Pierre Poilievre
Battle River—Crowfoot, Alberta · Conservative · Canada
“Mr. Speaker, for over a century and a half, Canadians took for granted that when people came here from around the world, they left their problems behind.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the constituents of Battle River—Crowfoot in communities like Amisk, Hardisty, Hughenden, Czar, Metiskow and Lougheed and the MDs of Wainwright, Provost and Flagstaff, who have all raised significant concerns about problems with cellphone coverage and data service, adding to already limited connectivity in…”
“Mr. Speaker, I will tell the member what we are for. We are for an affordable Canada, a Canada with growing paycheques and safer streets, which is the exact opposite of what the Prime Minister has delivered. This is his record: Count them; there have been five consecutive quarters of declining investment.”
“Mr. Speaker, do people know why the Prime Minister cannot stand to answer a question in the House of Commons? It is because he has been wrong about every single economic issue of the last decade. He was wrong to push bigger and broader carbon taxes. He was wrong to say that we should keep half our oil in the ground.”
“Mr. Speaker, no, we do not plan for a restful summer. We plan to fight all summer long against the Liberal recession, Liberal inflation, the rising Liberal cost of living and the rising Liberal crime crisis in our streets. Let us take, for example, investment. The Liberal Prime Minister promised he would increase it.”
“Mr. Speaker, at least the Liberals listened for once. I explained to them that houses are built by plumbers, electricians and carpenters, and the members stood up and said that the building trades build homes. We know who builds homes, but do we know who blocks homes? The Liberals block homes.”
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“Mr. Speaker, the new Liberals are the same as the old Liberals. The numbers the Prime Minister just gave can be compared to the even more miserable numbers of his justice minister . In fact, compared to the Harper government, which had the last sane policy on immigration, asylum claims are now up 2880%, temporary foreign workers are up 178% and international students are up 39%. Yesterday, the Auditor General condemned the current Liberal justice minister , the Liberal heritage minister and Liberal immigration minister for allowing 150,000 cases of fraud to go uninvestigated. Will the Prime Minister fire them, or will he just continue with the same Liberal incompetence?”
“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Auditor General condemned the current Liberal Minister of Justice , the current Liberal Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and the current Liberal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship for causing chaos on the international student file. The fact is that they allowed 150,000 suspected cases of fraud to go uninvestigated. The Prime Minister gave them promotions so that they could continue to wreak havoc in the system. Will he fire them or will he continue with the same Liberal incompetence?”
“Mr. Speaker, it is customary when a member makes reference to a document in the House of Commons that the document be tabled. Do I have unanimous consent to table, “Finally, a commonsense plan to protect the livelihood of thousands of Ontario Auto sector workers. A plan that restores past production levels and secures a long-term future”? Do I have the unanimous consent of the House to table this quote?”
“Mr. Speaker, what the parliamentary secretary says to workers who have lost their jobs is “wait it out.” What the Liberals say to the workers in Brampton who are locked out of their workplace is “wait it out.” What the Liberals say to the 8.3% of the market in Windsor that is unemployed is “wait it out.” One day, the Liberals say, this rupture will result in some sort of a repair with some other market that will one day lead to an imaginary job. We do not think workers should have to wait it out. We think they should have tariff-free trade, they should have jobs and we should repatriate our production. Most important of all, we, as Conservatives, have a real plan to do it.”
“Mr. Speaker, EVs will be available. Anyone who wants an electric car will be able to buy one. That is what the free market is all about. I trust Quebeckers. I want to give them a choice. The member and the Bloc Québécois want to force this down their throats. There are certain regions where EVs do not work, where people need their pick-up trucks. As a side note, Quebeckers usually choose the Ford F-150. That is the reality. It is their choice. Obviously, we believe in freedom and we believe that Quebeckers are smart enough to make their own decisions. The Bloc Québécois wants to take away that choice and force their hand. We will let Quebeckers decide.”
“Mr. Speaker, we have seen the results of this Liberal government. Since it took office, we have lost half of our automobile production. Much of this loss occurred when the current Minister of Finance and National Revenue was the industry minister responsible for the sector. This is not a new government. Since the current Liberal Prime Minister took office, we have lost another 7.3% of our production. Worse still, there could be massive losses ahead if the tariffs are not lifted. That is why I have a plan to eliminate the tariffs in both directions and to achieve true free trade in the auto sector. That will make us stronger and help us to build a larger industry.”
“We do not do the final assembly, and we do not have those overseas markets. By the way, the Prime Minister somehow thinks he is going to overturn Chinese production, which is massively subsidized to the point that they can sell at enormous artificial discounts. He is going to overturn that artificial Chinese advantage in markets where we do not sell, with cars we do not make. That is an illusion and a hallucination.”
“Mr. Speaker, all of the automakers have made it clear that one of the great advantages of building in Canada is having access to the biggest and most lucrative market on planet earth. Some 90% of the automobiles we make go to the United States. In fact, more of the automobiles we make are bought by Americans than by Canadians. We sell 95 times more vehicles to the Americans than we sell to overseas markets. Suddenly replacing 90% or 95% of our production with imaginary markets that the Prime Minister dreams up in his illusions is a dangerous path that threatens the 600,000 direct and indirect jobs in our automotive sector. Effectively, the Liberals are saying we are simply going to make electric vehicles for overseas markets. Other than, I think, one or two lines, we do not make those cars in Canada for final assembly.”
“Lastly, we need to build up a strategic reserve of oil and other resources to give us more power and leverage in negotiations with allies around the world. That will make everything affordable here at home. It will make us stronger. We will be masters in our own house.”
“Mr. Speaker, the hon. Bloc Québécois member says there is a fuel shortage. That is exactly what we are saying. That is why we want to remove the oil and gas production cap so we can provide the world with the most ethical and environmentally responsible oil and gas possible. We have to take advantage of this because it is our largest global export. Exporting Canadian oil and gas would strengthen our dollar and make groceries and gas more affordable, including in Quebec. It would mean more revenue coming in from industry instead of from taxpayers, including in Quebec. It would mean more demand for machinery made in Quebec for the industry in Alberta because we have a Canada-wide economy.”
“Mr. Speaker, I have breaking news hot off the presses. The member wants to talk about workers. We have here the president of Oshawa Unifor Local 222, saying, “Finally, a commonsense plan to protect the livelihood of thousands of Ontario Auto sector workers. A plan that restores past production levels and secures a long-term future”.”
“This is a detailed plan to reverse the 10-year-long decline in automotive production that would allow North America to once again become the global powerhouse in producing automobiles. It would knock down the barriers and restore tariff-free trade across the border with our single biggest market by far anywhere in the world. This is a realistic plan, one that takes seriously the livelihoods of the hard-working people who rely on this sector for their jobs. We are not interested in temporary slogans or political gratification. We are interested in protecting the jobs of our people and the strength of our country. We will be strong and affordable at home and have leverage abroad.”
“Because it aligns with the stated objective of the United States to produce more vehicles at home, it is one it would realistically sign. We have developed an automotive security and technology policy by harmonizing our regulations to keep dangerous technology from Russia and China off our roads. We would stand firm against unfair trade practices by China and align the policies with those of the United States. We would also get rid of the EV mandate the Prime Minister is trying to keep in place through the back channel of emissions standards that cannot be met by any other vehicle than an EV. We would ensure that the vehicles Canadians buy and that are on our streets are made in our country and ultimately affordable to the Canadian people.”
“We would bring home production through performance by implementing a rule where for every car an automaker produces in Canada, it would have the right to import one tariff-free from a CUSMA partner. We would do that on a dollar-for-dollar basis, exactly as we used to do through the auto pact. This is important, because many people would ask if the President would ever accept it. This plan would increase American and Canadian production. American production would increase by about two million automobiles, or about a 17% increase in production, reversing its decline, and Canadian production would double, going up to two million vehicles every single year. It would ensure we build as many vehicles as we sell. This would be a much better deal for our American friends than they have right now and a significantly better deal for Canada.”
“After months of consultation, led by the chair and the two co-chairs of the Conservative economic council, the member for Calgary Centre , the member for Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk and the great Rick Perkins, we have put together a plan that has the backing of the industry and the workers. The Conservative plan would make it more affordable to buy Canadian vehicles by removing the GST on all Canadian-made automobiles. We would pay for it by getting rid of the $2.3-billion Liberal subsidy for foreign-made electric vehicles. We would cut taxes on vehicles made in Canada. The Liberals want to use tax dollars for vehicles made abroad. People who want a job in this country know what plan is going to work.”
“We absolutely must regain access to the U.S. market. In essence, losing U.S. access would likely decimate the Japanese-led portion of Canada's auto industry, which is three-quarters of our production. This would lead to a sharp long-term contraction of national production and an economic fallout across Ontario. Canada's auto sector must stay part of the North American supply chain. We need a plan for jobs, not a plan to rupture jobs. We need a Canada that builds up its auto sector so that we can be strong at home and have more leverage abroad. We, as the Conservatives, are the only ones who have that plan.”
“Of course, there are the lockouts at the Brampton Stellantis plant I visited. A permanent rupture with the United States would be the end of the Canadian auto sector, period. It might not be enjoyable or exciting to say it, and it might be more fun to scream “elbows up”, but the jobs that the people in those plants rely on are more important than the Prime Minister 's endless slogans. A permanent rupture to their paycheques is not acceptable; nor is it possible to simply say we will replace the Detroit three automakers with Japanese automakers. The Japanese ambassador made it clear that having Toyota and Honda invest in Canada depends on unfettered access to the U.S. market, so even the 75% of the automobiles we make in Canada through the Asian automakers would not survive a permanent wall of tariffs from the United States.”
“He seems to think that he can carry out a permanent rupture with the United States market in favour of other markets. That is a dangerous illusion. In fact, if we look at the numbers, it verges on a hallucination. The reality is that we sell about 95 times more automobiles to the United States than we sell to the rest of the world combined. That is the reality. We cannot simply imagine up new markets to sell cars that we do not make in places that will not buy them from us. (1610) The reality is that this approach of relying on imaginary plans has led to the following layoffs: 175 at Paccar in Quebec, 49 at Magna in London, 3,000 at Brampton Stellantis, 300 at Paccar in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, 118 at Autoneum in London, 245 at TFT Global in Oshawa, and 700 at GM in Oshawa.”
“We need a strong auto sector that, according to the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, is responsible for 105,000 direct jobs and a total of 600,000 jobs when we include indirect ones at places like the 700 auto parts suppliers, the 400 connected autonomous and smart vehicle firms, and the 500 tool and die and mould companies that feed into the supply chain. Since the Liberals took office, auto production in Canada has fallen by half. Since the Prime Minister was elected a year ago, promising he would protect the auto sector, it has fallen another 7.3%. The Prime Minister promised before the election that he would protect the sector. It was another illusion. He has since waved the white flag. He even considered signing a sectoral deal in the fall that would have made the tariffs permanent and shut down our sector altogether.”
“The housing bubble inflated well before this war even started, which makes all of us wonder if the Liberal Prime Minister and his government are simply using these foreign problems as excuses for his very real domestic failures, given that everything was bad under his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, and has gotten much worse since he became Prime Minister, promising to fix it all. We all have to ask: How long will the Prime Minister use the trade dispute and other foreign matters as a convenient all-purpose excuse for causing inflation, debt and joblessness here at home? What about his auto plan? Canada needs a strong auto sector.”
“On the one hand, he says the reason we have the only shrinking economy in the G7 is that the tariffs are so bad. On the other, he says there is no need to rush into solving this problem, because the deal is so good. Which is it? He cannot, on the one hand, say that he has gotten us an excellent deal on tariffs and then, on the other, say that the tariffs are so horrendous that it is the very reason why we have the worst economy in the G7. It cannot be both. He has to make up his mind. Meanwhile, his ministers make patently ridiculous excuses about foreign matters to defend their domestic failures, like the housing minister claiming that the war in Iran had caused housing costs to double over the last decade. I will give members a spoiler alert. We do not import houses or land from Iran. We never have.”
“We have heard him use some very interesting rhetoric, colourful rhetoric, such as that he wants to have a rupture with our single biggest customer, on whom 2.3 million Canadian jobs depend. If he is going to rupture 2.3 million jobs, how is he going to replace them? How will those workers pay their bills? How will we replace those jobs? These are the types of questions that slogans like “rupture”, “elbows up” and “Canada strong” do not answer. While the Prime Minister gives wonderful speeches that make for very interesting listening, and we can admire him as a wordsmith, those speeches do not pay mortgages or put food on the table for 2.3 million people. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister cannot seem to make up his mind about how things are going.”
“I do not mean friendly handshakes, introductions and an exchange of jokes and pleasantries with the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. affairs, who is a man with a great, gregarious personality indeed. I mean actual negotiations. Are they even happening? Has anyone in the press actually asked the Prime Minister if we are even negotiating, given that we are literally days away from the renewal date of our single biggest trade agreement? Nobody knows. He said, “Who cares?” Indeed, I think Canadians care. Does he accept that U.S. tariffs on aluminum, steel, autos and lumber are permanent? We do not know. We have no idea when the talks will start or when they will end.”
“Is he even determined to get those tariffs lifted? In fact, Liberal ministers have suggested it might now be impossible to do that. Is it still his negotiating bottom line to have those tariffs removed, and if so, what is he planning to offer in exchange for getting them lifted? We do not know. Does his proposed rupture with the U.S. mean he does not want a renewed CUSMA? We do not know. If he does intend to renew CUSMA, does he intend to try to get it renewed exactly as it is, with small changes, or a complete overhaul? Has anybody heard him answer that question? I am not aware of him telling anyone that. When was the last serious negotiation? We know the Mexicans are negotiating. They are at the table. Has he or anyone in his cabinet actually been at the negotiating table in the last four months?”
“What we are increasingly seeing is that American tariffs have doubled on Canadian steel and aluminum and tripled on Canadian lumber since the Prime Minister promised he would get rid of them. Credentials are not competence. Stagecraft is not statecraft. Illusions are not reality. Speaking of trade with the United States, Canadians know a lot more about my approach than they do about the Prime Minister 's. I want everyone to stop and think about this for a second. I laid out a very detailed plan of both my demands, eliminating all tariffs on Canadian goods, and the leverage I would use to get those demands. I would like to give the House of Commons a pop quiz. What do we really know about the Prime Minister's plan to get tariffs lifted with the U.S.? What do we really know? We know nothing.”
“We have the worst food inflation, the highest housing costs, the worst household debt and the second-worst unemployment rate in the G7, plus a 15% decline in housing construction. Not a single pipeline has been approved. No projects have been approved by his new office, which wields exceptional and unprecedented powers. Despite his promise to negotiate a victory and reach an agreement by July 21, 2025, there is still no victory or agreement, and U.S. tariffs have doubled on Canadian products and tripled on softwood lumber. [ English ] For all the illusions about the Prime Minister 's negotiating skills and statecraft, what really do we have to show a year after?”
“There has been no serious tax reform other than to rename the carbon tax to the so-called clean fuel standard, which applies to more goods and will rise to the same level. Of course, there remain interprovincial trade barriers, despite the fact the Prime Minister promised that we would have one unified Canadian economy by Canada Day of last year. Speaking of free trade, he has not concluded a single free trade agreement since taking office, trying only to take credit for a small deal that his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, signed with Indonesia, an agreement that will amount to about three hours of Canada's GDP. (1605) [ Translation ] It has now been a year since this Liberal Prime Minister took office. Reality has collided with illusion. The deficit has doubled, and our economy is the only one in the G7 to have contracted.”
“We now have the worst housing costs and the highest household debt in the G7, and the second-highest unemployment in that group. He said he would negotiate a win with the President. Here we are today, a year later, with no win and no deal. Tariffs on aluminum and steel have doubled, and on Canadian lumber they have tripled. He promised that he would build projects with record speed, yet his Major Projects Office, which the House rushed into existence in five days back in June because the Prime Minister said it was an emergency, has still not approved a single project of any kind almost a year later. Not a single pipeline has been approved. When it comes to building homes, he promised he would double homebuilding. His own housing agency projects that will drop by 15%.”
“There have been many fine speeches and signing ceremonies of so-called MOUs, which are, in effect, unenforceable documents that commit bureaucrats to form committees and hold international meetings to discuss future plans that may or may not one day be materialized. There have been handshakes and press conferences, announcements of grand goals and of things that will happen somewhere, someplace down the road, but nothing tangible. As Shakespeare said, “All the world's a stage”, and the Prime Minister has been great at the stagecraft, but what about the statecraft? He promised he would give us the fastest-growing economy in the G7. We now have the only shrinking economy in the G7. He promised affordable food. We have the most food inflation in the G7. He promised that we would have a solid economy.”
“I look forward to meeting with him to report on my findings, to compare notes and to offer recommendations on how Canada can become stronger at home and more affordable at home, so that we have the leverage abroad to achieve tariff-free trade with our American partners. Though I made a point of not criticizing the Prime Minister on foreign soil, I return here where it is precisely my constitutional obligation to do just that, not out of any partisan interest but out of an interest in pursuing the truth. Now, after a year of the Prime Minister 's being in office on the promise that he would negotiate a win with the United States, it is a good time to take an inventory of where we are. A year into the Liberal Prime Minister's term, after he won on his famous promise to negotiate a win, much has been said but not much has been done.”
“They understand that Canada has leverage, like being the second-biggest customer to the United States, having 10 of the 12 NATO-defined national defence critical minerals and having the biggest land mass, biggest seas and biggest airspace in the entire hemisphere, all essential to American security. Americans understand that it is in our interest as a continent for our two separate countries, while they maintain their sovereignty, to work collaboratively to make us both richer, stronger and safer. I shall say that I kept the Prime Minister well informed of all these developments while I was abroad.”
“Of course, I was very pleased to speak to Americans to fight for tariff-free trade and to defend Canadian sovereignty on the biggest podcast in the world with the great Joe Rogan. Then, of course, it was on to New York, where I championed our overall economy with some of the greatest leaders in finance. In all of those places, I am happy to report that I found friends among Americans, people who want to reopen trade across tariff-free borders along the longest undefended border in the history of the world. I found that the American people love Canada and know that trade with us is in their national interest. They understand that buying Canadian goods lowers Americans' cost of living and feeds their supply chains. It adds paycheques to their pockets while enriching us both.”
“(1600) [ English ] I have to say it is good to be home after a 12-day journey across the United States, visiting some of the great metropolises and states south of the border, pitching Canada, fighting for tariff-free trade, arguing on behalf of our workers and restoring our long-standing partnership with our greatest trade partner. That journey took me to Detroit, where I championed auto workers, coming back with a clear proposal for a tariff-free auto pact. Then it was on to Houston, where I championed our energy sector. Then I went on to meet with Governor Abbott in the great capital of Austin, where I found a wonderful friend of Canada who wants to buy even more of our energy if we can get it out of the ground and down.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am happy to be back home here in Canada. I just got back from touring some of the great U.S. states and metropolises where our American partners buy our goods and services and where we trade for the benefit of both our peoples. Before I left, I gave a speech in Toronto in which I laid out a detailed plan for restoring tariff-free free trade with our largest international market. My goal is one shared by all Conservatives: a Canada that is affordable and strong, where we are the master of our own house.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is unfair for the Liberal Prime Minister to force that minister to respond for all of the mistakes of her two predecessors, whom he has promoted, but it really is the illusion of the Prime Minister. He refuses to stand and answer questions today, although he is in Ottawa, on the fact that we have the only shrinking economy in the G7, the worst food price inflation in the G7, the worst household debt in the G7, the worst housing costs in the G7 and 100,000 jobs lost in the first two months of this year. Will the Prime Minister have the courage to stand up now and defend his terrible Liberal track record?”
“Mr. Speaker, now the mystery is resolved. Only 3% of the 150,000 cases of suspected fraud were investigated at all. Half of those investigations were abandoned because the alleged fraudster did not respond to their email, but now we learn that the government has followed up with another email, and the threat is clear: If there is no response to that email, there will be yet another email. With this kind of total incompetence under the leadership of the Liberal Prime Minister , why will he not fire these three ministers so we can get the system—”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is rewarding and encouraging incompetence by putting the single worst immigration minister in Canadian history in as the new Minister of Justice. That minister caused a 300% increase in population growth. Now we know that there were hundreds of thousands of potentially fraudulent cases that he refused to have investigated. Ninety-seven per cent of the cases of potential fraud were uninvestigated, and half of the remaining 3% were abandoned because the fraudsters did not respond to emails. Will the Prime Minister take responsibility for these incompetent Liberals and fire them now?”
“Mr. Speaker, with that kind of incompetent, incoherent answer, it is not hard to understand how that minister failed to investigate 97% of the 150,000 suspected cases of fraud in the international student program. Not only that but of the 3% that he did have investigated, the department abandoned half of those because the suspected fraudster did not respond to investigators' emails. This is the current Liberal government. Will the current Liberal Prime Minister take responsibility, fire that minister, the justice minister and the immigration minister ?”
“Mr. Speaker, my question was for the Prime Minister , who is here in Ottawa today. He needs to take responsibility for his three incompetent ministers, the Minister of Justice , the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages , and the Minister of Immigration . All three have shown astounding incompetence. We are talking about 149,000 potential cases of fraud that were not investigated. Only 3% of the cases were looked into, and most of them were dropped. Will the Prime Minister take personal responsibility for his incompetent cabinet and fire his ministers?”
“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Auditor General exposed three Liberal ministers' complete mismanagement of immigration. Liberal ministers in this government ignored evidence of widespread fraud involving 150,000 fake international students. They investigated 3% of cases and abandoned half of those because the suspected fraudsters did not respond to their emails. Will the Prime Minister stand up in the House of Commons and fire these incompetent Liberal ministers?”
“Mr. Speaker, of the 400 million barrels of oil released from that strategic stockpile, how many are coming from Canada? There are exactly zero. The Prime Minister's excuse, the reason we have no stockpiles, he says, is that we are a producer of oil. This is exactly the opposite of logic. The United States is a producer of oil. They have stockpiles. We have reserves, which the Prime Minister is successfully keeping in the ground. Just last week, we saw an $8-billion project cancelled under his watch. We are importing gas from Australia. Why will he not get out of the way so that we can produce our own energy?”
“Mr. Speaker, sometimes the Prime Minister makes it too easy. Today we have zero oil stockpiles. We have a strategic maple syrup stockpile, which he could use to put maple syrup on the pancakes that he flip-flops on, but we do not have any oil to supply to the world in the time of this crisis. Will he reverse the antidevelopment policies that he has supported, which have come from the previous Liberal government, in order to unlock our production and power the world and the paycheques here at home?”
“Mr. Speaker, the world cannot put meaningless pieces of paper and meaningless MOUs in its gas tank. It needs real energy that comes out of our ground. The Prime Minister said he wants to keep it in the ground, and yet today we have the hilarious spectacle of the Liberal natural resources minister saying that Canada will do what it can to help with its stockpiles for the current energy shortage. Our stockpiles are zero. Will the Prime Minister flip-flop again and adopt my policy that we should have a strategic oil and mineral reserve so that we can supply the world in the future?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is driving in circles. He said that he wanted to keep 50% of our oil in the ground. He supported blocking the pipeline to the Pacific. He has not approved a single oil pipeline, and his Major Projects Office has not approved a project of any kind. He has just tried to take credit for a project approved by Prime Minister Harper. Next he will be trying to claim credit for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Will the Prime Minister flip-flop again, reverse his support of an industrial carbon tax and the Liberal antidevelopment laws, and get out of the way so that we can build pipelines to the Pacific to power paycheques for our people?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister had four flip-flops on Iran in just the same number of days. This is a pattern. He has also flip-flopped on oil and gas. He wrote a book called Values , in which he said he wanted to keep 50% of our energy in the ground. He said in that book that he wanted to raise carbon taxes, and then he claimed that he had flip-flopped on that, while he has since kept in place every antidevelopment law that Trudeau passed, he has renamed the carbon tax, and he has brought in an industrial carbon tax that has driven away an $8-billion project. Will he flip-flop again and reverse these Liberal policies so that we can actually supply the world with the energy it needs in this critical time?”
“Mr. Speaker, there are only two types of people: those who are Irish and those who wish they were. [ Translation ] The Prime Minister had four flip-flops on Iran, but the flip-flops at home have been even worse. The Liberal government is claiming that the Global News report that indicated that there are 700 Iranian agents here in Canada is false. However, yesterday, the Liberals admitted that 239 agents have had their visas revoked, but only one of them has been deported. That means that there are at least 238 Iranian agents here in Canada at a time when we are seeing terrorist attacks on synagogues and other places. Does the Prime Minister want to flip-flop again and tell us how many Iranian government agents are here threatening our population?”
“He helped save the Centennial Flame, and he raised money for countless other charities. As we join with all of his former listeners, family members and friends, we say rest in peace to the legendary Lowell Green. May his wonderful legacy live on in the capital and across the country.”
“Mr. Speaker, last month residents across Ottawa learned of the loss of the legendary Lowell Green. Lowell was the voice of the common people in the Ottawa Valley on CFRA. Day after day, he would fill the airwaves with the truth that no one else had the courage to speak. He was the voice of the hard-working majority so often forgotten by those in power. However, it was not just his radio show that kept people loving him for five decades. He also co-founded Big Brothers of Ottawa, which has become one of the longest-standing charities serving children in the capital. His work led to generations of mentors and mentees bringing up the next generation. Lowell's dedication also helped raise money for the Help Santa Toy Parade so everyone would have a gift at Christmastime.”
“Mr. Speaker, the question was about food prices. The Prime Minister said he could be judged by the prices at the grocery store. Since he took office, food price inflation has doubled, and the Prime Minister has introduced new taxes that increase the fuel prices for the farmers who feed us. Now, 2.2 million people are lined up at food banks and faced with even worse fuel costs today. Will the Liberal Prime Minister reverse his latest Liberal tax so that Canadians can afford to eat?”
“Mr. Speaker, his solution to synagogues being shot up is to ban sections of the Jewish Torah. That is not our solution on this side of the House. That is according to his own immigration minister and his own heritage minister . We need to be safe at home. We need to be affordable at home. Even before this war broke out and raised gas prices, the Prime Minister doubled food price inflation and gave us the worst grocery price increases in all of the G7, so excuses about global impacts are not going to work. Will the Prime Minister reverse his new taxes on food, fuel, farmers and fertilizer so Canadians can afford to eat?”