Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am so glad that the member for Spadina—Fort York caught your eye and you recognized him first. Now I can dispel some of this misinformation. The FTHBI program promised 100,000 Canadians would be helped. It has reached 10% of that, but only those who were approved.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his question and comment. Housing is indeed a provincial jurisdiction. If the Government of Quebec can negotiate an agreement with the federal government, I do not see a problem, as long as it is similar to the one the federal go

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is good to see the member in good health, and hopefully his family is doing well. I disagree with him and I disagree with his characterization. I am one of those immigrants who was fortunate enough to come to Canada. Canada took my family in after we were kicked

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to be following my colleague from British Columbia on this debate. As many members will know, this is my second Parliament and I have been talking about housing for two Parliaments now. I was a big critic of the first-time home buyer incentive. The membe

Canada Labour Code  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-307, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave). Mr. Speaker, I am tabling this piece of legislation, thanks to my colleague from Manitoba for seconding it. It is very simple. It would provide eight weeks of unpaid leave under

Health  Mr. Speaker, an internal government communication plan from the PMPRB labels patient organizations, such as Cystic Fibrosis Canada and the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, as engaging in disinformation. The PMPRB is not accusing these patient advocacy groups of being m

Austin Caron  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life of Austin Caron, a Calgary political activist who passed away suddenly last week in his sleep at the much too early age of 23. A former staffer here on the Hill, Austin was a true politico who could be found at the doors campaigni

Alberta  Mr. Speaker, Premier Ralph Klein used to say that Alberta is a place where a person can make a million dollars or lose a million dollars. Albertans are team players. We have contributed to the success of Canada through equalization, transfers and the boom that was our energy sect

COVID-19 in Alberta  Madam Speaker, I am glad the member spoke about living in an era of sound bites. A lot of what the Liberal members have been doing so far is blaming the people of Alberta for the situation we find ourselves in, but we would not be in this situation had we received vaccine supplie

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, the member had an exchange earlier in the day with the parliament secretary to the government House leader talking about debates and us raising vaccines. The member rightly pointed out that the issue is numbers, targets and performance. That is what we are here to do

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, as some members will know, I used to sit on the finance committee in a previous Parliament. I do not get to do that now as chair for the Conservative caucus, but I see this is a report that has 145 recommendations and is one of the biggest in the past five to six y

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I liked that the member gave us a history of political debates in Quebec over the past 30 years. However, I would like to come back to a comment one of the Bloc Québécois members made about old age security. In the budget, the federal government decided to give $5

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the member spoke about a little of everything, but the debate is on concurring in the finance committee's report on the pre-budget submission to the government. Over the years, we have seen that the number of recommendations being accepted by the Government of Ca

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for La Pointe-de-l'Île for his comments. I agree with the first part of his question and his idea. I think people need to provide valid and informed consent. Many of my constituents have the same concern about private businesses sharing their pers

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, as far as I can tell, not much new in this legislation specifically deals with those types of issues. We have all seen the phishing scams, even on Parliament Hill, where people pretend to be banks, financial institutions or credit unions. It looks so real and the int