Commons opens debate on affordability bill as opposition presses on jobs

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1. deflected
   EmploymentGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Answer pivots to trade war and their legislation instead of addressing reversal of policies.On that side of the House, they just ask questions. On this side of the House, we put plans forward to build Canada strong.
2. deflected
   EmploymentGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Answer focuses on tabling legislation and trade war without addressing specific policy changes mentioned.The way to address what is going on for Josh and his employment status is to build a plan to create opportunities, to build Canada strong
3. deflected
   EmploymentGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.Answer promotes upcoming legislation but avoids explaining lack of budget or specific unemployment measures.This plan will be tabled later today in the form of legislation, which the member and his colleagues will have a chance to support.
4. deflected
   EmploymentFraser Tolmie (Conservative) asked Wayne Long (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists tax cuts but does not address youth unemployment plan or crisis causes.We have just advanced legislation to cut taxes for 22 million Canadians, we are lowering the carbon tax, and we are lowering the taxes on first-home homebuyers.
5. deflected
   EmploymentGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Answer urges support for legislation without addressing budget absence or youth job specifics.Canadians will be watching to see what the Conservatives do. Will they support us in building Canada strong?
6. deflected
   EmploymentGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). loaded question.Answer shifts to criticizing Conservatives and promoting plan instead of committing to a budget.young people want to see what the Conservatives are going to do today.
7. partly answered
   Steel and Aluminum IndustryMarilène Gill (Bloc) asked Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal). substantive question.Answer addresses liquidity support and EI measures for steel/aluminum but not wage subsidy or countertariff redirection specifically.The Department of Finance has a mechanism specifically designed to provide that support.
8. deflected
   Forestry IndustryMarilène Gill (Bloc) asked Chrystia Freeland (Liberal). substantive question.Answer promotes one Canadian economy bill without addressing liquidity or support for forestry layoffs.That is one of the reasons I will be very pleased to get the support of all members in the House for our legislative measures to implement our plan to build one Canadian economy.
9. deflected
   Forestry IndustryClaude DeBellefeuille (Bloc) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer promotes national projects instead of addressing specific requests for liquidity guarantees and wage subsidies in forestry.We intend to respond to Mr. Trump and the Americans by building and developing major projects in Canada.
10. deflected
    FinanceTamara Kronis (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the opposition's voting record rather than addressing whether a budget will be tabled to fight inflation.The party she ran under has systematically resisted and voted against every single affordability measure that would help the very people she claims to represent.
11. deflected
    FinanceTamara Kronis (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts to past budgets and programs instead of committing to tabling a new budget this spring.She should ask her colleagues in her own caucus about past budgets, budgets that have helped the very people of whom she speaks
12. deflected
    FinanceDavid Bexte (Conservative) asked Wayne Long (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shames the opposition for past votes without responding to the call for a budget to address food prices.The party opposite has not done one thing to support families across the country, so shame on them.
13. partly answered
    FinanceDavid Bexte (Conservative) asked Wayne Long (Liberal). substantive question.The answer provides inflation reduction facts but pivots to criticizing past governments instead of addressing the budget request.In 2022, inflation was 8.1%. We have driven that down, per our policies, to 1.7%.
14. deflected
    FinanceCathay Wagantall (Conservative) asked Wayne Long (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists opposition votes against programs rather than addressing when a budget will be tabled to reduce inflation.Members of the party opposite voted against the school food program; they would not support children who needed food in schools.
15. deflected
    FinanceDominique Vien (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.The answer offers chances to support bills on tax cuts and projects but avoids committing to tabling a full budget.Today, we are going to debate the affordability bill, which lowers taxes for 22 million Canadians.
16. deflected
    FinanceDominique Vien (Conservative) asked François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal). substantive question.The answer urges support for a tax cut bill instead of addressing the demand for a spring budget amid rising spending.later today, my colleague will have the opportunity to once again show her constituents that she wants to support affordability.
17. deflected
    JusticeXavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). substantive question.Answer avoids the spending limit question by restating general principles on charter rights.it is important to realize that there are a lot of expenses.
18. partly answered
    JusticeXavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc) asked Steven Guilbeault (Liberal). substantive question.Answer explains the government's position on Bill 21 but does not address the cost or use of Quebec funds.our government has long expressed reservations about the Government of Quebec's Bill 21, especially regarding what we consider to be its misuse of the notwithstanding clause.
19. deflected
    Oil and Gas IndustryShannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.Answer ignores the pipeline question and pivots to upcoming legislation.later today we will be tabling new legislation to help build Canada strong, build projects of national interest and make us the strongest economy in the G7.
20. misdirected
    Oil and Gas IndustryShannon Stubbs (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.Answer turns to challenging the member personally instead of addressing the laws or pipelines.Will the member stand up and do something for once?
21. deflected
    Oil and Gas IndustryJonathan Rowe (Conservative) asked Joanne Thompson (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids the refinery investment question by promoting new legislation.there is a bill that will be tabled later today that is about growing this country
22. deflected
    Oil and Gas IndustryJonathan Rowe (Conservative) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.Answer sidesteps the fuel import cost question to discuss premiers meeting and new bill.We had consensus with all of the different premiers.
23. deflected
    Oil and Gas IndustryArnold Viersen (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). substantive question.Answer ignores the pipeline count question and promotes upcoming legislation instead.That member will have a golden opportunity to support this government's plan.
24. deflected
    HousingTako Van Popta (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). substantive question.Answer avoids acknowledging mismanagement and instead promotes the housing plan.this new government is focused on rolling out the most ambitious affordable housing plan that Canada has ever seen.
25. deflected
    HousingJason Groleau (Conservative) asked Joël Lightbound (Liberal). substantive question.The answer avoids stating any budget timeline by pivoting to past voting records and other measures.I will note that over the past 10 years, though, his party has voted against every affordability measure
26. partly answered
    HousingAnna Roberts (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). substantive question.The response details housing measures but does not address the budget timeline.That is why we brought in the GST break for first-time homebuyers, $50,000 for homes up to $1 million
27. deflected
    HousingAnna Roberts (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). loaded question.The answer defends current efforts and rejects the premise without offering a revised plan.I urge the member opposite to check the facts.
28. partly answered
    Public SafetyDane Lloyd (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.The answer mentions bail reform commitments but shifts focus to provincial responsibilities.this new government is taking community safety very seriously.
29. deflected
    Public SafetyDane Lloyd (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.The answer restates future intentions without recognizing the described policy failure.I have said before that we are committed to making it tougher for violent criminals to get bail
30. deflected
    Public SafetyJacob Mantle (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.The answer promises legislation but avoids any commitment to repeal the named bills.once again, we are going to bring forward bail legislation in the coming months.
31. misdirected
    Public SafetyJacob Mantle (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the proposed repeal as nonsensical and pivots to separate reforms.but his solution is to repeal a law that makes it tougher for people who have committed acts of intimate partner violence to escape bail and return to our communities. That is a nonsensical approach.
32. misdirected
    FirearmsAndrew Lawton (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). loaded question.The answer opens with a personal attack on the asker before addressing the policy.let me first congratulate my colleague opposite for his Adobe editing skills, for the type of trash that he is putting out on social media.
33. deflected
    Public SafetyJohn Williamson (Conservative) asked Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to border measures in Bill C-2 instead of addressing bail for convicted offenders.Bill C-2 has a number of important measures in place to protect the border, including ensuring that in regard to those who are predators, especially on the Internet, using child pornography, for example, law enforcement has the right tools to be able to do its job more adequately.
34. partly answered
    Fisheries and OceansClifford Small (Conservative) asked Joanne Thompson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the need to balance interests but does not commit to the specific allocation requested.
35. partly answered
    Fisheries and OceansClifford Small (Conservative) asked Joanne Thompson (Liberal). loaded question.The answer repeats the balancing point without addressing the lobbyist claim or specific proposal.It is imperative that we balance the future of stocks.
36. misdirected
    FinanceEric Lefebvre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the new MP and pivots to supporting unrelated bills rather than addressing the budget request.He is lucky because today he will have the opportunity to support a bill that will lower taxes for the woman in Victoriaville he is talking about.
37. answered
    Natural ResourcesGord Johns (NDP) asked Tim Hodgson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly states support for biomass and references a bill to be tabled that day.Later today, we will be tabling a bill that would help us build energy-efficient sources of energy, including biomass.
38. deflected
    Northern AffairsLori Idlout (NDP) asked Rebecca Chartrand (Liberal). loaded question.The answer discusses subsidy accountability without addressing the cancelled program or road priority comparison.To enhance accountability, we formed the nutrition north compliance and audit review committee with indigenous and regional representatives.