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There is an ongoing issue globally, and it actually has been in existence leading back to colonial through colonialism and the history of warfare, that let's rape and pillage the women of our enemy, that we can genetically remove our enemy by raping and pillaging the women that we The thoughts throughout history were that if we could impregnate them, we could eliminate the males of the species from existence,
thus getting rid of the the enemy itself by way of childbirth. In modern times, that in warfare, that raping women, abusing civilians, those who are noncombatants has been said to be a war crime, and that steps and measures should be taken in place to arrest, prosecute, incarce rate whatever means
possible any soldiers that would commit such heinous crimes against innocent people. That warfare is to be carried out between those who are part of the military and also part of combatant teams, because this also eliminates you would have a military doctor or medic that he if he's unarmed, he should be left to treat the wounded and bring humanitarian efforts to the civilians that are left behind with homes destroyed,
resources destroyed, infrastructure destroyed. That these noncombatant members of the military should also be left alone. We're seeing that in Gaza and that in the Ukraine, and specifically that we're going to be hearing from a United Nations stakeout in New York City where countries are speaking out against this type of behavior and they
are saying that it is wrong. And in this stakeout, we're going to hear from countries such as Ecuador, Guyana, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Japan as they are speaking out against such crimes against women. There are many other crimes that are happening in modern day that are against women, such as limitations of education and different types
of inequality. In Iran, that a woman spoke out against something the government did, she was punished and it has caused a disturbance in all of the women in and around as there are women protests popping up all over the place. In that particular country, because if we want to find a peaceful way of conversation and dealing with our differences as human humanity and in different countries, women have some of the right ideas of conversation as opposed to armed conflict.
We don't really need the armed conflict. What we really need is the conversation so we can settle our differences without the cost of human lives. So we're gonna we're going to hear a joint stakout on the women of Sudan from the Security Council as they had a media steak out in New York City in the UN facility. Moving on, we're also going to hear from the ministers in the Liberal government in Canada, as Christia Friedland is going to answer questions and
others are going to answer questions about housing, industry finances and immigration. So we're going to hear it also student issues, as of course we've heard earlier this month that the federal government is putting limitations to student visas and student permissions that are being issued by the Government of Canada. So we're going to hear
from Christia Freeland of course as she provides the Minister of Finance statement. We are also going to hear from Sean Fraser on housing, Franse Felicia Payne on industry. Anita Annan is also present for the Treasury Board, Mark Miller for immigration, and he's also going to have some statements about how they plan on fixing the housing problem by limiting the number of student visas, which would also
limit the student housing market and opened the market to regular housing market. So there are a lot of questions, and they're also going to ask some other questions about the Liberal leadership and within election coming up, how's that going to work out? Is Justin Trudeau going to still remain the party leader or should Justin Trudeau remain the party leader? So why don't we move forward and let's go to the UN facility in New York City as we hear a media stakeout
on Sudan women and crimes against women. Good morning, everybody, I'm going to start. Yeah. We the eleven Security Council signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the Principle of Women's Peace and Security, Ecuador, Wuyana, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United World for the United States and my country friends have come together to express our deepest concerns regarding the situation of women and girls in Sudan.
We would like to emphasize four key aspects. Firstly, we are appalled by the widespread and increasing sexual and gender based violence in the conflict. Since the beginning of the conflict in April twenty twenty three, different forms of conflict related sexual violence, including rapes, gang rapes, abductions, sexual slavery, and exploitation trafficking sometimes used as a tactic of war, have been reported in all conflict affected areas, in particular in Khartoum, Al Jazeera, Darfur States and
the Court of Fan regions. We fear that the reported numbers are below reality as the conflict is spreading to areas sheltering numerous displaced persons. We are alarmed by a growing number of civilians are affected by these or reifying acts, especially women and girls. We strongly condemn all forms of gender based violence, in particular sexual violence. It blatantly violence international humanity and law and is a human
rights abuse. It can amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Secondly, we reiterate the importance of fighting impunity and holding perpetrators accountable. The parties to the conflicts must seize all acts of gender based violence and take full responsibility for preventing and responding to this violence in all its forms, and they must
issue stronger command orders that prohibits it. We command the decision of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karen Can to accelerate the investigation of recent allegations of crimes in therefore prioritizing crimes against children and crimes of sexual and gender based violence. We also support the increased engagement of the Court we've affected communities and grassroots
organizations. We welcome the establishments of the Fact Finding Mission at the Human Rights Counsel and in its fifty fourth session, we fully support its effort as well as those of the srsg premei la patteren an urtim of experts to more to report these crimes, to advocate on behalf of survivors, to engage with parties
to the conflicts, and to raise awareness about the situation in Sudan. Thirdly, we call upon all parties to the conflicts to immediately seize hostilities and to respect their obligations under international Humanity and law, including by refraining from targeting civilians objects including medical facilities, and by allowing and facilitating rapid, safe and unhindered
humanity and access. We underline the urgent need to provide survivors of sexual violence with sustain access to integrated medical care including sexual and reproductive health care, psycho social support, legal assistance, reintegration, and community based prevention, and in keeping with a survivors centered and trauma informed approach, it is paramount to seek a negotiation solution to the conflict in accordance with the commitments parties have made in
Jedda. We welcome the central role of the personal and voice for Sudan in this regard. We also welcome the efforts of all stakeholders and neighboring countries, in particular the African Union and EGAD. We underline the importance of including the necessary expertise on gender and inclusive mechanism in this negotiation and in these mediation efforts.
We are convinced that entering the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership of women is essential for conflict resolution and to restore an inclusive political process towards a democratic transition. We condemn all threats against women rights women human rights defender. We urge the removal of any restrictions on civic space and on
their rights to continue their essential work. It is paramount to support the and contribution of civil society organizations that advance gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in Sudan. Lastly, we are determined to maintain a high level of attention of the crisis in the Security Council and we urge all our partners
to remain sees of the situation in Sudan. The Informal Expert Group and Women Peace and Security met on Friday to discuss the deteration of the situation and women and girls in the country, and we expect today's meeting to offer an opportunity to reflect on these questions from the perspective of the ICIC. I thank you you think that Tom Deni is enough? And do you think that all of you are going to change the life of those youngerls and women who have been
raped or sexually abused? I mean, what concretely are you doing? Raising awareness is just a first step. We are all aware of that. Thank you, so follow up to that, it's Pamela Work from CBS News. There are ten million people displaced, as far as the numbers I've seen recently. What can the UN do? Even UN agencies are saying Sudane's been Forgotte. Well, this fire is absolutely paramount. It's the first effort to try to address the situation. And we are also supporting a special and void to
provide with some recommendations. Thank you. Also be ready to do a referral to the ICC and excuse me an additional referral since there is already a referral for the war crimes committed in Sudan and South to them. I think it might be one of the questions that we're going to raise this morning. I don't know yet. You know, the conditions are difficult to met to meet for ICIC to be ceised, but we are going to discuss that later.
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for Lute Core lev duvour Metro academic luminist Tree de le magracient, Mark Miller Partage gal Mon la sen disposition. So let me start by highlighting the strength of the Canadian economy today as well as the progress we've made together to support Canadians over these past few years. Inflation is now down to three point four percent, and that is down from its peak of eight point one percent.
Wage growth has now outpaced inflation for eleven months in a row, and private sectory economists predict that Canada will void the recession that many had thought was inevitable. In the first half of twenty twenty three, Canada received the third most foreign direct investment in gross dollar terms of any country in the entire world, and that was more investment per capita than any of our G seven allies.
Childcare fees have dropped by at least fifty percent across the country, and thanks to our Canada wide system of affordable early learning and childcare, seven provinces and territories have already reduced fees to just ten dollars a day. Probably the most important number, The most important reality of all is that today, compared to
before the pandemic, there are over a million more jobs in Canada. But we all do know that many Canadians are still struggling to make ends meet, struggling to juggle all of their bills at the end of the month and feel
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Our government has already taken significant action over the past few months to unlock billions of dollars in new financing to build hundreds of thousands of new homes across Canada. Through this legislation, we will do more. Will remove the GST on new rental home construction for cooperative housing. This complements the action that we took in the fall to lift the GST on new purpose built rental housing, and
it is really important to include co ops in that key measure. What we're doing is making the math work for builders, creating incentives for them to build more homes that would otherwise not move forward to construction. Our goal is to build more homes for Canadians and to do it at speed. Second, the
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act will help make life more affordable for Canadians. We are making a generational change to competition law in Canada and this change will help stabilize prices and provide more choice for Canadians from coast to coast to coast. We're lifting the GST an HST on counseling and psychotherapy services so that people can
receive the support and mental health care they need. We're extending EI to parents who adopt, and we're introducing a new leave for federally regulated workers who are grieving from miscarriages. Du plae set messieur legislative nous hedre abbatti in economy qui function for toulmont a qui offre Dubon's enplois fable nuvoltlas ingredi d'empo alinvestisment, don't look captage lutelizacion a lustatage du carbon lucredi d'empo alinvestisment, don't let technology propro
do do no sinc principal credit investisment. Passing the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act will enshrine these major investment tax credits into law, and that means more jobs and more investment in Canada. And the fact is our investment tax credits are already delivering. They are delivering major projects, major investments. Just last November, Dow announced a historic multi billion dollar investment in Canada just north of Edmonton.
Frants Wiphilippe and I were both there and that was thanks to our investment tax credits. This is creating hundreds thousands of new jobs in Canada across the country. The labor requirements attached to these investment tax credits will ensure that Canadian workers benefit directly by giving businesses an incentive to pay a prevailing union way and
to create apprenticeship opportunities. This is the first time in Canadian history that labor requirements have been attached to at tax credit and that is further proof of our commitment to ensure that our economic plan delivers for Canadian workers and their families. So that's why I would like to kick off this parliamentary session by urging all MPs to support the Fall Economic State and Implementation Act to do so quickly so that we can get the work done for Canadians. Banks and I'll now pass
it over to Sean excellent AMC the Commune. Today, I'm going to share news about an important policy change. Canada needs more student housing and we're going to help build it. The reality that I see when I visit campus communities across Canada is that people are incredibly proud of their hometown schools. We are very lucky in Canada to have one of the most highly educated workforces in the world, and we also are very lucky to have communities that have young,
vibrant, dynamic populations. But when I talk to students, they tell me about the challenges that they experience when they have to commute an hour to class. They tell me about the overcrowding the experience, particularly in some of our larger urban centers, and even in my own constituency home to Stavecx University, where I went to school, students tell me routinely about the challenges that they have with not only finding a place, but finding a safe place to live
given how much pressure is on the market. I also hear from local residents of college and university towns right across Canada about how challenging it is to find a place to live when the students arrive in the fall, the experience of a lot of communities that they see that swell in population every September puts pressure pressure on the rental market. We want to help fix this. Today we're pleased to share that we're extending access to student residences to the Apartment Construction Loan
Program. This is a program that provides low cost financing through the federal government to help build the kinds of homes that we need at prices that people can actually afford. This is going to be a major change in approach in a few different ways. At colleges and universities will be eligible to use the Apartment Construction Loan Program to build housing on or off campus. But we're not limiting the impact to colleges and universities, many of whom don't actually have a construction
art. Nonprofit builders and private developers will also be able to build student residences on or near campuses as a result of the policy change. This is going to have a positive impact because universities and colleges oftentimes own wide swaths of land. That's going to make it easier from them to build more quickly. And this builds upon measures that we've put in place very recently through the Housing Accelerator
Fund. You'll see one of the common themes that emerges through many of the agreements that we've now struck with cities across the entire country is where there is a college or university campus, we have put federal money on the table to incentivize changes to the actual level of density that exists colleges and universities as a result of some of the agreements that we put in place, we can point to examples like Helifax, which is currently exploring whether they can go to nine
stories as of right within walking distance to the major universities in the city. Corps Saint Mary's into Housing in particular, we're seeing in Toronto a strategy being put together which is a direct response to the Housing Accelerator Fund that's going to increase density near colleges in places like Scarborough or Tobacco. We are seeing this program has actually been used to support staff and faculty housing at UBC before, who has the capacity to deliver. But now we'll be able to expand the
eligible category of homes to student residences. This is an important policy change. It's not just going to create more affordable places for students to live near where they're going to school. It's also going to relieve pressure on the housing market by freeing up housing supply that already exists in communities that are seeing students need
to compete in the market. More broadly, this has the potential to reduce the cost of housing for everyone and algient university towns right across the country. I'm very pleased to share this news with you today and very happy to pass the forward to my colleague from Champagne. Well, thank you, Minister Fraser. Indeed that's good news for students and faculty across the nation. Commands Leni the milven come lemis Freeland. Good afternoon everyone, Glad to be with all
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We are really confident that these changes will bolster competition across the economy, and I would say across the country for the grocery sector in particular, as I think this is what is one of the topics which is top of mind the Canadian UH. Let me explain to people at home what are these changes and what they mean in practice. First, the Competition Bureau and now as subpoena power to force companies like those in the grocery sector to provide information as part
of market studies. And you'll see in the minute why this is very, very fundamental. Second, the Bureauna has the power to block mergers that don't directly benefit consumers and stop abuse of dominance, something that we have seen over decades in this country, and now we can put a stop to that. And Third, these changes mean it will be illegal for large grocery changes, large grocery chains to prevent independent grocers from setting up shop in the same commercial
building or complex. What we have seen in some part of the country. They call that food desert because of the clauses in the leases that prevent independent grocers to be next to one of the big banner. As I've said many times before, at this podium. The best way to stabilize grocery prices in this country is to have more competition. More competition will mean more options, which leads to a downward pressure on price. It's fairly straightforward and I think
every Canadian can understand that. So we're taking further action today. Jan verine let decepsion de la plan collaboration grand complete appropri marchi de Canada ADP certes no transparent sole polity in stu in accept that in light of the continued record profits in the grocery retail sector, I am confidered that the bill will take full advantage of the new powers granted to them to further address the concerns of Canadian
consumers when it comes to the price of food. You can count on us to continue to all the grocers feet to the fire and as we push for more competition, not only in this sector, but I would say across the Canadian economy. So with that, I will be happy to transfer the mic to my dear friend ministers to le Mond Carlino shows a premier mont in miss jours de notre re tred ducabini desiermint in miss premier moret new Zetian, Marrial
les Man, Daniel dies A, Pui Poor La Clas Moyen. We of course will continue to invest in Canadians and the Canadian economy to assist Canadians, especially during this economic time, and especially focusing on vulnerable Canadians. That is why you see us continuing with the Canada Child Benefit with ten dollars day childcare, and of course the Canada Dental Benefit, which we are as you know,
in the process of rolling out now. Uh. The final item that I want to mention today is the work we are going to be doing in the area of auto theft. I come from Oakville, Ontario, represent that riding and I can tell you that everyone I know has had their vehicle stolen
or has a friend who has had their vehicle stolen. And these vehicles being stolen also include break and enters, and crime is a very serious concern for individuals across Ontario and our country generally, and therefore we are taking steady action to address the rise of auto theft in this country. We want to make sure that we are doing what we can because we realize that this isn't just a criminal law issue, it is also an issue relating to affordability from an
economic standpoint. In fact, in this country, the cost to healthcare, criminal justice, and insurance agencies related to vehicle theft are estimated at about one billion dollars per year. So this issue falls squarely within the role that we
will continue to take to address affordability concerns in this country. Furthermore, we want to address the issues relating to organized crime and we need to continue to keep our communities safe and therefore we are taking a whole of government approach and we will be hosting the National Summit on Combating Auto Theft here in Ottawa on February eighth, twenty twenty four, so you will continue to hear more from the federal government on this issue going forward. Does enmant Je Voux tre d'scute
le trevde de conci treso. We are now at the beginning of the week Monday, the first day back for the parliamentary session, but it is also red Tape Awareness Week, and I'd like to thank the Canadian Federation of Independent Business for highlighting this particular issue. As you know, red tape refers to costly barriers that businesses and other organizations face when they are operating, including administrative
burdens as well as regulatory burdens. In not guvermentre vais activemont are dull sista cartu savont les le minacion de la paprasri epercutez vois caratuit touton geneans dis avantage economic de couppur general. Whether it's groceries, whether it is building homes, whether it is improving labor mobility. Our government will continue to take steps to make it more efficient and more effective for Canadians to operate existing function in this
country. Fifty percent of small businesses have mentioned that they would increase salaries if the cost of regulation were lower, and we are taking this very seriously. We have a bill, Bill S six. It is in second reading right now. It is a regulatory modernization bill and it is the second such bill in our government's history that will lead to more competition, new economic opportunities, and increased economic growth. So we urge all parties to support Bill S six
as well in order to reduce red tape. Unlike the Conservatives who have no plan to reduce red tape, our government has legislation and we have a plan to continue to address the difficulties that small businesses are facing because of such red tape. Thank you, okay, So now move to questions. We have the twenty five minutes. We will start with them with the logic, Minister
fieland your government's industrial policy. Sorry, industrial policy in areas like net zero and semiconductors is closely tied to major Biden administration policy in the form of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Chips Act, and so on. What happens to all the billions that you've put up if a Trump administration comes in and decides to take a different deck or undo the Biden administration's climate and strategic technology policy,
then I think we'll get even more investments in Canada. Our tax credits are made in Canada policy, and they are designed to ensure that Canada takes advantage of this generational moment, right Like you know very well, you're right about this all the time. The transformation that the global economy is going through right now is compare only to the industrial revolution itself. We believe it is absolutely essential that Canada gets its share of the global pie. Actually, we
think we should get more than our share of the global pie. And the good news is We have all of the ingredients for a real industrial renaissance in Canada. We have the critical minerals and metals that the new industry of the world needs. We have clean electricity. Canada's grid is already eighty five percent clean. And those tax credits I spoke about are built to allow us to increase our clean power generation because we know we're going to need that. We
are a country that knows how to manufacture. You know, there are other countries that let go of their industrial base. Canada has never done that.
Having industry in Canada is serving us in very good stead. As front swif Philippe, Just and Sean talking about our great universities, we have the most educated people in the OECD and when you put all of that together, turbo charged by our tax credits, we really believe that this is a moment of really great economic opportunity for Canada, and our job as a government is to be sure that our country is positioned to seize that opportunity. That's what our
system of tax credits is doing. So you say you have a made in Canada plan, your ev credits are guided specifically to the ir Those are not tax credits. Your ev incentives, but still under the Made in Canada Plan, your CCUS credits are were according to these things are no the only I mean, look, Marad, I'm not I'm not kind of trying to be disputatious. For sure, it's the case that we recognize there's competition in the global economy and we believe that Canada needs to own the podium, and that
is why we have put together a plan which is really doing that. And if you talk to international investors, you know, talk to Rio Tinto, talk to BEHP, talk to Dow, talk to the car companies, they will all say, this is a fantastic moment to be investing in Canada. Our suite of measures is designed to ensure that companies do exactly that. It is built on the foundation of the ITCS. It also includes the Canada Growth Fund and the investments it's making, such as the Contract for Difference that it
concluded in December. So we are really going full steam ahead. And if you look at the data, if you look at the deals, I think you already see the investment reaction to those measures we've put in place. And I would be remiss if I didn't say the final piece in that puzzle is
our trade deals. Canada is the only G seven country that has a trade deal with every single other G seven country, and we are already benefiting from the focus on resilience in the wake of COVID, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which you are seeing the world's companies and the world's big economies put in place. Canada's reliable people know it. Hey, Brian Platt Blueberg High Minister Freeland, right here, could you update us on where
where your thinking's at with the Digital Services tax. We're past the January first deadline. Now you've said you know you were consciously optimistic for a deal and talks aroundgoing. Is this open ended or do you have a new deadline in mind for implementing Canada's DST. That legislation is in the implementation in the implementing legislation for the fall Economic Statement, So we are moving ahead legally with legislation
in Canada. At the same time we are continuing to have really constructive conversations with the US, But that legislation leaves it open to cabinet to name a date. You kind of set a red line last year saying there needs to be a deal by January first, or Canada moves ahead. American lawmakers are still threatening potential trade retaliation. Have you backed down from from this are Are you still committed to bringing in a DST this year if there's no deal and
you know, is there a new deadline? We are moving ahead and that's why it's in the legislation. Obviously we need legislation as the next step,
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gonna work to get the program up and running quickly. We're looking at a few different opportunities to maximize both the number of homes that we can get built and the timelines. There's going to be some unique opportunities to partner with institutions to look at more than one project at a time. For example, there may be an opportunity to partner with jurisdictions who will be looking to build student housing. More broadly, suffice it to say, we're going to be looking
at moving as quickly as we can. I expect we'll have agreements certainly later this year with different institutes. The time at which they build and there are new buildings that are open will depend on factors that will vary from institution institution. But we're looking at months, not years, to get this program up and running with a few to get building as quickly as possible. Three on housing. You know, we come to these press conferences and we always hear
you say that housing issue is a supply supply supply issue. I'll note that you haven't said that today, and your government's made recent changes with international students. Is that a signal from you and the government that there's a recognition that there needs to be a conversation or issues with the demand side to get house
prices back down. That's a very smart and thoughtful question. No, it is and you know, the actions that Mark announced last week were really important and I think they've been recognized as the right thing for Canada to do. And maybe Mark will want to add something in a minute, because I'm about
to quote him and he can speak for himself. But you know what Mark said and what our government believes is the system for international students was being abused, that was not serving the international students who we want to welcome to Canada and we want them to have a good experience here. It is now time
for provinces to pull up their socks. I do also want to say our government and I think the vast majority of Canadians continue to recognize that Canada's diversity is our strength, that immigration is a strength for Canada, and the ability to welcome immigrants is a strength for Canada. We need to be sure that we do it properly and that loopholes in the system are not being abused,
and when we see those loopholes, that we act to close them. And on housing, we do believe the core objective and you just heard Sean today talking about more supply measures. The FEZ Implementation Bill that is before the House has more supply measures directed at co ops. So don't get us wrong withckenzie. Our core thing on housing is supply, supply, supply. We now
have is it thirty one housing accelerator fund agreements change every day. Yeah, you know, we have agreements across the country with municipalities to remove restrictions and make it possible to build more and we know we have to build more homes faster. There are now more than half a million young Canadians who have opened tax refirst home savings accounts. That's like people voting with their feet, voting with their money, putting their money in a bank account and saying I want
to buy a house. Those are really important optimistic people. I say they're young because by definition you have to be buying your first home. We want to support them and so we know we need to build homes that they can buy and have more rental supply for people. Mark, do you want to quote you? Do you want to now quote yourself? I'm trying to reduce the red tapes, so I'll try not to quote myself. But because we have some more questions also, so red hair. But to your appoint McKenzie,
the last week's announcement wasn't wasn't fundamentally a house announcement. It was an announcement to deal with the integrity of the system. And certainly that abuse needs to be addressed, and it really is unfinished business. I think a diligent investigative reporter would be well served to follow some of the money in and around
the abuses that we're seeing. I have enough. I don't have any smoking guns, but I have enough experience in ten years plus of mergers and acquisitions and scrubbing companies to know that something stinks in this and it needs it should be it should be brought to the light of day. So last week was a really important step in dealing with the integrity of the system. It isn't
the end of the discussion. I spoke to Premier V today. It was encouraged by the work that we were doing, particularly with its called Sellina Robinson and cleaning up a bit of the ecosystem in British Columbia. But it was an important The impact that has been highlighted by people like Tiff Macklam, Benjamin Tall, Mike Moffatt on affordability is significant. It's important to highlight that when people are saying this is one of the most significant affordability issues that we have
that we have addressed in recent history. That means something, and it isn't coming just from us. That said, the impact on the cost of shelter will not be insignificant in certain markets, and we have to be able to do two things at once. One addressed the volume which was disconcerting, but also deal with the supply issues that Seawan is working on and announcing today.
I would also say that consistent with the announcement that we made in earlier in the fall on the recognized institution model, which is not falling by the wayside, and indeed it becomes much more important in the context where we are continuing to separate the week from the chaff institutions, even the top institutions will be well served to look to us, to look at some of the housing options, and look to the province, because as that model evolves, it will
be rewarding people that can actually give a student experience that they expected to when they were recruited abroad to come here. I just want to that I was thinking, I was saying, that's Minister, you have seen an article today in lap Ice talking about less Gebeck. You know what we want to do is to build faster, smarter and better. And I think what you've seen
and it's quite interesting. I think you should look at that. It's not only you know, family houses, but they're talking multi story buildings now that they won't use modular housing. And there's a huge initiative with the Canadian Mortgage schl which is doing that with the SHTRE in Quebec. But it's it's you know, innovation will play a big part into that, and I was very pleased. I would I want to say in front of all of you that
that Quebec is taking a big lead in multi story buildings. Now. They're talking fifty apartments that would be built in a way in a modular fashion, so that that would be probably a test case for Canada. You can build very fast, smart and I think this could be a model for other places. And we have a number of Canadian companies which specialize into that. So Minister Fraser and I've been talking with mister Frieda, how can we use that
as well as as as an issue to bring innovation. I mean, we're building houses like we've always built them, and there was probably much better way to build them, especially in the cold climate like Canada, where you build in factory and you use modular housing in order to do that. But I think Quebec what they were mentioning, I think it's the first time where you're looking multi story building. I think they were talking fifty apartments in the building
that will be built in a modular housing fashion. So that's the kind of innovation that can help growth, can help employment and at the same time deal with our housing usue across the country. Max Max question was so smart and thoughtful that every minister had to answer. So if he wanted, be gracious quite a bit of time and there a self sacrificing guy is So if you if you don't mind, guys, maybe just to I'll just take one question,
no follow up, so more people can can have a question. Uh Miya rhaps and cp uh you mentioned the childcare agreements several times today as a very as a positive thing and something that's working well. But we know that there's lots of daycarees and provinces that are saying they don't have enough funding and they either have to pull out or one of them I think is even threatening to have sort of roll inclosures. Is your government able or willing to put
more money on the table to make this work. Uld you expect the provinces to put out more money to make this work? Yeah, thank you for the question. We are very focused on early learning and childcare. We think this is a policy that checks all the boxes. It is something that helps affordability for families. A lot of families have talked about daycare fees before our
program as a second mortgage. It is helping families get through. It is a policy that is supporting the economy on the supply side, and thanks in part to that policy, Canada has the highest level ever of prime age women's labor force participation, and those women who are now back in the workforce are, by the way, women who already had a home in Canada. So it is a really important and powerful supply side measure. And early learning and
childcare is great for kids. It gives them the best start in life. So we are very committed to it and committed to fully implementing it. We put a huge amount of money on the table in the twenty twenty one budget for early learning and childcare and we went across the country systematically, first with Ahmed Hussin then with Currnegold and now Jenna SuDS has taken the reins doing deals
with every single province. They signed up to the program because it is good for the people of each province and territory in Canada and it is good for their economy. So you know, we are glad they signed up. We're
going to keep on working hard with them. And the final thing that I will say about early learning and childcare, and this is really based on the experience of Quebec, and you know, I should thank the pioneering leaders of Quebec, especially Quebec's feminists, who are the people who started with early learning and childcare and Canada made it possible. The experience of Quebec is a successful
early learning and childcare program. Success begets success and the better your childcare is, the more available and affordable it is, the more people want to use it. That has been the Quebec experience. That's a good thing that there is demand for it. It shows the program is working and it does show, as you suggest, Mia, that we're going to have to continue to work hard with provinces and territories across the country. And my particular focus is
on early learning and childcare workers. These are the people, they're mostly women, who shape the lives of our country's children right at the start. It's an incredibly important job. It is in incredibly hard work. Part of our plan was to include h grids for the payment of those early learning and childcare workers, and we are going to be focused on them and ensuring they are well paid. That this is a real career, because don't we want the
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Toronto Star talking about how your government potentially wants to rebrand the carbon tax. What does that mean just changing the name and how do you think that will protect a policy that's becoming increasingly unpopular among Canadians. Thank you, thanks for the question. I think it's important to start with the reality, and that is that the Price on Pollution returns more money to eight out of ten Canadians, and lower income Canadians are in that out of ten category. This is
a policy which is revenue neutral. The money goes right back into the pockets of Canadians. In Ontario, a family of four this year is going to be getting close to one thousand dollars back through the Price on Pollution. It's also the case that a lot of Canadians don't realize that that the labels that financial institutions use if people are getting the money through direct deposit, differ between
financial institutions and people can be mystified. I think that Canadians have the right to know what they're getting from the federal government, and certainly I think that in every single program, we need to be thoughtful about that and thoughtful about being sure that Canadians understand what's actually happening. Very good afternoon, I hope you'll entertain us and also take a question from my colleague Marie Wolf after this.
This is a question very briefly for ministers in non Champagne, Freeland and Frasier, all of the very gree well timed in anyway. So I'm just opening the floor. You've all been sort of floated as leadership contenders. I'm wondering if you're still considering a leadership bid and if you still think the Prime Minister should lead you to the next election. Well, let me start by
saying, we just had a great week of cabinet and caucus retreats. The Prime Minister was very clear as he has been that he intends to lead our party in the next election. He has my full support and I am pretty sure you will find my colleagues here feel the same way. And are you considering your leadership that we have a leader. Our job job right now, My job, and I think it's our collective job, is to work together as a team, which is something that we do every single day, and
to focus on supporting Canadians like these are challenging times. All of us wake up in the morning thinking about what can we do to answer the challenges Canadians are facing for today and to build a better future for tomorrow. That's what we do when we think about when we first wake up. We do it all day long. I dare say some of us wake up in the middle of the night with a few more ideas on how to do that. That's our focus. We don't even need to add more to that here. It
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find a boardroom to speak things out. And maybe drop a pencil or two as opposed to dropping bombs. Growing up, I was told that, of course the enemy and their children, they are all plotting against us as we're
sitting in our living rooms watching the news on our televisions. And I questioned that belief, and as it's turning out that it was a good question to be asked, because if we look in the homes and gaza as their homes are being destroyed by the thousands because of an armed conflict, that it turns out that we can't just slump everyone together, that there are people who are just living in that area, just trying to carry on with their lives,
that they are not filled with hate for the other side, and to think that is filled with arrogance, and we need to rethink. We have heard evidence that was brought up in the International Court of Justice with the charge of the genocide. They were brought by South Africa against Israel. Where is that exact thought that I was being taught as a child came into question, and that civilians don't necessarily hold the views of the government. The government is its
own entity and has its own thoughts. We can if we follow an electoral process in a republic such as we have in Canada and the United States, that we can actually start to slowly make changes by changing the mindset of the
elected officials so that they reflect the views of the people. The government doesn't necessarily reflect the views of the people, but we can speak out and make our government act, vote for those who agree with our views, agree with finding non conflict, non armed conflict solutions to our differences, to using conversation, and that will hold respect for all human beings, for all life on
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