Bill C‑234 , the Senate and the police had to launch an investigation in response to the threats these independent senators received.
16. answered
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly cites the Constitution to explain shared jurisdiction and notes upcoming private discussions.instead of reading his cue card, the member should read section 95 of the Constitution.
17. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids any funding commitment by deferring to a future private meeting.I have a meeting with the ministers in a week. We also have demands for Quebec. We will talk about it in private and resolve this as responsible governments.
18. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.The answer repeats the deferral to a private meeting without addressing reimbursement.I am meeting with the minister in a week's time, and we are going to resolve this like responsible governments.
19. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Ben Lobb (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the opposition's environmental record instead of addressing Senate interference.the truth is that my hon. colleague and his party do not even have a plan to address the environment, and that is truly a reckless approach.
20. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Ben Lobb (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). loaded question.The answer reiterates the government's environmental plan without engaging the carbon tax cost claims.We as a government have an environmental plan.
21. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Jeremy Patzer (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to attacking Conservatives on Ukraine and Russia rather than addressing the carbon tax bill.Is it because there is a group of Conservative members of Parliament who are pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine and they have to cover for them?
22. answered
    Oil and Gas IndustryMr. Taylor Bachrach (NDP) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly states the framework for an emissions cap will be published before year end.We will, as the Prime Minister has said, publish before the end of the year the framework to put a cap on the emissions of the oil and gas sector
23. partly answered
    Oil and Gas IndustryMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists prior actions but only partially addresses the timing of the cap announcement.by the end of the year we will be announcing the framework for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions for the oil and gas sector.
24. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Damien Kurek (Conservative) asked Jenna Sudds (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to defending other programs and insults the opposition instead of addressing the carbon tax bill.His common sense is just nonsense.
25. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Damien Kurek (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Conservative senators on unrelated conduct instead of addressing the bill or senators' actions on it.It is the Conservative Party of Canada that needs to stop directing senators and let the Senate do its work, as it was supposed to do.
26. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Richard Bragdon (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). loaded question.Answer quotes an article about alleged bullying rather than addressing the carbon tax carve-out or the bill.Three independent senators say they were bullied by Conservative Leader [in the Senate] Don Plett
27. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMrs. Anna Roberts (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). loaded question.Answer calls the premise false and accuses Conservatives of obstruction instead of addressing the bill or food prices.This is a clear pattern of behaviour, their obstruction of democracy.
28. partly answered
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly rebuts the spending figures and explains government support for French while defending the policy.It is very misleading to calculate spending at roughly $70 million over 27 years when in fact we have been giving Quebec $500 million to $700 million a year for the past 30 years to support francization.
29. deflected
    Official LanguagesMr. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc) asked Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal). substantive question.Answer defends investments but pivots to accusing the Bloc of dividing Quebeckers instead of addressing the funding allocation.The Bloc Québécois is clearly trying to pick a fight.
30. partly answered
    Automotive IndustryMr. Rick Perkins (Conservative) asked Seamus O'Regan (Liberal). substantive question.Answer provides specific numbers on Canadian workers from a union source to counter the foreign worker claim.We have 900 skilled trades working on the site today — 900.
31. misdirected
    Automotive IndustryMr. Rick Perkins (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the Conservative leader's past record instead of addressing the contract or foreign workers.we will take no lessons from the Conservatives, especially from a party whose leader, when he was minister of employment, oversaw the loss of not 3,000, not 30,000 but 300,000 manufacturing jobs.
32. misdirected
    Automotive IndustryMr. Chris Lewis (Conservative) asked Seamus O'Regan (Liberal). loaded question.Answer quotes a union leader dismissing the issue as politics and attacks the opposition leader instead of addressing the contract or jobs.If Pierre had his way, these factories would not even be built.
33. deflected
    Automotive IndustryMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks Conservatives' past positions instead of addressing foreign worker claims.One thing they see is that the Conservatives were against Volkswagen's investment.
34. deflected
    Automotive IndustryMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to historical job losses under Conservatives rather than contract transparency.When the leader of the Conservative Party was the minister of employment, Canada lost not 3,000, not 30,000, but 300,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector.
35. deflected
    Automotive IndustryMr. Bernard Généreux (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.The answer celebrates investments without addressing foreign workers or contract release.Thanks to our government's efforts, we have secured the largest private investment in the history of Quebec.
36. partly answered
    HousingMs. Lori Idlout (NDP) asked Dan Vandal (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges past investments and reconciliation but does not explain delays in releasing funds.We have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in housing in Inuit Nunangat, but we know there is more to do.
37. partly answered
    Climate ChangeMr. Mike Morrice (Green) asked Ms. Julie Dabrusin (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses existing programs but does not address expanding the grant via oil and gas taxes.That is why it is so important that our government created the oil and heat pump program, which is helping people right across our country who rely on oil to transition to heat pump heating.
38. answered
    Points of OrderMrs. Cathay Wagantall (Conservative) asked Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly engages the point of order and offers openness to rule changes.I would be open to suggestions on how to properly adjust our rules to reflect this fact
39. misdirected
    Points of OrderMr. James Bezan (Conservative) asked Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts to criticizing opposition accusations instead of addressing the specific allegation.When the government made other decisions a year or so ago, all sorts of unfair accusations were being made toward the government.