Commons debates privilege motion over green slush fund documents

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1. misdirected
   International TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the Conservative leader on defence spending and security clearance instead of addressing the trade policy questions.It is that Conservative Party and that Conservative leader who sat at the cabinet table and lowered defence spending to less than 1% of the GDP.
2. misdirected
   EmploymentPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to attacking the Conservative leader on security clearance rather than addressing the income and job loss claims.Successfully standing up for Canadians is not dumb, but what is dumb is someone refusing to get their security clearance so they can actually protect members of their caucus
3. misdirected
   EmploymentPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to defence spending and security clearance instead of responding to the carbon tax and tariff points.The leader of the Conservative Party was sitting around the cabinet table when Conservatives dropped spending on defence to below 1%
4. misdirected
   EmploymentPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the Conservative record on veterans and defence rather than addressing the carbon tax or border security claims.They shuttered nine veterans services offices; cut thousands of staff, people helping veterans; and made cuts to the Canadian Armed Forces that brought our spending on defence to below 1%.
5. misdirected
   EmploymentPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer defends past trade actions and attacks Harper and the opposition on defence instead of addressing current income gaps or calling an election.Canadians remember all too well how Stephen Harper had a tendency to capitulate to the Americans.
6. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer states preparations have been made and borders will be protected but provides no specifics on asylum management plans.We will always be there to protect our economy, our forestry workers, our farmers, and our aluminum and steel workers.
7. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer references past actions on Roxham Road and distribution but does not commit to new measures or provincial demographic distribution.
8. deflected
   International TradeMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer emphasizes past achievements and a Team Canada approach without directly stating that Trump's tariff plans are wrong.We stood up for Canadian agricultural workers, for Canadian steel and aluminum workers, and for Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
9. deflected
   International TradeMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer discusses past NAFTA success without stating whether Trump is wrong on tariffs.We will continue to work responsibly to stand up for Canadian values, interests and jobs, knowing that we can do this together to create prosperity throughout North America.
10. misdirected
    International TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The response attacks the Conservative Party for not joining team Canada instead of addressing the election call or softwood tariffs.Only one party did not participate in that exercise. and that was the Conservative Party of Canada, which sulked and said that we should capitulate on everything
11. misdirected
    International TradePierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to attacking the Conservative record on defence spending and security clearance rather than buy America policy.Speaking of defence, we are not going to take any lessons from a member of Mr. Harper's cabinet, because this Conservative leader was there when the Harper government decided to cut defence investments to less than 1% of GDP
12. misdirected
    The EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The response ignores per capita GDP comparisons and pivots to the opposition leader's refusal of security clearance.I know Donald Trump well enough to know that he would be extremely confused, as Canadians are, about why, at a time when all democracies are facing uncertainty and foreign aggression, the Leader of the Opposition still refuses to get the security clearance
13. misdirected
    The EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer corrects investment facts but then attacks on security clearance instead of addressing the claim of helping create US jobs.What the American government will not understand is why the Conservative leader continues to refuse to get the security clearance necessary to protect Canadians
14. misdirected
    The EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The response accuses cherry-picking numbers and pivots to defence spending and security clearance rather than per capita GDP decline.
15. deflected
    Carbon PricingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer promotes the carbon rebate benefits without addressing whether the tax helps Trump by driving businesses south.The Canada carbon rebate puts more money back in the pockets of eight out of 10 Canadians, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer
16. answered
    International TradeMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly confirms agreement and ongoing action to pass the bill protecting supply management.We are in the process of making sure it passes in the Senate.
17. deflected
    SeniorsMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses inflation broadly but never engages the specific request to restore OAS fairness for ages 65-74.We will continue to invest in programs like dental care and support for seniors, which will help them as well.
18. misdirected
    HousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the opposition leader personally and reframes the question as cuts versus investment rather than addressing the proposed plan.Once again, he is completely out to lunch and demonstrating an unwillingness to help Canadians, except for a willingness to help himself with political attacks.
19. misdirected
    HousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer pivots to mocking the opposition leader's scrutiny of caucus letters instead of addressing whether the housing accelerator fund has produced homes.If he spent half as much time rooting out foreign interference as he did rooting out people who are asking for more housing, we might be better off as a country.
20. deflected
    HousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer cites supportive quotes from MPs and a mayor but supplies no evidence of homes actually built by the accelerator fund.the MP for St. Albert—Edmonton said, "The requested federal funding is critical to making this needed development a reality—a development that will help address the significant shortage of affordable housing options in the community".
21. misdirected
    HousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer ignores the election challenge and instead accuses the opposition of exploiting suffering and failing on foreign interference.Because he would rather instrumentalize, for his own political gain, the sufferings and the challenges faced by Canadians than solve the challenges, just like he refuses to solve the challenge of foreign interference in his own caucus
22. deflected
    Veterans AffairsMr. Jagmeet Singh (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights past investments and Conservative cuts but does not address the unspent $150 million or the marriage-after-60 clause.we have invested over $11 billion in supports for veterans over the past years after the Conservative government demonstrated that it was nickel-and-diming veterans for photo ops
23. partly answered
    Indigenous AffairsMs. Lori Idlout (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the problem and cites increased funding but offers no timeline or specific measures for de-escalation teams or justice in the cited case.We know there is much more to do, including even stronger partnerships with respect to indigenous policing, with respect to community safety, with respect to housing and with respect to supports for young people.
24. deflected
    HousingPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer focuses on alleged Conservative cuts to Quebec housing funds and never engages the GST-removal proposal or the election request.The Conservative leader is saying he would cut $900 million in joint investments with Quebec that are intended to create roughly 8,000 affordable housing units.
25. deflected
    Natural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the question as a distraction and pivots to past pipeline construction without addressing the proposed plan or emissions comparison.what this little performance was designed to distract from is the fact that under the Conservative government of Mr. Harper and the current leader, they could not get anything built.
26. deflected
    Natural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer focuses on what the asker would not have done rather than responding to the claim about investment leaving Canada.the Leader of the Opposition just admitted that he would not have put a penny into TMX.
27. deflected
    Natural ResourcesPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer repeats that the asker would not have built TMX and shifts to renewables and future investments without addressing the bailout or Texas company claim.we just heard very clearly from the leader of the Conservative Party that he would not have built the TMX pipeline.
28. misdirected
    Natural ResourcesMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer ignores the climate question and instead attacks the asker for approving exploration in Anticosti.it is rather ironic to be asked a question like that by someone who approved oil and gas exploration in Anticosti.
29. misdirected
    National DefenceMr. Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.Answer thanks the asker for clearance but pivots entirely to attacking the Conservative leader for not getting clearance instead of addressing Ukraine or 2% spending.I have to thank him for getting his security clearance so that he, like all the other party leaders, except for the Conservative Party leader, can live up to our responsibility to protect our democracy.
30. misdirected
    Oil and Gas IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the carbon tax election and policy repeal request and instead attacks the asker on national security clearances.
31. misdirected
    The EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the investment flight and Carney reference and instead accuses the asker of dodging foreign interference allegations.what the leader of the Conservative Party has not explained is why he is treating national security like a dodge ball game.
32. misdirected
    The EconomyPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the economic record challenge and instead accuses the asker of refusing security clearance due to Indian interference in leadership campaigns.It is not a crackpot conspiracy theory when his own members of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians signed a report, which was released publicly, that talks about the fact that the Indian government interfered in past Conservative leadership campaigns.
33. deflected
    Innovation, Science and IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer sidesteps the specific allegation about the minister's stake and police questions by emphasizing RCMP independence and pivoting to attack the asker on security clearance.The RCMP has clearly stated that it does not need and does not particularly want the documents that the Leader of the Opposition is freezing Parliament over.
34. deflected
    Innovation, Science and IndustryPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids addressing the reported company ownership and scandal by restating police independence and criticizing the opposition leader's security clearance.Quebeckers and all Canadians understand how important it is for police forces to be independent from politicians, despite the Conservative leader's efforts to polarize and politicize the work of the RCMP and our other police forces.
35. misdirected
    Foreign AffairsPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the housing cost question and instead attacks the asker for partisanship while raising unrelated foreign interference claims.At the same time as he is doing this, he is refusing to take seriously allegations made by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians that his very leadership, the leadership in which the diplomat in question, as a former journalist, moderated, was interfered with by the Indian government.
36. deflected
    YouthMr. Don Davies (NDP) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer ignores youth unemployment and cost-of-living issues to criticize the NDP's positions on carbon pricing and capital gains instead.I should think that young Canadians are preoccupied that the NDP seems to be letting them down by backing off on its commitment to put a price on pollution that also puts more money in the pockets of eight out of 10 Canadians with the Canada carbon rebate.
37. answered
    Climate ChangeMs. Elizabeth May (Green) asked Justin Trudeau (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly addresses protecting multilateral climate action by outlining Canada's approach to emissions reduction and international partnerships.We will continue to work hand in hand with partners from around the world as we protect biodiversity, as we create jobs, as we lower emissions, as we draw on investment and as we create the solutions on energy and technology that are going to bring Canadians forward.