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Committees of the House Madam Speaker, it is nice to be able to resume where I left off back in December. Just to refresh the memory of everyone in this place, we were discussing the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. I have been a proud member of that committee for s
February 6th, 2024House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I just want to touch on an issue that was brought up by the member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. He was talking about being proactive versus reactive. My issue is that most of this motion deals with the Criminal Code, which is fundamentally a very reactive piece
February 6th, 2024House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, it seems, upon observation of the Conservative Party these days, that it is guided in its policy by two principles: one, it has to rhyme, which is why we see the words “axe” and “tax” and “bail” and “jail”, and, two, it has to fit on a bumper sticker. This is a fun
February 6th, 2024House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I was wondering whether my colleague across the way could put today's Conservative motion in the context of two things: first of all, the massive cuts to the Canada Border Services Agency in 2012 by the previous Harper government and, second, the December votes of
February 6th, 2024House debate
First Nations Clean Water Act Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Nunavut for the outstanding work she does on this file every day and every week. Arguably, fresh water is our most precious resource. In Canada, we are lucky to have one of the largest reserves of fresh water anywhere in the
February 5th, 2024House debate
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, related to the economic measures in this bill, it is no secret that the massive profits we are seeing in some corporate sectors and the high food price inflation Canadians are facing are directly linked. We have heard the Minister of Industry express many times in
January 31st, 2024House debate
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to present a petition on behalf of the amazing and hard-working volunteer fire departments in my riding, namely, those of Port Renfrew, Mesachie Lake, Honeymoon Bay, Lake Cowichan, Youbou, Sahtlam, North Cowichan, Duncan, Cowichan Bay, Mill
January 31st, 2024House debate
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to federal funding investments in infrastructure, programs, and services in the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding: what are the total monetary investments in that will come into effect as a result of the adoption, on December 7, 2023, of Supplementary Estimates (B), 20
January 29th, 2024House debate
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to federal support for Canada’s grocery sector, between February 1, 2006, and October 1, 2015: (a) how much federal funding was provided to Canada’s major grocery companies (Loblaws, Metro, Walmart, Sobeys, and Costco) to support business development, by (i) year, (ii
January 29th, 2024House debate
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to federal support to Canada’s grocery sector, between November 1, 2015, to January 1, 2024: (a) how much federal funding was provided to Canada’s major grocery companies (Loblaws, Metro, Walmart, Sobeys, and Costco) to support business development, by (i) year, (ii)
January 29th, 2024House debate
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to lobbying conducted by Canada’s grocery sector, between February 1, 2006, and October 1, 2015: (a) how many meetings did the federal government have with Canada’s major grocery companies (Loblaws, Metro, Walmart, Sobeys, and Costco) to request federal funding, by (i
January 29th, 2024House debate
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Mr. Speaker, here we go again with Bill C-234. It does not seem to want to go to the Governor General just yet. As previous colleagues have said, this is a bill I am intimately familiar with. We did see a previous version of the bill in the 43rd Parliament, and of course, now th
January 29th, 2024House debate
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Mr. Speaker, I am in favour of keeping the bill in the same form that passed the House at third reading. I have been on the agriculture committee for a long time, and I hear the Conservatives talk a lot about the carbon tax. However, I would like to hear from my hon. colleague a
January 29th, 2024House debate
Canada Labour Code Madam Speaker, I would like to ask where the member has been. We have seen all the evidence of corporations making record profits while workers suffer. Of course inflation is hurting workers. It is hurting workers in my riding. It is hurting workers from coast to coast to coast.
December 14th, 2023House debate
Canada Labour Code Madam Speaker, that is indeed a great question from my hon. colleague, whom I have the pleasure of sitting with on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. All I can say at second reading stage is that this is a debate and vote on the principle of the bill, and that
December 14th, 2023House debate