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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 · sitting No. 329
Conservatives propose deleting dozens of clauses from budget bill
The House spent the largest share of the sitting on report stage of Bill C-69, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1. Conservative MPs Jacques Gourde, Rosemarie Falk, Tom Kmiec, Jamie Schmale and Tony Baldinelli moved successive motions to delete clauses 81 through 185. Bloc Québécois MP Gabriel Ste-Marie moved further deletion motions beginning at clause 198.
In question period Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pressed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the capital gains tax increase, arguing it would burden the middle class. Trudeau replied that the measure would fund housing, dental care and child care while asking the wealthiest to contribute more.
Question period also featured exchanges on justice, heritage and health care.
Decided that day
- Time allocation for Bill C-40 passed
- Ways and means motion No. 25 passed
- Bill C-20 adopted at third reading
- Opposition motion on foreign interference passed
- Motion to proceed to Orders of the Day passed
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Justice
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet asked the Prime Minister to repeal the religious exemption in the Criminal Code after the RCMP said it lacked tools to address hate speech. Trudeau said the government was strengthening laws against hate while protecting places of worship.
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Bloc Québécois MP Martin Champoux said the National Film Board’s new conditions for independent filmmakers amounted to propaganda. Minister Pascale St-Onge replied that the NFB’s mandate to support diverse French-language filmmakers remained unchanged.
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Conservative MP Stephen Ellis cited the Ontario Medical Association warning that the capital gains changes would drive physicians out of practice. Minister Mark Holland said a fair tax system was required to sustain the $200-billion health transfers to provinces.
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Conservative MP Luc Berthold said the inclusion-rate increase would jeopardize intergenerational farm transfers. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland noted that the lifetime exemption for farmers had been raised and that Quebec had chosen to match the federal change.
Read the exchangeHousing
NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice described an 80-year-old Montrealer forced to live in his van and called for social housing. Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada said the day’s tax measures would generate revenue for housing while requiring the wealthiest to pay more.
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- deflectedTaxationPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Question builds on unproven premises about broken promises and tax burdens to trap; answer pivots to new budget priorities and attacks Conservatives instead of addressing credibility.
It is about asking the wealthiest Canadians to pay a bit more when they sell their extremely profitable investments.
- deflectedTaxationPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Question repeats loaded premise that tax hikes always hit middle class; answer evades by citing past votes and attacking Conservatives rather than responding to the pattern claimed.
It is defending benefits for the wealthiest in this country, while we are asking for a little more to help with housing for young people
- deflectedTaxationPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Question uses loaded stats to question credibility on taxing the rich; answer mocks the asker and shifts to defending current measures while attacking opposition.
if it did not have real-world impacts on Canadians, it would almost be amusing to watch the Conservative leader tie himself in knots
- deflectedTaxationPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Question loads premise that all tax measures burden middle class; answer ignores the claim and pivots to carbon rebate benefits plus attack on Conservatives.
our price on pollution delivers more money to eight out of 10 Canadians right across the country with the Canada carbon rebate
- misdirectedTaxationPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Question is loaded with extreme examples of taxing builders, doctors and farmers; answer attacks Conservatives' voting record instead of addressing the policy impacts raised.
for eight weeks, since we put our budget forward, the Conservatives have been incredibly careful not to say a thing about the capital gains rate we are raising.
- partly answeredJusticeMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Question directly asks about repealing religious exemption; answer addresses hate speech tools broadly but does not confirm action on the specific exemption.
We recognize that more needs to be done.
- partly answeredJusticeMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Question asks what it will take to protect against incitement; answer lists existing investments and values but avoids committing to new specific measures.
we have been investing in more protection for mosques, synagogues, places of worship, and community centres for years.
- deflectedTaxationMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Question loads premise of eight years of unfair taxes; answer evades timeline by citing 2015 action and attacking NDP and Conservatives.
one of the very first things we did in 2015 was to raise taxes on the wealthiest 1% and lower them for the middle class.
- deflectedTaxationMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the eight-year record and pivots to 2015 tax changes plus attacks on Conservatives and NDP.
I would remind the House that, in 2015, we raised taxes on the wealthiest 1% and lowered them for the middle class.
- deflectedTaxationAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer evades the living-standards and tax claims by accusing Conservatives of siding with the wealthy instead of addressing the record.
The Conservatives are coming out against fairness.
- deflectedTaxationAndrew Scheer (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores specific tax impacts on builders, farmers and doctors and instead forces a binary choice framing.
Are they on the side of a nurse, a plumber or a teacher, or are they on the side of a multi-millionaire?
- deflectedTaxationMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer mocks Conservative silence then repeats the fairness binary without engaging the small-business and professional tax points.
Is it not astonishing that, when given an actual opportunity to choose to side with a plumber, to side with a nurse or to side with their multi-millionaire lobbyist pals, the Conservatives are choosing to vote against fairness?
- deflectedTaxationMs. Melissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer dismisses the personal small-business retirement example with an insult and returns to the same partisan choice attack.
squiggle and squirm as they might, it is really hard to put lipstick on a pig.
- deflectedTaxationMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer sidesteps the small-business and newcomer impact question by again accusing Conservatives of choosing the wealthy side.
Today, we know whose side they are on.
- misdirectedTaxationMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer quotes an old Scheer remark to attack him personally rather than addressing GDP, debt or fairness claims.
It was the member for Carleton
- partly answeredCanadian HeritageMr. Martin Champoux (Bloc) asked Pascale St-Onge (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the NFB program review and notes the independent mandate but does not directly address the propaganda concern.
Its mandate is clear: to support a diversity of independent filmmakers, including French-language filmmakers.
- deflectedCanadian HeritageMr. Martin Champoux (Bloc) asked Pascale St-Onge (Liberal). substantive question.The answer praises past support and budget increases without addressing NFB content policies or rein-in request.
We will continue to support them.
- deflectedCanadian HeritageMr. Martin Champoux (Bloc) asked Pascale St-Onge (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists funding programs but sidesteps the question of state influence versus artistic independence.
We support the NFB and we have added money to the Canada Media Fund.
- misdirectedHealthMr. Stephen Ellis (Conservative) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the Conservatives' record instead of addressing the tax impact on doctors or health-care access.
I thank the critic for his first question in almost a year on the matter of the health care crisis in this country.
- misdirectedHealthMr. Stephen Ellis (Conservative) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to criticizing Conservative policies rather than responding to the tax's effect on physician recruitment.
I find it interesting that the only time they have ever asked health care questions in this House is when we started talking about fairness
- misdirectedHealthMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Mark Holland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer accuses Conservatives of never asking health questions and shifts to criticizing their cuts instead of addressing the tax's impact.
this is the first time the Conservative Party has asked questions about our health care system.
- partly answeredAgriculture and Agri-FoodMr. Luc Berthold (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly notes the increased lifetime exemption but does not address the capital-gains inclusion rate's effect on farm transfers.
I want to point out that we increased the lifetime exemption for farmers.
- deflectedHousingMr. Alexandre Boulerice (NDP) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to tax fairness measures without addressing social-housing needs for people like Mr. Patry.
Today we are going to implement tax measures that will ensure fairness and allow us to invest in housing, health care and medication.
- partly answeredPersons With DisabilitiesMs. Bonita Zarrillo (NDP) asked Mr. Sameer Zuberi (Liberal). substantive question.The answer states the benefit amount and total funding but does not address whether it lifts recipients out of poverty or respond to rollout criticism.
There will be 600,000 Canadians who will be supported through this benefit.
- misdirectedTaxationMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores capital gains tax and instead attacks Conservatives' past record on agriculture funding.
The question I have is, how much more would you slash if you ever got the chance to slash?
- misdirectedTaxationMr. John Barlow (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists past Conservative votes instead of addressing the capital gains impact on farmers.
When it was asked to vote to lower taxes on the middle class, what did it say? No.
- deflectedTaxationMr. Rick Perkins (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to Conservative tax stance on millionaires rather than the fishing licence tax question.
They had a chance to stand with the plumbers, welders, nurses and teachers, but they have decided that multi-millionaires should pay lower taxes than working Canadians.
- misdirectedTaxationMr. Rick Perkins (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Conservative positions on other programs and ignores the specific retirement tax complaint.
They are going to cut the dental care that is providing care for people in Atlantic Canada.
- answeredAgriculture and Agri-FoodMr. Yves Perron (Bloc) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). substantive question.Answer directly addresses the AgriRecovery trigger request and explains joint federal-provincial process.
AgriRecovery is a joint effort between the Government of Canada and the provincial governments across the country.
- partly answeredAgriculture and Agri-FoodMr. Yves Perron (Bloc) asked Lawrence MacAulay (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges urgency and confirms ongoing procedure with Quebec but gives no timeline for triggering.
There is a procedure to follow.
- misdirectedHousingMrs. Tracy Gray (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Conservative housing record instead of addressing capital gains effects on rental investment.
this member is from a party whose leader got seven affordable units built when he was in charge of housing.
- misdirectedHousingMrs. Tracy Gray (Conservative) asked Mr. Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). loaded question.Answer criticizes the member's committee vote and GST position rather than responding to housing starts and tax impact.
she was at the House of Commons committee meeting responsible for housing when an expert from the rental sector told her that her party's position on not waiving GST for the building of purpose-built rentals was deeply irresponsible.
- deflectedHousingMrs. Dominique Vien (Conservative) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the tax question entirely and pivots to unrelated building permit statistics.
This morning, Statistics Canada reported that April saw a record number of new building permits granted.
- misdirectedTaxationMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids the inheritance tax question and instead attacks the Conservatives' stance on fairness.
Today, Canadians also know what the Conservatives think.
- misdirectedTaxationMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer sidesteps the inheritance tax impact and launches into a list of past Conservative votes against other programs.
the Conservatives have voted against reducing taxes for the middle class, against the Canada child benefit, against funding child care, against dental care and against pharmacare.
- misdirectedTaxationMr. Adam Chambers (Conservative) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). loaded question.The answer deflects by accusing the Conservatives of misleading Canadians rather than addressing the tax's impact on lower-income groups.
the only party trying to mislead Canadians is the Conservative Party
- partly answeredIndigenous AffairsMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Patty Hajdu (Liberal). substantive question.The answer affirms commitment and meetings but does not commit to immediately flowing the specific funds requested.
the Prime Minister has also written a letter confirming our commitment to this project.
- answeredChild CareMs. Leah Gazan (NDP) asked Jenna Sudds (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly states they are working with provinces on the requested national workforce strategy.
I am happy to share back in response to her question that we are working with the provinces and territories on a national strategy for the workforce.