Sandra Cobena

Mr. Speaker, if a CEO took control of a company and invented new financial definitions to make the books look better, shareholders would have questions, but if he could not even apply those definitions consistently, they would ask if he even understood his own definitions. This is exactly what is happening with Canada's finances. Prime Minister Theinvented new definitions used nowhere else in [more]

Mr. Speaker, the reality is that if a CEO invented new financial definitions that were used nowhere else in the world and then applied them inconsistently, shareholders would wonder if he did not know how to budget or if he was trying to manipulate the budget. Prime Minister Thestood in front of international investors and said that he would balance the operating budget a year early, but he is [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, thesold Canadians on his financial credentials, and then when they were not looking, he took advantage of that trust by inventing financial definitions used nowhere else in the world. He relabelled $94 billion of expenses as investments. This is like calling a grocery bill an investment. The former PBO and the IMF called them out, and now the new PBO has gone even [more]

S-209 Mr. Speaker, there should be some things in this House that rise above politics, and protecting our children is one of them. That is why Billhas earned support from across party lines and across political traditions. Whether we sit on the government benches or the opposition benches, or whether we are Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Bloc or independent, surely we can agree on something this [more]

Mr. Speaker, the world is moving forward, but Canada is getting stuck. The OECD has cut Canada's growth forecast by 25%. Only Canada and France were downgraded, while the rest of the G7 went up, and Canadians feel that failure. A lady in my community lives in her car and goes to the gym only to take a shower. The Liberals are all talk and no results. The Liberal government announces with urgency [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the Liberals are driving the economy down. Thehimself said that we are in a trade war, but the projects we need to fight it are years, if not decades, away. The port of Churchill has no firm completion date. Gull Island hydro is 2037. Major LNG projects are into the 2030s. The Vancouver port expansion is years away. We cannot fight a trade war with [more]

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to direct my questions to Ms. Barrett. Thank you for your opening remarks. I could feel the pain in your opening statement. It is no secret that the administration south of the border has been less than collaborative. To compound the issue and make it worse, we haven't yet seen a resolution, or even the urgency to come to a resolution, on the tariff dispute on [more]

What is holding up the closure of this gap?

That's quite concerning. In the opening statement, it was also mentioned that during the past six years, first nations have not seen any nation-building investment that could facilitate infrastructure development in first nations territory. From your position, what has been holding up this investment?

Your housing gap report estimates that about 157,000-plus new homes are needed to address the first nations housing crisis. Given that the Build Canada Homes project will only build approximately 5,000 non-market homes per year, when do you project that the government will meet the demand for first nations' needs?

I'm glad you mentioned that, because of course it's businesses that are caught in the crossfire. What does a business mean? It means jobs. It means people's livelihoods. In your opening statement, you mentioned the structural differences between an American business and a Canadian business and how we are at a disadvantage. Could you expand on that?

Chief Woodhouse Nepinak, I'd love to start with you. I had a sweet young lady named Fatima email me from Orde Street Public School. She was inquiring about the status of water infrastructure in first nations territories. In her letter, she was quite concerned. Of course, from your earlier exchange, we know that 36 communities still do not have access to clean water, and you mentioned budgets as [more]

Can you speak about how the businesses you represent feel about this lack of urgency toward having a resolution on this tariff issue?

Thank you for that. We know that businesses are resilient. They adapt very quickly, most definitely quicker than the government. Of course, when the issue is prolonged, it's difficult for them to adapt or even stay open, as you mentioned, but we also see that when there's a shift in priority, it seems, for the government. As we saw, first there was a rupture with the U.S., and now Canada [more]

This issue is not new, so my question is, what is holding up the investment, the progress? Could I have your thoughts on that?

Mr. Speaker, this is how out of touch the Liberals are. Romeo is looking for a full-time job, not to line up for programs. In May 2025, the government announced a GST rebate, but for nearly 10 months, it failed to pass the legislation. In the meantime, builders and buyers were left in limbo. The Canadian Home Builders' Association says construction suffered. This has become a pattern. The [more]

Mr. Speaker, Romeo, a man in Aurora, has worked at a window manufacturer for over 30 years. He used to work overtime, in fact. Now he is down to two days a week. Homes are just not being built. He called me worried about his mortgage, his groceries and how he is going to provide for his family. He has heard all the announcements, but he cannot pay his mortgage with the announcements. He is tired [more]

Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr. Freeman, for being with us today. This topic of discussion that we've had so far, particularly around homelessness, is of particular interest to me and to my riding of Newmarket—Aurora. There is a homelessness problem. We see it. It's evident. We see that the need is there. On that note, could you let us know what official estimate you have of the number of [more]