National Day of Mourning  Mr. Speaker, today is the National Day of Mourning for all those who have died or suffered illness or injury in the workplace. In a year when so many have been deeply affected by workplace tragedy because of the pandemic, commemorating this day is more important than ever. From

Governor General's Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill C-271, which seeks to amend the Governor General's Act. The Bloc Québécois member wants the Governor General to be paid an annual salary of $1 and not be entitled to a pension. I cannot support that. The more important questi

Governor General's Act  Madam Speaker, it comes as no surprise that the Bloc Québécois wants to destroy our Canadian democratic system. I understand that the Bloc does not like Julie Payette, but does the member not think that an excellent candidate, like the Right Honourable David Johnston, who worked

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her speech. I had planned on introducing a similar bill, so I will be supporting this one. However, I do have an idea for an amendment. I think it is good to have a priority to make sure that people get their pensions before c

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I do not understand why my colleague believes the bill would do anything. We know that 95% of gun crime in Canada is with illegal guns. The Liberals voted against a private member's bill from the member for Markham—Unionville that would have eliminated illegal guns

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member opposite for highlighting what she liked in the budget. There are a lot of seniors in my riding, and with two increases to the carbon tax during the pandemic and the rising costs of everything, I am wondering this. Why did the gove

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal vaccine rollout has been floundering for months. We keep paying the price for vaccine delivery delays. In my riding of Sarnia—Lambton, we have had to cancel vaccine clinics repeatedly. Case numbers and ICU hospitalizations are out of control. Do the Lib

Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, last week our leader announced a plan to tackle climate change. I was pleased to see many of the ideas I have been advocating for present in the plan, things like working with major industrial emitters to implement technology to actually reduce emissions, reducing em

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the things at issue, in terms of protecting Canadians from a digital perspective, is that we are seeing a lot more identity theft. We are getting a plethora of scams, where people have obtained our personal information or email addresses and whatnot and come a

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, I am very glad that we are trying to update the legislation to reflect our digital reality. The member commented on the Privacy Commissioner and the additional powers that would be given. We have seen quite a number of privacy data breaches from the federal governm

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh  Mr. Speaker, I want to take this moment to give my deep condolences to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the family of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip upon his passing earlier this week. Prince Philip represented a shining example of loyalty, honour and committed service,

Canada Elections Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to Bill C-19, the election in a pandemic bill. What I would say at the outset is that Canadians do not want an election in a pandemic. The only people who want an election in a pandemic are the Liberals, because they are putting their par

Canada Elections Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his work on the procedures committee, which studied the recommendations from the Chief Electoral Officer. I wonder if he could comment briefly on what he thinks of the government tabling this legislation before that committee

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the sixth report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, entitled “Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comp

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the following three reports of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women: the third report, entitled “Supplementary Estimates (C), 2020-21”; and the fourth report, entitled “Main Estimates 2021-22”. The co