Damien Kurek

[Committees of the House, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, I appreciated hearing the member talk about the importance of safeguarding resources during this COVID time, and would ask, on a bit of an expanded note, if that includes the safe, ethical, environmentally friendly oil that comes from Alberta.

However, more specifically to the debate at hand, we have seen massive disruptions in the supply chains because of COVID-19, which has put a specific stress on many corporate interests across our country. Certainly, the scope of this report and its relevance to the current pandemic is to ensure that there are safeguards so the disruptions that have taken place because of the pandemic do not put Canadian business and industry at risk. I wonder if he could comment further on that.

[Committees of the House, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

I believe if you review the record, you will see that the previous speaker, the parliamentary secretary, ended his comments with what I suggest is unparliamentary language. I would ask that you to review it and that, if it is in fact unparliamentary, he be asked to withdraw the statement.

[Canada Elections Act, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, I would ask for a recorded division.

[Canada Elections Act, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of discussion today about the idea of a sunset clause. I know certain members of the Liberal Party have taken shots at the Conservatives, saying it is clear that it is in section 11 of the bill. I read the bill quite extensively and followed some of the experts who examined it, and the problem is that it lacks clarity and democracy, among many other things.

Specifically, this place being the custodian of Canada's democratic infrastructure, clarity is such a vital part of ensuring elections are held with certainty for Canadians. Could the member opposite maybe add some clarity to what supposedly is the sunset clause? I certainly do not see it being that in section 11 of the bill.

[Petitions, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, the final petition, signed by constituents and Canadians, outlines some of the concerns related to Bill C-6, specifically that the government ban the coercive and degrading practices designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, but it raises a number of concerns related to the bill that the government brought forward in this regard.

[Petitions, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, the fourth petition includes a number of points: one, to formally recognize Alberta's place as an equal partner in the federation; two, to remove any barriers to Alberta being able to develop its resources without interference; and three, to ensure unfettered access to international markets for those resources.

[Petitions, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, the third petition is very simple. It asks the government to take the steps required to establish equal representation for each province in Canada's Senate.

[Petitions, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, the second petition asks that the government immediately increase and backdate the fiscal stabilization program and that the government commit to working with provinces to address the current inequities that exist in the equalization formula.

[Petitions, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House today to present five petitions.

The first petition, signed by members of my constituency, asks that the government seek the agreement of provinces to amend the Constitution to include property rights and to ensure that legislation is implemented to ensure that just and timely compensation would be paid as a result of any federal government initiative, policy, process, regulation or legislation regarding the acquisition of property.

[Committees of the House, May 10th, 2021]

Mr. Speaker, I ask for a recorded division.