The Budget   staff member in my office who passed away a couple of weeks ago. Diane Bell had been a staff member of mine since I was elected. She was a fabulous woman, the first person I talked to in my circle of friends when I decided to run for office. She was a wonderful human; she cared

Pandemic Day Act   years ago, for when COVID-19 became a big thing. I remember that four years ago well. I was in this place as a newly elected member of Parliament, and it was a chaotic time. Many people did not know what was going on. We had differing intelligence and news. In fact, it was not even

Parliament of Canada Act   that members of Parliament cannot be trusted with the very information that they may well require to act on behalf of Canadians runs contrary to the inherent trust that Canadians have placed in their elected officials and which members require to act in their various parliamentary

Petitions   that the Canada Disability Benefit Act was delayed for over two years; the first attempt to establish the law, known as Bill C-35, was postponed because of the 2021 election. The Canada Disability Benefit Act was meant to provide much-needed financial support for people with disabilities

Parliament of Canada Act  moved that Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (need to know), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, before I get into my speech, I want to take a moment to recognize the passing of some important people who we have lost

Finance committee   political parties have written op-eds and made statements declaring this tax to be unfair, so I think that it is straightforward, going forward, that amending the Excise Tax Act to include psychotherapists and counselling therapists is one step the Canadian government can take to make

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999   the impacts of plastic pollution in so many ways. One such example that comes to mind is from when I was first elected and we had the Zim Kingston freighter spill along the coast of Vancouver Island. I believe there were over 100 containers spilled, and only four of those containers were

The Budget   to be there in a very real and tangible way, in many different ways, to support Canadians. We saw that in the first budget we presented back in 2015-16, shortly after the 2015 fall election, where we made it very clear that fairer taxation was important. That is the reason why we put a special tax

The Budget   that Canada's social safety net will work for every generation. When our government was first elected in 2015, we recognized that the economy had changed. People needed more supports and supports of a new kind. The government got to work immediately. We introduced the new Canada child

Pharmacare Act  Madam Speaker, I am going to share my time with the member for Kingston and the Islands. Bill C-64, the pharmacare act, is a transformative shift in our national approach to health care. We are taking a decisive step towards not just improving health care but also fundamentally

Information & Ethics committee  . The commissioner's office consists of around 50 professionals who are doing everything possible to ensure that the 3,200 people subject to the Conflict of Interest Act or the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons avoid conflicts of interest. I see the office as having

Pharmacare Act  Yes, I want to thank parliamentary co-operation. Madam Speaker, I would say to this place that this is what we were intended to do. When we were elected as members of Parliament, we are not here to shout things at each other, to belittle each other or to put each other down. We

Foreign Affairs committee   as outlined in “Agenda 2063”. Number two, utilize Canada's experience in conducting peaceful political transitions and multiculturalism to help African countries manage elections and diversity better. Number three, leverage Canada's educational assets to help African states develop

Canada-China Relations committee   to the Elections Act to deal with the use of this technology in the electoral context. Imagine the impact, in a 35-day election period, of one of these deepfakes. We're all alert to what we've seen in other countries. I totally share your concern. At my briefings with the director of CSIS

Pharmacare Act   that Canadians are not going to be fooled by the foolishness that has been presented in the House this morning. We know that the other plan its members have is to clearly extend the date of an election so they can access their pensions. The worst state of being a politician one could possibly