Cathay Wagantall
Yorkton—Melville, Saskatchewan · Conservative · Canada
“Mr. Speaker, I will move on to this. I move: Amendment That the motion be amended: (a) by adding after the words “be disposed of as follows:” the following: “(a) the bill shall be divided into two bills: (i) Bill C-22A, An Act respecting timely access to data and information, which shall be composed of clauses 2 to 40 of Bill C-22, (ii) B…”
“(1705) Nobody recognized me. They had phones outside the door here, over there and downstairs. They were trying to find me. They could not find me, because in every campaign, I look a little different. I said, “You have to do a better job of this.”
“I wonder if she will get it done. I then had one on protecting pregnant women. A lot of women came and talked to me and said they wanted access to abortion. I said, “Fine.” The truth is that 84% of Canadians want access to abortion. I said that there was a DART & Maru/BLUE poll that was done.”
“I could not do my job without my staff who are in my riding and, certainly, those here on the Hill as well. I am so grateful for every one of them who has been a part of my team. I want to thank the pages and all the folks who help us out in the lobby and put up with us on a daily basis. They are remarkable.”
“I will stop there, but his heart is what drives him, as does his love for being a servant leader and caring about people. When my mom passed away, he phoned me. When this happens to anyone in our caucus, he makes that call, and no one ever feels rushed when he is talking with them.”
“Many members get their name pulled out of that hat, but never get the opportunity because they are too far down the list. My predecessor was here for 22 years, and I do not believe ever had that opportunity. My passion is caring about violence against women.”
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“Mr. Speaker, the words “Bill C-9 ” are words that I think are known well right across this whole nation. I have multiple petitions here today that I will present to the House from the citizens and residents of Canada. The petitioners indicate that they are very concerned about the Liberal-Bloc amendment to Bill C-9 that would be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, which would literally criminalize individual people for sharing and talking about their faith in the scriptures. The state has no place in the religious texts or teachings of any faith community. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are fundamental rights in Canada and they have to be preserved.”
“The Prime Minister promised to change the mandate of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to consider the cost of food in all regulatory decisions without putting health and safety at risk. These promises have not been fulfilled. Canada's farmers are calling on the Liberals to support farmers' choice in pest management and approve the emergency use of strychnine for provinces that request it.”
“Mr. Speaker, a perfect storm is brewing on Canada's Prairies, and the Liberal government is refusing to act. The exploding population of Richardson's ground squirrels and farmers' loss of strychnine to control them spells disaster for the upcoming growing season. Widespread infestations have led to severe damage to cropland and pastures. The removal of a tool that farmers have used for generations is forcing them to resort to far worse alternatives. These ineffective methods of gopher control are resulting in economic losses, more injury to livestock and a crisis for farm and food sustainability. The Liberal agriculture minister made a commitment to farmers that he would support the application of strychnine for emergency use.”
“Mr. Speaker, speaking of the Atlantic coast, just today we learned that LNG was brought up all the way to Canada from Australia. What happened to the incredible LNG that Canada has, and the opportunity to take care of ourselves? It is Canada first, remember? Which does the member across the floor think is more environmentally friendly: shipping LNG all the way up from Australia or bringing it across our own nation?”
“Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to continue to stand in the House, as are many on this side of the floor, in support of residents and citizens of Canada who are very concerned about the amendment put forward by the Liberal and Bloc parties to amend Bill C-9 , which could be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, the Quran, the Torah and other sacred texts. The state, they say, has no place in the religious texts or teachings of any faith community. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are fundamental rights, and we need to preserve them. Therefore, they, the individuals, the undersigned, call on the Liberal Government of Canada to protect religious freedom, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts, and prevent government overreach into matters of faith.”
“Bill C-218 , the right to recover act, would amend the Criminal Code to ensure that mental illness alone is not considered a grievous and irremediable condition for the purpose of MAID. Therefore, they, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to pass Bill C-218 to stop the expansion of MAID to those whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of individuals who also support the member for Cloverdale—Langley City 's bill, Bill C-218 , an act to amend the Criminal Code with respect to medical assistance in dying. They understand that the Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying, or MAID, to individuals whose only medical condition is mental illness. Mental illness, they say, is treatable; recovery is possible, and experts agree that it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable. They are calling on the government on behalf of families and communities who are concerned that people who could recover through treatment and support may instead lose their lives.”
“Therefore, the petitioners call on the Liberal Government of Canada to protect religious freedom, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts, and prevent government overreach in matters of faith.”
“Mr. Speaker, there are a number of petitions that I want to present this morning, and there are so many coming in that I cannot do them one by one. They are all in regard to Bill C-9 . These citizens and residents of Canada draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following issue. Canadians are concerned about the Liberal-Bloc amendments to Bill C-9 , which could be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, the Quran, the Torah and other sacred texts. The state has no place, the petitioners say, in the religious texts or teachings of any faith community. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are fundamental rights that must be preserved.”
“Mr. Speaker, my first petition is in support of the member for Cloverdale—Langley City 's private member's bill, Bill C-218 , an act to amend the Criminal Code regarding medical assistance in dying. These individuals say that the Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness. The petitioners say mental illness is treatable, recovery is possible and experts agree that it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable. They have brought forward other issues as well. All this supports the request that the Government of Canada pass Bill C-218 to stop the expansion of MAID to those whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.”
“Mr. Speaker, I have one other petition. Citizens across this nation have been very concerned about the direction Bill C-9 is going and have indicated that they are concerned that the Liberal-Bloc amendment to Bill C-9 could be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, the Quran, the Torah and other sacred texts. The state has no place in the religious texts or teachings of any faith community. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are fundamental rights that must be preserved. Therefore, these individuals call on the Liberal Government of Canada to protect religious freedom, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts, and prevent government overreach in matters of faith.”
“Therefore, these individuals are calling upon the Government of Canada to pass Bill C-218 to stop the expansion of MAID to those whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.”
“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. He is absolutely correct on that point. The Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness. Mental illness is treatable, recovery is possible and experts agree that it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable. Petitioners have many reasons to suggest that this bill is not in the best interests of Canadians. Families and communities are concerned that people who could recover through treatment and support may instead lose their lives. Bill C-218 , the right to recover act, would amend the Criminal Code to ensure that mental illness alone is not considered a grievous and irremediable condition for the purpose of MAID.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am standing on behalf of individuals who are in support of MP Tamara Jansen's private member's bill, Bill C-218 , an act to amend the Criminal Code with respect to medical assistance in dying. The Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness. However, petitioners say that it is treatable, recovery is possible, and experts agree it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable. Expanding MAID in this way risks suggesting that some lives are beyond saving while many Canadians still struggle to access timely—”
“What is the government doing about relationships with India, the U.S. and China when it comes to greenhouse gases? We are at the top of the pile, not the bottom, and the member should be ashamed of herself for her behaviour.”
“Madam Speaker, what this individual does not understand is the beauty of this country that already exists and was totally ignored by the government when the Liberals came into power. In this country, our agriculture, and any industry that did anything of significance, which was done extensively in agriculture across this country, made us the most innovative and clean country to grow food. In this country entirely, we create less than 2% of the greenhouse gases in the world. I have said this to classrooms: If we took a pie and cut it into 100 pieces, we would be less than two of those little slivers. Are we still continuing to innovate? We better believe it, but at the same time, we are being accused of not contributing to a situation where, I am sorry, there are no boundaries around Canada when it comes to the environment.”
“Madam Speaker, we all know that Liberals want us to buy from Canada, and food in Canada is the best. However, it requires fertilizer. We heard about a number of issues where the government is attacking our farmers and all types of foods that farmers grow. Now, on top of what has been mentioned already, the government wants them to grow more canola and more grains but use 30% less fertilizer by 2030. That is four or five years from now. Our food security is at risk, and I would like the member to speak a bit about that issue.”
“The Liberals have created massive inflationary deficits and piled on taxes that increase the cost to grow, ship and sell food. They prefer to have Canadians destitute and forced to accept their dependence on Liberal handouts. People can see right through it. They know that every dollar spent by the government comes out of the pockets of Canadians. They know that yet another government program is failing to get to the root of the problem the Liberals have caused. Conservatives have put forward real solutions that the Liberals voted down. We remain ready to work with the government to cut hidden Liberal taxes on food and—”
“Mr. Speaker, our farmers are the cleanest in the world and have the most innovative farming in the world. They should not be penalized. Judging from the empty rhetoric we have heard from the government in recent days, farmers and producers are in for another season of uncertainty when it comes to keeping their businesses competitive. It is also clear that Canadian families must brace for another year of pain at the checkout. Last week, the Prime Minister admitted something Canadians already knew: that he has no plan to stop food inflation, which is now the highest in the G7. Instead of real solutions, Canadians are getting recycled, half-baked, Trudeau-era, Carney-condoned policies. The grocery benefit is a temporary stopgap that ignores the root cause of rising prices.”
“Conservatives have offered a clear and common-sense way forward. We have called on the government to scrap the industrial carbon tax on fertilizer and on farm equipment, eliminate the 17¢-a-litre fuel standard on gas and diesel and axe the billion-dollar food packaging tax, all hidden taxes that drive up the cost of food for everyone. Sadly, the Liberals have already rejected this proposal. As we get closer and closer to another growing season, farmers and producers are faced with a government that is entrenched in its ideology and unwilling to act on affordability. It is unwilling to, at the very least, get out of the way of our fertilizer producers and farmers so they can do what they do best: feed this nation and feed the world.”
“In Canada, a G7 nation, food banks had nearly 2.2 million visits in a single month last year. The 2026 food price report estimates that it will cost $17,600 to feed a family of four, $1,000 more than last year. Those are debilitating costs for any middle-class family, let alone families that are already struggling to get by. Both consumers and farmers are being squeezed from every direction. Operating costs have risen 2.5% in a single year. Higher energy prices drove up fertilizer costs, the cost of fuel for farm equipment and the cost of transporting food from the farm gate to the store. Producers were forced to take on 14.1% more debt in 2024, the largest annual increase since 1981, when, we remember, Mr. Pierre Trudeau was here. These are family farms, multi-generational operations. The government is pushing them closer to the brink.”
“Both cases result in higher costs for food for Canadians. Consider for a moment that the Prime Minister was elected in part on the promise that he would lower grocery prices. He even told Canadians to judge him by the prices they pay at the grocery store. Less than a year into his mandate, the bill is already in. Since he became Prime Minister, food inflation has doubled, to the highest level in the G7. It is double that of the U.S. The government can no longer hide behind global excuses when every comparable country is doing better than Canada. Food inflation is a homegrown problem driven by high Liberal taxes on farmers, fertilizer producers and food processors, combined with inflationary deficits that make everything more expensive. The trickle-down consequences are devastating.”
“Fertilizer production is essential to Canadian agriculture and to our food security. Across the country, over 118,000 Canadians are directly or indirectly employed by the industry, many of them in rural regions like Yorkton—Melville, where these jobs are the backbone of the local economy, and yet, instead of supporting this vital sector, the Liberal government is punishing it. I asked the minister why the Liberals insist on maintaining a $1.3-billion industrial carbon tax on Canadian-made fertilizer. I asked why they have chosen to impose bulk fertilizer label changes that will cost the industry over $120 million. I asked why they have no problem with the industry's losing $48 billion through their 30% by 2030 emissions target. Every one of these costs must be either absorbed by the industry or passed down to the consumers.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to rise on behalf of the wonderful hard-working farmers and producers in the constituency of Yorkton—Melville and across Canada. While I speak tonight in the dead of winter, it is important for all Canadians to know that a farmer's work does not end with the harvest; it is a relentless, continuous job of meticulous planning, precision and execution, where success from year to year is not guaranteed. Farming families are subject to market forces, unpredictable weather patterns and other phenomena they cannot control. However, they all hope they can reasonably rely on their own federal government's attitude toward food production and the tools they need to get the job done. Before the House recessed, I asked the minister direct questions specifically about fertilizer production in Canada.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals claim they care, yet they create a problem and end up coming up with a solution for it that is short term. A member across the floor, when talking about the school food program, said that parents should be grateful because they do not have to spend the $800 on food that the government is spending on a food program in schools. I am just wondering what the member might have heard in his riding about having the government feed people's children when they have the ability to do that on their own, which is their preference.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today on behalf of Canadians across this country who have been tuning in to the committee study of Bill C-9 . They are concerned that the Liberal and Bloc amendments to Bill C-9 could be used to criminalize passages of scripture. The state has no place in the religious texts or teaching of any faith community. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are fundamental rights; therefore, the petitioners call on the Liberal Government of Canada to protect religious freedom, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts, and prevent government overreach in matters of faith.”
“The political strategy of the Prime Minister was clearly to shut down pipelines until it became an issue where he had no choice but to turn around and appear like he supports oil and gas in Canada.”
“Madam Speaker, the member's industry minister spoke prior to him. She talked about the importance of learning from Trans Mountain, that we have to have a proponent for the pipeline and indigenous buy-in. Well, here is the thing that causes a total lack of confidence on the Conservative side of the House and among Canadians. It was the current government that forced Kinder Morgan to go south, taking its $4-billion investment with it, because of the tanker ban and the permits that were required. It left, and Trans Mountain became an expense on Canadian tax dollars when there was, actually, the Western Indigenous Pipeline Group, with indigenous international oil and gas experience, that came and tried to pitch to the government that it would take on Trans Mountain. It had the buy-in of all of those along that route.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am standing today on behalf of people who are calling for freedom of choice in health care, which is becoming increasingly curtailed and further threatened by legislation and statutory regulations of the Government of Canada. It is a fundamental right of individuals to be able to choose how to prevent illness or how to address illness or injury in their own body. Canadians want the freedom to decide how they will prevent illness and how they will address that illness or injury in their own body. They are competent and able to make their own health care decisions without state interference. Therefore petitioners call upon the government to guarantee the right of every Canadian to health freedom by enacting the charter of health freedom, drafted by the Natural Health Product Protection Association on September 4, 2008.”
“Mr. Speaker, I so appreciate the direction in which my colleague has gone today to protect people with a mental illness only. I can say personally, having served this whole decade on the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, that the issue is being abused within our own government and with our veterans, who come for help but are literally receiving suggestions that they consider MAID. This is outside the scope of what should be happening. People have even been offered funds for their family if they were to choose that. This is inappropriate, and I would ask the member for her perspective on how the government is responding to the needs of people with mental illness.”
“Mr. Speaker, if only fertilizer's challenges ended with the industrial carbon tax. To add to that billion-dollar burden, the government's mandatory bulk fertilizer label changes will cost the industry over $120 million. The Liberals' 30% by 2030 fertilizer emissions target could also lead to $48 billion in losses. These costs are ultimately passed on to Canadian farmers and, by extension, Canadians at the grocery store. Why is this government so obsessed with making it harder and more expensive for Canadian farmers to do what they do best, which is feed our country?”
“Mr. Speaker, fertilizer production is essential to our Canadian farmers. Over 118,000 people are directly or indirectly employed by the industry, but the Liberal government's industrial carbon tax puts producers at a global disadvantage, burdening them with up to $1.3 billion in carbon costs by 2030. Domestic fertilizer producers cannot pass those costs down to our farmers as they have to absorb them to compete toe-to-toe with the rest of the world. When will the government finally level the playing field and scrap the industrial carbon tax on Canadian-made fertilizer?”
“Mr. Speaker, that is the crux of the problem I have been pretty much entirely focused on in my concerns around this budget. When we have a Prime Minister who blatantly puts his money in offshore accounts and who blatantly refuses to admit that there are 1,900 different organizations that he is profiting from, we know that the Prime Minister does not have the best interests of Canadians at heart.”
“Mr. Speaker, definitely that was something that was being mused about. Whenever Canadians get upset, and I must say that in my province they have expressed themselves well throughout the whole decade I have been here, the Liberal government tries to drop little things in as a possibility but then has to reverse its stance, as with Remembrance Day wreaths and with chaplains' being able to pray at Legion Remembrance Day services.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is obvious the government does not care about telling Canadians about the true state of our democracy and about the true state of our economy. In addition to that, it appears that the Liberals are very intentional in misleading Canadians. That is why we need to remove the current government, so that Canadians can have a prime minister who truly is a servant of the people.”
“Mr. Speaker, I will gladly send over an article that describes exactly where that $4 billion is being cut. A portion of it is in regard to cannabis, but I guarantee that it is far from accounting for the total amount of $4 billion. Let us talk about the offices that were closed. They were closed on the recommendation of the bureaucrats, who said that they were not being used extensively. Did we shut down the services? No. They were moved to other places. In Regina, in my riding, services were moved to the service centre in one of the malls. When they were moved back downtown, veterans had to go up four floors in a building where there was bulletproof glass and where it was hard to park. They said to me, “Why did they do that, Cathay?”
“This arrangement is about conflict of interest, especially given the PM's significant financial holdings in Brookfield. Canadians deserve to know all the details of how the Prime Minister is using his office to put Brookfield and personal profits ahead of Canadians' trust. The premise of this budget is to limit Canadians' options for their futures, while he and his friends continue to profit while bleeding our country dry.”
“They said that during the election campaign, the Prime Minister told young Canadians to their face that the Liberals would build homes they can afford. I told him to explain to his friends that this is called an open-ended sentence, which lets them finish the thought with what they think it is defining. I asked him to ask them whether what they heard was that the government will build homes they can afford to rent, or homes they can afford to buy. Eyes grew wide, and brows furrowed. They thought he was going to fix things so they could afford to buy a home. Who is going to have the investment in their homes? Will it be young Canadians or Brookfield and the Prime Minister ? Brookfield has many interests and contracts in Liberal nation-building projects, generating billions in stock profit.”
“We know that there are 1,900 Brookfield assets that the Prime Minister did not submit to his ethics screen. There are many, but here are at least three major Liberal projects in Canada's 2025 budget involving Brookfield. The Build Canada Homes initiative ties $36 billion to Brookfield for modular housing. This is housing that the PM foreshadowed on April 8, 2025, over seven months ago, as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, saying, “Prefabricated and modular housing are the [way of the] future.” A 19-year-old first-time voter shared with me that he and his friends were excited to vote for the leader of the official opposition to become the next prime minister. Later, texting with his friends, he told me that they were changing their minds. I asked him to ask them why.”
“The federal government should get out of the way of investment and ensure, and this is really important, that Canadian workers build national infrastructure projects directly, without Brookfield and other players' getting subsidies from our tax dollars to hire Canadians in our own country. Talk about fleecing Canadian taxpayers. Duff Conacher from Democracy Watch warned that our Prime Minister could personally profit from massive federal infrastructure spending tied to his substantial investments, including but not limited to Brookfield. This is something that causes me to look at the government and say that there is no way it should have the privilege to bring forward any budgets in the future that cause this kind of self-sufficiency for people who are making money at the expense of Canadians.”
“One lady, an elderly senior, got dentures. They were supposed to be 100% covered. She renewed the program at the beginning of the month and still had 30 days to make a claim, but because she renewed when it said to, the amount she was reimbursed was only $40. What happens then? The government made unexpected adjustments to the awards and is denying certain claims without transparency. Dentists are carrying outstanding billings for the people who cannot afford to pay up front what they thought they would have covered. There are nine million Canadians enrolled in the program, and they are finding out the hard way that there are issues with it.”
“It is choosing to give these supports, as it calls them, which are simply stopgaps that do not provide long term independence and prosperity for Canadians. (1325) Over and over again the government says it is investing in Canadians, when what it is doing is creating the issues that are making their lives very difficult and then providing interim emergency supports that do not bring the wealth to this country that Canadians need and want in order to be self-sufficient. The Liberal government has created the very crisis circumstances that it is falsely claiming it is fixing. The Canadian Dental Association had its Days on the Hill this past week and exposed some issues with the Canadian dental care program that are causing confusion and disappointment for patients and doctors, including misleading deadlines.”
“The budget fails to cut taxes on work, homebuilding, investment and energy, by not reducing personal income tax for low-income workers, not incentivizing investment in Canada by reducing the capital gains tax and not cutting homebuilding taxes, such as permits and GST, on all new home builds. lt fails to stop the inflation tax by unlocking more resource development and revenue. The government should be cutting wasteful spending on bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign aid and false refugee claimants. Programs that fall short for the people who were assured assistance are temporary, piecemeal handouts from a government that should be unleashing our economy and restoring affordability rather than growing the number of Canadians who cannot afford basic essentials.”
“A minimal tax cut for 20 million Canadians does not begin to offset the impact of inflation on the higher cost of essentials, let alone the interest payments on our debt. Canadian families will be out $5,000 in the trade-off this year. This minuscule tax cut gives the government a misleading talking point that only puts a pinky band-aid on a huge wound, the wound of the loss of purchasing power and the burden of more hidden taxes the government tells Canadians to believe are only in their heads, such as the industrial carbon tax, the 17¢ per litre fuel standard tax, the $1-billion food packaging tax and the inflation tax created by too much imaginary money with too few goods to buy.”
“northwest coast, even while these same laws still cause other potential private investment and nation-building opportunities to remain out of reach as U.S. tariffs continue to cause job losses. Algoma Steel is an example, with 1,000 workers this week. However, the PM has made it clear he will not do his job to squelch the option of a veto, and thus signals failure to potential proponents wanting to build a pipeline. The Prime Minister also continued to green-light immigration, compounding the shortage in affordable homes, access to health care, and jobs for immigrants who came to Canada the right way to work hard to become productive citizens, and especially for young Canadians who are told they will never have the opportunity to own their own home or save for their own future.”
“Investors follow certainty, and Canada does not offer it under the current government. Governments reacted after the decision; Ottawa and B.C. said they were disappointed after Nutrien picked Longview, while Saskatchewan reminded everyone that this is the second potash terminal lost since 2016, because B.C.'s system is too slow and the government has not been acting. The bottom line is that Nutrien did not abandon Canada. Liberal policies pushed the investment out, and the U.S. simply opened the door. If we cannot even secure a port for the resources we dominate globally, what else are we going to lose? Bill C-5 gives full exception to these regulations for nation-building projects only, so the Prime Minister has no excuse for not getting a pipeline built from Alberta to the B.C.”
“Longview already has ready rail, a redeveloped berth and immediate expansion capacity. Nutrien ran 30 criteria. It compared rail rates, freight costs, construction costs and regulatory risk. Longview, Washington, outperformed every Canadian port. Canada's permitting system kills projects. B.C. port approval takes 5 years to 10 years with open-ended requirements. ln the U.S., the process runs on fixed timelines and is measured in months. Transportation now costs more than mining. Industry analysis shows shipping is the largest cost in potash. Nutrien built where logistics are cheaper and faster, and that is not in Canada. Labour, carbon policy and regulation all push investment south. The U.S. offers predictable labour, lower build costs and no $170 per tonne industrial carbon tax.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to stand and give my perspective on why I personally, and a number of my colleagues, voted against the budget. The Prime Minister advised Justin Trudeau and his ongoing Liberal government to construct and keep the roadblocks and red tape that have decimated Canada's ability to compete for investment. As an example, Nutrien's recent announcement is a huge blow to Saskatchewan's export of the best potash in the world. My Prince Albert colleague summed it up: “Nutrien didn't pick the U.S. because they wanted to. They picked the U.S. because Canada made it too slow...too expensive...and too unpredictable to build here. The U.S. made it easy. That's the whole story.” Canada's west coast has structural bottlenecks. Vancouver's north shore depends on one rail bridge, a major choke point.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleague to respond to this: The government has indicated it is going to increase spending in national defence and give us the armed forces we should have. However, at the very same time, it is cutting in every department. In this moment, those of us studying suicide in veterans' lives have found out they are stressed to the nth degree because they thought this is where the Liberals were going. Sure enough, our veterans are facing the largest cut: $4 billion, which is more than every other department. Do you see this as a good method of increasing recruiting?”
“Mr. Speaker, I definitely appreciate what my colleague has brought to the floor today. Yesterday, we were fighting in this place for Canadians' jobs. The member is talking about productivity, and members on the other side of the floor say, “We are investing in them in the meantime.” In other words, the Liberals are giving people handouts. We heard over and over again that Canadians do not want handouts. They want their jobs. They do not want the government feeding their children. They want to be able to feed their children themselves. How does that fit into this situation?”