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The Prime Minister wants to talk about

politicians who have lead Canadians in error.

This Prime Minister said when the allegation were

first printed in the Globe and Mail, that they were

completely false. We now know that is not true.

Is the Prime Minister aware that if he says something

that he knows not to be true,

in a court proceeding that he will be guilty of perjury?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister.

Mr. Speaker, we have seen the Conservatives

time and time again mislead Canadians,

and they are smarting that we actually

called them out on it. We put them on notice

because, indeed, they continue,

particularly in this election year,

to spread falsehoods to Canadians.

Just recently, they actually sent a Householder

to Canadians that was not telling them about

our climate action incentive, which

returns hundreds of dollars to Canadians

that they have to claim through their taxes.

They have no plan on the environment.

All they do is mislead Canadians.

All they do is mislead Canadians about our plan

to fight climate change.

Order.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister now wants

to talk about falsehoods.

The Prime Minister said, in response

to The Globe and Mail story breaking

the SNC-Lavalin corruption scandal,

that no one, neither himself nor anyone

in his office, put pressure

on the former Attorney General to interfere in this case.

We now know that that is completely false.

So, once again, is the Prime Minister aware

that if he says something that he knows

not to be true in a court case

that he will be guilty of perjury?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister.

I think what Canadians are remarking upon

is the fact that the Conservatives actually

don't want to talk about anything

that actually matters to Canadians

in their day-to-day lives. Canadians are worried

about the threat of climate change

and the impact on their kids.

And Conservatives have no plan,

are misleading people about our plan,

and don't want to talk about it

and they try to change the subject.

What's worse: They have no plan for the economy.

They continue to want to raise ta- lower taxes

on the wealthiest Canadians,

when what we know is to invest in the

middle class is to grow the economy.

No plan on the economy. No plan on the environment.

Order.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Order.

Mr. Speaker, I would just remind the Prime Minister

that it was his idea to bring these allegations to court.

I'm just waiting for him to tell me

on what day I should show up,

because I'll be there.

Now if he wants to talk about falsehoods,

he told Canadians and looked them in the eyes,

he said that the former Attorney General

or anyone else never came to him

to raise concerns about being pressured

to interfere in this case.

We now know that that is false.

Is the Prime Minister aware that if he said

that in a court case at this point

that he would be guilty of perjury?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister.

Mr. Speaker, once again the Opposition Leader

is doubling down on his false and misleading statements.

We put him on notice because he has a history,

and his party has a history, of misleading Canadians.

That's exactly what they did when

he had to withdraw and retract

misleading statements he'd made

about the Minister of Innovation

just a few months ago.

We know Mr. Speaker, that

their way is to try and mislead Canadians

as much as they possibly can. We need to call

them out on that because falsehoods have

no place in an election campaign.

The Honourable - Order.

Order.

Order.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says that he's

put me on notice, hoping that I'll withdraw my statements.

I'm not. I repeated them again outside.

So, I'm putting him on notice

that I'm looking forward to the day

that he sets for this court case to proceed.

But, when it comes to falsehoods,

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has stated that

his excuse for interfering in this court case

was because of jobs. We now know

that this isn't true either.

So, once again, is the Prime Minister aware of

the criminal penalties for committing

perjury in a court case?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister.

Mr. Speaker, I can understand the member opposite's

frustration. His economic plan is in

shambles after ten years of the lowest growth rate,

since the Great Depression, under Stephen Harper.

We turned that around with an approach

that invests in Canadians and therefore

Canadians created over 900,000

new jobs over the past three years.

We've seen the lowest unemployment in 40 years.

Our plan is working, and yes,

Mr. Speaker, we will always fight

for jobs and we will never apologize

for fighting for jobs.

Order.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister wants to talk

about false statements. The Prime Minister said

that his motivation for interfering

in this criminal court case was because he

was afraid that SNC-Lavalin would move their

headquarters out of the country.

The head of SNC-Lavalin has said

that that this is completely false.

So, once again, is the Prime Minister aware

of the criminal penalties that he

would face if he said that falsehood

under oath in a court of law?

The Right Honourable Prime Minister.

Again, Mr. Speaker, we are unequivocal

about standing up for jobs, and

indeed, shortly after the head of SNC-Lavalin

made those comments, the company came out

and corrected the comments he had made.

We have been consistent in standing up for jobs.

We will continue to defend workers right across the country,

whether it's our steel and aluminum workers

whether it's our forestry workers,

whether it's in manufacturing.

We know that investing in Canadians,

investing in their communities is way better

than the cuts and austerity proposed by the Conservatives.

Order.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

The Prime Minister just said another

false statement, Mr. Speaker. A spokesperson

for SNC-Lavalin said as late as last week

that there is no intention on moving the headquarters from Canada.

But I guess the Prime Minister is worried about

actually taking this to court, because everything

he has said outside this House,

in front of Canadians, if he were to say them again

in a court of law, he would be guilty of perjury.

I guess his famous “just watch me”

has turned into a “just watch me run away.”

Will he have the backbone to stand

by his threats and show up in court to fight this case?

Right Honourable Prime Minister.

Mr. Speaker, what we have here is a Conservative Party

flailing and floundering, trying to change

the subject away from what matters to Canadians.

They have no plan to fight climate change,

no plan on the economy, and, quite frankly,

have continued to demonstrate despite the rejection

they got from Canadians in 2015,

they still don't understand that the economy

and the environment need to go to together

and to build a stronger economy,

you have to take action on fighting climate change.

They fail to understand that, and therefore,

they're looking for anything else to talk about.