Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   of things that are in the budget, and particularly a reference in the budget to the court case on impact assessment legislation. What is tucked into a bill that is over 400 pages is, from page 555 to page 581, a section I do not believe should be in there. I will be very clear from

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   able to accomplish by working with Canadians, by working with other entities. I would suggest to members that it goes so much further than what Stephen Harper ever did. We can take a look at the job numbers as an example. In 10 years, almost a million jobs were created under Stephen

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, if the leader of the Conservative Party has made one thing clear, it is that, after nine years, the NDP-Liberal government is not worth the cost. It is not worth the cost for the out-of-control spending. Federal government spending is up 43% since 2019

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I know that the member was in the House earlier in the debate when a Conservative colleague stood up and tried to glowingly suggest that Stephen Harper had actually balanced a budget in 2015. I was not here at that time, but I certainly know how Stephen Harper did

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the government brought 55 amendments to its own legislation. When has that happened before? The member talks about Stephen Harper. I do not think Stephen Harper brought 55 amendments to his own bill, followed by 16 subamendments and then filibustered his own bill

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, my colleague started his speech this evening by talking about how the Liberal budget was a 420-page document that was a bit of an advertisement. That brought to mind something I remembered from when Stephen Harper was the prime minister. I went back and looked

Government Business No. 39—Proceedings on Bill C-64   to tax credits. If I remember correctly, it was called technology partnerships Canada. The government that shut it down was Stephen Harper's in 2007. In hindsight, does my colleague think that was a bad idea?

Food and Drugs Act  . While I appreciate the NDP's revisionist history on this, it is the reason this change happened in the first place. I am glad it is supporting this bill, which would take the legislative framework back where it was with the previous Conservative government under Stephen Harper

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, the problem with the Conservative leader's approach on crime is that it consistently gets struck down by the courts. That is what we saw through eight years of Stephen Harper, which actually left Canadians worse off than before. The reality is, our approach

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  , then one would think that these fiscally responsible Conservative prime ministers all throughout Brian Mulroney's time and all throughout Stephen Harper's time would have just done exactly what the Conservatives are saying, but they did not.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   ask him this: In what year did Brian Mulroney balance the budget? In what year did Stephen Harper balance the budget?

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I am answering his question. For growing economies, we know that, as long as our growth is outpacing our deficit, we are in a fiscally responsible position, and that is the reality. They are laughing right now, but they should talk to Stephen Harper because

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   that Stephen Harper had at the beginning of his term as prime minister, and that was because it was coming off the heels of Paul Martin's surplus that he had. This is factual. Those are the only two budgets that ran surpluses. The reason governments will run deficits is that, as long

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   about the concerns that they have. My issue is that I do not know how seniors in Alberta could trust the Conservatives, knowing the record that they have, knowing that Stephen Harper was the person who put in place cuts to support for OAS, such as making sure a senior is 67 instead

Protection against Extortion Act   resources from evidence-based crime prevention programs. This is the position taken now by former Stephen Harper legal adviser Ben Perrin. I want to note some of his statements on MMPs. He said, “If history is any judge, [the Leader of the Opposition]’s MMPs may not be worth the paper