Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my constituents in Peace River—Westlock and particularly the folks in the towns of Swan Hills and Fox Creek. The petitioners are calling on the government to recognize that both Fox Creek and Swan Hills are remote communities at some of the highest elevations in the country.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, I congratulate the member for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake on her election and her new baby Owen. The Conservative caucus has been productive. I also want to congratulate the member for Carleton. I believe he and his wife had a baby during the election as well. It was an exciting time for all of us.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, we continue to look to the Liberals to give us some assurances that they will be pursuing the fraud that has occurred. We have seen where prisoners have received some of these benefits. Organized crime has been involved. However, we still have no assurances from the Liberals that they will be pursuing any of that.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, that is precisely it. We are to hurry up and get this done, yet we had a $600 million election that we did not need. We could have been here debating the issues that face Canadians. Parliament could have returned immediately after the election, given the fact there was not a lot of change in the number of seats around here.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Chair, I like to call where I come from the promised land. We have the honey capital of Canada and 7,500 dairy animals, so it is literally flowing with milk and honey. I want to start by thanking my team back home. Starting on the home front, I thank my wife for putting up with me and delivering a baby smack dab in the middle of the election.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, one of the things that we have seen headlines about is that there are over a million job opportunities open for Canadians and employers are unable to fill those positions. Does the hon. member not recognize that their own programs they put in place have impacted the labour market?

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for North Island—Powell River, who I see is wearing blue today. We have a big tent party, and my good friend is welcome to come over. The water is great. I listened to the member's speech, and I appreciated it. However, one thing that I did not hear much about was on the number of businesses that are looking for workers.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the people who signed this petition note that around the world the deadliest words are, “It's a girl.” The CBC has even exposed that here in Canada fetal ultrasounds are used to determined the sex of an unborn child, and then the child is aborted if it is a girl. The petitioners highlight that over 200 million girls are missing from the world because of this gender-cide, and are calling for members of Parliament to condemn this discrimination against women and girls through ongoing sex-selective abortion.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, it is good to be here bright and early on Monday morning after flying through the night to get here. I would like to talk a bit about Bill C-2 and the member's speech. One of the things we have seen throughout the pandemic is the lack of ability to scrutinize some of these bills.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's speech laid out the intricacies of the Canadian economy. It also laid out the intricacies of the average Canadian's everyday life and the fact that it takes a steady hand and a diligent government to ensure that there are no unintended consequences.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, in Canada we have over a million job vacancies. Restaurants are closing at four o'clock in the afternoon because they cannot find people to work there. In my riding they are talking about bringing in temporary foreign workers to work in the oil patch. Those are $55-an-hour jobs that they cannot find people to work for.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member for Joliette on his re-election. I think it was in the National Post this morning, but we heard that there are over a million job vacancies in this country, and we are still waiting for a plan from the government on how it is going to get people back to work.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, my second petition is from Canadians from across the country who are calling on the House of Commons to enact legislation to fully protect a child not yet born from the beginning of her biological development as a human being, the same protection granted to every other human being.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the third and final petition I am presenting today is a petition from Canadians from across Canada who are concerned about the treatment of the Hazara community in Afghanistan. This is one of the communities we protected when we were over there. There was formerly a genocidal campaign waged against them.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the work the pages do, bringing our petitions to the table. Now that we are under the new rules, I guess it does not work. I am presenting a petition on behalf of Canadians who suffer from ALS. The petitioners are friends and families of these people, and they want Canada to be a leader in ALS research and treatment.