Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would remind the member that the legislation has just been tabled. My comments are on the time frame. I will say, again, that one hour has been allotted, and time allocation has been invoked, shutting down debate. The internal report from KPMG, which the gover

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. The member alluded to the Auditor General reporting to Parliament. I have the legislation in front of me, and there is no mention in it of the Auditor—

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the member talked about $180 billion of infrastructure money from his government. I will just remind him that $90 billion is from existing Conservative programs. Second, talking about infrastructure boosting the economy today, I want to remind the member that his

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, out of the $180 billion for infrastructure, $90 billion was in the existing Conservative programs, with 7,300 projects that have been completed and some that are still under way. I am glad that, in the member's riding, she saw the benefit of that. What I also want

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, given that debate has been shut down and we have one hour at the infrastructure committee to discuss this, I want to hear the member's opinion and thoughts about posting for positions on the board and for a CEO before the committee has seen the legislation, before

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we do support the NDP motion put forward. It is very problematic; there are serious conflict of interest issues. We need to have this legislation reviewed. We need to have the recommendations coming out of the advisory board reviewed. We need to have the request for

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, actually it was the Conservatives who made the gas tax permanent and indexed it. We look at the mechanism of PPP Canada that has already been set up, already has a track record. If there is a mandate the Liberals want to expand, then they should look at expanding i

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I was delighted to hear the minister defend this bank. First, I will be splitting my time with the member for Richmond—Arthabaska. I want to thank the member for Beloeil—Chambly for bringing this motion forward. This is a very important issue. Many of us would agr

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is not arm's length because the minister has to approve the financing of projects. I want to talk about some of the alternative facts. The minister spoke about sustainable funding. The Conservative government brought in the gas tax that went directly to communit

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, there is $15 billion being extracted from projects that have already been announced in communities: $5 billion coming out of public transit projects, $5 billion from trade and transportation corridors, and another $5 billion from green infrastructure projects. How do

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments made by my colleague and the motion put forward today, because this is of the utmost importance. It is really relevant now that Canadians begin to understand exactly what this bank is all about. The committee allotted one hour of discussio

Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for the tremendous amount of work she has done to bring the bill forward. I think every member in the House is proud of the fact that we can come together, especially on a topic such as this. I want to ask my colleague, in terms of the a

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, not only is there a significant conflict of interest with the Liberals' infrastructure bank, but chief economists are now questioning the bank's necessity. Taxpayers are on the hook for $35 billion and will be paying up to 12% in profits to the very same insiders who

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned the Asian infrastructure bank. Interestingly enough, the Obama administration and the former Conservative governments decided not to join the bank because it was not in the best interests of taxpayers. It is $1.3 billion that taxpayers are on t

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, my colleague mentioned many times how proud he is of the budget. He mentioned child care. While there were billions announced in the budget, 70% of the new money will not be spent until after 2022. There is only $10 million for the entire country this year for af