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Oral Questions

National Defence

2026-06-16

“The Liberals are bragging about spending lots of money on ships for the navy. They didn't say what they're doing with the MV Asterix.”

Government Orders

Build Canada Homes Act

2026-06-09

“I want to cheer for a program that spends money in my riding.”

Government Orders

Main Estimates, 2026-27

2026-06-08

“The person before me said there was no defence strategy. But there is a strategy with 10 things Canada wants! What are people in your riding saying about those 10 things?”

Government Orders

Business of Supply

2026-06-08

“The riding you're from is really nice. I want young people to be able to stay home and find work too. Our Team Canada strong plan is supposed to help with that. Do you agree that's good for young people?”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I had a chance to visit the hon. member's riding a couple of years ago. It is a beautiful riding with phenomenal people. I was listening to her speech quite intently. She mentioned something that I think we can all agree with. No one wants young people to have to leave their home to find work. I think that all of us want to make sure that young people who want to stay in their home province, find a good job and be able to settle and have a family have that opportunity. With that, I know that we recently brought forward the team Canada strong plan in the spring economic statement, which will allow for apprenticeship training and some opportunities to allow young people to get the skill set they need to help build the homes that the member is referring to. Would she agree that this could be a good initiative in terms of helping young people stay in their home province?

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“That attack was too mean. Let's all just get along and praise Canada together. I bet your voters want that too, right?”

“I want you to say if you support our spending on job training programs for young people. Forget what you said before. Do you support this spending or not?”

Oral Questions

Aerospace Industry

2026-05-29

“You should support the space program. It's important for the military and our sovereignty. Our allies want it. I don't see the problem.”

“I want taxpayers to spend money on a space program. It could bring jobs to my province. Anyone against it must hate innovation.”

Oral Questions

National Defence

2026-05-29

“Our government wants to say it respects veterans' sacrifice. The military already has a review process for its highest honour. Now we also agree to a new review of veteran cases. We will make more announcements later.”

Oral Questions

Aerospace Industry

2026-05-29

“I want the government to spend lots of money on a space program. It will be good for the economy and Canada. Trust me, it's worth it.”

Oral Questions

Aerospace Industry

2026-05-28

“Never mind that company. Look at this shiny sector instead! Billions! Jobs! Sovereignty! Ignore how your money is spent and imagine all that could be.”

“We paid $20 million so the government can say it's creating jobs and sovereignty. But I'm avoiding whether we overpaid or got nothing for it.”

Adjournment Proceedings

2026-05-25

“Only a Conservative would say that spending 2% of GDP on defence is wasteful. I find that incredibly offensive. This investment will allow us to have important capabilities for both our military and domestic response, such as wildfires and flooding. To assume otherwise is absolutely incorrect.”

“I think spending on space will create jobs and grow the economy. I want my department to spend billions on this.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, Canada has long been a global leader in the aerospace sector. Establishing Canadian sovereign space launch capabilities will drive billions in investments, create good-paying jobs, increase Canada's sovereignty, and support a commercial space launch and re-entry industry that could be worth up to $40 billion. This is what we are investing in. These are essential capabilities that protect Canada and create massive economic benefits for Canadians. In fact, it is estimated that the sector sustains 225,000 jobs across Canada. Through Canada's first-ever defence industrial strategy, along with our recent investments in aerospace capabilities, we are working hard to grow this sector even further. This strategy provides the signal to industry, allies, partners, the Canadian Armed Forces and Canadians that we are moving forward quickly and with purpose. The defence industrial strategy identifies space as one of 10 sovereign capabilities for Canada. These are the capabilities we need to invest in and foster so that our military can remain agile, effective and ready to meet the requirements of a more complex security environment, and so that we can support Canadian workers and Canadian industry by building on what we already do very well. By prioritizing space capabilities and other sovereign capabilities, and by making a host of other changes to how we are rebuilding and re-equipping our forces while reinvesting in them, we anticipate that the defence industrial strategy will deliver impressive results, including 125,000 high-quality jobs across the Canadian economy, an increase in total revenue for the Canadian defence industry of more than 240%, and a 50% increase in Canada's defence exports. This will all occur over the next decade. Our new build-partner-buy strategy means that we are investing in Canadian workers, in Canadian industry and in the Canadian economy. Our investments in Canada's space capabilities will translate into new jobs, stronger supply chains, greater industrial capacity and a more resilient Canadian economy. I will turn to one such investment in particular, the spaceport near Canso, Nova Scotia. As the Minister of National Defence announced back in March, Canada has signed a 10-year, $200-million agreement with Maritime Launch Services to build out Canada's sovereign launch infrastructure. As part of this agreement, Maritime Launch Services must spend 90% of that funding here in Canada. This means that $180 million will go back into Canadian businesses. Moreover, we expect that, once complete, it will help bring direct and indirect benefits to Canada's space, industrial, hospitality and tourism sectors, including those in the local community. Canada and Canso, in particular, are a natural choice for this launch capability. We have the space expertise, the industrial capacity and a site near Canso that is suitable for safe and effective launch operations, because of its proximity to the ocean. That is why many of our allies and partners have already expressed interest in collaborating with us to support their own launches, which will create even more opportunities in the region. The Canadian Space Agency is in Longueuil, and I have visited it many times. This capability is incredibly important to our national defence and our sovereignty. In short, this investment is good news for Nova Scotia, for Canada and for everyone who works in the space domain.

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Oral Questions

National Defence

2026-05-08

“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. Just wait for the announcement.”

“I'm the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence. You can trust me when I say the Snowbird planes will keep flying for a long time. The minister is visiting them soon.”

“I'm not going to answer about 2027 directly. Instead, the minister will make an announcement soon. I want you to know the government supports the Snowbirds and appreciates their service. But this statement won't say if they'll fly in 2027.”

Oral Questions

Youth

2026-05-08

“I want to talk about a recently announced plan that spends taxpayer money on job training. I think this plan will help young people and the economy. The plan's goal is to train many skilled workers by 2030.”

Government Orders

Military Justice System Modernization Act

2026-05-08

“We already tried to pass this once before. It didn't work then. We promised it again in the election. Now we will really do it this time.”

“You say I don't listen to victims. But I did listen. I put what they want in this bill. My bill gives them what they asked for. I wrote it from their recommendations. I took away the old military powers they don't like. Civilians will investigate and prosecute instead. No other employer in Canada does it the old way. My bill is what you want. I am helping victims.”