WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:19.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:01:02.840 the show about the government, policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy 3 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.760 and Rights. Here in Depictions Media Radio, I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. 4 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:12.200 In Canada, it well, in a lot of Canada, it is 5 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:23.000 a winter time where large portions of the country are seeing snowfall and sub freezing 6 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:30.920 temperatures. Well, there's a problem with that when you can't afford to buy 7 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:38.319 and of home heating oil for the season to keep your home warm. And 8 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.200 it is one of the big bigger topics that we're going to hear from the 9 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:53.640 question answer period where the conservatives are saying how expensive things are, and how 10 00:01:53.760 --> 00:02:00.120 the liberals are saying that you should have voted for more liberal and you would 11 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:10.080 have gotten a break on the home heating cost. Well, both statements are 12 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:15.759 seemingly absurd, especially when you are simply just trying to keep your house warm 13 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:25.520 and keep warm food on your family's dinner table. It doesn't seem as though 14 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:35.159 either side really cares about the person in the middle, the average working family, 15 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:39.439 the ones that are just trying to go earn a paycheck and pay enough 16 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:50.520 bills to live a just a mediocre life. The cost of housing, the 17 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.800 cost of maintaining a home, whether you rent or you're buying, it doesn't 18 00:02:54.840 --> 00:03:07.919 matter. It is becoming increasingly expensive because of taxes and taxes that don't really 19 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:15.199 do anything but feed the corporations, like the carbon tax. So what do 20 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:22.159 we listen to what was said in the question and answer period, and be 21 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:30.680 warned there's a lot of pauses because what happened when Parliament it just doesn't maintain 22 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:39.560 their manners. We hear pauses because well, one side can't hear over the 23 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:46.360 other side. It's just noise. So the Speaker of the House pushes a 24 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:53.280 mute button on all the microphones and we hear a pause. So let's get 25 00:03:53.319 --> 00:04:11.759 on with it and hear how question answer period went for no vim the Honorable 26 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:17.079 Member for Avignon, Mister Speaker in this house, it's quite rare that we 27 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.519 can speak to good news on the environment. But here's a piece of good 28 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:29.079 news. Washington State wants to join Quebec and California's carbon market. That would 29 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.000 be a real step forward toward creating a North American carbon market. That's what 30 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:36.639 Quebec dreamed of when it created that tool ten years ago. What Washington is 31 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:43.839 doing should inspire Canadian provinces. It's not only the environmental decision to make, 32 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:49.439 but also that's what allows Quebec to be exempted from the federal carbon tax. 33 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:56.839 If Canadian provinces are tired of being under the federal carbon tax, they can 34 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.399 get rid of it in the Blink Vinie. And still better, they can 35 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.160 do so by joining a system that gives more leeway to individuals and instead focuses 36 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:11.839 on big polluters. So once again, mister speaker, why just complain when 37 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:18.000 you can find concrete solutions? The honorable Member from Leeds, Grenville, Thousand 38 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:25.160 Islands and Rita Lakes. This NDP Liberal government has admitted that their carbon tax 39 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:29.680 makes it harder for Canadians to afford to heat their homes. Liberals said that 40 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:35.279 only people who elect Liberals will get a break, but Canadians know. Canadians 41 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:41.399 who can't afford to heat, eat, or to house themselves know that this 42 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.920 Prime Minister just isn't worth the cost. Now, people in Ottawa have elected 43 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:50.560 seven Liberal MPs and of course are common sense conservative leader. So the question 44 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:57.199 is today will the Prime Minister allow the seven Liberal MPs to vote to take 45 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:01.720 the tax off so Outawan's can keep the heat off Autow's and all Canadians should 46 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:08.560 know that under this conservative leader in Canada's common sense Conservatives, we will vote 47 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:14.519 to acts the tax on gas groceries and home heating because this Prime Minister isn't 48 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:21.399 worth the cost. The honorable Member from Winnipeg North, thank you, mister 49 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:26.160 Speaker. One of the things I really enjoy is the opportunities to be able 50 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.639 to visit Goodwadas. You know, one of the most common words I hear 51 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:34.680 at the Goodwaters is the issue of Seva. Sevah is something which means to 52 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.639 serve, to be a volunteer, which brings me to Kelsa Aid Canada. 53 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:45.959 What a wonderful organization it is. Think about it, recognize the whole human 54 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:51.279 race as one in team Winnipeg and across Canada, many different jurisdiction. Over 55 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:59.040 this last weekend they served groceries for international students and mister Speaker in Winnipeg, 56 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.120 we've had growth the streets provided to the main Street project, the Bear Clan 57 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:09.839 on Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg Harvest. It's a wonderful way to save mister Speaker 58 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:13.600 and it's a community that adds so much value. If you want to drop 59 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:17.160 off some groceries, feel free to go to one five six three Logan Avenue. 60 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:29.079 Thank you, mister Speaker, just sell us all oral questions. Well, 61 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:34.519 I had to look the honorable leader of the opposition. Quebecers have known 62 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:39.600 for a long time now that this prime minister is not worth the cost. 63 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:45.680 But the Block doesn't seem to understand that. The Block apparently wants to drastically 64 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:55.439 increase taxes and they even support differential and preferential application of the taxes. And 65 00:07:55.519 --> 00:08:01.120 we've heard in the media that there's been a gearuarantee that the Liberal Prime Minister 66 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.399 will remain in power for another two years. So yet another costly coalition. 67 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.079 What concessions did the Prime Minister make to the Black Kubequa in order to stay 68 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:18.879 in power for another two years, the honorable Deputy Prime Minister, mister Speaker, 69 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:28.160 Our government was proud to follow in Quebec's footsteps when it comes to daycare. 70 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:37.519 Our government is also very proud to follow in Quebec's footsteps when it comes 71 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:45.000 to climate action. Quebec has led very well. Quebec was one of the 72 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:50.240 first provinces to put a price on pollution and we are very happy to work 73 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:56.519 with all Quebecers for the Environmentlet I have shifted the honorable leader of the Opposition, 74 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.440 Yes, but myestion was for the Prime Minister, who is hiding and 75 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:07.559 who is not worth the cost. My question is about the Block Quebequa's decision 76 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:16.639 to vote in favor of home heating taxes today. Though we've learned that the 77 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:22.120 block's desire to drastically increase this prime minister's carbon taxes are not random. The 78 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:28.000 Block Quebecua, in fact, has promised the Prime Minister that they will keep 79 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.080 him in power in a two year costly coalition. What concessions did the block 80 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:43.000 get in order to keep this incompetent and costly prime minister in power? The 81 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:50.960 Honorable Minister, mister Speaker, the Opposition leader wants to talk about Quebec Fine. 82 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.759 The Opposition leader wants to move Quebec backwards. They want to move Quebec 83 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:03.240 backwards on basic rights, women's rights, climate change. They want to put 84 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:09.480 firearms back in the streets in Quebec. The Conservative leader he wants to send 85 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:16.480 Quebecers and Canadians back to the Stone Age. The Honorable Leader of the Opposition 86 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:22.080 Prime Minister is in Ottawa today, so the question is for him he is 87 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:28.120 panicked now and put a pause on the carbon tax for three percent of Canadians 88 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:33.480 in ridings where his polls are plumbing and his MPs are revolting. Also revolting 89 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:39.360 were the comments of a Liberal rural Affairs minister who stated that other Canadians would 90 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.320 have got a pause in the pain if they had elected more Liberals. Yet 91 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:48.799 Northern Ontarians did elect liberals. So the question for the Prime Minister will he 92 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:54.159 allow a free vote for his northernps on our common sense motion to keep the 93 00:10:54.200 --> 00:11:05.039 heat on and take the tax off. The Honorable Minister, thank you, 94 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.720 mister Speaker. As I have explained to the Leader of the Opposition through many, 95 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:13.039 many different question periods over the past number of days, film heating oil 96 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:18.039 is two to four times as expensive as natural gas. It accelerated by seventy 97 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.399 five percent in twenty twenty two. We have put into place a plan that 98 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:24.720 will enable people to get off heating oil, to have free heat pumps. 99 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:26.519 It will save them up to twenty five hundred dollars a year. It will 100 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:31.080 make it more affordable and at the same time it will allow us to fight 101 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.960 climate change. That is true for the two hundred and seventy thousand households that 102 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:41.879 use heating oil here in Ontario, the Honorable Leader of the Opposition, The 103 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:46.240 question was for the Prime Minister who first was dividing and now is in hiding. 104 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:52.120 He wants to quadruple his tacks, but now he's had to back down 105 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:56.080 and give a pause to the pain for three percent of people in ridings where 106 00:11:56.080 --> 00:12:01.720 his poles are plummeting and his MPs are in full revolt against him. His 107 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:07.399 Liberal Minister of Rural Affairs said, if people in other regions want the same 108 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.639 pause on the pain, they have to elect liberal MPs. However, many 109 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.840 did we have a liberal MP in Calgary and one in Edmonton. Will they 110 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:20.000 be allowed a free vote on the common sense conservative motion to take the tax 111 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:30.000 off and keep the heat on. Yeah, the Honorable Minister, it's important 112 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:35.240 to have thoughtful public policy prescriptions that address issues around affordability in a long term 113 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:37.679 way, but also actually addressed the issue of climate change. And I would 114 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:41.759 say, mister Speaker, the only person who is hiding in this chamber is 115 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:46.559 the leader of the Official Opposition. Who is hiding the fact that he does 116 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:50.320 not either does not believe in climate change or he certainly doesn't think it's very 117 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:52.320 important. He has not spoken the words climate change since he was elected, 118 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.039 and he has no plan. At some point he needs to tell Canadians, 119 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:03.720 what is your plan to address the climate crisis? Find the honorable leader at 120 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:09.600 the all position, Mister speaker, I'm right here while the Prime Minister hides 121 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:13.840 and divides. Why wouldn't he hide? After all, he's in panic mode. 122 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.799 He first promised to quadruple the tax on everyone, and then after I 123 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:22.440 beat him in that debate, he decided to back down and lift the tax 124 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.879 off three percent of people for a short period of time. Is Rural Affairs 125 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:31.120 Minister said that if other Canadians wanted the same pause from the pain, they 126 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:35.240 needed to elect more liberals. Well, thunder Bay elected to liberals. It's 127 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:41.000 a very cold place. Will the members for thunder Bay be given a free 128 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:52.720 vote on our motion to take the tax off and keep the heat on the 129 00:13:52.759 --> 00:14:00.399 Honorable Deputy Prime Minister Minister Finance, Mister Speaker, let me tell you is 130 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:05.879 missing in action when it comes to protecting Canadians and their affordability, and I'm 131 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:11.799 talking about the affordability of life for our seniors. You know who's missing in 132 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:18.159 action, the Conservative leader. It took him twenty nine days to speak up 133 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.519 for the Canada Pension Plan, but none of us should have been surprised because 134 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.440 last year he sought to eviscerate that plan, which is so important to every 135 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:31.480 single Canadian, by seeking to freeze contributions. We can't trust Conservatives with our 136 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:41.559 pensions for anything else. I'm gonna have the Honorable Member for the Prairie, 137 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.639 mister speaker. Last week, TVA had to lay off one third of its 138 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.919 workforce. That's five hundred and forty seven Quebec television professionals out of work in 139 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.320 one fell swoop. It's tragic and if it's happening at TVA, it's bound 140 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:00.720 to happen elsewhere. It's inevitable. We can't just turn a blind eye and 141 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.240 claim that the new version of the Broadcasting Act and C eighteen will solve the 142 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.960 problem. They won't, not at all. So the question is simple, 143 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.320 are we going to watch television die little by little and not do anything about 144 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:13.120 it, or is the government prepared to rethink everything in order to save conventional 145 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:22.919 TV. The Honorable Minister, Mister Speaker, First, my thoughts go out 146 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:28.159 to employees who have been affected by this layoff and my thoughts are also with 147 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:39.039 their families at the beginning of the holiday seasons. Unfortunately, in telecommunications and 148 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:46.360 in journalism there is a rapidly changing landscape since the advent of online streaming services 149 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.840 and online platforms. So we will work with all parties in this House to 150 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:56.080 implement all solutions that we can because our cultural industries are essential for our democracy 151 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:58.960 and our society. Thank you, mister Speaker. The Honorable Member for Lapri 152 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:07.120 TV is the channel through which information is shared with the people, the channel 153 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.399 through which our culture is shared. Television reminds us of who we are, 154 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.720 what we can create, and what makes us unique, something that the YouTube's, 155 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:19.519 netflixes and disneys of this world will never be able to do. Our 156 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:25.720 television is made by us and for us, and it's truly in danger. 157 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.559 As we watch our channels disappearing and turning off. We're waiting for Ottawa to 158 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.399 turn them back on, but it's urgent. What will it take for the 159 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:41.279 government to wake up? The Honorable Heritage Minister. Thank you, mister Speaker. 160 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.679 I share my colleagues's concerns. That's why in twenty twenty we introduced for 161 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:53.320 the first time an Act to modernize the Broadcasting Act. But unfortunately the Conservatives 162 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.200 have been blocking it and blocking it. They have tried to block us from 163 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:03.840 trying to modernize our auto audio visual universe and our media landscape. Today. 164 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:07.519 The Conservatives claim that we're trying to censure Canadians, But what we truly want 165 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:12.640 is quality journalism everywhere in the country. We want a thriving cultural industry and 166 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:17.319 creative industry that's essential for democracy and for all of society. Thank you, 167 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:22.759 mister Speaker, the honible member from Vancouver East. For three decades, Liberals 168 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.200 and Conservatives rely on the private market, and now the average rank will one 169 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:32.279 bedroom is twenty five hundred dollars a month. The government's own housing advocate is 170 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:37.599 calling for more community housing that fit people's budgets, and the Bank of Canada 171 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:44.960 says investing in social housing wouldn't be inflationary. The Conservative leader is calling investment 172 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:51.160 in social housing a Soviet style takeover. He's in it for wealthy investors. 173 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:56.039 The Liberals are failing Canadians. Will the Prime ministers stop siding with Conservatives and 174 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:06.079 commit to doubling Canada's social housing stock. The Honorable Minister for Housing, mister 175 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:11.119 Speaker, I agree wholeheartedly with my colleague, but the Conservative leaders rhetoric around 176 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.640 Soviet style housing to describe cooperatives and mirrors the same he approach he took over 177 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.880 the course of the summer when he labeled the Niagara Woman's Home a shack. 178 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:23.240 Dismissing the living quarters of ordinary Canadians is entirely inappropriate. I further agree with 179 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:26.440 the NDP member that we need to continue to make the kinds of investments that 180 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.279 will build more social housing for low income families. We got back into this 181 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:34.000 game, into the national housing strategy after thirty years of absence. We're going 182 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.720 to continue to build more homes so everyone can afford a roof over their head. 183 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:45.039 The Honorable member from Elmwood transcona thank you, mister speaker. While people 184 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.359 in Newfundland and Lavador could certainly use some help when it comes to their cost, 185 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.240 seventy seven percent are saying that they're living paycheck to paycheck. But what 186 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:57.359 we continue to get our answers that are not a commitment to doubling that social 187 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:03.960 housing stock, or to rec capitalize funds that the government's already created to build 188 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:07.200 social housing, even when it doesn't cost them money. They won't lift a 189 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.920 finger. We stood by as we watched the Competition Burrough fight tooth and nail 190 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:14.799 against the Roger Shaw merger. The government turned around and approved it. Now 191 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:18.319 they have a chance to support our initiative to strengthen the Competition Act. Will 192 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:26.960 they do it? The honorable minister, Mister Speaker, I would like to 193 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.680 take them member for his question. In fact, mister Speaker, him and 194 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.559 member of this House will have an opportunity to do something for Canadians. I've 195 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:37.640 asked that they do have the opposition to do one thing for Canadians, not 196 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:41.480 something he does very often, but one thing's to vote for CE fifty six, 197 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.160 mister Speaker, because in C fifty six Canadians will be happy to learn 198 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:48.400 that at home. But we're going to reform competition, mister Speaker. We're 199 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.240 going to get more power to the Competition Commissioner. We're going to remove these 200 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.240 competents, these there's mergers that are harmful to competition, and we're going to 201 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.119 remove these clauses that are hurting competitions. We want more compet lower prices in 202 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:07.319 this country, Mister Speaker, the honorable leader of the opposition, the NDP, 203 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:12.160 voted sixteen times in favor of the carbon tax. Its leader has supported 204 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:19.920 quadrupling the tax on the home heating of every single Canadian. But after working 205 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:25.279 class union households have been abandoning his party for the Conservatives in droves, he 206 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:30.079 is now flip flop. But that has involved the courage of admitting he was 207 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:34.279 wrong. We all, the Prime Minister show the same courage and admit he, 208 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:40.160 just like the NDP leader, is dead wrong, and vote for our 209 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:49.519 common sense motion to keep the heat on and take the tax off the Honorable 210 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:55.359 Minister, Mister Speaker, I find it helpful when you deal with people who 211 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.799 are closest to the problem. And in Atlantic Canada, we have an Ecology 212 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:03.240 Action Center based in Halifax who wrote a statement that I think was prescient to 213 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:07.119 the debate that's going on here. It says energy poverty and climate change represent 214 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:11.000 a direct threat to working class people in Nova Scotia. As a society, 215 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:15.920 we must work together to ensure households with low incomes can transition away from expensive 216 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:21.960 hossil fuels to technologies like Hey pumps that are cheaper, better for our health 217 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:27.279 and afford us the comforts associated with heating and cooling. Policy makers are finally 218 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:37.400 rising to meet the challenge. Mister Spiker, the Honorable Member from Regina Capel, 219 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:41.400 after eight years, the Prime Minister is just not worth the cost. 220 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.119 Now he wants to quadruple the tax on home heating, gas and groceries. 221 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:49.839 But he decided to pause the pain for just three percent of families in areas 222 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:55.039 where he's plummeting in the polls and his MPs are revolting. The Liberal Rural 223 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:56.960 Affairs Minister. So that people on the prairies wanted to break from the carbon 224 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:00.680 tax exemption, they should have allowed more at Liberal and Peace. Well, 225 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.359 the people in Sudbury did elect a Liberal. I visited there last week and 226 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:07.920 people there want to know why their MP has been unable to get them a 227 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:11.119 pause on the pain. So simple question for the Prime Minister will he allow 228 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.279 a free vote for the Member for Sudbury on our motion to take the tax 229 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:26.079 off and keep the heat on. The Honorable Minister, Thank you, mister 230 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:30.920 speaker. I think it's important for Canadians that people are serious in terms of 231 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:34.960 bringing forward policy prescriptions, not simply taglines. We have put into place measures 232 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:40.519 that will address a critical affordability issue. Home heating oil is two to four 233 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:44.680 times as expensive as natural gas. It went up seventy five percent during twenty 234 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:48.119 twenty two. There is an opportunity to be able to reduce the energy costs 235 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:52.599 for people on an ongoing basis, all the while addressing the issue of climate 236 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.000 change, something that the leader of the opposition clearly does not believe in. 237 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:00.279 It is something that is important for Canada. It's important for the two LETTERD 238 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:06.400 in seventy thousand Ontario holmes that currently heat with heating will excellent. The Honorable 239 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:10.839 Member from R John A. Kappel, are in complete carbon tax chaos over 240 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:15.200 there, mister speaker. Their pause on the pain doesn't apply to ninety seven 241 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:19.880 percent of Canadians and it punishes those who use cleaner Canadian natural gas and propane 242 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:22.880 to hate their homes. What did the Liberal Rural Affairs Minister have to say? 243 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.039 She said, Well, if people in other areas want the pause to 244 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:30.359 they should elect liberals. Well, the people in North Bay did elect a 245 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:33.720 Liberal MP. So again to the Prime Minister to the Prime Minister, Mister 246 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:37.960 Speaker, will he allow a free vote so that the members from North Bay 247 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.400 can vote on our motion to take the tax off and keep the heat on. 248 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.079 The Honorable Member is a is a veteran member of this House and he 249 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.960 knows that all questions that were mind all members, that all questions are directed 250 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:00.920 through the chair the Honorable partner too, Secretary. Thank you very much, 251 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:03.640 mister Speaker. And as I said last week, it'd be great if in 252 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:07.759 this House we could have debates about how we fight climate change, not whether 253 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:10.519 we fight climate change, because in twenty twenty three, it's really not an 254 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:15.000 option. It's an existential threat and we're living in a climate emergency and Canadians 255 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:17.759 know how important it is to fight climate change. They know that on this 256 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:21.920 point, the Conservatives have absolutely no plan. When you don't have a plan 257 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:25.279 for the environment, you don't have a plan for the economy. Mister Speaker, 258 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:29.920 those Conservatives continue to be risky and irresponsible and they're certainly not worth that 259 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:37.680 risk. The allable Member from Thornhill. Years of this liberal NDP government, 260 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:41.960 the Prime Minister's carbon tax is making it impossible for Canadians to heat their homes 261 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:45.039 this winter. That's especially true right here and soon to be frigid Ottawa. 262 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:51.440 There are twelve Liberal MPs here, a cabinet minister, three Privy counselors for 263 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:56.720 parliamentary secretaries. But according to the Minister from Newfoundland, all of these MPs 264 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.359 weren't effective enough to get their communities a pause on the pain of the carbon 265 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.559 tax. Will they make things right and stand with us today and acts the 266 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:07.480 tacks or will they vote again with the Prime Minister and leave Ottawa residence in 267 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:17.319 the colt the honorable Promitary Secretary, Thank you, mister speaker. And you 268 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:22.119 know, there was a time when Canadian Progressive Conservative voters could rely on members 269 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:26.319 of that Conservative caucus for leadership on fighting climate change. In fact, the 270 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.480 member from Wellington, Halton Hill staked his entire Conservative leadership campaign on it. 271 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:33.160 What he said, exactly and I quote is the right way to do it 272 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:37.720 is to price carbon through a revenue neutral carbon tax. He staked to his 273 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:42.119 entire Conservative leadership campaign on that. Sadly he lost. But you know, 274 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.240 mister Steaker, I agree with him when he said we don't have a plan 275 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:49.519 to fight climate change or reduce emissions, then we won't win the next election. 276 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:52.079 That was true in twenty nineteen, that was true in twenty twenty one, 277 00:25:52.200 --> 00:26:04.440 and it's true today, the Honorable Member from Thornhill. The Prime Minister 278 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.039 can pause a pain for some Canadians, then surely he can do it for 279 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:14.640 all Canadians. These Liberal MPs should be demanding that, but they are missing 280 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:18.559 in action, like the MIA Liberals from the GTA, like that member, 281 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:22.279 their communities want relief from this costly coalition. But they've been hiding for a 282 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:26.160 week. So I'll give them the chance to show up now. Well, 283 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:30.559 the Prime Minister allow the members whose phone number starts with nine oh five a 284 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.359 free vote to take the tax off so their communities can keep the heat on. 285 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:44.720 The Honorable Government House Leader. Thank you, mister speaker. Mister Speaker, 286 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:49.279 what my honorable colleagues could continue to forget is that this policy does apply 287 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:55.400 right across the country. So whether you are in the GTA, whether you 288 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:59.279 are in Northern Ontario, whether you are in Saskatchewan that's or in Manitoba or 289 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:03.880 anywhere else in this country, the price on pollution has been removed for those 290 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.839 that use home heating oil. Mister Speaker, it would be good if the 291 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:12.440 Conservatives actually focused on the facts and allowed us to debate climate change and how 292 00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:15.480 we're going to fight it, not if climate change is real or not. 293 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:26.680 Thank you, mister speaker, the normal member from Canora. The Prime Minister 294 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.079 is planning to criduple the tax on heat, gas and groceries, but we 295 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.799 decided to pause the pain for three percent of families and areas where he's plummeting 296 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:38.359 in the polls and where his MP's are revolting. The Liberal rule Affairs. 297 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:42.720 A minister has said, if others wanted the pause, then they should have 298 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:47.640 voted liberal. But people and Nickel Belt voted for a Liberal MP, mister 299 00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:51.079 speaker, yet they are not seeing a pause in this tax. So will 300 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:55.880 the Prime Minister today allow the member from Nickel Belt a free vote to vote 301 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:59.240 with us to take the tax off and keep the heat on for people in 302 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:08.559 northern Ontario and right across the country. Hu the Honorable Minister making, mister 303 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:12.519 speaker, and I am so proud to be a Northern Liberal Member of Parliament 304 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:17.720 because what I do every day, mister Speaker, is I work with constituous 305 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:21.440 They're telling me we need to take faster action on the climate because we are 306 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:25.599 losing acres of forest, mister speaker, because we are seeing droughts, yes, 307 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:29.559 even in northern Ontario, mister speaker, making it harder to grow food, 308 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:34.039 making it harder to grow our economy. My constituents expect me to advocate 309 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:42.799 for clean environment and that's exactly what I'll do. Let to have the honorable 310 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:48.960 member from Monteville, mister speaker, let's talk about immigration targets. Allow me 311 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:52.400 to cide a document starting in twenty twenty six, set the annual immigration target 312 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.799 at some five hundred thousand immigrants if the population reaches forty million as planned. 313 00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:02.599 You might think that I'm quoted the plan that the Liberals announced last week, 314 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:07.920 but no, I'm quoting McKenzie's Century initiative. The capping of targets announced for 315 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:11.480 twenty twenty six has literally been McKenzie's plan all along. When is the federal 316 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:17.079 government going to adjust the targets based on our integration capacity instead of blindly following 317 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:21.240 the advice of McKenzie, which is a private company that literally manages immigration in 318 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:30.599 Canada. Gonna have the honorable immigration minister, mister speaker. I think that's 319 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:37.000 an odd comment. The block is so out of left field. They're so 320 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.240 far out in the field that they should go out into the fields and see 321 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:47.759 agriculture workers and see if they need some help. Quebec needs temporary foreign workers. 322 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.839 We are working with Quebec and the Block should understand that I have deputy 323 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:59.920 at the Honorable Member for Montaville, mister Speaker. Not only is Ottawa fall 324 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:06.559 allowing Mackenzie ottowise following them blindly. McKenzie themselves confirmed that their immigration targets do 325 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:11.680 not take integration capacity into account. Former CEO Dominic Barton said in committee last 326 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.599 year, the focus was solely on the economy. We were not thinking about 327 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:21.559 the social context. We were thinking about productivity. Mister Speaker, Capping immigration 328 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:26.839 targets at five hundred thousand means applying advice that does not take into account our 329 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.880 integration capacity. But the government last week promised to respect our integration capacity. 330 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:37.640 So will the government review its targets the Honorable Minister, Thank you, mister 331 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:44.160 speaker. I never talked to McKenzie. I talked to Canadians who want more 332 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:49.519 foreign workers. They want more immigrants to come and work in factories and in 333 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:53.480 the fields. Five hundred thousand is a reasonable target. It's a target three 334 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:56.160 years down the line, and it has nothing to do with McKenzie's advice. 335 00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:03.279 The Honorable Member form more t Mister Speaker, the only difference between Ottawa and 336 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:07.279 mackenzie is that Ottawa's going faster. McKenzie predicted that the population would hit forty 337 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:11.079 million by twenty twenty six. We reach that mark in June. According to 338 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:15.480 Stats Canada. If the twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three trend continues, 339 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:18.960 the population will double in just twenty five years. The population will exceed eighty 340 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:23.200 million by twenty forty eight, regardless of our integration capacity for housing, health, 341 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:27.039 education, French language training, and the list goes on, Mister Speaker, 342 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:33.000 When will this government finally understand that successful immigration means respecting our integration capacity, 343 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:44.359 the Honorable Minister, Mister Speaker. Over the past year, Canadians have 344 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:48.839 asked us to do more when it comes to integration capacity, But what people 345 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:52.880 have also told me is that we need immigration to help our businesses grow. 346 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:56.720 There is still a labor shortage. The approach that we need to prioritize is 347 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:02.799 to be more strategic with our targets. We tabled new strategic targets just recently 348 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:07.000 and the block should be comforted by that if they like immigration, and if 349 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.680 they don't, then let them say so. From Paris, Muskoka, the 350 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:15.599 Broad Minister plans to quadruple the carbon tax on heat, gas and groceries. 351 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.880 Now he decided to pause the pain for three percent of families where his poll 352 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:22.279 numbers were plummeting and his MPs are revolting. The Liberal World Affairs Minister said 353 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.839 if people in the Prairies wanted a carbon tax break, they should elect Liberals. 354 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:29.720 Well, the people in Siue Saint Marie, mister speaker did elect the 355 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:32.359 Liberal MP, and yet the majority of his constituents are not getting the break. 356 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:37.119 Will the Prime Minister allow the MP from Sue Saint Marie to freely vote 357 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.720 to take the tax off and keep the heat on for the people of the 358 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:50.200 Soup here the honorable Minister, thank you, mister Speaker. The Conservative Party, 359 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:53.480 as is often the case, is leaving out many important facts. Eight 360 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:58.119 out of ten Canadian families actually get more money back in the rebate than they 361 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:00.920 pay in the price on pollution. It is an important part of having a 362 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:06.359 robust plan to address climate change in a thoughtful way with respect to home heating, 363 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:08.720 it is a particular issue that we can invest in to ensure that we 364 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:14.240 are actually saving money for people as we move forward while continuing to address climate 365 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:17.200 change. The Conservative Party is hiding. They are hiding from science, they 366 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:21.680 are hiding from evidence. They need to have a plan to by climate change. 367 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:29.759 Canadians expect more. The Allble member from Storman Dundas South Glengarry abians, 368 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:32.839 you're watching for today's vote on our common sense Conservative motion to take the tax 369 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:37.680 off all forms of home heating for all Canadians. The Liberal Rural Affairs Minister 370 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:40.920 said though that if people want to pause on the tax, they should have 371 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:45.759 elected more Liberals in their region. But thunder Bay did elect two Liberal MPs 372 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:51.359 and yet folks there aren't getting any pause. Instead, the Prime Minister plans 373 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:55.680 to quadruple the tax on heat gas and groceries rather than treating them fairly. 374 00:33:55.880 --> 00:34:00.480 So the question is will the Prime Minister allow these two Liberals and peace from 375 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:04.440 thunder Bay to vote freely to take the tax off so people can keep the 376 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:14.840 heat on. Thank you, mister speaker. Again, the Conservatives continue to 377 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:20.400 spread information in this chamber. This pause on the price on pollution on home 378 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:25.199 heating oil applies right across the country despite what the Conservatives keep saying. But 379 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:30.280 what is particularly concerning, and I think I speak on behalf of every Ontario 380 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.000 member of Parliament and many Ontario residences. Every time they say common sense, 381 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:38.760 it brings up the terrible memories of the Mike Harris years, when not only 382 00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:44.280 did they slash public services, but they slash them in such incredible ways that 383 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:47.400 led to things like Walkerton. Mister speaker, Ontarian's remember and they're not going 384 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:59.239 to lact common sense Conservatives again, thank you, mister Speer. Well remember 385 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:04.119 from self, do this storm, undone, this South Glengarry. Here's just 386 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:07.039 how out of touch and tone deaf the Liberals are when asked to sheet support 387 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:10.760 giving the same pause on home heating back home. Their own minister right from 388 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:15.519 thunder Bay said, quote, we don't have the same challenges in northern Ontario 389 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:19.480 that we see in Atlantic Canada. Unquote. Well, I visited thunder Bay 390 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.440 last week and let me tell you, mister speaker, it gets very cold 391 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.639 there too, just like Atlantic Canada. And after eight years of this NDP 392 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:30.679 liberal government, the cost of living crisis the area is so bad the regional 393 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:34.920 food Bank can't keep up with sergeerty demand. Now at twelve thousand people, 394 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:38.320 will the Prime Minister let his thunder Bay MPs vote to give residents fair treatment, 395 00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:47.840 take the tax off. They can keep the heat on. The Honorable 396 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:54.360 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Finance, Mister Speaker, the Conservative Provincial Finance Minister 397 00:35:54.559 --> 00:36:01.400 of Ontario knows the pensions matter for the people of Ontario. That's why he 398 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:07.519 brought me a letter asking me to convene a meeting of all the provincial finance 399 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:17.079 ministers to defend our pensions. Will be Conservative MPs from Ontario be equally courageous 400 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:25.159 and responsible in defending the pensions of the people of Ontario and support our effort 401 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:37.239 to keep the pensions of all Canadians sake. I'm going to ask all members 402 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:45.199 please, especially a member from Battle River, Battle Creek over Foot, to 403 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:51.599 please listen to the responses which are offered and to take the floor. And 404 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.679 I'd ask all members to listen to that member when that member does take the 405 00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:59.199 floor. The all the number from London, Fanshaw, Austenden Canadians, in 406 00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.079 my writing, did everything possible to work with Global Affairs Canada to get their 407 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:06.719 loved ones out of Gaza. They put all of their hopes on Sunday's evacuation 408 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:10.280 only to hear nothing from Canadian officials. The bombardments are getting more intense. 409 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:15.480 My constituents, their families, Canadian citizens are trapped. They need this government 410 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:21.360 to stand for human rights and to protect lives. The heads of eighteen un 411 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:25.480 agencies and NGOs and my constituents are calling for a ceasefire. Why can't the 412 00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:36.119 Prime Minister, the honorable Parlimentary Secretary, Thank you speaker. The situation in 413 00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:40.000 Gaza is dire and many Canadians are worried about their loved ones. What is 414 00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:45.400 happening on the ground is fluid and unpredictable, and we know their delays at 415 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:49.920 the Rapha crossing for all countries. I want to reassure Canadians that we are 416 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:53.719 in regular contact with Egypt and Israel to push for Canadians to leave as soon 417 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:59.519 as possible. We continually try to reach all Canadians, permanent residents and their 418 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:04.480 immediate family members to convey the latest information. Mister speaker, That's why we 419 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:08.519 continue to call for humanitarian pauses for Canadians to get out for aid to get 420 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:12.760 in and for all hostages to be released. Thank you, mister speaker. 421 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:21.000 The Honorable Member for Windsor West, mister Speaker. Eighteen United Nations agencies and 422 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:25.039 international NGOs, including unise UP and Save the Children called for an immediate seaspire 423 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:30.639 in Israel Palestine, expressing shock and horror at the mounting death poll from the 424 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:35.079 conflict, saying it's a graveyard for children. It's been thirty days. Enough 425 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:37.840 is enough. The UN and the NGO heads said in a rare joint statement, 426 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:42.559 this must stop now. When will this government finally do what most of 427 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:45.320 the world has called for, and that's an immediate seaspire to save the children 428 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:54.920 right now, the Honorable Parlimentary Secretary, thank you, mister Speaker. We 429 00:38:55.039 --> 00:39:01.400 unequivocally condemn the Hamas terrorist attack. The price of justice cannot be the continued 430 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:07.400 suffering of all Palestinian civilians. What is unfolding in Gaza is a human tragedy. 431 00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:12.400 The Minister of Foreign Affairs has been to the region twice to oversee our 432 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:16.599 efforts to help Canadians but also to de escalate the situation. That's why we 433 00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:22.880 continue to call for international humanitarian law to be upheld and for humanitarian pauses so 434 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:28.559 that Canadians can leave, humanitarian aid can get in, and all hostages are 435 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:31.360 released. Canada is committed to a goal of a just and lasting piece in 436 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:39.000 the Middle East. The able Member from Yukon, Mister Speaker, we know 437 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:44.320 that many Canadian families are struggling to make ends meet, and this is particularly 438 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.880 the case in the Yukon, where more than half a family spend over thirty 439 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:52.199 percent of their income on housing. The Minister of National Revenue recently made an 440 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:58.239 important announcement alongside Miss Tracy Ann McPhee, Yukon Minister of Health and Social Services. 441 00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:02.119 Can the Minister of National Revenue inform the House of this announcement and how 442 00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:09.920 it will affect our Yukon families The Minister, thank you, Mister Speaker. 443 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:15.360 I'm proud to announce that Yukon families can now apply for the Canada Child Benefit 444 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:22.239 when registering for the birth of their newborn through the Automated Benefits Application Service of 445 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:29.440 Yukon Vital Statistics Office. It's the quickest and easiest way to apply for and 446 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:35.360 receive the benefit. It's more than five thousand and five hundred dollars on average 447 00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:45.920 per year for Yukon families. Thank you, the Onble Member for megontiklerable after 448 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:51.840 eight years of this Liberal government, this prime minister is not worth the cost 449 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:55.679 and they want to stay in power for the next two For the next two 450 00:40:55.760 --> 00:41:02.360 years, the Liberal Block coalition vote against our motion to eliminate or pause the 451 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:06.880 carbon tax on all forms of heating. Yes, it costs, it's expensive 452 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:12.760 to vote for the Block as well, it doesn't does it not bother the 453 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:17.199 Block to vote the Liberals for the next two years. What promise did the 454 00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:24.599 Prime Minister make for the unconditional support of the Block? The Honorable Minister, 455 00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:34.079 we seem to have found ourselves in a time machine here. They wanted to 456 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:40.400 make us step back in terms of the rights of women and take steps back 457 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:45.639 in terms of climate change and the fight against it. They're not even able 458 00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:52.480 to describe climate change. They want to bring us back to the Stone Age. 459 00:41:53.519 --> 00:42:01.599 The Honorable Member for me Antickla, We're going we're looking at a government 460 00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:05.880 from the Stone Age. We are going to vote on a motion that will 461 00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:09.480 require the government to pause all carbon tax on home heating for all Canadians. 462 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:16.360 The Block has chosen its camp. They want to radically increase the carbon tax, 463 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:22.960 and it's imposed in favor of a twenty percent extra tax to each leader 464 00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:28.960 of gas. It's expensive to vote Block. What did the Prime Minister promised 465 00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:36.079 its partner, the Block, to raise taxes on the backs of all Quebecers. 466 00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:42.320 The Honorable Minister, mister Speaker, for a rare time, I agree 467 00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:51.000 with my colleague, we are going to have a government from the Stone Age. 468 00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:55.639 We're taking a step back back on fundamental rights in terms of arms control, 469 00:42:55.960 --> 00:43:00.639 a step back in terms of the fight against climate change. Hearly said 470 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:04.199 this, we're going back to the Stone Age. Mister Speaker, this is 471 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:12.840 incredible. We'll never take a step back. The Honorable Member for Luis sin 472 00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:17.400 Laurent, Mister Speaker. After eight years of this Liberal government, who would 473 00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:24.119 have believed it? The Bloc is now behind the moral supporting the Liberal government. 474 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:30.639 Morally. They seem to be getting along quite well because their position in 475 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:37.320 terms of heating divided Canadians. But that's exactly what the Block wants to do, 476 00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:43.000 divide and create problems. The Bloc wants to radically increase carbon tax. 477 00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:51.599 It will inspire them. My question is that will members be able to vote 478 00:43:51.800 --> 00:44:07.840 for common sense the proster. I think all members would like colleagues order. 479 00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:13.800 I think all colleagues would like to hear the answer from the Honorable the honorable 480 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:21.679 minister. Mister Speaker, my colleague that was the last person to speak at 481 00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:28.800 the National Assembly before the adoption of the carbon market. It was adopted via 482 00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:31.760 unanimous consent. If he didn't like it, then why didn't he raise his 483 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:37.480 voice then and speak against it? Why did he change his position today because 484 00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:42.719 he didn't speak out against unanimomy at the time. What has changed for my 485 00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:45.280 colleague over the past few years. He wants to go back to the stone 486 00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:55.400 Age and we won't go there, Mister speaker. Order, then, the 487 00:44:55.440 --> 00:45:00.239 Honorable Member for Luis in Laurent, Mister Speaker. Another thing means that the 488 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:07.920 block is really buddy buddy with the Liberal Party. The party Quebequa's budget. 489 00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:14.440 It talks about the poor management of the Liberal government. Is now an argument 490 00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:17.639 in favor of independence. No, we're not going back to the Trudeau stone 491 00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:24.000 Age, that's for sure. Will the blocks be blocks members be able to 492 00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:29.079 speak up and make sure that all of their members will be able to vote 493 00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:40.480 for common sense. An all order is that I had the Honorable Minister. 494 00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:46.960 Thank you, mister Speaker. We're seeing once again that every time a Conservative 495 00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:54.360 member rises there's something hiding. They're not able to say the truth. They're 496 00:45:54.360 --> 00:46:00.880 not able to take responsibility for what they did in the past. It's really 497 00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:06.440 rare when you have a Quebec colleague, well, when they supported the carbon 498 00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:09.159 market, they should have been proud of what happened in Quebec and proud to 499 00:46:09.199 --> 00:46:19.079 be able to protect the environment across Canada. Then ahead, the Honorable Member 500 00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:25.320 for rival Don Mister Speaker, more than two hundred and twenty one thousand SMEs 501 00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:30.480 or at risk of bankruptcy if the federal government does not defer repayment of sea 502 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:36.519 balloons without the loss of the subsidy. We're not talking about billionaire multinational companies. 503 00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:39.639 We're talking about small businesses that contribute to the vitality of our regions. 504 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:45.199 Here in Rivere do Noir, two hundred and thirteen SMEs have alerted the Quebec 505 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:50.280 Federation of Independent Businesses that bankruptcy is looming. Mister Speaker, when will the 506 00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:55.199 minister finally offer businesses the postponent they're asking for and avoid a wave of bankruptcy 507 00:46:55.519 --> 00:47:06.719 bankruptcies on her conscience, minister, mister speaker, we've already granted small businesses 508 00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:15.000 one additional year to refund part of the Sea Bologne. When they ask for 509 00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:22.599 more assistance, we offer greater flexibility in terms of refinancing and more time and 510 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:32.519 a one year prolongation of the deadline for for the refund. Unlike the Conservatives, 511 00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:36.000 that will bring us back to the Stone Age. Thank you, mister 512 00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:46.679 speaker. Hello order the honorable member for Tourrevie, Mister speaker, it's even 513 00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:52.079 worse than tourrivie. Two hundred and eighty eight SMEs have said that they'll go 514 00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:57.440 bankrupt if the federal government doesn't postpone repayment of seabloons for one year with no 515 00:47:57.519 --> 00:48:01.360 loss of the subsidies two hundred and eighty eight to business bankruptcies. Imagine the 516 00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:07.000 number of job losses that this would represent. The Minister cannot condone this by 517 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:12.559 her inaction. Does she know how many bankruptcies are likely to occur in her 518 00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:15.760 region? Can she justify? How can she justify to these entrepreneurs that she's 519 00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:20.599 going to turn their back on them rather than offer them a one year postponement 520 00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:28.000 as they've requested that I have the Honorable Deputy Prime Minister. Mister Speaker. 521 00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:37.000 We are proud of having created a program that provided forty nine billion in support 522 00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:47.559 to our SMEs across the country. And what's important today is that small businesses 523 00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:57.960 have until December thirty first, twenty twenty six to refund their sea blown and 524 00:48:58.039 --> 00:49:06.880 full We are here for our small businesses in Quebec and across Canada at these 525 00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:13.480 essential times, the Honorable Member for Shikutor, Mister Speaker. After eight years 526 00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:20.719 of this Liberal government, food banks are overflowing, groceries cost more, and 527 00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:27.239 now today the Block is supporting the Liberals to maintain the carbon tax on the 528 00:49:27.239 --> 00:49:30.559 back of Quebecers. Mister Speaker, it costs expensive to vote for the Block. 529 00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:38.599 It's expensive. Are the Liberals forming new coalition with the Block to increase 530 00:49:39.159 --> 00:50:19.920 taxes on the backs of Quebecers A law order order? The Honorable Permittany Secretary 531 00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:25.400 with you. Thank you, mister Speaker. Unfortunately I have to explain this 532 00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:36.480 once again. There is no carbon price in Quebec. Attacks Rather, Canadians 533 00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:43.519 are concerned by climate change and we need a plan, mister Speaker. Those 534 00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:49.320 conservatives, mister Speaker, are not worth the risk, and that is why 535 00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:55.639 we created a system. Thank you, mister Speaker. The Honorable Member from 536 00:50:55.719 --> 00:51:01.480 Saint Albert Edmonton is the speaker. After eight years of this MDP liberal government, 537 00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:07.840 Alberta got shafted yet again. With Liberal support collapsing in Atlanta, Canada. 538 00:51:08.239 --> 00:51:15.000 This desperate prime minister gave Atlantic Canadians a pause on his putative carbon tax 539 00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:20.880 on home heating, while Alberton's got nothing. Today, the liberal minister from 540 00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:25.639 Edmonton Center has a choice. Will he support our common sense conservative motion to 541 00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:30.880 axe a tax on home eating or will he once again sell out his constituents 542 00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:44.360 to his boss, the Prime Minister, The honorable minister, Mister Speaker, 543 00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:46.400 I thank the honorable member for his question, and he knows well that we 544 00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:52.320 have billions of dollars in budget twenty three for carbon capture use in storage. 545 00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:55.840 We have green and clean electricity regulations and money that will benefit Alberta. But 546 00:51:55.920 --> 00:52:00.800 mister Speaker, that member doesn't want people to know he's one of the youth. 547 00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:02.920 He's one of the CPC silent thirty who have not come to the a 548 00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:07.559 of al Burtons. He is not defending the Canada pension plan. He doesn't 549 00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:10.920 care that the Conservative government of Alberta are scaring pensioners. He's silent. We're 550 00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:14.199 going to provide, We're going to protect pensions. That's our job, but 551 00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:23.639 we're going to do it every day. The Aarmor member from Calgary forrest Lawn. 552 00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:28.079 She plans on quadrooping the gas of the tax on gasco. She's in 553 00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:30.119 home heating. He gave three percent of Canadians a pause on the carbon tax 554 00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:34.599 for home heating, whereas where his poll numbers were tanking and his MPs were 555 00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:37.960 revolting, the Liberal Rural Affairs Minister said, if people on the prairies want 556 00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.960 to pause on the tax, they should elect more Liberals. Well, the 557 00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:44.639 MP of Calgary Skyview is a Liberal, but his constituents don't get the pause. 558 00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:46.920 Well the Prime Minister let that member mail in a free vote on our 559 00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:51.480 clements. Sends Conservative mission to take the tax off and keep the heat on 560 00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:55.400 and shove this carbon tax where the Prime Minister's poll numbers are in the gutter. 561 00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:21.079 The Honorable Ministers Speaker, another silent Conservative on the issue of pensions and 562 00:53:21.199 --> 00:53:24.079 Alberta. What a shame to be a Caligary Conservative. But mister speaker, 563 00:53:24.159 --> 00:53:29.480 let's talk about conservative priorities coming out of Alberta, instead of building housing, 564 00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:31.960 instead of growing our economy, instead of actually doing the work of Elberton's What 565 00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:37.880 does the UCP AGM what are their priorities, mister speaker turning back protections for 566 00:53:38.039 --> 00:53:44.760 LGBTQ. Two people taking our province back. Mister speaker, they're actually voted 567 00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:49.639 in favor of conspiracy theories. When it comes to voting machines and fifteen minute 568 00:53:49.639 --> 00:53:57.639 cities, they're out of touch and they are reckless and not worth the cost. 569 00:54:07.679 --> 00:54:13.000 Ask all members to please listen to their whips in terms of having more 570 00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:16.159 order in this house so that we could hear not only the questions but the 571 00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:22.639 answers. Let it add the honorable Member for Dorval Lachine LaSalle, Thank you, 572 00:54:22.679 --> 00:54:29.679 mister speaker. I am very proud of our national content creators, whether 573 00:54:29.719 --> 00:54:37.920 in Quebec or elsewhere in Canada. Last week Montrealers once again welcomed people from 574 00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:44.079 all over the world to Cinemania, a festival that has enjoyed nearly three decades 575 00:54:44.119 --> 00:54:51.159 of success and showcased some of the most incredible Francophone voices and creations that Canada 576 00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:55.519 has to share. Can the Minister tell us more about the important international agreement 577 00:54:55.800 --> 00:55:01.599 that was signed last Friday, the Honorable Minister of Canadian Heritage, thank you, 578 00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:07.480 mister speaker. My colleague is absolutely right. Canada. Last week welcomed 579 00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:12.920 for the first time in Canada, the President of Switzerland and my colleague, 580 00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:20.000 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed a co protectional co protection audio visual agreement 581 00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:27.599 to increase the number of films and projects with higher budgets. So it's an 582 00:55:27.639 --> 00:55:36.159 excellent piece of news for our creators in Canada. This was international and international 583 00:55:36.239 --> 00:55:40.360 efforts. We're going to continue to support our audio visual producers because we know 584 00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:45.679 how important they are in Canada. We're from Portage Liser, mister speaker. 585 00:55:45.719 --> 00:55:50.039 The Prime Minister plans to quadruple the tax on heat, gas and groceries, 586 00:55:50.440 --> 00:55:53.639 but now he's decided to pause the pain for just three percent of families in 587 00:55:53.719 --> 00:55:59.280 areas where he's plummeting in the polls. The Liberal Rules Affairs Minister, set 588 00:55:59.280 --> 00:56:01.559 of people in the juries want a pause on the tax. They should have 589 00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:07.119 elected more Liberals. But the people in Saint Boniface, Saint Vittel did elect 590 00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:12.679 a Liberal MP, and yet his constituents aren't getting the pause. So the 591 00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:16.000 question is will the Prime Minister allow the MP for Saint Bonaface Save Hotel to 592 00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:21.239 freely vote to take the tax off keep the heat on for his constituents. 593 00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:35.079 The Honorable Minister Special mister speaker, the member is talking about a national program, 594 00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:39.800 a national program that rids to get rid of polluting expensive home heating oil 595 00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:45.519 and to transition those homes into free with free heat pumps into those homes. 596 00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:52.599 Mister Speaker, this national program is applicable across Canada. It's applicable in Manitoba 597 00:56:52.639 --> 00:56:57.280 where are thousands of people who use home heating oil. It's great for the 598 00:56:57.400 --> 00:57:05.719 environment, it's great for affordability. I plan to support this. The Honorable 599 00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:09.840 Member from Charles Wood, Saint James Asidaboya Headingley. The Prime Minister plans to 600 00:57:09.920 --> 00:57:15.159 quadruple the tax on heat, gas and groceries, but then he decided to 601 00:57:15.199 --> 00:57:19.320 pause the pain for three percent of families and areas where he was plummeting in 602 00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:23.800 the polls and his MPs were revolting. The Liberal Roal Affairs Minister actually said 603 00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:29.840 if people on the prairies wanted a pause on the tax, they should have 604 00:57:29.920 --> 00:57:34.079 elected more liberals. But here's the thing. The people of Winnipeg Cell Center 605 00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:37.880 did elect a liberal MP, and yet his constituents are not getting the pause. 606 00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:42.519 Well, the Prime Minister allowed that MP from Winnipeg Cell Center a free 607 00:57:42.599 --> 00:57:45.840 vote to take the tax off and keep the heat on for people in his 608 00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:59.280 commuter Once again, I'd like to encourage all members, colleagues, all members 609 00:57:59.280 --> 00:58:02.199 to please hold your comments back to the time that you have the floor to 610 00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:07.159 ask a question or to give an answer. That way we can hear everything 611 00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:10.599 that's going on from all ends of the House. The audible Minister, thank 612 00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:15.639 you speak time for that member to stop spreading misinformation. This is a national 613 00:58:15.719 --> 00:58:22.960 program, mister speaker. The national program that aims to transition expensive, environmentally 614 00:58:23.079 --> 00:58:30.159 damaging the home heating oil into transition into free heating pumps. Mister speaker, 615 00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:35.360 this is a national policy that's applicable across Canada. There are thousands of homes 616 00:58:35.360 --> 00:58:38.159 in Manitoba who are eligible to the program. This is great for the environment, 617 00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:49.559 this is great for affordability. The alible member from Selkirk Interlay Eastman as 618 00:58:49.599 --> 00:58:52.400 a speaker every day. The member from what I the North gets up into 619 00:58:52.400 --> 00:59:12.599 this place and talks and talks and talks and says that finitely not Allie cheering 620 00:59:13.119 --> 00:59:22.000 once for you once again. Before I return to colleagues, Jerry, before 621 00:59:22.000 --> 00:59:24.760 I return to the Member from Selkirk into like Eastman, I'm going to ask 622 00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:30.920 all colleagues once again to please, when you have the floor, use it. 623 00:59:30.159 --> 00:59:34.760 When you don't have the four listen to the person who dats the Honorable 624 00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:39.119 Member from twenty five. Honorable Member, excuse me, excuse me, excuse 625 00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:52.400 me. I know the I know the Honorable Member is is anxious. I'd 626 00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:54.400 like to give the Honorable Member the opportunity to start his question from the top. 627 01:00:00.079 --> 01:00:06.400 Come out, mister speaker. Every day the Member from the North Winnipeg 628 01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:08.760 gets up here and all he does is talk, talk and talk. Only 629 01:00:08.920 --> 01:00:15.679 the Liberals like it because he says absolutely nothing. But according to the Liberalbural 630 01:00:15.719 --> 01:00:20.800 Affairs Minister, the Member from Winnipeg North failed the fast, stand up and 631 01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:23.960 fight for Anotobins. Because of him, Mount Tobins have been left out in 632 01:00:24.039 --> 01:00:29.039 the cold. They can't afford the heat and eat. After eight miserable years 633 01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:34.559 of this Prime Minister and his Puniti carbon tax, Mounttobins at this useless Liberal 634 01:00:35.239 --> 01:00:38.719 MPs are not worth the cost. Well, the Prime Minister allow the member 635 01:00:39.039 --> 01:00:53.800 for will I would have liked to have heard the honorable members end of question. 636 01:00:54.360 --> 01:01:00.519 Unfortunately the Honable members time had expired and then some. This is the 637 01:01:00.559 --> 01:01:04.960 reason why it's important for both sides of the House to please allow the member 638 01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:08.519 to ask a question without take without interrupting, so that we can hear the 639 01:01:08.599 --> 01:01:13.039 question and the member can profit from the full time that the member would be 640 01:01:13.280 --> 01:01:19.320 entitled to. Is the Honorable Parliamentary Secretary, Thank you, mister Speaker. 641 01:01:19.320 --> 01:01:21.760 The member wants to hear more from you. I'm happy to go. Oh 642 01:01:22.480 --> 01:01:25.719 no. At the end of the day, I want to remind members across 643 01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:30.199 the way something an issue with the Conservative Party. Remember I obviously said like 644 01:01:30.239 --> 01:01:32.119 a fish on a dock, sat slopping all over the place, mister speaker. 645 01:01:32.320 --> 01:01:36.159 That applies on the carbon price too. I'll tell you what the leader 646 01:01:36.199 --> 01:01:39.599 of the Conservative Party doesn't tell canadianas he's going to take away the rebate, 647 01:01:39.679 --> 01:01:44.039 mister Speaker, that's going to take out of the park. It's eighty percent 648 01:01:44.280 --> 01:01:47.280 of the constituents of Winnipeg North, the people I represent, money out of 649 01:01:47.320 --> 01:01:52.960 their pocket. Shame on the leader for the official opposition for being so reckless 650 01:01:52.079 --> 01:02:10.599 and risky. Mister speaker, do your jobs. Okay, So one thing 651 01:02:10.599 --> 01:02:16.880 that was actually said in this We are citizens and we can take action, 652 01:02:19.320 --> 01:02:29.000 and we can write letters and we can make our opinion known to our political 653 01:02:29.039 --> 01:02:37.920 figures of how expensive it is to heat and maintain our homes to purchase food 654 01:02:37.000 --> 01:02:43.880 because of carbon taxing, and how we actually feel about carbon taxing. There 655 01:02:43.960 --> 01:02:54.280 are ways to address climate change, and there are ways that are better than 656 01:02:54.360 --> 01:03:01.840 others, and maybe the carbon tax is exactly the best way for Canada to 657 01:03:02.039 --> 01:03:08.239 follow in their fight against climate change. Find a subscribe button where we may 658 01:03:08.239 --> 01:03:46.119 see it, and we'll talk to you later. The show has been produced 659 01:03:46.119 --> 01:03:53.159 by Depictions Media. 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