Dominic LeBlanc

Mr. Speaker, the interests that are protected are those of Canadians by these hard-working men and women. Some of them come from the private sector, two-thirds come from the federal public sector, and some of them are loaned from other orders of government. I had a conversation with the colleague who just asked the question at a committee this week. We undertook to provide the committee with all [more]

Mr. Speaker, I understand why our colleague is spouting phrases like “lining their pockets”. He is desperately hoping to make it onto the evening news tonight. He should think twice before using words that he knows full well are not true. He referenced the Major Projects Office. Yes, employees from the private sector are seconded to work at the Major Projects Office. This program has been [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank our colleague for his excellent question. He knows very well that our government was elected to strengthen the Canadian economy, diversify our trade, rely on partners who want to invest in and trade more with Canada, and strengthen the armed forces through Canada's industrial strategy. Whether in natural resources or manufacturing, we are here to support Canadian industries. [more]

Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity to have this conversation with our colleague on the other side last evening at the building Canada committee. She just asserted that we did not talk about which sectors these interchange employees come from. Last night I said, and I am happy to repeat it again, the transportation sector, financial services sectors and agriculture sectors. Many of these [more]

Mr. Speaker, again, we see members of the Conservative Party attempt to attribute a series of motivations in circumstances that do not exist. They know very well. Our government was very clear. When the Americans increased unjustified and illegal tariffs on Canadian businesses and workers, Canadians expected our government to take a strong position, something the opposition would never have done, [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am not sure whether my colleagues would agree, but hearing the member talk about theatrics seems a bit ironic, considering his behaviour in this place. Once again, the Conservatives are trying to connect a series of events that they know full well are completely unrelated. Yes, we called by-elections, because those ridings deserve to be represented in the House of Commons by [more]

Mr. Speaker, speaking of some positions that never change, there are the attempts of the Conservative Party to connect a series of dots that do not exist. I am surprised the Conservatives continually talk about by-elections. I am not sure it is going to be something they will like to talk about in a few weeks. Some of them, in fact, were caused by members of their own party evacuating the [more]

Mr. Speaker, once again, we see the Conservatives' completely understandable anxiety about the by-elections. However, they are trying to create a link that does not exist. On the one hand, they want us to engage with our American counterparts and negotiate an agreement. On the other hand, they do not want us to talk to them. On the one hand, they want us to support Canadian workers, but on the [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition should be careful not to assert a series of imagined conflicts of interest when he knows very well they do not exist. I am surprised that the leader of the Conservative Party would be shocked that people, men and women, who work in the private sector want to come to work in the government to support an ambitious building agenda, to put Canadians to work [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition would probably be the leading expert in the House of Commons in terms of theatrics. I think what is important for Canadians is to know that their government will always be there to support workers and industries that are facing the effects of these unjustified and illegal tariffs. One point where we perhaps agree with the Leader of the Opposition is that [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, thehas been very consistent from the beginning: We are going to do the difficult work Canadians expect of their government to get the deal that is in the best interest of Canadians. Meanwhile, unlike the Leader of the Opposition, we are not going to neglect to support Canadian workers and Canadian businesses, and to work with provincial governments to support those [more]

Mr. Speaker, again, the Leader of the Opposition is the expert in theatrics from trying to cover up a disastrous record. There is no better expert in the House than the Leader of the Opposition. He is right. We are not at the negotiating table right now. Do members know why? It is because we walked away when it was in Canada's interest to show the Americans that we were not going to accept a bad [more]

Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Leader of the Opposition may be frustrated, because that is precisely what our government is doing: protecting jobs in Canada, supporting Canadian industries and Canadian workers, and discussing and negotiating with our American counterparts to reach an agreement that will be in Canada's economic interest and that will strengthen Canada's sovereignty. These are [more]

Mr. Speaker, I understand that our Conservative friends are afraid of the by-elections. I have said this before. By the way, it was their members who triggered some of these by-elections by leaving their caucus. We hope that voters in those ridings have an opportunity to elect strong members to this Parliament. At the same time, yes, we are working with our American counterparts. We are trying [more]

Mr. Speaker, I understand that our Conservative friends are worried about the by-elections, and with good reason. I think it is important to note that nothing has changed since last week. We obviously called by-elections because these ridings need people to represent them in the House. The reason we are holding these by-elections is because members of the Conservative caucus have stepped down. [more]

Mr. Speaker, we understand that Canadian businesses and Canadian workers are facing extraordinary pressure because of these unjustified and illegal tariffs, unlike the Conservatives who resisted our government's strong decision to put in place retaliatory measures to protect sectors of our economy facing these unfair tariffs. Our government has said we will do whatever it takes for as long as it [more]

Mr. Speaker, I think our colleague on the other side of the House is confusing our government with the weak-kneed approach of the Conservative Party in dealing with the Americans. We know they would have accepted any deal at any time to just get a deal that would not be in the interest of Canadian workers, the Canadian economy or the sovereignty of our country. We are going to do that difficult [more]