“The government ordered its lawyers not to defend people's property rights in a British Columbia court case. Homeowners are worried about losing their homes. I want the government to vote for our motion and defend these property rights in court.”

“Mr. Speaker, there is more tax, more cost, more chaos and more of the same. The Prime Minister is just another Liberal. Take, for example, the threat to the property rights of British Columbians. The Liberal government instructed its lawyers not to defend the property rights of British Columbians in the Cowichan case. In fact, they are forbidden to this day, based on guideline 14, which is still on the government’s website, from putting property rights first. That case is coming up for appeal. People who paid for their homes and paid down their mortgages are worried about losing their most treasured asset. Will they reverse themselves, vote for the Conservative motion and defend property rights in court?”

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“The government tells British Columbians they might lose their homes instead of protecting them. Government guidelines tell federal lawyers not to defend private property rights first in court. I want the Liberals to vote for our motion, change those rules, and defend private property in court.”

“Mr. Speaker, they are bragging that, back in 2017, they agreed that they would inform British Columbian homeowners that they might lose their property. British Columbians do not want to be informed that they are losing their homes. They want to be informed that their government is fighting to defend their property. The hon. minister says they will debate it in the courts. They are not debating in the courts. They have a guideline. The Prime Minister has a guideline on the government’s website banning federal lawyers from arguing that private property comes before every other claim. Will the Liberals vote for our motion, reverse those instructions and defend property rights in court?”

“I want the government to vote for our motion to protect private property. Federal lawyers should argue in court that nobody can take away land that seniors and small businesses already own.”

“Mr. Speaker, that is exactly the problem. There will be an appeal, and we want to ensure that federal lawyers are, this time, able to make the arguments that the Liberal government banned them from making last time, which is that when somebody has fee simple home ownership property, or when a small business owns a patch of land, there is no other claim that can supersede that one. These are seniors who made down payments and worked for 30 years of their lives paying property taxes, and who toss and turn at night because they do not know if they own their homes. Will the government reverse its disastrous direction, reverse its Liberal instruction and vote for our motion to protect property?”