Billy Morin

minister Mr. Speaker, theearlier and the Liberals have made so many announcements worth billions of dollars and have done many things. This bill coincided with an announcement of multiple billions of dollars to tackle this issue, but the issue still remains after 11 years of broken promises. I wonder if my colleague feels confident that the Liberal government will spend that money effectively on [more]

Madam Speaker, the Liberals said no relationship is more important to Canada than the one with indigenous peoples. On October 2015, the Liberal government promised to end boil water advisories on first nations by March 31, 2021, which was in approximately 2,000 days or six years. Like so many things with reconciliation, the Liberals never lived up to their word. Since their deadline came and [more]

Madam Speaker, earlier my colleague spoke about “performative” with respect to the government. One of the biggest criticisms I have heard since the beginning of the new session of Parliament is that, as she mentioned, it took more than a year to reintroduce a bill that has some important distinctions from the last bill but in a lot of ways, probably in the vast majority of the bill, remains the [more]

Madam Speaker, the Conservative position is that we want to give first nations and all Canadians a government that is truthful and delivers on what it says. Regarding major projects, there was an announcement yesterday by a first nation that it had asked for a review on the latest announcement regarding a pipeline. I do not blame that first nation, but what this really says to me is that the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I understand that right now in Quebec, there are no boil water advisories. It is a region that maybe other regions can learn from, with collaboration between municipal governments and provincial governments. I am wondering if my colleague can highlight some of the principled partnerships that he has seen that first nations can learn from in order to create great utilities and [more]

C-61 Madam Speaker, this bill is, as first nations leaders have said, the bare minimum. The Liberals are going to take best efforts to do the bare minimum, and it is a watered-down version of Bill. When the member talks about standards, those standards already exist in the policies implemented. When it comes to the funds, the Liberals announced big funding. For the first nations, the funding [more]

Madam Speaker, let us see if we can make it three for three with the same answer. Prime Minister Last week, thesmiled for another photo op with chiefs to announce a new pipeline. Conservatives know we need to unlock our resources and get this pipeline built, but announcements are not results, photo ops are not consultation and Liberals' claiming relationships with chiefs and councils does not [more]

Madam Speaker, I want to recognize the minister's work on the file. It is a very difficult file. Prime Minister She referenced the work that has been done by the Liberal government since 2015. I have a quick comment about the work done by government. In the House, just this week, when asked about affordability, thesaid, “I just got here.” In 2015, the Liberals promised to end boiled water [more]

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Madam Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to split my time with the member for.

Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his great work when I sat with him at INAN. It has been frustrating to watch the last year, but it has been 10 times even more frustrating watching the last 10 years of the Liberal government. It is promise after promise broken, and at this point, I do not blame any first nation for being cynical, sad or disappointed when it comes to its record on [more]

Madam Speaker, here is another opportunity for something new. Treaty chiefs are not the only ones calling out the Liberal government. The AFN national chief that said that those at the Major Projects Office “don't know what they are doing when it comes to First Nations” and that it is a pattern for this government and its MPO CEOs to act like they are too good to meet with chiefs. The truth is [more]

Madam Speaker, the government appealed a 2025 ruling against it when it came to its failures on first nations clean drinking water. The Liberals immediately appealed the decision. Can the minister explain why they appealed and why they are still fighting first nations in court regarding clean drinking water in first nations?

Mr. Speaker, Canada is a family. Families share, support and succeed with each other. Families also have conflict and fight. Families often fail because one member of the family does not feel heard. Too many Albertans are frustrated, not with the country of Canada but with the federal government, an important distinction. As a person who lives under too much government control via the Indian [more]

Thank you for that. Dr. Julia Christensen, you mentioned that the CMHC market is not exactly working for the north, which is a unique space. You mentioned the boom and bust cycle as well. Do you have an idea of a low-hanging fruit in terms of systematic change for housing? It kind of reminds me of a typical first nation reserve, where mortgages are not the norm, but you're talking about a whole [more]

I appreciate the different perspective. Most people instinctively would say to get rid of the boom and bust cycles, but you're embracing it because it's the reality, and here's a strategic way of learning from it. That's pretty good. Shannon, you provided three recommendations or solutions, and I want to go to your third one, which is real energy access for the Major Projects Office. It [more]

Thank you, Chair. Thank you to our guests today. Welcome. I want to go to Mikey McBryan. You talked about your family's history. I think you said that for over a century, your family has been in the north. Since time immemorial, indigenous people were there. The history of the north was mining. Then, it was oil and gas, and then diamonds. I think diamonds are on the downturn. There's talk of [more]