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Tuesday, November 5, 2024 · sitting No. 366
Heritage committee tables report on tech giants as MPs debate climate concurrence motion
The House spent the largest share of the sitting on routine proceedings for committees of the House. Liberal MP Hedy Fry presented the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage's 13th report on tech giants' intimidation tactics. Conservative MP Kevin Waugh tabled a dissenting report that faulted the main document for insufficient attention to censorship. Conservative MP Philip Lawrence moved concurrence in the public accounts committee's report on lessons from Canada's record on climate change, prompting exchanges with Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux and Lawrence over carbon pricing.
Question period featured repeated Conservative attacks on trade and economic performance. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused the government of capitulating to U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber and buy America policies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau countered that the Conservatives had urged capitulation during NAFTA talks and defended record investments in housing and health care.
Other oral questions addressed public safety, foreign interference, housing and veterans' issues, with interventions from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on private health care and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet on greenhouse gas caps for the oil and gas sector.
Decided that day
- Referral of privilege question to committee passed
- Public Accounts committee report passed
- Environment committee report passed
- Amendment to Public Accounts report failed
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Other moments
Privilege
Conservative MP Tim Uppal said the Auditor General had uncovered a $400-million green slush fund scandal involving Liberal appointees and called for documents to go to the RCMP. Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux called the Conservative tactic abusive and said the RCMP and Auditor General opposed it.
Read the exchangePetitions
Green MP Mike Morrice presented petitions on Highway 413's environmental impact and the poisoned drug crisis, urging a public health emergency declaration. Conservative MP Bob Zimmer tabled a petition against bans on hunting and sport-shooting firearms.
Read the exchangeVeterans Affairs
NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron asked Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor to ensure women veterans receive visibility at national Remembrance Day ceremonies. Petitpas Taylor said the government had invested more than $11.5 billion in veterans' services since 2016.
Read the exchangeEmployment Insurance
Bloc Québécois MP Louise Chabot introduced Bill C-418 to reform eligibility, benefit duration and amounts under the Employment Insurance Act. Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault said the government had already extended sick benefits and added supports for seasonal and adoptive parents.
Read the exchangeQuestion Period, exchange by exchange
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- misdirectedInternational TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer counters premise by attacking Conservatives instead of addressing election request or tariffs.
while we were standing up to Donald Trump when he wanted to renegotiate NAFTA, the Conservatives, including Stephen Harper, were encouraging us to capitulate.
- deflectedInternational TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts to housing cuts and austerity without addressing income gap or investments leaving Canada.
At the same time, he wants to scrap investments that are going to help Canadians solve the housing crisis, for example.
- misdirectedInternational TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores trade question entirely and pivots to unrelated condemnation of violence.
allow me, instead, to take a moment to condemn, unequivocally, the violence we have seen in South Asian communities across the country over the past few nights.
- misdirectedInternational TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks Opposition leader's silence and security clearance instead of addressing GDP gap or jobs.
- misdirectedPublic SafetyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer deflects by criticizing lack of security clearance rather than addressing claimed rise in violence or ownership.
The reality is that he refuses to take the necessary briefings that our security agencies are offering him to understand the threats to Canada.
- deflectedOil and Gas IndustryMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer explains emissions cap but does not address whether legislation was considered.
That is why we are capping greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector.
- deflectedOil and Gas IndustryMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer reiterates cap on emissions without addressing tougher standards or legislation.
That is why we put a cap on greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector.
- partly answeredHealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer addresses federal role in keeping health care public but sidesteps specific accusation about Galen Weston profiting.
it is the federal responsibility to make sure that health care remains public, universal and single-payer.
- deflectedHealthMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer discusses federal investments and provincial jurisdiction without addressing ending private clinics.
unlike the NDP, we understand and we respect the fact that the delivery of health care falls under provincial jurisdiction.
- misdirectedThe EconomyMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores GDP and tax questions to attack the Conservative leader on security clearance.
what the Conservatives will not talk about is the record level of investment we have seen in the country.
- misdirectedThe EconomyMr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative) asked Kamal Khera (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids economic data to accuse Conservatives of a hidden agenda and attack on security clearance.
They would cut dental care for nine million Canadians.
- deflectedThe EconomyMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Ms. Rachel Bendayan (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts to deficit comparison instead of addressing tax hikes or per capita GDP recession.
Canada ran a deficit of just 1.1% of GDP in 2023.
- deflectedThe EconomyMichael Chong (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). substantive question.The answer begins politely but provides no information on fast-tracked projects.
I know the member to be an honourable—
- deflectedThe EconomyMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.The answer highlights investments but does not address eliminating carbon or capital gains taxes.
Take Honda, for example, which is investing $19 billion in our country.
- misdirectedThe EconomyMr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots from debt and taxes to attack the Conservative leader on security clearance.
Will my colleague ask his Conservative leader, who is right next to him, to get his security clearance so he can protect himself and all other Conservative MPs from foreign interference?
- deflectedInternational TradeMr. Yves Perron (Bloc) asked Marie-Claude Bibeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer notes senators are independent and claims only Liberals protect supply management without committing to action on the bill.
once again, we would remind our Bloc Québécois colleagues that senators are independent.
- deflectedInternational TradeMr. Yves Perron (Bloc) asked Marie-Claude Bibeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to promoting a Liberal government instead of addressing the bill's urgency with senators.
The best way to protect farmers in Quebec and across Canada and protect supply management is to make sure that we have a Liberal government for a long time to come.
- misdirectedInternational TradeMr. Yves Perron (Bloc) asked Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal). loaded question.The response accuses the Bloc of allying with Conservatives instead of addressing the senators' actions.
Unfortunately, the Bloc Québécois is currently forming an alliance with them.
- deflectedInternational TradeMr. Bob Zimmer (Conservative) asked Mary Ng (Liberal). loaded question.Shifts to what Conservatives are doing instead of addressing the softwood lumber deal.
What are the Conservatives doing on the other side of the House?
- misdirectedInternational TradeMr. Jake Stewart (Conservative) asked Jonathan Wilkinson (Liberal). loaded question.Turns to questioning the opposition leader's security clearance rather than the softwood lumber issue.
Canadians are asking why the Leader of the Opposition will not get a security clearance.
- misdirectedInternational TradeMr. Randy Hoback (Conservative) asked Karina Gould (Liberal). loaded question.Ends with attack on Conservative leader's security clearance instead of addressing tariffs and deals.
- misdirectedInternational TradeMr. Richard Martel (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Focuses on the Conservative leader's security clearance as the real question of the day.
The real question that Canadians are asking today is why the Conservative leader does not want to get his security clearance.
- partly answeredVeterans AffairsMs. Lisa Marie Barron (NDP) asked Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Liberal). substantive question.Acknowledges veterans but does not specifically commit to including women veterans in the national ceremony.
I encourage them to attend legions and the many commemorative services that will take place all over Canada to thank both men and women who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
- deflectedVeterans AffairsMs. Lindsay Mathyssen (NDP) asked Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Liberal). substantive question.Highlights past actions and investments but avoids addressing changes to the ombud's powers.
Unlike the previous Conservative government, we have acted.
- deflectedHousingMrs. Rosemarie Falk (Conservative) asked Mr. Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks Conservative cuts instead of addressing the GST question.
The Conservatives want to make cuts. They have no vision on housing. Therefore, they have no vision on the future for Canada. It is not serious.
- misdirectedHousingMrs. Rosemarie Falk (Conservative) asked Mr. Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks specific Conservative MPs rather than addressing the GST proposal.
In the House of Commons and on social media, they parrot their leader's talking points, but they do not believe in those talking points, evidently, because they are advocating for good government programs that are going to get more homes built for Canadians.
- misdirectedHousingMr. Jacques Gourde (Conservative) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to criticizing the Conservative proposal's impact on Quebec housing units.
In mathematics, six housing units is less than 8,000 housing units. That is exactly what the Conservative leader 's irresponsible proposal is jeopardizing: 8,000 social and affordable housing units in Quebec.
- misdirectedHousingMr. Jacques Gourde (Conservative) asked Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to unrelated attacks on cuts and security clearance instead of housing competence.
Furthermore, his constituents want to know why the Conservative leader does not want to get his security clearance and protect the democratic integrity of his own party.
- partly answeredEmployment InsuranceMs. Louise Chabot (Bloc) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists some EI changes made but does not address support for the Bloc bill.
We extended sick benefits to 26 weeks. We provided an additional five weeks to seasonal workers. We also added important benefits for adoptive parents.
- deflectedEmployment InsuranceMs. Louise Chabot (Bloc) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). substantive question.The answer avoids the bill and instead questions Bloc support for resuming House work.
I understand that the Bloc Québécois wants to advance things here in the House, but will it distance itself from its Conservative friends and support us, so that we can resume the very important work of the House of Commons?
- misdirectedHousingMrs. Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Conservative) asked Mr. Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks a Conservative MP's comments on homelessness instead of addressing the GST plan.
Earlier today, there was a two-hour filibuster in the House of Commons committee responsible for housing, where we could have actually talked about housing, but we had to listen to the Conservatives filibuster for two hours because they were trying to defend their colleague, who only a few days ago said that homelessness, homeless people and poverty inevitably lead to crime.
- misdirectedHousingMrs. Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Conservative) asked Mr. Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the Conservative leader's past actions on encampments instead of the GST proposal.
What is not empty and what is real is the example of the Conservative leader , who only months ago went down to encampments and filmed people in their most vulnerable states, who before that visited a home of a working-class person, a server, and called it a shack.
- deflectedPublic SafetyMr. Frank Caputo (Conservative) asked Bill Blair (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts entirely to blaming Toronto's Conservative mayors and premier on police hiring instead of addressing federal bail policy accountability.
There are currently 700 fewer police officers working in the city of Toronto today than when I was the police chief only nine years ago.
- deflectedForeign AffairsMr. Michael Barrett (Conservative) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids firing Tom Clark and pivots to defending the condo purchase value and US relations instead of the alleged lie.
First and foremost, we have had good value for money in this transaction as $7 million will be refunded.
- deflectedForeign AffairsMr. Michael Barrett (Conservative) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). loaded question.Answer sidesteps firing Clark and instead attacks Conservatives while defending the Manhattan location choice.
apparently Mr. Clark was good enough for the Conservatives when he was moderating their leadership race, but that is another issue.
- deflectedForeign AffairsMrs. Stephanie Kusie (Conservative) asked Mélanie Joly (Liberal). loaded question.Answer praises the asker and emphasizes US investment without addressing whether the minister should know key facts or Clark's alleged lie.
I have a lot of time for the member opposite because she used to be the consul in Dallas, and she knows how important it is to be investing in her diplomatic network in the U.S.
- partly answeredInfrastructureMr. Brian Masse (NDP) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the convoy crisis and partnership with Windsor but offers no commitment on repaying costs or taking federal responsibility.
My colleagues on this side of the House have also been talking to me about what we can do to support the City of Windsor, and we are always open to working with the City of Windsor.
- deflectedEmploymentMr. Gord Johns (NDP) asked Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). substantive question.Answer highlights overall federal transfers but shifts blame to provinces on credential recognition instead of restoring B.C.'s specific funding cut.
If the member and other members in this House want to make sure that we have a fully functioning workforce, let us get the provinces to do their part when it comes to recognizing foreign credentials.