Liberals impose time limit on pharmacare debate as Conservatives block bill

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. deflected
   HousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer promotes federal-Quebec talks but pivots to attacking Conservative opposition instead of addressing why Quebeckers should believe the PM.The Conservative Party's position is to oppose that. That is not good.
2. deflected
   FinancePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.The answer highlights government plans and a credit rating but ignores the request for the PM to admit he and the Bloc are not worth the cost.Moody's has reaffirmed our AAA credit rating, the highest possible rating, thanks to our responsible fiscal policy.
3. partly answered
   Mental Health and AddictionsPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Ya'ara Saks (Liberal). loaded question.The answer explains collaboration with B.C. on amending the proposal but does not address reversing the legalization policy.B.C. is amending its proposal, and we have been working with it every step of the way.
4. misdirected
   Mental Health and AddictionsPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Ya'ara Saks (Liberal). loaded question.The answer follows experts and calls the policy a health issue but accuses the asker of misleading Canadians rather than explaining the refusal to reverse.The Leader of the Opposition is misleading Canadians in not recognizing that people need health care; they do not need to be restigmatized and criminalized.
5. misdirected
   Mental Health and AddictionsPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer notes concerns with the pilot and shared pain but accuses the asker of scoring political points off tragedy instead of addressing field safety issues.I think it is absolutely abhorrent to try to score political points off the pain of Canadians.
6. deflected
   CBC/Radio-CanadaMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Pascale St-Onge (Liberal). substantive question.The answer states services will not be affected but pivots to criticizing Bloc alignment with Conservatives on defunding rather than committing to Radio-Canada independence.It surprises me to hear the Bloc Québécois taking more or less the same position as the Conservatives, that we need to completely separate the CBC and Radio-Canada and, while we are at it, completely defund the CBC.
7. deflected
   CBC/Radio-CanadaMr. Alain Therrien (Bloc) asked Pascale St-Onge (Liberal). loaded question.The answer reiterates protection of French content but attacks Bloc alignment with Conservatives instead of stopping the closer integration of CBC and Radio-Canada.They were never able to protect Radio-Canada from the Harper Conservatives, and they will not be able to do any better now.
8. answered
   HealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer affirms access to contraceptives for women and calls on Conservatives to stop blocking, directly supporting the request for government action.Any party that stands in the way of that is standing in the way of the basic freedom for women in our country to have autonomy over their body.
9. deflected
   HealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). substantive question.The response criticizes Conservatives instead of answering whether the government will support the NDP bill.I wonder why the Conservative Party is blocking the bill that will provide drugs not just to women, but also to diabetics.
10. deflected
    FinanceMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Answers by promoting their budget and rating instead of addressing spending cap proposal.we have put forward a budget that invests in the things Canadians need, first and foremost, housing.
11. deflected
    FinanceMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Focuses on attacking Conservatives rather than addressing the spending control question.Let us talk about hypocrisy, Conservative hypocrisy.
12. partly answered
    FinanceMr. Philip Lawrence (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Corrects the quote but does not commit to any spending rule.The reality is that the Governor of the Bank of Canada, in testimony since the budget, said, "The budget does respect the fiscal guardrails that the government put in place."
13. deflected
    FinanceMr. Philip Lawrence (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Disputes the characterization but avoids any plan or timeline for deficit control.that is simply not true. I encourage people to read the testimony of the Governor of the Bank of Canada and news reports about that testimony.
14. misdirected
    FinanceMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Ignores the question and criticizes lack of vision instead of addressing responsibility.Canadians are listening to a party that has no ambition, no vision and no plan.
15. deflected
    FinanceMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). rhetorical question.Avoids engaging with Bloc and promotes own investments.What defies common sense is not having any ambition, not having any vision and not having a plan for the country in 2024.
16. answered
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Mario Simard (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.Directly confirms the meeting and purpose.as the hon. member should be well aware, I am off to meet with my provincial counterparts this Thursday for precisely this purpose.
17. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Mario Simard (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.The minister dismisses the question by claiming it was already answered previously without providing any new information.This is practically the same question, and I already answered it before.
18. partly answered
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Mario Simard (Bloc) asked Marc Miller (Liberal). substantive question.The minister states they will review integration capacity with provinces but offers no commitment on targets or timeline.I will be meeting with my ministerial colleagues this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to talk about exactly that.
19. misdirected
    FinanceMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks Conservatives on austerity instead of addressing the question about stopping wasteful spending.The only thing the Conservatives know anything about are cuts and austerity, because they are afraid to raise taxes on the wealthy.
20. misdirected
    FinanceMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). loaded question.The response attacks the Conservative leader's housing record rather than addressing the question on spending and the Bloc.The Conservative leader is still calling Quebec's municipalities incompetent, however.
21. deflected
    EmploymentMr. Gérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer avoids the direct question about requesting or accepting a benefit by praising ethics rules instead.This minister is a model citizen when it comes to complying with the very strict conflict of interest and ethics rules.
22. answered
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMs. Jenny Kwan (NDP) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.The minister explains the limited scope of detention for public safety reasons while affirming respect for rights.there is a very small group of individuals, with perhaps violent criminal pasts or those who may be involved in terrorist activity, for whom releasing into the community would not be an acceptable option because of public safety.
23. partly answered
    The EnvironmentMr. Gord Johns (NDP) asked Diane Lebouthillier (Liberal). substantive question.The answer notes ongoing work on ghost gear but does not address restoring the specific cancelled fund.Projects have been implemented to recover ghost gear. The work will continue with our communities and our people in the field.
24. answered
    Mental Health and AddictionsMr. Bernard Généreux (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The minister directly states no changes are being considered because Quebec has made no requests.This means no changes are being considered in the treatment of opioids in Quebec.
25. deflected
    HousingMrs. Dominique Vien (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer ignores the spending critique and pivots to attacking Conservatives while restating an existing agreement.it might be a good idea for the Conservatives to talk to the Government of Quebec and to the mayors of Quebec's municipalities, because we have an agreement with Quebec to invest in housing.
26. misdirected
    FinanceMr. Richard Martel (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer attacks the questioner's past record instead of addressing current spending or housing crisis in Quebec.if the member thinks there is a housing problem in Quebec, why did he oppose the program to support the construction of housing in Quebec?
27. misdirected
    FinanceMr. Richard Martel (Conservative) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer congratulates the asker locally then pivots to criticizing the Conservative leader's record rather than addressing the spending question.The only problem here is that perhaps he could speak with his Conservative leader to ask him why, during his entire mandate as minister responsible for housing, he created only six affordable housing units across the entire country.
28. deflected
    Democratic InstitutionsMr. René Villemure (Bloc) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.Answer avoids committing to a registry by citing procedural rules and defers discussion.he has some experience of how the parliamentary system works. He would not want me to talk about a bill on the Order Paper before it is introduced in the House.
29. deflected
    Democratic InstitutionsMr. René Villemure (Bloc) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). loaded question.Answer disputes the premise but then pivots to listing government actions without addressing the specific 2019 nomination claim.we are the first government to bring in measures to counter foreign interference and we have improved those measures.
30. partly answered
    Mental Health and AddictionsMr. Brad Vis (Conservative) asked Ya'ara Saks (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the BC request and states collaboration is underway but gives no date for ending the policy.They have come to us now to amend their proposal. Working with the B.C. government, law enforcement and health care services to get this right and to save the lives of people who are dying because of a toxic drug supply is an urgent priority for us.
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    Mental Health and AddictionsMrs. Laila Goodridge (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer rejects the 'beg' framing and accuses the asker of partisanship without providing a timeline or action plan.it is frankly insulting to the province to suggest that the province needs to beg us for anything.
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    Mental Health and AddictionsMrs. Tracy Gray (Conservative) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). rhetorical question.Answer criticizes Conservative ideas as failed and calls for evidence-based work but supplies no date or commitment to end the policy.The reality is that the ideas proposed by the Conservatives have been tried and have failed everywhere they have been tried.
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    Democratic InstitutionsMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the report but sidesteps a direct yes/no on agreement regarding impact in Don Valley North by stressing lack of definitive conclusions.she was not able to draw definitive conclusions as to the extent of that impact.
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    Democratic InstitutionsMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.The answer praises the inquiry and warns against out-of-context quotes instead of addressing agreement on the specific riding result.We should be very careful before we take out-of-context specific things that Justice Hogue has said.
35. misdirected
    EthicsMr. Michael Barrett (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the questions on the minister's actions and pivots to attacking the opposition on reproductive rights.There are 80 members of that caucus who have green or yellow lights from the Campaign Life Coalition.
36. deflected
    Foreign AffairsMs. Heather McPherson (NDP) asked Ms. Pam Damoff (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses the need for ceasefire and hostage release but does not address the specific requests for sanctions or an arms embargo.We continue to call for a sustainable ceasefire.
37. partly answered
    Climate ChangeMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer counters the premise with external quotes on emissions progress but does not engage the spending or target shortfall claims directly.GHG emissions in 2022 were the lowest they have been in 25 years, with the exception of the pandemic years.