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Privilege Madam Speaker, the procedure to deal with this is the procedure when there is a prima facie case. We brought the issue up in the chamber, the Speaker had to make a ruling and we waited for the ruling. The Speaker found a prima facie case, which then invoked the moving of a motion
December 6th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Privilege Madam Speaker, the members of the procedure and House affairs committee, in the limited time I have been there, debate issues robustly. We all have our own thoughts and ideas and generally get good work done, so I am confident that the procedure and House affairs committee will w
December 6th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Privilege Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my colleague from Calgary Rocky Ridge. We are continuing in the debate. We just had a vote in this place, in which we amended the motion. I am a member of the procedure and House affairs committee, which, if this motion is passed,
December 6th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Food and Drugs Act moved for leave to introduce Bill C-368, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products). Madam Speaker, I rise today to introduce my private member's bill, which would amend the Food and Drugs Act. This bill would reverse the changes made by the NDP-Liberal gov
December 5th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Democratic Institutions Madam Speaker, after eight years of inflationary spending, after eight straight years of deficit, after doubling the national debt, after creating record-setting interest hikes and after implementing a punishing carbon tax, a record number of Canadians cannot afford food. Therefo
December 1st, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, I rise in the House to speak to the concurrence motion on a public accounts committee report, which concerns the greening of government buildings. I find myself concerned that the government is not really interested in the greening of our buildings, but in the gree
November 30th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Criminal Code moved for leave to introduce Bill C-364, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing). Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for Peterborough—Kawartha for seconding this bill. I want to thank all my colleagues who are a part of the rural crime caucus that we have in th
November 9th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Carbon Tax Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's plan to quadruple taxes on essentials is a heavy blow to Canadians, but the government has chosen to spare only 3% of Canadians, in a crass, calculated move. The Liberal temporary pause on the tax for home heating oil is a mere gimmick that will
November 6th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Health of Animals Act Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Foothills for bringing forward this piece of legislation. He touched on virtually everything that has happened in my life growing up on a farm in Alberta. We lost the cattle component of our farm because of BSE, which resulted in my family's ha
October 31st, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I hope you will grant me some grace, given the gravity of the petition I am presenting today. The petition arises from events that happened on September 16, 2021, with the horrific and preventable murders of Mchale Erica Busch, age 24, and her baby son, Noah Lee McC
October 24th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Criminal Code Mr. Speaker, I am wondering if my friend and colleague from Calgary Nose Hill has also thought about this notion. We all know that a lie can spread around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on in the morning. What I am getting at here is that it is not just
October 4th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Criminal Code Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the current Liberal government, sex crime has nearly doubled to 82.5%. I would like to remind my colleague of an incident that happened in Alberta on September 16, 2021. Michale Busch and her toddler son Noah McConnell were murdered by a sex offe
October 4th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act Madam Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague's speech. He talked about the Nostradamus prediction that would equate to what the leader of the Conservative Party said. I am wondering if he would like to reflect more on comments we have made. As Conservatives, we have known
October 3rd, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Guests in the House of Commons Mr. Speaker, last Friday, a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Nazi SS was celebrated in the presence of President Zelenskyy. No one believes that the government would not see the list of attendees when a foreign leader attends this chamber. Canada's reputation
September 25th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to rise today to present a petition on behalf of Canadians from coast to coast asking the government to use all the tools it has at its disposal to respond to R v. Bissonnette, including invoking the notwithstanding clause. The Bissonnette cas
September 20th, 2023House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative