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Accessible Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, in my view, this legislation is probably the most positive step forward in terms of government legislation since the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We have seen much has changed over the years. In fact, things have, generally speaking, gotten better for people with disabilities in this country, and yet in many ways we had to codify how to do things better and move forward.

September 24th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Accessible Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Saint-Laurent. It is an honour and a privilege to rise in this House to discuss the important issue of accessibility and how our government is addressing the systemic barriers in our society through the proposed accessible Canada act.

September 24th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Firearms Act  Mr. Speaker, my riding of Calgary Centre has seen an increase in gun violence and overall in the city over the course of the last three years. Why do you think that Conservatives only want to do something after a crime is committed? Why not be proactive, like we are in this legislation, with doing background checks for more than five years, having to show a licence before purchasing a gun, those types of things?

September 20th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have had the pleasure of listening to the debate, and I am buoyed by the robust spirit of everyone who has been participating. I have ever-more confidence in the government's position on how we move the economy forward, as well as leave a better planet for our kids down the road.

June 12th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I know the debate is just getting started, but it has quickly become clear that the New Democrats do not understand the economy, and my Conservative friends do not want to do anything about the environment. My question for my good friend is twofold. People look at doing things for the environment efficiently, allowing companies in different jurisdictions to make their own decisions on carbon reductions.

June 12th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Visitability  Mr. Speaker, I would like to applaud the member for Tobique—Mactaquac for his visionary motion. I believe it is the first time visitability has been discussed in this honourable place, and it is an idea whose time has come. As a person who has had a disability for the last 28 years, I can say that visitability would have made a great deal of sense if it had been there 28 years ago.

June 11th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member for his particularly thoughtful speech with regard to running fair elections and encouraging the democratic process. The way forward is with a reasonable financial accounting system that allows for people to contribute to election campaigns while, at the same time, not allowing money to overrule the power of the electorate through many of the things that were mentioned earlier.

May 22nd, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out for the member that our party actually reduced taxes on nine million middle-class Canadians and raised taxes on the top 1%, which is his party rejected. He referenced a Fraser Institute study. That study did not reference our Canada child benefit, which benefits nine out of 10 families.

May 8th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the hon. member's comments. In particular, she stated in her speech that when the Conservatives were in power, they were worried about high competitiveness continent-wide and wanted to match up a carbon pricing scheme with the Americans, yet I note that over 67 jurisdictions around the world are now implementing carbon pricing, not even including China.

May 8th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I applaud the member for her speech, and I would agree with her that the biggest challenge facing our future is climate change and its effects, not only on our population today but on our population moving forward. Our government is moving forward on a price on carbon and investing in universities, investing in transportation, and investing in a national housing strategy, all with components of climate resiliency in them, yet the member states that we are not doing enough.

May 1st, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciated the passion with which the hon. member spoke, yet I recognize the difficulty in speaking to this motion due to its schizophrenic nature. I will point out a couple of glaring issues. The motion complains about gaps in the security screening process and it is worried about a backlog in scheduled hearing deportation orders, and the like.

April 24th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, when I look at the Conservative motion, it is essentially asking for things like having the Liberals move on an improved border process and having claims investigated in a reasonable fashion. I note our government's investments in this process. Could the member comment on how the Conservative government ran its immigration program and how some of the cuts maybe led to some of these incidents arising?

April 24th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his speech, yet I found it long on rhetoric and very short on solutions. I note that he is highly concerned about some of the gaps that are emerging, the backlogs, and he calls for a reinvestment in being “properly equipped”. I think those words are code for investing in the CBSA.

April 24th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Trans Mountain Expansion Project  Mr. Speaker, before my question I would just like to say that I stand with the people of Humboldt, the players and the coaches and the trainers. Some of the comments I've heard tonight appear to be similar to many speeches I heard from my New Democrat friends when I was in Alberta.

April 16th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal

Trans Mountain Expansion Project  Mr. Speaker, the column states: That's why, contrary to what so many believe, [the Prime Minister] has long been committed to this pipeline. Many complained he wasn't doing enough to get it built, but TMX has been at the core of his priorities since 2016. That's when he first risked losing B.C. seats and environmentally conscious voters by approving the TMX expansion - and another pipeline, Line 3, to boot....Now he's going to lay out federal money, in partnership with the Alberta government, to backstop a Houston-based pipeline goliath, Kinder Morgan Inc.

April 16th, 2018House debate

Kent HehrLiberal