Employment  Mr. Speaker, liberalnomics has ruined the economy of Ontario, and now it looks like Canada is on the exact same path. Today's release of the jobless numbers show last month's unemployment rate was the highest it has been in almost three years: health care lost 20,000 jobs; educa

Haliburton Highlands Awards Gala  Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, February 27, I was honoured to attend the 10th anniversary of the Business and Community Achievement Awards Gala put on by the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce. The chamber received 94 nominations from 65 different businesses, organizations, and

Dunbarton High School  Mr. Speaker, as many in the House are aware, there was a terrible incident on Tuesday at Dunbarton High School in Pickering. I would like to recognize a resident of my riding, Lindsay-native James Blair, for taking action along with his fellow educators to help end the incident

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, what we are debating here is the taking of our CF-18s out of the fight against ISIS. We are not debating whether or not we have to shut down our humanitarian response. We believe that needs to be part of a multifaceted approach. We need to be able to provide air supp

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that we all believe that ISIS is a threat to regional and global security. Shortly after the attacks in Paris, Africa, and elsewhere, we saw our allied countries, our friends, calling for more attacks on ISIS. They want to dismantle ISIS so that it

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my honourable colleague from Beauport—Limoilou. As we all know, and I think we all agree, regardless of what side of the House we are on, Canada has a long, proud history of defending innocent and vulnerable populations by taking on

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I was glad I was able to listen to the eloquent speech of my colleague from Mount Royal. It was very moving. When he finished, members on this side of the House and I know on his side gave him a standing ovation. I congratulate him on that. Yes, it is a shame what h

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. He is missing a whole slew of countries that are human rights abusers and are not even being mentioned. BDS singles out the only liberal democracy in the region, and completely ignores everything else. It is a stable democracy. We ha

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Mount Royal who asked the first question actually addressed that in his speech. I encourage the member to listen to that. That is actually not what happened. I do not even know where to start in my answer on that one. We need to make a stand as a f

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, this important issue affects Canadians all across the country. I would like to thank the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka and the member for Calgary Signal Hill for bringing the motion to the House. As we all know, Canada and Israel have enjoyed a long-standing frien

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member from northern British Columbia on his re-election. Before I get to his question, I want to thank him publicly. I thanked him during the election of the Speaker for his very eloquent speech to newly elected MPs. I want to congratulate him for

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, my riding includes the township of Brock. It is part of the Durham region. I look forward to working with the member on the issues facing the region of Durham. We went through some of the most troubled economic times in a lifetime. Do members remember the economic s

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Milton for leading Canada's official opposition on this file as our finance critic. I can say without hesitation that Bill C-2, as it stands now, would have a significant affect on the lives of Canadians. While the Liberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague's words could not be more true. In my riding, agriculture is a major part of the economy. If it is unable to flourish, I think we are in trouble. We are trouble with agriculture as a whole if, as a nation, we are not able to feed ourselves. However, in

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague on his election as well. I look forward to working with him in the House. Basically, the money comes from creating jobs and economic growth. As the government, in my opinion, our job is to have and create an environment that enables