MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner

Conservative Calgary Nose Hill 56 statements translated

Rempel Garner repeatedly pushes for deporting non-citizens who commit serious crimes in Canada, criticizing the current government as soft on this issue. She also frequently argues for reducing the number of temporary foreign workers to prioritize jobs for Canadians, painting a picture of an immigration system out of control under the Liberals. Her statements often directly challenge ministers to explain themselves on specific cases.

Oral Questions

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

2026-06-18

“The Liberals are breaking Canada's support for immigration by letting non-citizens get sweetheart sentences for serious crimes to avoid deportation. The immigration minister needs to fix it. Deport non-citizens who commit crimes. I want the Liberals to be embarrassed when they say nothing is wrong.”

“I want you to deport criminals. You aren't doing that. I want you to change the law so we can deport criminals. Why won't you do that?”

“There's a law that punishes non-citizens who commit serious crimes. The Immigration Minister voted against it. The system is out of control. Why are criminals given lenient sentences to avoid deportation?”

Oral Questions

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

2026-06-16

“I want you to say if a law is causing a problem. I want numbers.”

Statements by Members

Alberta Culture

2026-06-15

“I want left-wing people to stop insulting Alberta. Alberta's culture is good for Canada. Alberta's economy helps everyone in Canada.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, last year, the leader of the Bloc Québécois said this, referring to Alberta: “I am not certain that oil and gas qualifies” to define a culture. A leftist Canadian podcaster recently claimed, “Alberta has ZERO culture. None. Unless you count oil patch hillbillies getting blackout wasted ‘culture’.” Here is a wake-up call for anyone who shares that paternalistic view. Alberta's culture is what drives Canada. Alberta's culture of risk-taking that drove the development of the Leduc No. 1 has fuelled the entire Canadian economy. The same culture of resiliency and self-sufficiency that pushes our farmers and ranchers to feed the world builds hospitals for Ontario and Quebec. Our culture of perseverance, swagger and love of wild beauty is in our art, our music and our festivals. The people who try hard to beat the culture of self-determinism out of my province do so to their own detriment and to the detriment of the entire country. A stronger Alberta in a united Canada means acknowledging and giving thanks for Alberta's culture, and praying hard that Alberta will be lucky enough to get more of it. I say, “giddy-up”.

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Oral Questions

Employment

2026-06-09

“Unemployment is high in cities. The government brings in too many foreign workers. I want available jobs to go to available Canadians instead. The government should stop listening to lobbyists. Get rid of the foreign worker program and hire Canadians!”

“I want the minister to tell an unemployed worker in my story that we don't need more foreign workers. I think the program for foreign workers should be replaced with something much smaller. Canadians who need jobs should get those jobs instead. Why won't the other party do what I want?”

Government Orders

2026-06-09

“I want people to think I'm good at boldly pushing for new ideas while also building consensus. I know those two things conflict sometimes. I want everyone to wish me well as I figure out how to balance that.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, in tribute to my colleague, I will share with folks a couple of lessons I have learned in my time. The first is that the power and responsibility granted to a member of Parliament from the centre of a political party are never greater than the power and responsibility granted by our constituents, and the first and foremost role of an MP is to hold the government to account. On that point, I have watched our colleague do that even while sitting in the governing party's caucus, and that takes a spine. Our colleague has introduced bold private member's legislation that started national conversations and that pushed his party in Parliament to take clear positions on critical issues. Parliament works only when each of us remembers who sent us here. In that, Parliament needs much more envelope pushing and much less quiet complacency. My hope, as our colleague takes his leave of the House, is that the spirit he demonstrated over his decade of service here takes root, with a caveat. Here is one other lesson I have learned in Parliament. In order to get anything done for our constituents, we have to build consensus. Oftentimes in Parliament, lesson number one and lesson number two are in direct conflict with each other. How do we advance a policy on behalf of our constituency if our party does not want to embrace it, and how do we convince colleagues that our solution or our leadership is in their best interest? The answer to all these questions is humility, patience, persistence and self-discipline. Of all of the human virtues, these qualities are hardest to master, and there is no harder place to learn them than in front of the screens of millions of Canadians while sitting in the pressure cooker that is the Ottawa bubble as an elected leader. I see my colleague. I know that my colleague has always had his heart with the people who elected him, and as he leaves the House, colleague to colleague, I wish him this blessing: continuing the journey to find balance with those lessons, which admittedly is something I have to remind myself to fixate on every day. I also want to thank him for taking risks, pushing himself and earning the right to say that he has walked that path, which frankly few people in this place actually do. In his future endeavours, may he be known as a consensus-building maverick. For that matter, for the sake of our nation, I wish that for all of us.

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Oral Questions

Public Safety

2026-06-08

“You caused this mess. You had mass immigration and open borders. You had a woke judiciary and catch-and-release bail. Now law-abiding Canadians and newcomers pay the price. You rejected our bill to sentence non-citizens based on their crimes, not their passports. Why? Why let non-citizen criminals keep harassing us?”

“You don't screen people entering Canada enough. The real problem is you let bad people in. I want you to stop doing that. Tell that to the victims of these criminals.”

“I want the government to stop foreign criminals from entering Canada. The current policies are too weak. Someone should lose their job over this.”

Government Orders

Business of Supply

2026-05-28

“I want more deportations after crimes. Liberals aren't taking this seriously. I want a small law change so we can deport more people after certain crimes.”

“You don't care about victims. You're ignoring them. I want you to feel bad for them. A non-citizen killed two people and he wasn't deported. The families want to know why he's still here.”

“I proposed a simple one-line law. The other party is talking around it instead of saying whether she thinks this one criminal should stay in Canada.”

“You voted to let criminals stay in Canada. A bad driver killed someone and got a light sentence. The family wants to know why he's still here.”

“I'm outraged. Foreign criminals should get the same punishment as citizens. Don't go easy on them just to avoid sending them home.”

“But you aren't actually punishing anyone. This criminal is still here. I bet the minister can't even explain that to victims.”

“The other party is soft on crime. They let criminals stay. Look at this sob story! I want you to be angry at the other party!”

“You voted against my bill. I think that's bad. You're a lawyer and should know better than that. Now a rapist is still in Canada. I don't want him here.”

“There's no rule against it. That's why we tried to pass a bill to fix it. You could have helped but you voted no. A thief got house arrest instead of deportation because of this problem. Why should she get to stay here?”