Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, entitled “Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 under Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, Vote 1 under Office of the Conflic

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the increase in the number of public service employees between 2016 and 2023: (a) what was the total number of public service workers as of (i) January 1, 2016, (ii) January 1, 2023, in total and broken down by department or agency; and (b) what was the total numbe

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, this is an interesting conversation about modular homes. They are being built in a way right now that far exceeds any normal building standards. They are an option for the housing crisis in this country. The challenge with modular home builders right now is that, alt

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I will just call for relevance.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke about young people. Young people do not just feel lied to or let down by the Prime Minister; they are actually despondent now. They feel like they do not have any hope. Many of them cannot afford a home. Many of them are living in their parents' ho

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, it certainly sounds like Conservatives are living in this member's head with the constant attacks. I recall when I was House leader and the costly coalition was formed, the unholy alliance between the NDP and the Liberal Party, I referred to that situation as the NDP

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I do believe the member is an honourable member, but when he stands up in this place and he says that more Canadians are getting back more from the carbon tax than what they are paying, nobody believes it. The Parliamentary Budget Officer says that is not true and

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, before I pose my question to the hon. member, I too want to express my sincere condolences on the passing of a Canadian icon and a Canadian treasure this evening, Rex Murphy. The Speaker seems surprised. Obviously, this is news to him. On the reverse of that, I want

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the hon. member something. Veterans' issues are noticeably absent in this budget. However, the one issue I have been seized with, and I know the member has been seized with it as well, is having the Persian Gulf War veternas deemed as having wartime sta

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I fundamentally believe that here in Ottawa, the federal government has a role to play in assisting the provinces. However, provincial jurisdiction must be respected. Our leader respects provincial jurisdiction and will work with the premiers of every province in

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, clearly the country is in desperate need of infrastructure replacement, and not just from a rail standpoint. The difficulty I have with the budget, frankly, is that it does not necessarily focus all of its attention on that. I see a lot of debt and a lot of defici

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thought I made a pretty substantive argument as to why, in some cases, the budget was not going to work for Canadians. If the hon. member wants to sit here and hurl insults, it is his prerogative to do so. The fact is that we do not know. In the absence of seei

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to stand up on behalf of the people of Barrie—Innisfil in the House of Commons and, in this case, in particular, to discuss the budget implementation act. If one listens to the Liberals, and I have been in the House for most of today, one w

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, if one were to listen to the hon. member, one could not help but think that Canadians have never had it so good, but what we are seeing, and one just has to scan the headlines to see it, is that Canada's productivity is lagging. It has reached crisis levels. Produc

Pharmacare Act  I request a recorded division.