Mr. Speaker, I support the government on this vote.
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Supplementary Estimates (A), 2014-15 June 10th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I support the government on this vote.
Supplementary Estimates (A), 2014-15 June 10th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I agree to the motion and support the government.
Main Estimates, 2014-15 June 10th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I agree with the motion and stand with the Conservative Party, and vote yes.
Main Estimates, 2014-15 June 10th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I stand with the Conservative Party, Mr. Speaker.
Main Estimates, 2014-15 June 10th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I stand with the Conservative Party.
An Act to amend the Assisted Human Reproduction Act (surrogacy) June 2nd, 2014
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-607, An Act to amend the Assisted Human Reproduction Act (surrogacy).
Mr. Speaker, I am also pleased to have the support of the member for Mississauga South.
This bill is very important. As I started researching this, I had personal experience with the issue. Very good friends of mine went through challenges as a result of not being able to conceive children, and today they have a wonderful family.
Thousands of Canadian families struggle in this regard today, and sections 61, 62, and 63 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act prohibit payment to a surrogate mother or payment for services related to surrogacy. At the same time, there is real hypocrisy, as we recognize these contracts when Canadians venture across the border to the United States or elsewhere around the world.
This is a pro-family bill. It would help families to have children of their own, to have their own families. I hope the bill finds support in all quarters of this House. It is time we moved to put these changes in place.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Infrastructure June 2nd, 2014
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is an exciting day in the “Electric City”. After undergoing significant renovations and upgrades, with support from the building Canada program, the Peterborough Airport officially welcomes the Seneca flight school with the official opening of the Peterborough Campus hangar. The Seneca commercial aviation program is in every way a world-leading program, and Peterborough is proud to be its new home.
Given his efforts to personally attend the ceremonies unveiling the Peterborough Airport expansion, would the Prime Minister like to take this opportunity to congratulate Seneca College and the City of Peterborough on their exciting new partnership?
Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act June 2nd, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I was interested to hear the hon. member's comments on this free trade agreement. I have had the opportunity to travel to Honduras in the past. There is a great charity that works out of Peterborough called Friends of Honduran Children. It started over a decade ago making investments in schools, providing medications to young mothers and families, and assisting with nutrition. It is generating genuinely good results in Honduras. They are not perfect results.
When I listen to the hon. member, I hear her talking about throwing out something that is good in search of something that is perfect. There is no such thing as a perfect deal. What I would ask this member is this: Why would she prefer to throw out the good in search of the perfect? We may not get there, but we can certainly help Honduras?
Intergovernmental Affairs May 29th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I thank the Minister of Industry for updating this House on his efforts to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers in Canada.
Interprovincial trade barriers are nothing more than ill-conceived, wrong-headed protectionist policies that cost our economy $50 billion per year and more robust job creation. I say to our premiers, tear down these walls.
Can the Minister of Industry please indicate if he has heard from the nation's businesses and job creators in this regard?
Points of Order May 27th, 2014
Mr. Speaker, it is standard practice in this House to take members at their word, in fact, that they are being honest when they are speaking in this House. When I stood in the House and indicated that I had, in fact, stood to vote and to be counted in the same fashion that I had previously, I was being honest.