Business of Supply  moved: That, in the opinion of the House, the government should reinstate the federal minimum wage and increase it incrementally to $15 per hour over five years. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by saying that I will have the genuine honour of sharing my time with my collea

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that I have never given a cheque to a senator. The Conservatives say that they are tough on crime, but not when their friends are involved. I should point out that they just let Mike Tyson into the country, even though he is a convicted rapist. But

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, this infamous $90,000 cheque issued by the Prime Minister's former chief of staff is at the heart of Mike Duffy's trial for fraud and corruption, which gets under way tomorrow. The question on everyone's mind is quite simple. How is it that the guy who received the c

Employment  Mr. Speaker, the government is promising us for the 136th time that it is going to solve the problem. The temporary foreign worker program was irresponsibly managed by the Liberals and the Conservatives. The Conservatives have no idea what the local needs are because they gutted

Combating Counterfeit Products Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the hon. member for Saint-Jean for his speech. I would also like to point out one part of his speech that may have gone unnoticed. He reminded the House of a famous quote from an animated film: “No stones, no construction. No constructio

Combating Counterfeit Products Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot for her fine speech and for so kindly agreeing to share her time with me. I would like to come back to my concern about the resources that are not made available to the government to enable it to concrete

Combating Counterfeit Products Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Trois-Rivières for his question. One may legitimately ask that question since 549 jobs will be cut from the Border Services Agency by 2015 and Canada Post will lose 9,000 jobs over the next five years, according to what my colleague from Al

Combating Counterfeit Products Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not really feel very good about it. The Conservatives do not put their resources where their mouths are. This is a kind of betrayal or pointless political game. They make people believe they will act, but they do not act. That will have very bad consequences fo

Combating Counterfeit Products Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to continue working in the House and to continue talking about the NDP's proposals and vision on a variety of subjects. In this case, it is about copyright, counterfeiting, smuggling and intellectual property rights. Since the Conservatives asked all pa

Lobbying  Mr. Speaker, it looks like the Minister of Justice is an extra on the TV show Father Knows Best. The hon. member for York Centre, who is a member of the Standing Committee on Finance, holds a partisan fundraiser and invites bankers and lobbyists who are looking for favours from

Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for Sherbrooke for his clear and articulate speech on a subject that is of public interest and that involves the safety as well as the health of the public. The New Democrats have stressed that this is a health issue. The opening of a su

Victims Bill of Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question, and I would like to thank the hon. member for asking it. The Conservative government always focuses on punishment, not prevention. Prevention can take many forms, such as education and training or tackling poverty, establishing a natio

Victims Bill of Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her question and also congratulate her on the work she does in her riding, which is appreciated just as much, if not more, than my own. The government dragged its feet on this bill for the same reason it did so with the firearms

Victims Bill of Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from La Pointe-de-l'Île for her speech. She clearly pointed out that an abstract right does not do much to help people in their lives. The government needs to put its money where its mouth is. Before he leaves, I would like to than

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, the history, with a capital “H” of the Conservative Party is fraught with corruption and dirty money. These revelations were made by Jean-Yves Lortie, the “man with the briefcase”, who spent at least $20 million to corrupt Conservative politicians. At a Conservative