Commons debates limits on health benefits for failed asylum claimants

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1. deflected
   PensionsPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer opens with unrelated Ukraine statement then pivots to project history without addressing waste or seniors' cheques.Canada stands with Ukraine and we are sending more military and humanitarian aid today.
2. deflected
   PensionsPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer claims prior start and budgeting but avoids any plan to fix the overrun or deliver cheques.All amounts have been budgeted for and this project has already been reviewed by the Auditor General.
3. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer addresses immigration reductions and health coverage but ignores the motion and doctor shortage premise.The government has reduced the number of temporary workers in this country by 50% and the demands of asylum seekers by one-third.
4. deflected
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists claim reductions but does not engage with supporting the motion or health care access failures.We have the immigration system under control, and we are supplying the health care Canadians need.
5. misdirected
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer attacks the timeline premise instead of responding to the policy or motion request.he said 11 years, but I just got here.
6. partly answered
   Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipPierre Poilievre (Conservative) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer endorses bills and states criminals serve time but sidesteps two-tier system and deportation policy.when someone commits a crime in this country, they should serve the time in this country.
7. deflected
   PensionsYves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer notes personal absence in 2017 and budgeted status without addressing scandal scale or pride in it.At that time, I was the governor of the Bank of England.
8. misdirected
   PensionsYves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). loaded question.Answer lists unrelated Quebec programs instead of addressing retiree cheque delays or purchasing power.we have strengthened Quebec's health care system.
9. deflected
   PensionsYves-François Blanchet (Bloc) asked Mark Carney (Liberal). substantive question.The answer claims prior reviews without addressing the request for a new independent public inquiry.the Cúram project has already been reviewed by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Auditor General.
10. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMelissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner for targeting vulnerable people instead of addressing the two-tier health care claim.It is very interesting to us that, after a week away to lick their wounds, the Conservatives returned to Parliament to punch down at some of the most vulnerable people in this world
11. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMelissa Lantsman (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). loaded question.The answer accuses the Conservatives of punching down rather than responding to the cost increase and fairness question.The Conservatives need to stop punching down at the world's most vulnerable people.
12. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipDan Mazier (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). loaded question.The answer pivots to listing unrelated Conservative voting records instead of answering yes or no on wait-list priority.If the Conservatives were really serious about health care, they would support our investments in hospitals, they would support dental care, they would support pharmacare and they would support the immigration program under the global talent stream that I just announced.
13. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipDan Mazier (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). loaded question.The answer describes the IRB process without explaining why rejected claimants remain on the same health care wait-lists as genuine refugees.Those who clearly fit in the system are in there, and we will continue to honour our humanitarian, constitutional and international obligations.
14. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). substantive question.The answer denies the premise and cites reductions in asylum seekers without addressing the motion on benefit fairness.that is not true. That is not true at all.
15. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipGabriel Hardy (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). substantive question.The answer restates general commitments to safety without engaging the specific motion or billing-rate concerns.
16. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipRhonda Kirkland (Conservative) asked Patty Hajdu (Liberal). substantive question.The answer counters by questioning Conservative votes on other programs instead of addressing the interim federal health program costs and fairness.Will the Conservatives stop voting against investments in health care?
17. deflected
    PensionsSébastien Lemire (Bloc) asked Patty Hajdu (Liberal). loaded question.The answer avoids the specific pension errors and delays by reframing around modernization costs.The number that the Bloc Québécois continues to use is misleading to Canadians.
18. partly answered
    PensionsSébastien Lemire (Bloc) asked Stephanie McLean (Liberal). loaded question.The answer provides spending figures but does not address the call for a public inquiry.To date, $1.5 billion has been spent.
19. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipBrad Redekopp (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's motives instead of addressing automated approvals or security checks.Punching down by demonizing refugees, saying they are going to cut health care, is a blatant political opportunity
20. misdirected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipSukhman Gill (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). loaded question.The answer accuses the asker of dog whistling and pivots to refugee stories rather than safeguards.the translation has been difficult to hear over the anti-refugee dog whistle that has been coming from the other side of the chamber all afternoon.
21. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipHarb Gill (Conservative) asked Anita Anand (Liberal). loaded question.The answer promotes unrelated bills and programs without addressing removed safeguards or interviews.I would ask the opposition to vote with us on Bill C-12
22. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal). substantive question.The answer highlights system strengths and reductions but ignores benefits to failed claimants.We have curved asylum by one-third.
23. deflected
    Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipMichelle Rempel Garner (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.The answer accuses the opposition of division and pivots to other policies instead of addressing the justice minister's comments.The Conservatives are just trying to divide Canadians.
24. partly answered
    YouthGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Anna Gainey (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists some youth supports but does not engage with the RBC poll or policy reversal request.the government is there in support of all Canadians, including with a first-time homebuyer's tax credit
25. deflected
    YouthGarnett Genuis (Conservative) asked Anna Gainey (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer promotes unrelated government benefits instead of addressing proposals on training, immigration or development.we are giving Canadians a boost across this country, up to 12 million of them, with the grocery benefit, which will reach families with up to $1,900 this year to give them a boost.
26. misdirected
    YouthCarol Anstey (Conservative) asked Joanne Thompson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer attacks the questioner for not knowing her riding instead of addressing home-ownership affordability data.the member likes to stand in the House and talk about what she feels her constituents need, but she actually needs to talk to them and ask whether building houses matters in her riding
27. deflected
    YouthCarol Anstey (Conservative) asked Joanne Thompson (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer points to the budget without engaging the CREA price-increase statistics or the question on worsening affordability.I am going to remind the member from Newfoundland and Labrador that she needs to read budget 2025, because in that budget, she will notice that there are strong supports for youth across this country
28. partly answered
    HousingScot Davidson (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). substantive question.The answer lists some housing initiatives but does not address the record-low GTA sales or immigration and inflation factors raised.the government is focused on making housing more affordable across the board, starting with our first-time homebuyers getting a tax break.
29. deflected
    HousingScot Davidson (Conservative) asked Gregor Robertson (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer repeats praise for Build Canada Homes without engaging debt or savings statistics or the timeline question.The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association said it clearly: Build Canada Homes is "an important step toward addressing the housing crisis—building homes at speed and scale, ensuring affordability, and listening to the community housing sector."
30. misdirected
    HousingVincent Ho (Conservative) asked David McGuinty (Liberal). loaded question.The answer shifts to military housing announcements instead of responding to GTA sales collapse or GST policy request.this morning we announced a phase two addition of 7,500 new residential units in 25 locations across the country.
31. deflected
    PensionsEric Lefebvre (Conservative) asked Steven MacKinnon (Liberal). rhetorical question.The answer dismisses the questioner personally and claims the project is on budget without addressing the $5-billion overrun or seniors waiting for cheques.I know why my colleague is in the House of Commons: Unfortunately, theatre school did not work out.
32. partly answered
    PensionsGérard Deltell (Conservative) asked Patty Hajdu (Liberal). substantive question.The answer provides processing numbers and an offer to help urgent cases but does not address the minister’s “success story” remark or the scale of 85,000 affected seniors.In fact, 7.7 million seniors have been transferred to the new system without any delay.
33. answered
    Public SafetyLarry Brock (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.The answer directly references bail reform in the bill to address the described case.There will be bail reform in that bill.
34. deflected
    Public SafetyLarry Brock (Conservative) asked Ruby Sahota (Liberal). loaded question.Shifts focus to blaming Conservatives for obstruction rather than the bills cited.but there are some measures that have not moved forward at all because the Conservatives have been obstructing those measures.
35. answered
    JusticeFrank Caputo (Conservative) asked Sean Fraser (Liberal). substantive question.States specific actions on increasing sentences and restoring mandatory minimums for child pornography.we put forward legislation that is going to increase sentences for a range of sexual crimes.
36. deflected
    Science and InnovationJacques Gourde (Conservative) asked Heath MacDonald (Liberal). loaded question.Discusses general streamlining without addressing the specific farm closures mentioned.Streamlining research in collaboration with academia and the private sector will prioritize our high-impact areas and duplication
37. deflected
    HealthHeather McPherson (NDP) asked Marjorie Michel (Liberal). loaded question.Gives a general defense of the Health Act without addressing Alberta privatization or pharmacare.we are working closely with our provincial and territorial partners to advance the best health services for all Canadians.
38. deflected
    Persons with DisabilitiesGord Johns (NDP) asked Patty Hajdu (Liberal). substantive question.Praises the tax credit without addressing paperwork burdens or accepting provincial approvals.this is important work for the full inclusion of people with disabilities in Canadian society
39. misdirected
    Points of OrderLuc Thériault (Bloc) asked Yvan Baker (Liberal). substantive question.Proposes an unrelated motion on Ukraine instead of addressing the point of order on applause and interpreters.That the House: (a) condemn Russia's ongoing, unjustified, full-scale military invasion of Ukraine;