Committees of the House   am reminded of the first time this occurred, with the election of Speaker John Fraser. At the time, the then leader of the Liberal Party, the former prime minister, the Right Hon. John Turner, in congratulating the Speaker, said: You know what we demand of you, Mr. Speaker

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   about with friends today in this place. It is a series of moments that are indelibly etched in my brain and my heart, ranging from laughter to tears and everything in between, from Vancouver to St. John's, from Inuvik to Iqaluit to Nain and around the world in Europe, Asia and South

Transport committee  . By the spring of 2021, the Bank was facing substantial and public pressure to make new investments. That pressure had been building for almost five years. Bill Morneau, Justin Trudeau's first finance minister, announced the creation of the bank in November 2016. It would be a centrepiece

Polish Heritage Month   heritage month. First, I want to congratulate and thank my colleague from Mississauga East—Cooksville for this initiative. It has been a long time coming and I am proud to be part of this and I want to applaud him for that. As evidenced by my faux pas at the outset, I am proud of my

Environment committee   brought together and dispersed to Canadians in a national way through collaboration. Second, predictions can be added to those observations. They go together. Again, there's that national help to provinces, municipalities, territories and first nations. The third is transboundary

Environment committee  Yes. The first is to fix the federal fragmentation. We have about 20 departments with water functions, including four with large ones. The Canada water agency has been stood up, but these functions have not been coalesced into the agency. This is not working yet; we just added

Environment committee   in the world, and it's in Canada. This is funded by the Canada first research excellence fund. It is ramping up right now. We are carrying on the observations of this with the global water futures observatories project, funded partially by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. I want

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I appreciate the opportunity to speak. Let me, first of all, start off by saying that Vericatch, which is the company I represent, is involved in fishing data. I can't think of a better way of helping tackle IUU than getting actual data as to what's going

Hon. Ed Broadbent   and Freedoms in the 1980s, as well as the national debate over free trade with the United States of America. He elevated the plight of children in poverty to the national consciousness, and he tirelessly advocated for more ambition in putting an end to that, something that my honourable

Health committee  We're hoping that you're going to increase it, Minister. The Tseshaht First Nation in my riding hosted the Alberni Valley toxic poison drug strategy yesterday. Calling for a whole-of-government approach is what you talked about. They need you at the table for resources

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the electoral district of Courtenay—Alberni, since fiscal year 2005-06: what are all the federal infrastructure investments (including direct transfers to municipalities, regional district associations or First Nations, national parks, highways, etc.), broken down

Public Accounts committee   General confirmed that she read about it and knew about it only after reading the article in The Globe and Mail. I was the one who asked that question, Mr. Chair. The moment I concluded my round—this was the first round of questioning to the Auditor General—the first member

Industry committee   posting in Ottawa, it was during the time when John Manley and Brian Tobin were starting to work on this issue, and they had the deregulation through the Mulroney years. We then had Allan Rock, who put through a process for removing foreign direct investment. He was the first minister

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   at her office in Toronto. So many first nations, Inuit and Métis leaders and young people have been there to teach and correct my mistakes. I have described seven settler learnings, which could help all of us join on the journey of humility and reconciliation. What if we had listened

Environment committee   partnerships with first nations, Inuit and Métis communities. This is essential for climate action and conservation—just as essential as the funding we're going to talk about today. As I mentioned, I got back yesterday from COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, and jet lag won't