John Brassard

Prime Minister Madam Speaker, Canadians are concerned about corruption and cronyism. This is about breaching public trust by using the power and levers of the Prime Minister's Office to announce public policies funnelling billions of tax dollars that will personally benefit the's assets, blind or not, and he knows it. At a minimum, this is cronyism, but some could argue that this crosses the line [plus]

Prime Minister Madam Speaker, yesterday, thepulled the curtain back on how he is using the power of his office, aligning public policy to line his pockets. Prime Minister When theannounced that two billion tax dollars would be used to subsidize heat pumps, he stood at a microphone knowing he owned shares in Trane heat pumps, Schneider Electric and Brookfield, which owns Enercare, a seller and [plus]

Mr. Speaker, it is not surprising that he does not want to answer these questions, but maybe he will answer this one. Prime Minister Theknows exactly what is in his portfolio. Trane heat pumps and Enercare are owned by Brookfield. He stands to make millions in deferred stock units, stock options and carried interest. Today's $2-billion taxpayer-funded announcement increases the value of his [plus]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, in another convenient example of public policy aligning with Brookfield's strategy of tax dollars being used to limit private risk and profit, theannounced a $2-billion heat pump rebate program today. Prime Minister Let us play a game. Trane, which is owned by Brookfield, finances and installs heat pumps. Enercare is owned by Brookfield, and it finances and installs [plus]

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country C-39 Madam Speaker, all is not well in the Emerald City. Earlier today, while speaking on the bill, the Liberal member for, a member from the minister's caucus, spoke about Bill's shortcomings but stopped short of explicitly calling for amendments to the bill. We believe there should be amendments. C-39 Among the issues that he flagged are that [plus]

C-39 Madam Speaker, before I begin talking about Bill, I want to wish my mom, Doreen, a very happy 80th birthday today. Earlier this evening, she was celebrating with family in Barrie. We do not have to sing happy birthday to her, because I know she will get embarrassed by it. She is a terrific lady, and I want to tell my mom I love her. The second thing I would like to say tonight before I [plus]

Madam Speaker, I have heard the reference that this is a bulldozer rather than a building bill. It would certainly have an impact on environmental laws, labour laws and all of the things I said. Prime Minister's The one thing we have to watch, and the one thing, as I said earlier, as chair of the ethics committee that I will be watching from an oversight and transparency standpoint, is the [plus]

Madam Speaker, we have had a fulsome discussion at caucus about the bill. We have a strategy in place. We have shadow ministers who are leading that strategy, not just our shadow minister for transportation but for the environment as well. Our labour critic is certainly aware of what is needed to make sure this bill does not have unintended consequences. They will be doing everything they can to [plus]

Madam Speaker, I think I gave the reasons I am concerned, in particular about part 3 of the bill. It would give broad ministerial discretion over the collective bargaining process and workers' rights under the guise of national interest. What is “national interest”? It is not defined. I am speaking here on behalf of the people I represent: the Air Line Pilots Association, flight attendants and [plus]

finance minister Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, lower food costs and lower rent so their children do not have to live with their 80-year-old grandmother, says S from Innisfil. This is just one of thousands of responses I received over the summer about how these past 11 years of failed economic policies have impacted average Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet. However, if we ask theor one [plus]

Madam Speaker, I am thrilled to be standing here today to talk about this bill, which would continue the lowering of the excise tax on fuel until January. Over the summer, I listened to my constituents and many of the business owners who have had to deal with the unjustified tariff war that is going on right now, which was started by the American administration. This type of relief and the [plus]

Madam Speaker, there is nothing to revisit. The government passed it. It is implemented. I have not heard much in my riding about children actually benefiting from it. Nobody is reaching out to me to say that it is the greatest program in the world. We will support things that benefit Canadians, Canadian families, Canadian workers and Canadian businesses, and we will support the things that save [plus]

finance minister Madam Speaker, I have been here long enough, coming up to 11 years now, to remember the Liberals' talking about the Conservative proposal of removing the excise tax on fuel. They accused Conservatives of spreading disinformation and said that it in fact would have a limited effect on affordability, yet here we are with the's doing this today. Leader of the Opposition Calgary [plus]

Mirabel Madam Speaker, first, I want to say that I am sorry that I did not get any questions from my colleague from. However, I will respond to the hon. member's question. I think I spoke about it. I do not think the Liberals, in their ideology, subscribe to the concept that it does not matter who proposes an idea, but if it is good for Canadian workers and Canadian businesses, then maybe they [plus]

Prime Minister Madam Speaker, that is a great question. Thehas proven himself to plagiarize. It is a well-documented fact that he has plagiarized many things, so it is no surprise to me, as a Conservative, that he is plagiarizing our platform, because our platform is what Canadians needed. Unfortunately, they did not vote for it, but we will continue to propose solutions that make lives better.