Commons advances Ukraine trade deal amid clashes over crime and carbon tax

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. misdirected
   Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.Answer ignores the bail and sentencing policy question entirely and attacks the asker about a campaign director instead.My question for the opposition leader is this: What did he promise his campaign director?
2. misdirected
   Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.Answer again pivots to the campaign manager and cost of living instead of addressing the auto theft plan.What did his campaign manager tell him about the cost of living and grocery prices in Canada?
3. misdirected
   Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.Response shifts to accusing the opposition of pretending and questioning the campaign manager rather than the policies.
4. partly answered
   Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly engages the plan by noting existing Criminal Code provisions on mandatory minimums and organized crime factors.mandatory minimums for auto theft for repeat offences already exist in the Criminal Code, so he is not changing something that already exists.
5. partly answered
   Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). substantive question.Answer addresses the crime measures by citing police input on organized crime and money laundering legislation.They tell me that this is not an individual crime; this is backed by people who are organized criminals.
6. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the funding figures and relationship with Quebec while defending the allocations.
7. deflected
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Response dismisses the question with back-seat driver metaphor and repeats funding without addressing specific unmet demands.the Bloc Québécois members are acting like back-seat drivers, as they often do.
8. partly answered
   PharmacareMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). substantive question.Answer addresses pharmacare and bulk purchasing efforts to lower drug prices without fully committing to new legislation.We are working together on pharmacare legislation. I look forward to continuing those conversations.
9. deflected
   PharmacareMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids the policy question by redirecting to an unrelated person.I think that is a great question for Jenni Byrne.
10. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores carbon tax claims and instead attacks opposition on unrelated votes and crypto advice.They have voted not once, not twice, but 120 times against supports for Canadians, including our armed forces, and against supports for Ukraine.
11. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.Answer turns the question back on Conservatives by demanding what they would cut instead of addressing the tax increase.What is it they would cut? Are they going to cut supports to Ukraine and the Canadian Armed Forces?
12. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to attacking the questioner's campaign team rather than responding to the carbon tax on farmers or food costs.
13. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). loaded question.Answer abandons the carbon tax topic to personally attack the Conservative leader as standing with bullies.He is the one standing with the bullies. He is the one who is—
14. partly answered
    Carbon PricingMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). loaded question.Answer directly notes Quebec uses cap-and-trade so federal tax does not apply, then shifts to attacking Conservative votes.federal carbon pricing does not apply in Quebec because the Quebec government has had a cap-and-trade system in place for over a decade.
15. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the motion and tax vote to lecture on climate change impacts instead.a party that wants to form the government someday, maybe, still cannot grasp the importance of climate change.
16. partly answered
    Small BusinessMr. Jean-Denis Garon (Bloc) asked Rechie Valdez (Liberal). substantive question.Answer explains the CEBA program's purpose and repayment stats but does not address flexibility on the repayment deadline.Nearly 80% of small businesses have paid back the CEBA loan and were able to take advantage of the refundable portion of the loan.
17. deflected
    Small BusinessMrs. Julie Vignola (Bloc) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). substantive question.The answer notes prior extensions and support options but shifts focus to green transition announcements instead of addressing case-by-case flexibility, loan guarantees or reinstating the subsidy.Canada Economic Development is looking to the future.
18. deflected
    Small BusinessMr. René Villemure (Bloc) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). substantive question.The answer defends past pandemic support and pivots to future challenges like energy transition without addressing the specific restaurant owner's loan denial or the $20,000 demand.It is now time to look to the future.
19. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMrs. Rosemarie Falk (Conservative) asked Jonathan Wilkinson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the questioner for wanting to remove the rebate and labels it as targeting the poor, rather than addressing support for the motion to cancel the hike.Shame on you for trying to target those folks and benefit only the wealthy in Canada.
20. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMrs. Rosemarie Falk (Conservative) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). substantive question.The answer redirects to Loblaws and the Conservative adviser instead of responding to the carbon tax increase or PBO findings on net costs.if the Conservatives are truly concerned about the price of groceries, why do they not just ask their top adviser to pick up the phone and talk to Loblaws
21. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMr. Richard Lehoux (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer accuses the opposition of hypocrisy regarding a lobbyist connection and does not address the carbon tax hike or its impact on farms and food banks.there is a whiff of hypocrisy wafting over from the other side of the House today.
22. partly answered
    HealthMr. Blake Desjarlais (NDP) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses mobilizing against Alberta legislation and supporting 2SLGBTQ rights but does not commit to using the Canada Health Act as asked.We are going to continue to work on this
23. partly answered
    Child CareMs. Leah Gazan (NDP) asked Jenna Sudds (Liberal). substantive question.The answer notes ongoing work with provinces on wages and benefits but does not address enforcing livable wages or the failure to deliver spots.We continue to work with the provinces and territories to ensure that the five-year agreements are upheld and that we do see improvements to wages and benefits
24. partly answered
    Public SafetyMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights bail reform and police funding but does not address reversing catch-and-release policies or the specific rise in car thefts.we have taken steps to ensure that, with bail reform, serious violent repeat offenders are being kept off our streets.
25. deflected
    Public SafetyMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). loaded question.The answer sidesteps bail reform and house arrest by citing existing code provisions and a stakeholder summit.The important piece is that we are bringing together stakeholders, auto industry and every actor who is involved in this system to ensure we tackle this at every dimension.
26. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids the summit criticism and responsibility question by pivoting to Bill C-59 and opposition voting.If they are really serious about fighting auto theft, I invite them to change their mind about how they are voting.
27. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). loaded question.The answer restates existing Criminal Code factors and again references the opposed bill instead of pledging support.What is not in the Criminal Code is the fact that we need to do more to fight organized crime, which we are addressing in a bill currently before the House, but the Conservatives are going to vote against it.
28. deflected
    International TradeMr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Bloc) asked Mary Ng (Liberal). loaded question.The answer affirms general opposition to tariffs and dispute mechanisms but does not address the requested loan or loan guarantee program.We have been working with the Americans to make sure that we are using the dispute settlement mechanism to make sure there are panellists who can look into this.
29. deflected
    International TradeMr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Bloc) asked Mary Ng (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the issues and thanks suggestions yet pivots to trade commissioners and diversification without committing to the listed actions.I think what members have seen the government do, time and time again, is to work in support of the sector, particularly through our trade commissioners, where we have helped Canadian forestry companies expand and diversify.
30. misdirected
    Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the proposed three-year mandatory sentence and instead attacks the opposition's past record on CBSA funding.What I would note for Canadians is that under that party's watch, when that member was a cabinet minister, front-tier agencies like the CBSA were actually cut.
31. misdirected
    Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer abandons the crime plan question entirely to attack the opposition leader's campaign manager and lobbying ties.What does the member's campaign manager tell him about food prices? What does she tell him about her lobbying activities with Loblaws?
32. misdirected
    Public SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer cuts off while shifting to accusations about the opposition's campaign manager and lobbying instead of addressing the catch-and-release plan.What has happened here is that their campaign manager, the woman who has contributed and to whom the Leader of the Opposition owes his job, has been exposed as the lead lobbyist for Loblaw, Canada's leading food retailer.
33. misdirected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Garnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the ArriveCAN report and instead attacks the opposition's adviser.I thought he was talking about their chief adviser, who is also serving as Loblaws' lobbyist.
34. deflected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Garnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). loaded question.The answer restates general procurement rules without addressing whistleblowers or the investigator's independence.CBSA is conducting audits and internal investigations.
35. deflected
    Public Services and ProcurementMrs. Stephanie Kusie (Conservative) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). loaded question.The answer emphasizes support for committee work and the app's purpose but avoids the accountability question.There are initial interim reports.
36. partly answered
    HousingMr. Taylor Bachrach (NDP) asked Mr. Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer notes completed deals and supply focus but does not explain delays for rural infrastructure grants.There have been 500 applications from across the country, and 30 deals have been completed thus far.
37. deflected
    Electoral ReformMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses consensus and committee work without stating whether the Prime Minister will support the motion.The Conservatives need to end their filibuster and get down to the real work of this Parliament