Kelly McCauley
Edmonton West, Alberta · Conservative · Canada
“Madam Speaker, we listened to the Liberals earlier, especially the member for Winnipeg North , bash and attack anyone who disagrees with Bill C-9 , actually in fear that they are all far right, right-wing, crazy white supremacists if they oppose the government on this.”
“Mr. Speaker, this is obviously a very divisive issue. There are some parts of Bill C-9 that various communities support. There is also a wide range of issues within Bill C-9 that communities do not support.”
“Mr. Speaker, I understand what my colleague is saying; it is understandable. Various faith groups have expressed concerns about Bill C‑9 , such as the leadership for the Catholic bishops in Canada and others from the Abrahamic faiths. Can the member explain why those views and concerns on Bill C‑9 should be discounted?”
“Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise in support of this fantastic bill from my colleague from Calgary Centre . It is very disappointing to hear members of the Liberal government look at a very strong, common-sense piece of legislation and, of course, throw it away. It is interesting to hear them complain about costs.”
“Yet, when the Liberals have a chance to support a common-sense bill that would help Canadians, encourage investment in Canada and reduce greenhouse gases, we hear government members stand up and speak against it. Bill C-269 is a very simple, common-sense bill.”
“Madam Speaker, I should use this time to finish my speech on Bill C-269 . However, I have a simple question. We have late-night sittings, and we have plenty of time. Why is this government, once again, bringing the guillotine of closure and limiting debate?”
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“Mr. Speaker, I would like to let my colleague know that he is welcome to come back to OGGO any time. We miss him. He mentioned the issue around Canada Post. I am wondering whether he can tell us if his government has consulted with Canada Post about its role. I have spoken to people at Canada Post, and they have told me that, no, they will not participate in any of these actions and that in fact they have not been consulted on the proposed legislation the government has put forward.”
“This is not a public service; it is a disservice to Canadians. After 10 years of Liberal mismanagement, Canadians deserve better.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General has dropped another bombshell, and it landed right on the steps of the Canada Revenue Agency. The AG reported that the CRA answered just 33% of the 32 million calls it got last year. That 33% is not a service level; it is a batting average. Perhaps the Blue Jays should hire the CRA. When a call was answered, 83% of the responses given by the CRA were incorrect, which is less accuracy than a Liberal budget projection. Here is the kicker: Call centre employees do not even have to worry about giving wrong answers. In performance reviews, the CRA ranks showing up for work and going on coffee breaks as having a higher importance than delivering proper responses to taxpayers. The CRA cannot answer phones, but it has increased the number of audits it is doing on Canadians by 10%.”
“Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, widely known as the mighty OGGO, entitled “Purchase and Sale of the Official Residence for the Consul General of Canada in New York City”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.”
“Mr. Speaker, our energy industry is waiting to be unleashed. The International Energy Agency says that we are not going to see oil peak until 2050, unlike the former Liberal minister of resources, who said it was going to peak last year. We are going to see decades more growth and demand for oil. Canada can be the country that delivers that oil in an environmental and ethical way, instead of giving money to dictators, as we are doing right now through the Liberal oil and gas cap. Canada can produce that oil for the free world. Canada can create that wealth here in the country, which can drive investment, and create wealth and jobs for Canadians.”
“Mr. Speaker, perhaps the member has not been listening. We have been very clear. We can grow the economy by cutting red tape, cutting job-killing regulations that reduce investment, cutting taxes so we are competitive with international competitors, and having a business environment where people will invest and create jobs in this country. We could get rid of Bill C-48 , the job-killing, pipeline-killing Bill C-69 , and the cap on oil and gas production, which, by the way, produces the most wealth and is the main driver of equalization rates for the member's province.”
“Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to remind the member opposite that if the Liberals had not cratered our economy, they would not have to be providing so much in welfare-type services to Canadians. The reality is that there can be good spending if it is for actual investments that produce productivity, goes toward reducing regulations or perhaps goes toward repealing Bill C-69 , Bill C-48 and the emissions cap, which would be the greatest thing to unleash prosperity across the country. The government has done nothing but add on red tape, regulations and everything possible to destroy our economy, and the results show massive increases in unemployment, massive increases in youth unemployment and massive increases in debt.”
“Their policies are causing massive, record increases to the use of food banks. Is there any reason no one trusts the Liberals? Everything was all-in on the carbon tax and the capital gains tax. All the borrowing they were going to do was going to drive investment into Canada, yet under the Liberals, half a trillion dollars in net investment has fled the country, with the Prime Minister 's promising that another trillion dollars will flee Canada into the U.S. under their watch. It is clear that we need a change. It is clear that the government has to end its Trudeau-era policies and get real with Canadians. It has to be honest with Canadians, be upfront and change its ways before it is too late.”
“The Liberals were going to increase investment in Canada, because their new capital gains tax would ask the wealthiest to pay a bit more to fund investments. Move ahead a couple of months, and the finance minister , the same one who says we should rejoice at rising unemployment, that auto workers, I guess, should rejoice that we are going to have a permanent export tax on cars, permanent tariffs that are going to cause the industry to collapse, says that by tackling the capital gains tax, we are supporting builders, investment and entrepreneurs. Is there any reason we doubt the Liberals when they say they are going to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7, while at the same time they bring in massive deficits that are going to drive out private sector investments?”
“We heard the old finance minister say, basically, that Canadians are going to be living behind gated communities to keep out lower-income people who want to burn down their homes unless we have the capital gains tax. She stated, “[We] could finance [it] by taking on more debt. But that would place an unfair burden on our younger generations”, yet the Liberals are going to add $60 billion of debt this year alone. She then urged Canadians to mark politicians who voted against the capital gains tax increase. The current finance minister said that the “capital gains tax change [will] help Canadians” and that the Liberals “will fight for Canadians...will fight for the middle class.” He went on to ask whether members could believe that the Conservatives voted against the capital gains tax and tax fairness.”
“The Liberals should be honest; they should not sit here and say, “We love oil and gas. If only we had a proponent to build a pipeline.” Liberals are all for oil as long as it stays politely in the ground, it seems. Their position regarding oil and gas is very much like saying that I will push a person down the stairs but also make sure someone pats me on the back for calling 911 to help that person afterward. That is what they seem to be doing with oil and gas: saying that we will be an energy superpower and that we will develop oil and gas but keep Bill C-69 , Bill C-48 and the production cap, and that it will not be the Liberals' fault that no one steps up from the private sector. The capital gains tax is another example. I just want the government to be honest.”
“A year ago, if someone was against the carbon tax, the old health minister, Mark Holland, would say that Canadians were going to burn the world down if they took their kids on a summer drive. The Liberals now say to thank them for getting rid of the carbon tax. The Liberals are now pretending they are pro-oil, pro-Alberta or pro-energy. They sit here and say that there are no proponents for new pipelines, but at the same time, they refuse to repeal Bill C-69 , the “no new pipelines” bill. They refuse to repeal Bill C-48 , which bans tankers from taking Alberta oil up the B.C. coast but of course still allows U.S. tankers there. They refuse to repeal the emissions and production cap that the Conference Board of Canada says will cost over 100,000 jobs in Canada.”
“That is fine; we can disagree. I just want the government to be truthful to Canadians. Government members should not have sat here in the House for years, defending the carbon tax and telling Conservatives that we are climate deniers or that we only want to see the world burn if we want to take our kids on a summer vacation. (1340) They should not not sit here and tell Canadians that their carbon tax is going to prevent forest fires or flooding. They should be honest with Canadians. We saw what the government did for years: It went after everyone who dared go after its dogma of the carbon tax. What happened the second it became unpopular? Liberals patted themselves on the back for cancelling the carbon tax.”
“There are two million Canadians lining up every single month at food banks. One out of every 20 Canadians in the entire country is lining up at a food bank. They should take time, while they are lining, up to rejoice, as the finance minister said. Mortgage delinquencies have almost tripled in parts of the country in the last two years. As people are packing up their home because they cannot afford it anymore, moving their things into a moving van to maybe move into their parents' basement or out on the street, I hope they will take the time to do as the finance minister suggested and enjoy the good times, rejoice and be thankful for the great economic times the Liberals are delivering. There are a lot of things I can agree with the government on, and I know I have voted on some items, but there is a lot I disagree with.”
““Canadians should rejoice” about being poorer, according to the Minister of Finance , and they should rejoice over the fact that the last five years, which coincide with the five years that the current Prime Minister was advising the Liberal government on economic policy, has been the worst five-year per capita GDP growth since the Great Depression. Think about that. It was worse than the five years covering the 2008-09 economic crash. Yes, we should rejoice, the same as the old finance minister who got demoted and is now off being a special envoy somewhere. We should be happy. We have never had it so good. Every 30-year-old who is living in their mom's basement because they cannot afford to move out should make sure to rejoice and thank the Liberal government, as it says we should do.”
“Instead, he told Canadians they “should rejoice” at our fiscal situation, yes, rejoice at rising unemployment, rejoice at the highest youth unemployment in decades, rejoice at the doubling of the deficits. The Minister of Finance is telling Canadians they should be happy with what is going on. They should rejoice at our fiscal situation, rejoice that the interest on the Liberal debt is going to be $82 billion a year by 2030. Put in perspective, that is about $3,000 out of their pockets for every taxpayer right off the bat, just for interest on the Liberal debt. They should rejoice at the fact that the last two years for GDP per capita, per person economic growth in Canada, shrunk by almost 3%.”
“It is not a new government; it is the same Liberal government, the same tax-and-spend Liberal government. In 2015, the former prime minister was well known for responding to a question about his cabinet make-up, saying it was “because it's 2015”. However, that is what the government seems to be saying right now about its continual spending and out-of-control deficits, that it is because it is 2025. I say that because it is the same term and the same Liberal government. There is no new plan. It is the same tired cabinet with the same old finance minister , who will not answer what the deficit will be. Although the minister was asked repeatedly at committee what the deficit would be, we did not get a response, which Canadians deserve to hear.”
“Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the hon. member for Huron—Bruce . I am pleased to rise today on our opposition day motion that “the House call on the Liberal government to stop plagiarizing...Trudeau's failed policies and recognize that deficits drive investment and jobs down and the cost of living up.” I will start with a quote from Mr. Milton Friedman, who said, “Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending, because that’s the true tax…If you’re not paying for it in the form of explicit taxes, you’re paying for it indirectly in the form of inflation or in the form of borrowing.” That is dead-on for what is happening right now, just as it was during the past 10 years with the same Liberal government. It is not a different Liberal government.”
“Mr. Speaker, they have had 10 years to deliver all that, and the Liberals have delivered nothing. The Prime Minister has promised fiscal discipline but instead is playing fiscal shell games to hide his failures. He has broken his promise to deliver a declining debt-to-GDP ratio and has abandoned fiscal guardrails. The accounting sleight of hand the Liberals are offering cannot hide the truth: a deficit of well over $60 billion. Canadians know that debt is debt and that deficits drive inflation. How much higher is inflation going to go because of the Liberals' broken promises to rein in their out-of-control spending and deficits?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has broken his promise to Canadians. He promised the strongest economy in the G7 but instead delivered the fastest-shrinking economy and the second-highest unemployment rate. Eighty-six thousand more Canadians have lost their jobs, and a staggering $52 billion of net investment has fled the country. What is the Prime Minister's solution? It is to send a further trillion dollars of investment to the U.S. Why is the Prime Minister acting like an investment agent for Trump instead of keeping his promises to Canadians to deliver jobs?”
“Along with board members Chris, Eva, Linda, Stuart, Nikki and Dennis, they reflect the very best of Edmonton selflessness. I thank Kevin, the board and all the volunteers. lt is because of people like them that Edmonton is known as the city of champions.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the incredible work of FireFighter Aid Ukraine, an organization that embodies Edmonton's compassion and spirit. Started after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, the FFAU has been a lifeline to the brave first responders in Ukraine. It has collected firefighter gear, life rescue equipment and vital medical supplies from Canadian and U.S. first responders and vendors, delivering over 450 tonnes of supplies directly to the front lines. The volunteers have made countless trips to Ukraine and provided thousands of hours of hands-on medical and trauma training. They have even brought over bomb-sniffing dogs Fergus and Torch to assist in saving lives in Ukraine. At the heart of this tireless work is the executive director, Kevin Royle.”
“Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, earlier today we heard the member for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas issue personal attacks on the Leader of the Opposition using unparliamentary language when he stated that the Conservative leader was personally associated with a white nationalist group. I would ask that you, Mr. Speaker, rule such wording unparliamentary and ask the member to apologize and withdraw those comments.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Haldimand—Norfolk for her impassioned and informed speech. Like a lot of people in the House, I spend a lot of time visiting places of faith. The only one in all of Edmonton, including Christian, Hindu, Sikh or Muslim, that actually has to have a police car out front at all times is our local synagogue. That is a reflection of the rise in crime under the government. Does my colleague see anything in the bill that is going to stop the kind of hate that forces the Edmonton Police Service to offer police protection for only one specific faith?”
“Madam Speaker, I have to express the same concerns that my colleague has about the government with the Christian faith. We have seen innumerable churches being attacked, vandalized and burned down. Just recently, there was a historic one in Alberta. When this came up previously, former prime minister Trudeau said it was fully understandable that people were burning down churches. Does my colleague believe, as the Liberals have said, that it is standing up for this faith to say that it is fully understandable for Christian churches to be burned to the ground?”
“Madam Speaker, I was here for the first part of the member for Winnipeg North 's speech last week, and unfortunately, I was around for the end of it. I have a simple question: Does the member take any responsibility for his party's action that has seen a massive rise in anti-Semitism in the country? There are attacks on churches and attacks on religions. Does he bear any responsibility, or does he believe it is just a coincidence that the massive rise in hate just happens to coincide with the 10 years the Liberals have been in government?”
“Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal Prime Minister spends comes straight out of the pockets of Canadians. The Parliamentary Budget Officer said the deficit this year is going to be at least $26 billion higher than what was projected just six months ago. These money-printing deficits drive up the cost of everything we buy. That is the inflation tax. Nowhere is this more evident than at the grocery store. In August, food inflation outpaced all other inflation by 84%. Food prices have climbed 48% faster in Canada than in the U.S. Under the Liberals, Canadians are paying 33% more for beef sirloin, 26% more for soup and 20% more for sugar. The Daily Bread Food Bank warns visits will increase by millions above last year, and Canadians are going without meals. The Prime Minister said he would be judged by the price of groceries.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer's fiscal update today is truly a horror story. It shows that in five years, we will be paying over $80 billion for interest on the Liberal debt. This is far more than we are actually paying for health care transfers in the country. I wonder if my colleague could opine on his beliefs about the government's spending more money on interest than helping out with health care.”
“Mr. Speaker, one of the great concerns we have seen across the country is, as he has noted, the massive increase in anti-Semitism. I noticed he missed the massive increase in hate attacks on Christians, but on the issue of anti-Semitism, we have seen these horrible riots and protests in the streets, with people carrying vile signage saying “from the river to the sea”. We know “from the river to the sea” means the extermination of the Jewish people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Does the member opposite believe that “from the river to the sea” would be an issue of hate, and would Bill C-9 ban people carrying signs promoting “from the river to the sea”, the extermination of Jewish people in Canada?”
“Madam Speaker, my colleague brought up the issue of churches being burnt down. We have seen a massive increase in hate attacks across the country since this government took power 10 long years ago. I wonder if my colleague could comment on why it has taken the government so long to act and also on the previous prime minister's comment about burning churches down being fully understandable.”
“Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. The oil and gas industry is probably the largest private employer of indigenous people in Canada, the largest wealth creator for first nations. We need economic reconciliation with first nations to build up jobs and prosperity. We need economic reconciliation, not just the virtue signalling about reconciliation that the Liberals offer.”
“Mr. Speaker, the reality is that oil and gas demand is going to continue to rise for the foreseeable future. It will be sold to the world by an ethical, lower-emission country such as Canada; it will be filled in by a higher-emission oil producer from Russia, putting money toward dictators promoting war; or it will go to a country like Saudi Arabia that has higher flaring than Canada. Perhaps in 20 or 30 years, when oil production lowers a bit, it might be a proper conversation, but for the foreseeable future, the world is going to need oil and gas. Canada should be the one to provide it, not dictators.”
“Mr. Speaker, we can certainly always count on the member for Kingston and the Islands to stand up and blabber mistruths in the House. If he actually looked at it, he would see the information says that no one has anything similar to what Canada is proposing. It also says these are oil and gas-producing countries. There is not a single major oil and gas-producing country in this world that is wilfully planning economic suicide as the Liberal government is. The government should wake up and look at reality. The Parliamentary Budget Officer says it will crater our economy. The Conference Board of Canada says it will crater our economy. We are in a crisis right now. We have a looming deficit and a productivity and unemployment crisis. It is time for the Liberals to get on board, stop their virtue signalling and support Canada.”
“By surplus, I mean that there is a difference between what we produce and what we consume. Higher than us are Russia and Saudi Arabia. Shutting down our oil and gas does not mean the world reduces oil and gas consumption. It moves on to the next producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Probably, in the Kremlin's cafeteria right now, they are changing the employee of the month picture to show the Liberal caucus, because all it is going to do is drive jobs and money from Canada to put in the pockets of dictators. We need to reverse that. We need to grow jobs and revenue in Canada, not send them away to foreign dictators.”
“The oil and gas industry is the main thing propping up our dollar right now. It is our largest export, and the Liberals want to crater it altogether. A great comment from the past Liberal minister of energy , who is probably going off with his tail between his legs to a posting overseas, was that “oil [and gas] is probably peaking this year”. That was in 2024. A year later, the International Energy Agency releases a report. The IEA is probably one of the most ideologically captured international organizations. It is no longer a friend to the oil and gas industry. It says that demand is going to increase to a record high this year, not a record drop. OPEC and Goldman Sachs say that we will have growing demand to 2050. Canada is the third-largest surplus producer in the world.”
“Here is the great news; there is an upside: The “negative [economic] impacts” of the oil and gas production cap will be “mitigated slightly by lower interest rates and a depreciation of the Canadian dollar.” Why? It is because we will have economic collapse. Last week, it was quite funny watching the Minister of Finance cheer that it was a great day for Canada because interest rates dropped. He does not seem to realize that interest rates are dropping because the economy is in the tank; it is collapsing. A lower economic output results in lower interest rates, but the finance minister is cheering it on. He does not seem to understand that low interest rates are a problem. We are going to see lower interest rates because of lower economic activity and a continued depreciation of our dollar.”
“That will be about a 7% drop in our GDP “relative to the baseline in 2030.” Alberta's GDP will decline a further $31 billion “per year between 2030 and 2040 in real [dollars]”. Thirty billion dollars is almost the total amount we spend on health care in the province right now, and the Liberal government wants to take that money away for no reason. I look forward to the members for Edmonton Centre and Calgary Confederation standing in the House and explaining why they are going to back the Liberal government in trying to shut down Alberta's economy. The report continues, saying that employment, of course, will be shut. There will be 102,000 fewer jobs in Alberta, but the report goes on. There is some good news from the report on the Liberals' attempt to destroy our economy.”
“Apart from the government flooding the country with temporary foreign workers, blocking young people from being able to take jobs and suppressing wages, the Liberals want to come along and say, “Hey, I am here from the Liberal government; I am here to make things worse.” For Alberta, I hope I will see the Liberal member for Edmonton Centre or the member for Calgary Confederation rise in the House to speak to this motion, so we hear what they have to say. I would like to see them stand and stand up for Alberta in today's debate. This is what the Conference Board says is going to happen to Alberta: “real GDP in Alberta” will decline by “$28.5 billion”. We are looking at a $6-billion deficit in Alberta this year, and the government wants to take another $28 billion.”
“Manufacturing would also take a hit and lose about 10,000 jobs by 2030. Who do Liberal members from Ontario think is buying all those Ford F-150s? It is construction workers and oil and gas workers in Alberta. Manufacturing would be wiped out. (1245) Commercial services employment will drop by 52,000, and slackness in the labour market will contribute to a 1% reduction in nominal wages. We already have an issue right now with dropping wages.”
“The report further says, “Real GDP in the oil and gas sector alone [will be] reduced by between $14.2 and $25.7 billion”, which is “11...per cent from the baseline”. It says that in total employment there will be a loss of “151,000 [jobs] in 2030, boosting the unemployment rate...despite a modest reduction in labour force participation rates.” They are saying that even with fewer workers in our economy, unemployment will go up. To put 151,000 jobs in context, there are about 25 million or 26 million people working in Canada out of a population of about 42 million. That would be the equivalent of every single person currently working in Burnaby being without a job. Every single person in Kitchener, Ontario, would be without a job, or in Longueuil or Windsor. It would be every single person. That is what the government would do.”
“What is their solution to the issues of rising unemployment, catastrophic youth unemployment and a productivity crisis? It is to push the economy off the cliff altogether. I want to quote some chilling numbers from the Conference Board of Canada on what would result from an oil and gas cap. We have previously heard the Parliamentary Budget Officer state some numbers, but this is from the Conference Board: “To illustrate the magnitude of these impacts, under the most likely scenario...the cumulative reduction in GDP over the 11-year forecast would be...$597 billion in nominal terms between 2030 and 2040.” That is almost a $600-billion loss in GDP. We have a productivity crisis, as mentioned. The most productive work in the country, with the most value added, is in our oil and gas industry, and the government is bent on destroying it.”
“I looked far and wide, and no one else does it, so why are the Liberals the only government in the world looking to have their country commit economic suicide? That is basically what an oil and gas cap is. The Fraser Institute just came out with a report showing that, in the last five years, GDP growth per capita has been the worst since the Great Depression. That is, wealth creation has been the worst since the Great Depression in the last five years, which of course coincides with the five years the current Prime Minister was the economic adviser to Justin Trudeau. Here we have the economic adviser for the worst five-year performance of our economy and wealth creation since the Great Depression. What is the Liberals' solution to all this?”
“President Reagan famously stated, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help”, but this government seems to be saying, “I am from the Liberal government and I am here to make things worse”. I want to start by listing all the countries in the world that have an oil and gas cap. There are none. Not a single country in the world has an oil and gas production cap or an emissions cap. Just to be sure, I asked ChatGPT if it could name any, and it came back saying it could not find credible evidence that any oil-producing country has in place a regulatory cap. There are effectively no other countries that have a cap on oil and gas production or emissions.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat pleased and somewhat not pleased to be rising today on this opposition day motion. I have to wonder this: In what world do we have a country so blessed with natural resources, but members of Parliament must stand up to advocate for actually developing and selling the resources? Only in Canada do we have that. I want to quote the dearly departed Rex Murphy. He was talking about a very similar bill brought forward by the Liberals. It was Bill C-50 , but this applies today. He offered up a title for it. He called it, “An Act to Inspire, Lubricate, and in all other manners Facilitate the Separation of Alberta from [Canada]”. This is very much what this government seems hell-bent on doing. At a time when separatist leanings are on the rise in Alberta, along comes the Liberal government to try to make things worse.”
“Mr. Speaker, this tired, old Liberal government has doubled the deficit and has abandoned any fiscal anchors it once had, putting Canada's AAA credit rating at risk. The Parliamentary Budget Officer warns that rating agencies are not going to tolerate Liberal accounting tricks and that, if they even have a sniff of a change in the budget presentation, Canadians will be paying higher interest rates immediately. Why is the government playing political games with the budget and risking higher costs for all Canadians?”
“Mr. Speaker, my colleague has done fantastic work on Bill C-2 . As I mentioned, and as I have said on this side, there are a lot of issues that we can support in this bill. Unfortunately, Liberals pushed it all into an omnibus bill. What they like to do is push it all together, throw in a couple of poison pills, and if someone does not like it, then obviously they are working against Canada. I do want to bring up a very important issue. We hear about crime a lot and the need to reform our bail system. We are coming up to just over the two-year anniversary of a horrible murder in Edmonton. Carolann Robillard and her daughter, Jayden Miller, were murdered by a man who was released on bail 18 days earlier, for assaulting a young person at a bus stop. He had previously been out on bail for stabbing someone.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is odd that it has taken the government 10 years to bring it forward. I just do not believe it is serious about the challenges facing Canadians. I am going to refer again to the minister 's own departmental plan, Public Safety Canada's departmental plan, which mentions opioids and fentanyl just once. When we look at the priorities, it reads, “we will continue to ensure the legitimate movement of goods and persons across the world’s longest shared border”. It goes on, but it only mentions opioids once. The previous year, it was twice. In fact, in the last five years combined, it was mentioned fewer than 10 times. However, it mentions the United Nations' desire to enforce its climate control issues on Canada. The government does not care about the issues facing Canadians, it cares about its own ideology first.”
“Mr. Speaker, the emperor has no clothes, clearly. These are the government's own numbers. These are not my numbers. These are not Conservative numbers. These are the numbers of the current Liberal government. The Treasury Board posts these numbers. I would encourage the member opposite to, instead of spending all his time in this House spewing misinformation, maybe take a few minutes outside the House and look at the facts. The government cut CBSA dollars. It cut CBSA full-time equivalents. Its own documents, signed by the Minister of Public Safety , say that for the next three years it is going to continue to do—”
“I asked earlier what took the Liberals so long, but I have to ask why they are pushing forward this fantasy world to Canadians. Why are they continuing with this bait and switch where they promise they are going to do this and then deliver that? It is another example of them believing, “Hey we announced it, and therefore, it is done.” Well, they announced more for the RCMP, but their own numbers show they are going to drop. They announced more for CBSA, but their own numbers show a drop. They have announced repeatedly that they are going to do something about crime, and the reality shows the other way. We on this side do not believe anything the government is putting forward, and its own facts prove that.”
“Now, our current full-time equivalents is 31,743 for the RCMP, so a thousand more would be 32,743, but under Liberal math, planned full-time equivalents drops over the next couple years to 33,000. Next year it is going to be 33,076, and if we add 1,000, it goes to 33,632. Where is the rest of the thousand they promised? For CBSA, it says, “Train 1,000 new CBSA officers”. Next year, the Liberals plan 17,289 dropping to 16,615 CBSA officers. Again, do not take my word for it. The Minister of Public Safety and the new member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre , who replaced the scandalous other Randy, signed off on it. This is their departmental plans. These are their numbers. Spending for CBSA is due to drop from $3.1 billion this year, dropping $200 million, so when we add in all the Liberal inflation, it is still dropping $200 million.”