Conservative/
Kildonan—St. Paul
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19 statements translated
Dancho consistently advocates for tougher criminal justice policies, especially mandatory minimum sentences, and criticizes the current government's approach as too soft on crime. She frequently highlights issues affecting her riding and pushes for federal action, like better missing seniors alerts. In Question Period, Dancho often attacks the Liberals' economic record and handling of the auto sector, blaming their policies for job losses and business struggles.
“The economy is bad. I want to blame the Liberals. I say high taxes and spending did this. Our policies would be better.”
“I want to complain that taxes and government spending hurt small businesses. Many small business owners say they would not recommend starting a business in Canada. I blame the current government for making Canada a bad place to do business.”
“I don't care what the Supreme Court said. I want mandatory minimum sentences for child porn no matter what. The notwithstanding clause is there to overrule the court and that's what we should have used. We had our chance to force our way and didn't take it.”
“There are good parts in this bill. We helped make it. But it still lets judges go easy on violent criminals. That's bad. I don't like that. We tried to fix it. The Liberals said no. They won't work with us. They just play politics.”
“Liberals pretend to care about women. My bill would have let a woman relax with protection for two years. Liberals cut that in half. Don't lecture me about protecting women. Liberals don't really care.”
“I'm Raquel Dancho. I want to look like I care about victims. There's some stuff in this bill I like. But there's also a loophole that lets judges go easy on violent offenders with guns. I want you to be mad that I didn't get my way.”
“You say you're against violence. Why are you letting judges give shorter sentences than the four year minimum for aggravated sexual assault with a gun?”
“I don't like that the government is spending taxpayer money on electric vehicle subsidies that benefit other countries. The minister didn't answer my question about this. I think the government is having trouble with their electric vehicle strategy. I'm shocked that they are bringing in lots of Chinese electric vehicles even though we can't compete with China's subsidies. Our auto sector needs help.”
“EVs are struggling in North America. They only sell with huge taxpayer subsidies. The Liberals are doubling down, promising billions more dollars. But this $2.3 billion EV subsidy won't help our struggling auto sector much. It will go to foreign-made vehicles instead, because Canada only makes one or two eligible models. So our auto sector loses jobs while we subsidize Donald Trump's auto sector. How can the Liberals justify that?”
“The government spent hundreds of millions on electric cars. But all these companies say electric cars lose them money. GM lost $6 billion. Ford lost $20 billion. Stellantis lost $26 billion. The market doesn't want electric cars. Why does the government keep spending on them?”
“You made big promises and gave away a lot of taxpayer money for electric vehicle projects. But a lot of those projects are now delayed, cancelled, or went bankrupt. The jobs and investments you promised didn't happen. I'm listing off all the failures and delays to make you look bad. Do you really think your electric vehicle supply chain plan is working out as promised?”
“The auto sector is struggling. Many people are losing their jobs. I say this is because the US put tariffs on us, and because the Liberal government's approach didn't work. The finance minister was once in charge of industry. He agreed to spend up to $52 billion of Ontarians' money on electric vehicle subsidies, to make it look like Canada could build electric vehicle parts. He said that would be really good, but many projects didn't work. Now those jobs are gone. I want the minister to admit all that money didn't work.”
“The U.S. system is really good. They have billboards and phone alerts. This bill will do research and get experts to help provinces set up their own systems.”
“I'm asking for a new national standard because the existing frameworks in Manitoba and Quebec don't go far enough. Police and social media alerts are not enough. I want silver alerts to go directly to people's phones, like Amber alerts and tornado warnings do. That way, even people who aren't actively paying attention will get notified when a senior goes missing. The current systems aren't good enough because they don't push alerts right to everyone's devices. I want to fix that.”
“The bill is great as is, but I'm open to changes if others want to propose them. I just don't want to water it down to something symbolic. We want real change. The federal government can and should lead on this by bringing everyone together.”
“I'm proposing a new law to help find missing seniors with dementia. It's a sad issue, but we can do something about it. We need to act now before more people die.”
“The government isn't fixing problems fast enough. They aren't stopping U.S. tariffs from killing jobs. And they aren't cutting red tape that costs us even more. Instead the government just spends more in debt. The government should cut red tape so businesses can survive.”
“I'm reading a news quote that says the other party did a bad job. I want them to stop spending so much because it makes Canadians pay more to live.”
“A man is missing from my riding. This makes me sad. Dementia is bad. Many Canadians will get dementia. Sometimes seniors go missing. This is very bad. Alerts could be sent faster. Make government help send alerts faster. Government should spend money to help. Voting for my bill is good.”
