Eric Duncan

Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the good people of Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry to present a petition. I want to thank constituent Sue-Anne Atkins for her advocacy and leadership on this animal rights issue. She says that records indicate that hundreds of piglets have been used in Canadian military training exercises despite the availability of more humane and [more]

Mr. Speaker, my question for the hon. member focuses on accountability and transparency. What is being proposed here, the government says, is a better effort to procure defence items, which as a whole, at a far glance or an upper look at things, would be agreeable. However, the transparency is with respect to the amount of sole-sourcing. I believe, if I am correct, off the top of my head, there [more]

Mr. Speaker, the public safety minister's statements about the Liberals' failure to catch a Canadian-linked spy at NATO lack any credibility. Three years ago, the Public Service Commission found the spy had committed fraud by applying at CBSA under two different names and emails, failing to clarify why she submitted multiple applications. It was Belgium, not Canada, that caught this spy. How [more]

Mr. Speaker, the minister has talked about there being gaps. The biggest gap is in the minister's credibility. The more he talks, the worse it gets. For months, the minister promised to “get to the bottom of what happened”, yet he cannot even answer basic questions. This majorly embarrassing failure compromises Canadian security and, critically, the trust of our allies. The Liberals will not [more]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of Conservative members regarding the foreign affairs committee's review of Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy. While this region is vital to Canada's future, the government report papers over four years of empty announcements, inadequate resources and delayed implementation. Instead of confronting threats, the government soft-pedals Beijing's military expansion, [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, themade a flashy announcement about promising to buy and build Canadian, yet we have learned this was all talk and no results. It was just a big political stunt. The Toronto Star confirms that since he made that promise, government purchases from American companies have actually increased by 50%, to nearly $8 billion. The Liberals are completely out of touch, and [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, we always have to dig deeper to get the truth when it comes to the Liberals' big announcements and promises. The Liberals claim they are buying Canadian, but that is not the case in two multi-billion-dollar examples. The reannounced LNG phase two project will be using Chinese steel instead of supporting laid-off Canadian steelworkers, and shockingly, the Liberals are [more]

Thank you, Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for being here today. It's been informative. Dr. Lilly, I want to follow up. We talked about countertariffs in the first hour, as well, and some transparency around those. You've worked in the Prime Minister's Office before, have been an adviser and have been around a lot of information and data collection when it comes to international trade issues. [more]

It sounds as though there's not a lot of formal data collection going on when it comes to tracking the impacts of the costs of goods on job losses. If there isn't anything, I think it's something the government should be doing to understand that Canadians are being asked to buy into tens of billions of dollars in countertariffs, which have an impact on the Canadian economy, on jobs and on the [more]

I appreciate that, and I would agree. Ms. Tronnes, from the defence perspective, I want to speak about Canada and the U.S.'s relationship within NATO. Canada has increased its defence spending to the 2% target, and it's continuing to grow from there. In a story from Politico last week, we see that the Pentagon's policy chief, Elbridge Colby, is organizing a meeting—they're calling it the Bergen [more]

Is that “well” as in you believe it would be enough to warrant the removal of them, or are they waiting for more information? That it's going well is a very general response. If the legislation passed, would they consider the removal of those, or are they looking for further substantiation of the policy?

I'll hand it back.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for being here this morning. I want to follow up on the countertariffs, if I could, Director General Mondy, and on what Mr. Mantle was asking about regarding the data collection that is being done either by Global Affairs or by the Department of Finance. You mentioned it's in review right now. On the idea of collecting data on, for example, the [more]