Carbon Pricing   put pressure on senators, bullying them into gutting the bill. Will the Prime Minister agree today to allow the bill to go forward in its unamended, original form?

Carbon Pricing   doubled in recent months. After eight years of the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister, he is just not worth the cost; that is clear to Canadians. Conservatives have put forward a common-sense solution called Bill C-234. The government decided to gut it by bullying senators. Will the Prime

Carbon Pricing  Madam Speaker, it is nice to be back in adjournment debate with my friend from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan. The member spoke about pressure on senators. I think it is relevant to the debate to talk about what pressure on senators actually made the news, with respect

Parliament of Canada Act  . That was precisely the design of NSICOP, to provide parliamentarians with access and the ability to determine their own areas of study. They can choose, as a committee represented by all parties, as well as the Senate, to make that determination. Again, on the idea to provide more opportunities

Parliament of Canada Act   a U.S. system of congressional or senatorial oversight; I am just suggesting the first step in a process that would just allow us to apply. As I have mentioned, my bill would not guarantee that a member or a senator would actually get the clearance, and it would not guarantee

Carbon Pricing  Madam Speaker, Canadians do not need to hear it from me. They can hear it directly from the senators in question. Three independent senators said they were bullied by the Conservative leader in the Senate, in the red chamber, after a member from their group attempted to put off

Foreign Affairs committee   communities and member states are undertaking major policy reforms to strengthen democratic governance, peace and security, and economic development through institutions like the African peace and security architecture and the African continental free trade area. These reinforce African

Health committee   supply. Today the CACP reaffirms its commitment to a health-centred approach to the drug issue and reaffirms that addressing the opioid crisis includes the decriminalization of possession of illicit drugs. In the past four years, important procedural and legal reforms, as well

Human Resources committee   in approximately 42% of strikes over the past 10 years. Now is the time to reform our laws and truly protect the constitutional rights of workers in Canada to negotiate their working conditions collectively with employers and to withhold their labour as a last form of leverage in that process

Grocery Industry  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the leader of the NDP for supporting us when we launched the biggest competition reform the country has ever seen. Canadians watching us at home know that the best way to stabilize prices in Canada is to have more competition across the country

Finance committee   commitments made during the last election campaign. In the minister's mandate letter, we were promised an employment insurance reform. We were promised that reform and yet the timelines are constantly pushed back, as a result of which there has still been no reform. Do you expect

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The defence policy update signals some changes, but I didn't see any commitments to reforming outsourcing and the contracting practices. Recently, we had testimony from UNDE and PIPSC leadership. They're very frustrated, as are we, about this idea

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-234 was here, then it went to the Senate. Conservative senators threatened a bunch of other senators who wanted to debate the bill. The bill is now back in this House, and it is completely up to the leader—

Finance committee   strategy that builds wealth, enhances productivity and aligns with our other strategic priorities. At the heart of this strategic lens must be industry-led reforms to Canada's research and development frameworks and procurement mechanisms at all levels of government, alongside other

Finance committee   of about 50 countries that looked at what happened after governments introduced pro-competition reforms in the financial sector. They found that on average and across all the countries, venture capital investment in fintech increased by 50%. Venture capital investment in fintech