Commons advances Citizenship Act amendments as trade talks dominate question period

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. deflected
   International TradeMichael Barrett (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.Answer avoids addressing the termination of negotiations or timeline for a deal by pivoting to domestic diversification efforts.We remain ready to restart negotiations. At the same time, we are building Canada strong; we are diversifying our supply chains with major economies in the Indo-Pacific, we are reducing internal barriers to trade, and we are getting national projects off the ground, things that I remind the opposition they voted against.
2. deflected
   International TradeMichael Barrett (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.Answer ignores the specific job losses and spending critique, instead listing past supports and urging opposition unity.it is surprising that the member opposite does not recognize that this government has been there to support industry and affected sectors, with a $5-billion strategic response fund and $10 billion for liquidity management.
3. deflected
   International TradeGérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.Answer sidesteps the broken-promise premise and termination of talks by emphasizing control distinctions and domestic projects.for months, we have been emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between what we can control and what we cannot control.
4. deflected
   International TradeGérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists funding supports but evades the demand for immediate action on terminated negotiations and Quebec job losses.We are here with support for the auto industry, the lumber industry and industry in general, with a $5-billion strategic fund.
5. misdirected
   YouthJamil Jivani (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.Answer attacks the Conservatives' past comments instead of committing to spending controls or addressing youth debt concerns.When will the Conservatives actually stand up for Canada's youth?
6. misdirected
   YouthJamil Jivani (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). substantive question.Answer promotes a local project announcement and challenges the member to support it rather than addressing spending control.Can the member opposite for Bowmanville—Oshawa North not stand up and actually support those opportunities for once?
7. partly answered
   EmploymentAlexis Deschênes (Bloc) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). substantive question.Answer addresses support measures for workers but does not specify new actions for the recent negotiation breakdown.We are keeping a steady hand to continue supporting industry and workers.
8. deflected
   EmploymentAlexis Deschênes (Bloc) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). substantive question.Answer highlights trade rankings and past agreements but avoids committing to faster, flexible support or immediate results for affected workers.
9. partly answered
   Forestry IndustryMarilène Gill (Bloc) asked Karim Bardeesy (Liberal). substantive question.Mentions promised aid but ignores wage subsidy and Ontario comparison.To offset the pressure from tariffs, we are making $700 million available to softwood lumber companies through the Business Development Bank of Canada.
10. deflected
    YouthSandra Cobena (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.Pivots to investment record instead of addressing spending restraint.When we look at our track record, we see that housing starts are up under the Prime Minister , construction investment is up and wages are up, and we have created over 100,000 full-time jobs in the past month alone.
11. deflected
    YouthSandra Cobena (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.Shifts to defending investments and attacks opposition instead of budget restraint.When members on the opposite side of the House stand up and call things like our national school food program "garbage", when it actually helps young Canadians get the best early start in life, we have to wonder whether they really care about youth.
12. misdirected
    YouthSukhman Gill (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). substantive question.Ignores question entirely and attacks Conservative leader over police comments.it is appalling that the member opposite is talking about sacrifices.
13. deflected
    YouthSukhman Gill (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). substantive question.Repeats investment claims and criticizes opposition rather than addressing youth jobs.On top of it, the Conservative members call a national school food program "garbage".
14. misdirected
    YouthGrant Jackson (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.Attacks Conservative youth plan instead of responding to spending or sacrifices.let me take an opportunity to shed some light on the Conservative youth plan, which borrows heavily from the MAGA playbook.
15. deflected
    YouthGrant Jackson (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.Lists investments but avoids any discussion of spending control or EI numbers.We are building housing. We are investing in skills. We are building major projects to create jobs.
16. misdirected
    YouthMichael Kram (Conservative) asked Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal). substantive question.Ignores the plan question and attacks Conservatives on past summer jobs cuts.one thing we know about the Conservatives is that they do not know shame.
17. deflected
    TransportationXavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.The answer shifts responsibility to provinces and lists general actions without addressing the 10 federal measures requested.licensing is a provincial responsibility, so it is up to the provinces to take appropriate action.
18. partly answered
    TransportationXavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). substantive question.The answer references federal steps on misclassification and work with Quebec but avoids the Ontario-specific federal rules highlighted.We have taken steps to ensure that misclassification is made illegal; we are enforcing that more than ever.
19. partly answered
    Forestry IndustryTodd Doherty (Conservative) asked Corey Hogan (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists financial supports but does not address the timeline for securing a softwood lumber agreement.we have announced a number of supports: $50 million for workers; $700 million in liquidity supports, which are accessible through the banks that the mills are using right now; and $500 million of innovation to come.
20. deflected
    Forestry IndustryTodd Doherty (Conservative) asked Corey Hogan (Liberal). substantive question.The answer reiterates meetings and supports without addressing the call for a negotiated agreement or priority status.I continue to work with the sector to make sure we are providing supports that are meeting the moment.
21. misdirected
    The EconomyMarilyn Gladu (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the Conservatives on an unrelated claim instead of addressing deficits or food inflation.Conservative members pretend to care about food insecurity, but then they call feeding children "garbage", which is completely unacceptable.
22. deflected
    The EconomyMarilyn Gladu (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). loaded question.The answer dismisses the taxes as imaginary and pivots to unrelated tax cuts without engaging the fuel or packaging tax claims.the reason the imaginary taxes the Conservatives are trying to invent do not appear on people's grocery receipts is that they are not real.
23. deflected
    TransportationJason Groleau (Conservative) asked Mike Kelloway (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer offers general safety assurances without responding to the value-of-life question or specific Driver Inc. inaction.We are closely monitoring the situation, and we will take the necessary measures to ensure that our truck drivers can work in reasonable conditions, protecting their safety and that of all Canadians.
24. deflected
    Automotive IndustryKyle Seeback (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.The answer emphasizes domestic actions and asks Conservatives to stand with them rather than addressing the tariff progress claim or job losses.We cannot control the trade policy of the United States or any other country.
25. answered
    Automotive IndustryKyle Seeback (Conservative) asked Karim Bardeesy (Liberal). loaded question.The answer directly lists multiple concrete plan elements addressing the request for an actual plan.the plan is to work with unions, to work with companies and to work with the provinces to have an alignment so that we can fight these unjustified tariffs.
26. partly answered
    Automotive IndustryConnie Cody (Conservative) asked Karim Bardeesy (Liberal). loaded question.The answer outlines response measures but does not address the specific question on how many more jobs will be lost.That includes the strategic response fund, the changes we have made to the remissions framework, diversifying our trade and continuing to attract companies from all over the world to build right here in Canada.
27. partly answered
    Automotive IndustryFred Davies (Conservative) asked Ryan Turnbull (Liberal). substantive question.The answer expresses concern and notes adjustments to the framework but does not specify when or how job losses will be stopped.We have adjusted the remissions framework to correspond with the reduction in those production levels.
28. deflected
    HousingBernard Généreux (Conservative) asked Jennifer McKelvie (Liberal). loaded question.The answer ignores the question about stopping wasteful spending and instead restates the government's housing program.This means building housing at a pace not seen in generations.
29. misdirected
    YouthGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Maggie Chi (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the Conservatives' voting record instead of addressing the question on sacrifices demanded of youth.Conservatives talk a big game about supporting young people and young families, but they voted against every single measure that actually helps them.
30. deflected
    YouthGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Leslie Church (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer promotes government investments without engaging the call to change course on sacrifices for youth.Our plan includes building homes young people can afford and building great jobs that are going to create opportunities for their future.
31. partly answered
    Mental Health and AddictionsDan Mazier (Conservative) asked Maggie Chi (Liberal). substantive question.The answer acknowledges community concerns and mitigation needs but does not state whether the specific application will be rejected.As we continue to work with parents and partners to tackle this public health issue, service providers must engage with our communities and have mitigation measures in place to address community concerns about public safety.
32. deflected
    Mental Health and AddictionsDan Mazier (Conservative) asked Maggie Chi (Liberal). loaded question.The answer reiterates general partnership language and invites collaboration instead of answering the yes-or-no question on shutting down sites.I invite the member opposite to work with us on this instead of fighting us.
33. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer avoids the specific deportation question entirely by shifting to general policy and attacking Conservatives.We also will not politicize, from start to finish, immigration policy in this country.
34. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer again sidesteps the deportation query by pivoting to broad immigration sustainability and leadership attacks.The Conservatives can play games with immigration for political purposes and support the Leader of the Opposition as he leads into the leadership review in January.
35. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal). substantive question.The answer ignores the request for an apology and instead discusses future plans while implying the question is politicized.I implore my colleagues, instead of politicizing questions of immigration, to put serious ideas on the floor that are, and I emphasize this, constitutional.
36. deflected
    The EconomyMarc Dalton (Conservative) asked Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal). substantive question.The answer evades spending restraint by contrasting programs and attacking a Conservative member's comment on school food.As late as yesterday, we had a member disgracefully stand in the chamber to say that the program "is garbage".
37. partly answered
    EmploymentAlexandre Boulerice (NDP) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). substantive question.The answer addresses readiness to negotiate and lists domestic actions but does not outline a full strategy or timeline for protecting workers.However, we can take action here at home by launching national construction projects, by growing the Canadian economy by getting rid of internal barriers and diversifying our trade through the creation of new—
38. answered
    Public SafetyLeah Gazan (NDP) asked Jacques Ramsay (Liberal). substantive question.The answer directly affirms commitment to providing resources and resolving the crisis promptly.We will ensure that they have the police services, resources and tools they need to deal with this crisis.