NDP motion on Gaza takes centre stage in Commons

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1. misdirected
   Forestry IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts to carbon pricing and attacks Conservatives instead of addressing the forestry decree claim.The Conservative leader continues to demonstrate just how poorly he understands Quebeckers by promising to dismantle a system that Quebec decided to put in place more than 10 years ago.
2. deflected
   The EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to accusing Conservatives of cuts rather than responding to food bank or forestry points.the Conservatives are the ones who want to reduce all the social support that the federal government is currently giving to Quebeckers.
3. deflected
   Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists Conservative cuts instead of addressing the carbon tax hike or military families' food banks.we will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to supporting the least vulnerable in our country.
4. misdirected
   Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the questioner personally on fear and falsehoods rather than engaging the carbon tax cost figures.no one here is surprised to hear the Conservative leader talk about fear and falsehoods, because that is what he traffics in every single day.
5. deflected
   Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer counters with personal attack on living off public purse instead of addressing PBO cost comparison.the Conservative leader should know a lot about living off the public purse.
6. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly explains no federal government cedes all immigration powers and references the existing accord.no country in the world, no federal government would give all immigration powers to a federated state.
7. deflected
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). loaded question.Answer defends the meeting and funding but avoids specific commitments on thresholds or work permits.It was a good meeting with Premier Legault.
8. answered
   Foreign AffairsMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly affirms agreement on stopping violence, releasing hostages and providing aid.I agree with my hon. colleague that the violence must stop.
9. deflected
   Foreign AffairsMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). loaded question.The answer restates government positions on hostages, aid and two-state solution without addressing the vote on the motion.The hostages must be released. More humanitarian aid must reach Gaza, and we need to ensure that there is more peace and stability in the region.
10. misdirected
    Carbon PricingAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer ignores the carbon tax question and instead attacks the Conservatives on Ukraine aid.This is a chance for the MP from Saskatchewan to say if he supports that shameful position: yes or no?
11. misdirected
    Carbon PricingAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots from the carbon tax to demanding a statement on Ukraine instead of addressing the rebate or costs.I would like to hear him say if he supports his leader's shameful position on Ukraine: yes or no?
12. deflected
    Carbon PricingMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks Conservative policies on benefits without addressing the carbon tax hike or food bank costs.They want to cut the Canada child benefit. They do not support dental care, which is helping the most vulnerable among us.
13. deflected
    Carbon PricingMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts to criticizing Conservative positions on benefits rather than explaining the carbon tax math or costs.Why does she not support early learning and child care? Why does she not support the Canada child benefit, which has helped to lift more than 2.3 million Canadians, particularly children, out of poverty?
14. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMs. Michelle Ferreri (Conservative) asked Bill Blair (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks Conservatives on a military pay vote instead of addressing food bank use by military families or the carbon tax.When it came before the House for a vote for the money for that raise, every single Conservative on that side of the House voted against it.
15. misdirected
    Carbon PricingMs. Michelle Ferreri (Conservative) asked Bill Blair (Liberal). substantive question.The answer again pivots to the military pay vote and calls the question hypocrisy rather than responding on food costs or the tax.When it came time to vote for a pay raise for members of the Canadian Armed Forces, every single Conservative voted against it.
16. partly answered
    Intergovernmental AffairsMrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses dental care uptake in Quebec but does not address the broader opt-out requests or jurisdiction issues raised.Over one-third of those 1.4 million seniors are Quebeckers.
17. misdirected
    Intergovernmental AffairsMr. Luc Thériault (Bloc) asked Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the Bloc Québécois instead of addressing the health transfer conditions or threat to withhold funds.the Bloc Québécois is the one saying no, no to collaboration, no to discussion, no to partnership, no to everything.
18. misdirected
    Intergovernmental AffairsMr. Luc Thériault (Bloc) asked Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the Bloc Québécois and its leader rather than addressing Quebec's autonomy or federal conditions on health care.Bloc members are the "no" champions: no to negotiations, no to discussion, no to consensus and no to co-operation.
19. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Clifford Small (Conservative) asked Seamus O'Regan (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the carbon tax hike and poll data, pivoting solely to the rebate without engaging the request to pause it.This is real cash that we will not deny to the people of Canada.
20. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids the carbon tax impact on farmers and the call to spike the hike, instead questioning the asker about rebates.Is that what you want to cut, $1,800 out of your constituents' bank accounts?
21. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer sidesteps the carbon tax and food bank data, shifting to unrelated programs like child care and dental care.If he cares about the families of P.E.I., I want to understand if he supports our early learning and child care system
22. partly answered
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMs. Jenny Kwan (NDP) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the cap issue and states an increase in eligible numbers but does not address why no one has arrived or the specific request to lift the cap.it will perhaps be cold comfort for the member opposite to find out that we are indeed increasing the number of people who will be eligible to come out of Gaza.
23. answered
    Foreign AffairsMr. Matthew Green (NDP) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly confirms raising the issue of starving Palestinians in meetings as asked.
24. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the carbon tax hike on Quebec farmers and the vote request, instead questioning the asker about Quebec's existing system.I think that Quebeckers have the right to know whether the member opposite or the Conservative Party intend to destroy the system that Quebec put in place.
25. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the federal diesel tax question and pivots to Quebec's separate system with a sarcastic jab at jurisdiction.The province of Quebec has its own carbon pricing system.
26. deflected
    Forestry IndustryMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). substantive question.Answer restates a prior agreement without addressing the call to side with forestry workers over the decree.We expect the Government of Quebec to keep its word.
27. partly answered
    JusticeMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Arif Virani (Liberal). loaded question.Answer acknowledges awareness but gives no substantive response on the Delisle case or preferential treatment claim.Let me just say that we are well aware of the situation and will follow up.
28. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMs. Christine Normandin (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Answer avoids the immigration target question by conditioning a reply on whether the member read the accord.I am prepared to answer the question when the member across the way assures me that she has read the Canada-Quebec accord.
29. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMs. Christine Normandin (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Answer turns the question back on the asker about family reunification instead of addressing Quebec's targets.What does she have to say to Quebec families who are waiting to be reunited with their loved ones?
30. deflected
    Carbon PricingKerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the question as ignorant of B.C.'s system rather than addressing the carbon tax hike or food bank concerns.B.C., in 2008, led by a centre-right provincial government, put in place a world-leading price on pollution.
31. deflected
    Carbon PricingKerry-Lynne Findlay (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer escalates by accusing the MP of attacking the B.C. premier and questioning jurisdiction instead of engaging the hike request.Is the federal Conservative Party intending to step on the jurisdiction of the Province of B.C.?
32. deflected
    Carbon PricingMr. Dan Albas (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to past Conservative platform positions without addressing the current B.C. budget or hike concerns.every single one of the Conservative MPs in the House today ran on a platform promising a price on pollution
33. deflected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Michael Barrett (Conservative) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). loaded question.Answer discusses COVID-era issues and Auditor General work but ignores the demand for documents and motion compliance.There is more work to do, although much of the work that the Auditor General asked us to do has already been implemented.
34. deflected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Michael Barrett (Conservative) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). loaded question.Answer claims transparency via committees but avoids any commitment to deliver documents or address the motion deadline.We have had officials and ministers appear before parliamentary committees.
35. deflected
    Public Services and ProcurementMr. Garnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). loaded question.Answer references ongoing investigations without addressing whether the hourly rate was reasonable.If at any time people have misused taxpayers' money or contractors have claimed taxpayers' money for work they did not complete, of course the government will demand refunds as is appropriate.
36. answered
    Foreign AffairsMs. Lisa Marie Barron (NDP) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly addresses ceasefire, hostages, aid, and two-state solution as requested in the motion context.Of course, we need to get to a humanitarian ceasefire, which will bring long and lasting peace to Israel, and also support a two-state solution and the creation of a Palestinian state for Palestinians.
37. deflected
    FinanceMr. Alain Rayes (Independent) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Answer highlights credit ratings and debt ratios but does not address introducing a budget-balancing plan.We have the lowest debt-to-GDP and deficit-to-GDP ratios in the G7.