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Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Mr. Speaker, today is the eighth birthday of my niece Ola, so I would like to wish her a happy birthday. Ola is going to inherit more debt than any other generation, as this young Canadian. I was wondering if my colleague across the way could tell Ola in what year the Liberal Par
May 22nd, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Food and Drugs Act Madam Speaker, I request a recorded division.
May 22nd, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Food and Drugs Act Madam Speaker, I want to thank all my colleagues for their support and for speaking to Bill C-368, but I want to remind people how we arrived here. There seem to be some forgetful folks. Even though I am thanking the NDP for its position, I would like to remind people how we arr
May 22nd, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste and Combat Food Insecurity Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to the motion to create a national strategy to reduce food waste and combat food insecurity. I do believe that this motion put forward by the Liberal member is presented with good intentions, but like most of the things that the Liberals hav
May 10th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Carbon Pricing Madam Speaker, after nine years of reckless spending, Canadians are at a breaking point. With record demand at our food banks, we have now learned that 60% of Canadians have resorted to eating expired food, yet the NDP-Liberal government cannot help itself. It has hiked the carbo
May 10th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Prohibition of the Export of Horses by Air for Slaughter Act Madam Speaker, today I rise in the House to speak on an important issue and raise attention to the grave harms that Bill C-355 would have for our hard-working Canadian producers, farm families and countless industries. Bill C-355 intends to prohibit the export by air of horses
May 9th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Pharmacare Act Madam Speaker, health care delivery is provincial jurisdiction. The private insurance companies out there are already talking about how their systems and programs, which deliver tremendous results for Canadians, are going to be undercut. This is going to lead to a public system t
May 6th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Pharmacare Act Madam Speaker, we oppose this particular plan simply because we know it is nothing more than the cost of the agreement between the NDP and the current federal government. It is not a serious agreement in the sense that we are actually getting a national pharmacare program; as I s
May 6th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Pharmacare Act Madam Speaker, the individual who just asked me the question had her answer in the question itself: support for big pharma. Who is supporting big pharma with this piece of legislation? The NDP and the Liberals are. A national pharmacare program will do more to help the pharmaceut
May 6th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Pharmacare Act Madam Speaker, there is a joke going around that says, “It's not knowing that a politician can be bought; it's knowing how little they'll let themselves go for.” For a member of the NDP caucus right now thinking that this is the misery they are suffering in the polls, the misery
May 6th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Pharmacare Act Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me today to speak to Bill C-64. Before I go any further, I would like to let the Speaker know I will be splitting my time with my good friend and colleague from Souris—Moose Mountain. The debate today is about Bill C-64, an act regarding phar
May 6th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Government Priorities Mr. Speaker, with more Canadians using food banks than ever before and many on the brink of financial ruin, the next election cannot come soon enough, yet this Prime Minister has insisted on pushing policies that Canadians know are wacko. Handing out needles to prisoners while
May 3rd, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Food and Drugs Act Madam Speaker, I would say the member is exactly right. If there are any problems, and I actually do not think there are any, the negotiations that came out of Bill C-51, the consultation with the industry back at that time in 2014, left our industry in a very good sweet spot, wh
April 29th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Food and Drugs Act Madam Speaker, notwithstanding the backhanded compliments he gave me in the preamble to his question, I will say that I have used quite a few of these things. My wife uses these products. I use L-lysine to help with cold sores. I take a pack of electrolytes every morning to make
April 29th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Food and Drugs Act Madam Speaker, my friend and colleague from Peterborough—Kawartha is exactly right. Generally speaking, when we see something being changed in a manner like this, we ask, “Who benefits?” Who benefits from this? Health Canada would actually have the ability to charge whatever fe
April 29th, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative