Ziad Aboultaif

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member representing the government is omitting a key fact. The government, for the last 11 years, has been borrowing money and promising Canadians that the next day will be a better day. The government is printing money and piling on the debt. Our debt service is somewhere around $60 billion, and will probably be $80 billion in two or three years. That is very concerning. [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, theis telling Canadians to just trust him. He wants Canadians to buy fish in the ocean without even seeing them. I think it would be responsible for the Prime Minister to explain that to Canadians, since he is a fantastic economist, and make them understand what he is trying to do. The government has been borrowing money for the last 11 years non-stop. How long is it [more]

Madam Speaker, Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful. There is a lot to be thankful for, including the beautiful country we live in, but since the Liberals took office 11 years ago, costs have been on the rise, including for Thanksgiving dinner, which will be 10% more expensive this year. Conservatives have shared our plan to cut fuel taxes and save Canadians money. Will the Liberals admit that [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member talked about so many announcements. There is a large number of announcements, but the result is very small. It is a fraction of the amount of housing needed for Canada. Housing prices are still high and still unaffordable. A lot of Canadians are leaving this dream behind. What can the hon. member can tell Canadians about the result of the government's not delivering the [more]

Madam Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague for bringing this forward to strengthen the current protocol or regime we have regarding this important issue. Why is this bill very important?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here. Ms. Burke, you said free trade is not a favour that one party gives the other, and we definitely agree on that. The question is about tariffs and countertariffs. What's going on now? The negotiations have been stalled, and we don't know for how long. Do you believe we and the U.S. are on the same level of being able to afford to [more]

I'd like to extend the same question to Mr. Volpe and Mr. Hyder, if possible. I'll start with Mr. Volpe.

If this continues to be the case, how long can we go on? Who's going to call it first and say, “We're going to give up and we're going to go back to the table”?

Can you advise on this? If you can answer the question, feel free. How costly has this been? Have there been any measures, any numbers, that would probably be beneficial to this study?

I have about 15 seconds. I'll ask the question of the last panellist, if possible.

There's one significant change that we see in the strategy. The United States' approach to this whole deal is to see trade through the lens of national and economic security, while Canada does not. Can we make that assumption?

Mr. Speaker, on October 19, Albertans will vote on the future of our province and our country. Alberta absolutely deserves better from the Liberal government, but separation is not the solution to our problems. Edmonton Manning is full of proud Canadians, and I count myself as one of them. We are Canadians first, seeking a stronger Alberta in a united Canada. As Sir John A. Macdonald said, we [more]

From what we have—or from what we gather, at least—there's not enough information to tell us whether the U.S. has made any concessions on their side toward any of the Canadian demands during this negotiation. Then we had the countertariff, but we still don't understand what happened with the countertariff or how productive the measure is. Do you understand the process with the countertariff? Do [more]