Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, the member opposite keyed in on two things toward the end of her speech, supply management and the dairy worker. I find it very rich that members of the opposition benches talk about how important supply management is when the member for Abbotsford, who previously

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member opposite for his vote yesterday and signifying that the Conservative Party will support this moving forward. Part of his speech talked about the suggestion that this government has somehow hidden the agenda, and I take great exceptio

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague the Deputy Prime Minister for her great speech and her great work on this file. Kings—Hants has the largest concentration of agricultural producers east of Montreal, including many dairy farmers and poultry farmers. The entir

Hockey  Mr. Speaker, sport has an incredible ability to bring us together, whether locally in our communities or as a nation watching our athletes represent Canada on the world stage. This past holiday season was no exception to that rule, as we watched our top hockey athletes compete

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is always nice to find members in the House who come from a rural community and know the importance of agriculture to the entire Canadian economy. The member was spot on. Kings—Hants is a region that is heavily reliant on agriculture. We have to remember that th

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it really has to be both. We need to continue to move forward on the transition, and I hope the member opposite recognizes this needs to happen, but we also have to balance this against affordability. I live in a riding that is quite rural. When I was on the doorste

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague hits on something that is really important for me. I grew up in what could be best described as a working class family. My father was a truck driver. My mom was an administrative assistant at the local school. There were times when I was younger when we

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time this evening with the hon. member for Pickering—Uxbridge. This is my second opportunity to speak in response to the throne speech. I appreciate this opportunity to explain why I think all MPs should vote in favour this evening. I want to

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, coming from a rural community myself in Nova Scotia, and given that the member for Dufferin—Caledon mentioned agriculture, I want him to rest assured that there are members on this side who are focused on those issues. I look forward to working collaboratively with h

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member on her newborn child. That is very exciting. She talked a lot about struggles in rural communities. I come from a rural community myself in Kings—Hants and heard on the doorsteps too about affordability and the importance of

House debate  Madam Speaker, my two points relate to the economy. We have heard a lot from opposition members about the 71,000 jobs in November. We would never mitigate what Canadian families are going through right now, but I am hoping that the member opposite will recognize that there has

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member opposite on her fourth election to this House and of course 12 years in service. That certainly speaks for itself in terms of her ability to provide for her constituents. The question was on seniors, and Liberals have committe

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, over the last four years this government has done more than any other government in the history of this country to work on the issues related to climate change. We are on pace to be able to beat our climate accord by 2030. As it relates to the Speech from the Thron

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I want to remind Canadians that it was our government that brought the retirement age in this country from 67 back down to 65. It had been raised by our Conservative colleagues. I would like to point to the fact that we are going to be raising the personal exemption

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I would like to acknowledge that I will be splitting my time with the member for St. Catharines. What a privilege it is to be here today at the centre of democracy in our country as the elected representative of the great people of Kings—Hants. Locat