Half a Million Dollars on Airplane Meals – Because Canadians Aren’t Hungry Enough

Ajouté : 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]They simply don't care.

[00:00:02]>> That Conservative leader in his party best efforts to mislead Canadians about the economy.

[00:00:08]>> I just want to remind members that we we cannot insinuate that somebody is intentionally misleading the house.

[00:00:14]>> Despite that hater in his party's best effort to to paint the wrong narrative, >> this guy's garage.

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[00:00:27]>> Oral questions. The honorable member for New Market and Aurora.

[00:00:37]>> This Liberal prime minister's trillion dollar debt means more taxes, more cost, and more of the same. After 11 years of Liberals, Canadians are now paying more on interest on our national debt than the government collects on GST and spends on healthcare. On healthcare, Mr. speaker. So why won't they follow our conservative plan to cut all gas taxes for the rest of the year? Is it because they have lost control of their spending or is it because they simply don't care?

[00:01:07]>> The honorable secretary of state for the honorable secretary of state fore financial institutions despite that conservative leader in his party best efforts to mislead Canadians about the economy. Let's look at some facts.

[00:01:23]I just I just I just want to >> I I'm sort of still parsing that that phrase, but I just want to remind members that we we cannot insinuate that somebody is intentionally misleading the house.

[00:01:36]>> And I I don't know if that was the case.

[00:01:39]So, um that sounds like something the member may continue.

[00:01:47]Mr. Speaker, despite that leader in his party's best effort to to paint the wrong narrative, the facts are very very clear. Best net debt to GDP in the G7, strongest fiscal position in the G7.

[00:02:04]>> Second fastest growing economy in the G7. Mr. Speaker, wages are outpacing inflation. Despite the rhetoric on that side, Canadians know our economy is growing. We're going to build economy.

[00:02:18]>> The honorable member for New Market Aurora.

[00:02:22]>> Follow the money and you will know what this Liberal government really cares about. They have wasted $750 million on a fail gun grab, $30 million on the prescribed IT scandal, $80 billion on interest payments for bankers and bond holders, and over half a million dollars on the prime minister's CATERING ON FLIGHTS. WHAT WAS HE HAVING? Gold flakes on his cappuccinos. SO WHY WON'T THEY CUT ALL TAXES on gas for the rest of the year? Is it because they care more about Liberal insiders than everyday Canadians?

[00:02:58]>> The honorable government.

[00:03:02]>> Well, Mr. figure it's been several days, if not weeks, since we asked the Conservatives to table a list of programs that they would like to cut, things that they label inflationary spending. I mean, the possibilities are old age security, the Canada Child Benefit, school food programs, support to our workers, building the country, building major projects, and building it strong. Which of these things are inflationary spending in the eyes of the Conservative Party? The >> honorable member for Elgen St. Thomas, LONDON SOUTH. ONCE AGAIN, THE PRIME MINISTER is patting the pockets of consultants, insiders, and elites. Will Canadians pay the price for his costly credit card budget. The Liberals blew $300 million on prescribed it with nothing to show for it. THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO ASK THE FACTS, but instead they just embraced THE WASTE. AND NOW WE LEARN THAT THE HEALTH MINISTER paid the Liberalappointed head of the program $900,000 per year. NO WONDER THEY SHUT DOWN A COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION INTO IT.

[00:04:07]WHEN WILL THE PRIME MINISTER CUT THE WASTE, cut the corruption, and look out for ordinary Canadians for a change?

[00:04:13]>> The honorable government house leader.

[00:04:17]Mr. Speaker, we have a new winner. Most empty slogans in ONE SINGLE QUESTION.

[00:04:26]enough across.

[00:04:29]The thing they could deliver, the thing that I think Canadians would appreciate, the thing that would add to the substance of of this debate is whether he will cut the empty slogans and table that list of things that they think are inflationary spending and that they would cut and deprive Canadians of >> the honorable member for Elgen St. Thomas London South. Well, we also have a new record, the most hot air from a transport minister. THESE LIBERALS REJECTED Conservative calls to ax all federal taxes on fuel and save Canadians 25 cents a liter at the pumps. But let's look at what the Liberals DO HAVE MONEY FOR. $200 MILLION for a gravel pit.

[00:05:10]Sorry, a launch pad when the only thing these Liberals are sending into the stratosphere IS THE NATIONAL DEBT. SO WHEN WILL THIS PRIME MINISTER let real Canadians get ahead instead of JUST LIBERAL CRONIES?

[00:05:31]THE HONORABLE um yeah the honorable minister of national defense.

[00:05:36]>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let's talk about um let's talk about tax.

[00:05:42]Mr. Speaker, establishing Sorry, Mr. Speaker.

[00:05:50]>> Okay. Okay. Well, we'll listen to the national the Minister of National Defense.

[00:05:54]>> Thanks very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, establishing Canadian sovereign space launch capabilities is going to drive billions of dollars in investments. It's going to create good paying jobs. It's going to increase Canada's sovereignty. It's going to reduce our economy's reliance on the United States. It's going to support a commercial space launch and re-entry industry that could be worth up to $40 billion. This is what we're investing in. What I hear in the other side is what I heard from Harper Slashenburg.

[00:06:25]Mr. >> Speaker, the Liberals refused to come clean about 200 million tax dollars that they handed a sixperson company of Liberal insiders to lease a so-called spaceport that is really nothing more than a gravel pit. $200 million tax dollars to a company that doesn't even own the land, that leases the land from the province of Nova Scotia for less than $20,000 a year. If taxpayers are not being ripped off, then why won't the Liberals release all of the documents surrounding this shady lease?

[00:06:59]>> The Honorable Minister of National Defense, Mr. Speaker, once again, establishing Canadian sovereign space launch capabilities. It's going to drive billions of dollars in investments. It's going to create good paying jobs. It's going to increase Canada's sovereignty.

[00:07:17]It's going to reduce our reliance on the United States. It's going to support a commercial space launch and re-entry industry that could be worth up to $40 billion. European countries are lining up to work with us. Mr. Mr. Speaker, this is what we're investing in. I'm not sure what they're up to at all.

[00:07:36]>> The honorable member for St. Albert Sturgeon River. Mr. Speaker, if there's more, the company's 2025 financial statements reported a comprehensive loss of $47 million and revenue of under $15,000.

[00:07:50]In other words, the company was nearly bankrupt until the Liberals came to the rescue and handed them $200 million tax dollars to lease land taxpayers already own. isn't the reason the Liberals won't release the documents because it's just one big scam in which Liberal insiders are getting rich.

[00:08:13]>> The the honorable minister of justice, Mr. Speaker, never ceases to amaze me how opposed the Conservatives are to jobs in Nova Scotia. We have an opportunity to establish a new industry.

[00:08:24]The facility to which he points has had two test launches to the Senagan beyond a 100 km threshold. We are breaking into new a new industry in rural Nova Scotia.

[00:08:34]Mr. Speaker, I ran for office to help create good opportunities in modern industry to deliver good paying jobs for my friends, my neighbors, and fellow residents of the province. If the Conservatives continue to oppose jobs in my home province, they're going to continue to have zero seats in Nova Scotia for quite some time.

[00:08:52]>> The honorable member for Riding Mountain. Mr. Speaker, the Liberals gave Canada Health Info away $300 million for prescribed it.

[00:09:01]>> Mr. Speaker, Canadians were told this prime minister was a financial mastermind. But it turns out he is just more of the same. He's simply Justin Trudeau with a better LinkedIn account.

[00:09:10]He found the government credit card and treated it like a hotel miniar, grabbing whatever he wanted and sticking Canadians with the bill. This prime minister acts like the government could spend endlessly without consequence. But it's clear that families are paying the price through higher taxes, higher inflation, higher interest costs, and higher prices for gas, groceries, and housing. So when will this Liberal Prime Minister stop running up the tab so Canadians can afford to live again?

[00:09:34]>> Good question.

[00:09:36]>> The Honorable Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs.

[00:09:40]>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Canadians sent this new Liberal government here to get things done, and that's what we're doing. The Manitobans that I'm talking to want to talk about affordable child care grocery rebates, automatic tax filings that remove barriers for northern remote communities, cutting taxes at the pump, and creating a national school full program so children don't go hungry. So, I think member opposite needs to stop misinforming in Canadians and recognizing what we're actually doing.

[00:10:12]>> The honorable uh member for Portage Lisgger. I wish the me the minister would come to my writing and talk to people who are sick and tired of the government overreaching and spending more money than they have year over year. The reality is that this prime minister is just the same except he's a sequel. We all know what sequels are.

[00:10:28]They are worse than the first one. This year, Canadians will spend over 58 billion just to pay interest on our national debt. That's more than the GST brings in and more than the federal government transfers to promises to deliver healthcare. So when will this Liberal prime minister stop making excuses for higher bills? stop the government bloat and stop driving up the cost of living for Canadians.

[00:10:49]>> Here, the honorable minister of uh agriculture and agriculture. Mr. Speaker, it's extremely important to talk about what we do invest in and farmers are what we are investing in.

[00:11:00]Mr. Speaker, we've invested more than 1.5 million towards initiatives that will help farmers and processors. We have the productivity super deduction to boost productivity and encourage innovation. Mr. Speaker, we also recently announced 27 million for youth employment and skills program. Mr. Speaker, these are important programs that are going to help our farmers and producers and ranchers across the country and we're going to continue to support them. Mr. Speaker, thank you.

[00:11:24]>> The honorable member for Ashawa.

[00:11:27]>> Mr. Speaker, this prime minister of illusions delivers more of the same, more costs and more carbon taxes because he's just another Liberal. Last week in Ashawa, gas hit 189.9. But before these liberal illusionists start blaming global factors, yet again, let's be clear, 12 years ago under conservatives when world oil oil prices were the same, gas in Ashawa was almost 50 cents cheaper. This is a liberal legacy. So when will the prime minister stop delivering illusions and instead deliver and adopt our plan to reduce all the gas tax for the entire year?

[00:12:07]Well, the honorable parliamentary secretary to the minister of to say that if we are focused on illusions, the conservatives are delusional.

[00:12:17]>> I'm thinking about a uh a group therapist that I could refer to them.

[00:12:22]While conservatives whail and scream in this house every day and claim to care about affordability, our government is taking tangible measures and steps towards cutting taxes and alleviating the cost of living pressures on Canadians. We've suspended the excise tax on fuel. Cut the consumer carbon tax. Cut the income tax for 22 million Canadians. Capp excise tax on alcohol.

[00:12:44]Cut tax for mineral and critical mineral exploration. cut tax for businesses who invest in our >> the honorable member for Ashawa.

[00:12:54]>> Mr. Speaker, this man member from Whippy can call me delusional, but clearly he is not living in the real world. If global oil prices were the same 12 years ago and Canadians were paying 45 cents less, then clearly that does not explain today's sky gas prices. Our gas prices are a made in Canaa Canada problem driven by the Liberal newly named carbon tax and a weak dollar caused by a weak economy. Will these Liberals take our common sense plan, unblock our oil and gas production and make Canada affordable and strong at home? Here, >> the honorable government house leader.

[00:13:35]>> Mr. Speaker, the reason for high gas prices is a war in Iran. The reason for high >> they don't they don't seem to understand this. Basically, you imagine if you >> The member may continue. The member may continue.

[00:13:56]Conservatives appear to have omitted the basic fact of why oil prices have spiked and that is because we have a conflict in the Middle East in Iran and the straight of Hormuz is presently closed taking 20% of global oil capacity off the market. Canada for its part has reduced the price of fuel by reducing taxes by 28 cents over the last year.

[00:14:20]Mr. Speaker, >> the honorable member for Newcome State Willbury.

[00:14:24]>> Breaking news, Mr. Speaker, reports say Honda has scrapped plans to build a new $15 billion EV plant in Allist at the cost of thousands of jobs. This is a direct result of Liberal policies that force Canadian automakers to make cars Canadians don't want. And now they're spending 2.3 billion to fund rebates on foreign made EVs. With no consumer demand and no Koozma deal in sight, it's no wonder manufacturers are walking away. Why are Canadian auto workers paying the price for the Liberals failed AUTO POLICY?

[00:14:59]>> The honorable parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Industry. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And we know the tariffs are affecting the industry globally, but we also know we have a very strong plant in Alist uh 4,100 workers. Uh they recently rolled off the 11th millionth car, uh making popular CRV and Civic brands. Uh but we also know we need to be be there for our sector, which is why we're investing in workers. We're embracing the sustainable future and we are attracting new investment which I'm happy to get into in the supplementary.

[00:15:28]>> The honorable member for New Sele. They can't blame market shifts for their own failures. The Liberal government told us for years the future's EVs. They just didn't tell us it was Chinese EVs. The government should be making it cheaper for Canadians to buy cars they want to drive built by Canadians. Instead, the Liberal policies are killing auto jobs and investment while subsidizing foreign made electric vehicles like the 49,000 imported from China this year. Will the Liberals admit they are choosing Chinese automakers over Canadian workers?

[00:16:05]>> The honorable parliamentary secretary.

[00:16:09]>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The head of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association on Monday at committee said that the rebate policy was a good policy uh and that it embraced the full kind of purchases the kind of can the kinds of vehicles Canadians want. In terms of EV and other kinds of investments, the good news is there is new investment coming.

[00:16:25]The Power Co plant in St. Thomas, the Nextar facility which has rolled off 1 million battery cells. We've got new investments in Cambridge, in Ashawa, in uh uh Oakville. There are investments in St. Catherine's. investments in our sector are happening with this government support and because there is confidence in this industry. It's a coast to coast sector with concentration in southern Ontario and we will continue to be there for them.

[00:16:47]>> The honorable member for Luc Willbury.

[00:16:49]Mr. Speaker, if this prime minister is selling out Canada's auto sucker auto sector and doubling down on Chinese EVs, I want to know if he'll be riding in one in his motorcade. Experts have called these EVs rolling spy vans designed to feed data back to service in China.

[00:17:06]Fact, the prime minister called China our greatest security threat. But this government is still shipping 49,000 of of them in while our own automakers are shut out. Why is the prime minister compromising our national security and our auto industry to cozy up to Beijing?

[00:17:26]>> The honorable minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation. I I respect the honorable member, but I am surprised that the opposition continues to run down auto workers and this sector in the midst of a trade war. We just put forward $1.5 billion to support our sector in steel, aluminum, copper, and auto workers. LET ME TELL YOU what the Canadian manufacturers and exporters say. QUOTE, "A CONSTRUCTIVE STEP TO HELP MANUFACTURERS and exporters manage through a period of significant economic uncertainty." Canadian steel producers say, "Essential to help pivot and realign businesses to ensure our long-term competitiveness as we navigate a trade war.