Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed listening to the comments from my friend from Churchill—Keewatinook Aski. I am intrigued by her embrace of the exact same phrase Donald Trump uses, describing trade agreements being bad deals for us. Yet there is a lot of evidence that these trade agreements are actually good for Canada.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague. I know the work he does and how Ukrainian Canadians have touched his community, as they have touched mine. Right now we have pretty modest growth. With our diaspora of 1.3 million Canadian Ukrainians, our trade right now is less than $300 million a year.

Food and Drugs Act  Madam Speaker, this morning, I am pleased to be sharing my time with the hon. member for Brampton East. I am pleased to have the opportunity today to speak on the subject of Bill C-13, which would make a few legislative changes needed to bring us into full compliance with the World Trade Organization agreement on trade facilitation.

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the short answer, of course, is when our government put together the Canada-Europe free trade agreement, we also put together a package that not only ensured the continuation of supply management for the benefit of those agricultural producers but also gave other opportunities to other agricultural producers.

International Trade committee  Mr. Hildebrand, I'm sure you and your team studied different trade agreements globally. Prior to this agreement, Ukraine signed two other agreements. In June 2014, the Ukraine-European Union agreement was signed, an economic agreement. As well, there are deep and comprehensive Free Trade Area agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the great question, a geopolitical question. What I believe is that through Bill C-31, we would be strengthening our ties. We have strong cultural ties, but we can strengthen our economic ties and let Ukraine know that we have a mutual bond, that we work together, maybe by helping in training.

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. I am pleased to speak to the Liberal motion, to support the first element, which is ratification of the Paris agreement, and to strongly oppose the second part, which would unilaterally impose a federal carbon tax on all Canadians and against the express wishes of a number of provinces and territories.

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you, committee members. Thank you to everybody who is here. Thank you to the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, on whose territory we are meeting. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. In my opening statement, I would like to add context to a discussion that perhaps too often is overly technical.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be dividing my time with the member for Calgary Shepard. Every morning from coast to coast Canadians get up and go to work and more than 63,000 of those Canadians are employed in high-value jobs in the defence industry. It is an industry that has historically served a great purpose in helping keep the world safe.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. My name is Peter Kvarnstrom. I live in West Vancouver, B.C. and have since 1965. I am currently the publisher of the North Shore News, the Bowen Island Undercurrent, which is our very smallest newspaper in our group, as well as the Coast Reporter, in Sechelt, British Columbia, where I started that paper in 1997.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the motion before the House calls for the government to send a strong signal to Canadian businesses and Canada's closest allies that it supports international commerce. The economic well-being of Canada's middle class has to be assured through a full suite of programming, none of which can be effectively designed and delivered without due consideration of Canada's long-standing reality as an economy that has benefited through international trade.

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, today I am privileged to reinforce the efforts of this government to ensure that Canada's labour laws best serve both employers and employees and fulfill their roles in growing Canada's economy. A fine balance is required in labour relations in the tripartite relationship between unions, employers, and government in establishing fair labour laws.

International Trade committee  Essentially, the TPP and the ISDS provisions mean that where Canadian laws or policies provide protection for first nations or the environment, they could be challenged. Again, the challenge would be in an ad hoc quasi-judicial tribunal, which is very difficult for first nations to participate in, and the scope of that participation may be limited.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the excellent member for Courtenay—Alberni, who will deliver the second part of my speech. It is pretty clear as to what is happening here. I saw, as we all did during the last campaign, Liberals going across the country committing to move toward the legalization of marijuana.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister misled the House during question period when he said that the NDP had a whipped vote on Bill C-14. He knows that is not the case. He knows on this side of the House, it was a free vote. However, the NDP caucus is united in its determination that Bill C-14, as it is, is—