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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 22:44 [p.7445]
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Madam Chair, I thank the member for her question.
Our government is grateful for the contribution that seniors made and continue to make in our communities. We have taken measures to fight poverty, including among seniors. I am very proud to assure members that our policies are yielding positive results.
Today, 25% fewer seniors are living in poverty than when we took office in 2015. That result is directly linked to the good work done by our government, particularly in restoring OAS eligibility to 65 years and increasing support to the most vulnerable single seniors.
Bill C-30 also proposes to increase old age security by 10% for people aged 75 and older, which will help lift a large number of seniors out of poverty.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 22:49 [p.7445]
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Madam Chair, I thank my colleague for her question. I, too, would like to know what you are going to do with all those programs. I am kidding.
With regard to our employment insurance program, I generally agree with the Bloc Québécois member, and I think that all Canadians agree with us. The pandemic has shown that there are Canadians who are not covered by our programs. Our worker support system was designed for another economy and for another time. However, the economy has changed and our system needs to change too.
I want to thank all members of the House for supporting the government when it had to very quickly create new programs to support Canadians in a time of crisis. That is a good thing that we did together. I am pleased that Bill C-30 extends those emergency measures until the end of September and extends the more flexible EI requirements for another year.
That being said, I agree with the member that there is still work to be done and that we need to do it together. If there is another question, then I would like to talk about the Canada workers benefit, which is also important in this area.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 22:53 [p.7446]
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Madam Chair, I thank the Bloc Québécois member for that important question.
I agree with her that extending EI sickness benefits from 15 to 25 weeks is one of the most important measures in the budget. That is one of the big things Bill C-30 will do. It will be life-changing for many Canadians. Fifteen weeks of sickness benefits is not enough; 26 weeks is much more.
We talked about the disadvantaged, the poor and the employment insurance system. I want to stress the importance of the Canada workers benefit. This measure will help Canadians who are working but are still poor. It will lift 100,000 working Canadians out of poverty.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:10 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I am pleased to inform the member opposite that this budget invests $18 billion in supporting indigenous people in Canada and reconciliation.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:10 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I do not think that clean drinking water is a joking matter. I am pleased that we are investing $18 billion to support indigenous people in Canada.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:10 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I thought, and there have been times when the questions from the Conservatives have suggested, that they believe we need strong border measures. I hope they still think that way. I certainly do and so does our government.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:11 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I am delighted the deputy minister is here, because he is working very hard with WestJet, perhaps not as we speak, but every day.
When it comes to travel, we listen to the advice of our public health authorities, and our priority is keeping Canadians safe.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:11 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I am afraid the Conservatives need to pick a lane. Do they believe in strong border measures to protect the health and safety of Canadians, or do they believe in something else? They should be clear.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:12 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, we are very clear and careful about all of the Government of Canada's holdings. The Air Canada deal provides an important upside to Canadians. That was important to our government, and rightly so.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:12 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, again, if the Conservatives believe that Canada needs weaker border measures now, when we are still fighting a tough third wave, they should just come out and say so.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:13 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, let me be very clear. Every woman in Canada, very much, including the brave women who serve our country in uniform, has the right to work free of harassment and fear.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:13 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I really think the Conservatives owe Canadians a straight answer. Do they believe now is the time to relax the border measures, which I believe are keeping Canadians safe?
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:14 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, let me be very clear. Every person in Canada deserves to be free of sexual harassment. Our government takes all allegations very seriously.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:14 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I have been very clear and our government has been very clear on the Canadian Armed Forces. All Canadian women, particularly perhaps Canadian women in uniform, deserve a workplace free of harassment.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:15 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I am very proud to serve in this cabinet, and it is a tremendous privilege to be supporting Canadians in this once-in-a-generation national crisis.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:15 [p.7449]
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Mr. Chair, I am proud to serve in a government that is working hard to support our amazing country in a very challenging time. When it comes to the Minister of National Defence, I worked closely with him as the foreign minister, and it was a privilege to work with him.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:15 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, again, the Conservatives owe it to Canadians to be clear and direct and to pick a lane. If they are seriously suggesting that our border measures should be weakened today, they need to come right out and say so.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:16 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, I am always happy to talk to my colleagues in provinces and territories across the country, very much including Alberta. I had a great conversation with the Alberta finance minister on Friday evening.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:16 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, I am hearing a lot of questions from the member opposite about weakening and softening our border measures, which are there to protect Canadians. If that is what the Conservatives seriously stand for, they should come right out and say it to Canadians.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:17 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, is today's policy of the federal Conservatives to call for weakening of our border measures? I think that may be news to some Conservative premiers.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:17 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, our government is making strong investments in innovation in this budget. Perhaps the member opposite would like to say whose ranking he is referring to.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:18 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, it would probably be good to cite a source, but let me assure all members of the House and all Canadians that we absolutely believe innovation is an important engine in growth. That is why we are investing in it.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:18 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, let me give some job growth numbers. Our budget will create 500,000 work experience and work placement opportunities, and our budget means that there will be one million new jobs created in Canada by the end of the year.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:18 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, the member seems to be interested in numbers this evening, so I am going to talk about a few that I think are really important to Canadians. The first is for jobs. As of April, we have recovered 2.5 million jobs of the three million lost at the peak of the pandemic, which is eight in 10.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:19 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, I am going to provide some other important numbers to Canadians. Let us talk now about GDP. In the fourth quarter, GDP grew by nearly 10%. In the first quarter it was 6.5%, which is higher than the U.S.'s growth.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:19 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, I want to say a couple of things about the energy sector. I am very, very pleased to see the strong embrace by the energy sector, particularly in Alberta, of targets for net zero by 2050. Our CCUS tax incentive is going to help them get there.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:20 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, let me start by congratulating Canadian farmers. Commodities are doing very well right now, and Canadian farmers, whose productivity and hard work is contributing very much to Canada's strong economic performance right—
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:20 [p.7450]
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Mr. Chair, there is so much support for agriculture in this budget it is hard to know where to start. As I mentioned, the clean fuel standard is going to be great for canola producers across the country. The incentives for green agriculture will be transformative. There is great support for wine producers.
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:21 [p.7451]
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Mr. Chair, exports and strong commodity prices are an important part of Canada's economic strength right now. Let me just remind people that GDP grew by 10% in Q4 and 6.5% in Q1. That is—
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Lib. (ON)
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2021-05-26 23:21 [p.7451]
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Mr. Chair, I agree, and let me just take an opportunity to talk about a text conversation I have been having this evening with Mark Little, the CEO of Suncor. It has just updated its strategy to get to net zero by 2050, and that includes reducing emissions by 10 megatonnes by 2030.
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