Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I agree with the hon. colleague that the Bloc motion is unfortunately somewhat truncated regarding the history of that time. However, I disagree with his challenge of the Bloc's right to bring this important topic to the floor of the House of Commons 50 years after

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks. I remember the events of 1970 like it was yesterday. At the time, I was working as a reporter in Montreal. It is clear that, after the War Measures Act was declared, those arrested in the police sweeps were merely highly vocal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I will always accept a compliment from my hon. colleague. I must say that we cannot link P3 projects with the scandal that occurred with regard to those girders that were rejected. What we need to see in projects like this, however they are structured financially, i

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I must say that I am always gently amused by the revisionist history of my colleague from Winnipeg, and I will, with respect, correct him. The government, after its election in 2015, did not build all those wonderful projects that he is talking about. It made promise

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I must correct the member. When it comes to the spectacular cutting of health transfers to the provinces, it was the Liberal government, and former prime minister Paul Martin, who downloaded, causing problems right across this

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, we all know just how much the current Liberal government loves slogans, clichés and idioms, a whole variety of figures of speech and double-talk, to avoid straight talk, transparent answers and well-reasoned policy. As we all know, the Prime Minister is the cliché ma

COVID-19 Response Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, let me first acknowledge that the minister is the only member of the Liberal front bench with the spine to have acknowledged that the government dropped the ball on the WE scandal. I appreciate her direct answers to direct questions through the COVID crisis. Earlier

Proceedings on the bill entitled An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, obviously, in its desperate rush to get NDP support, the government did not consult with the provinces, which have jurisdiction over most workers in Canada. Does the minister realize that Ontario workers who take two weeks of federally paid sick leave could lose thei

Government Business No. 1  Madam Speaker, I agree with many of the points my hon. colleague raised at the beginning of his intervention and question. Of course it is absolutely necessary to ensure workers do not have to choose between going to work and earning a living or staying at home and taking the pre

Government Business No. 1  Madam Speaker, that is an outrageous claim by my hon. colleague. The several hybrid sitting days during the summer did not provide any meaningful answers at all to the questions raised in those sessions. Where we were getting answers was in committees, which the government shut d

Government Business No. 1  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. Canada is facing a critical moment in the continuing COVID crisis. Millions of Canadians are still in need of emergency funding of one sort or another. Although the early soaring

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, over the last five months, COVID-19 has had to share headlines with almost daily shootings across the GTA. Criminals do not care about COVID-19 and they certainly will not follow any new gun bans the Liberals pass. Organized crime and guns smuggled across the border

Government Business No. 9  Mr. Speaker, I apologize. I do sometimes get carried away when it comes to the Prime Minister's ethical behaviour or unethical behaviour. We have known for some time that ministers answer important questions in the House, such as the questions the member asked in this hybrid Par

Government Business No. 9  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for a reasonable suggestion, which unfortunately, in the House procedure committee, was pushed aside by the Liberal members on that committee, who were supported by the Bloc and the NDP. Our issue is in regard to remote voting. It is not so

Government Business No. 9  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleagues is quite correct in remembering the Liberal adscam, the scandal that led eventually to the fall of a previous Liberal government. We have just learned this afternoon that the finance minister has admitted to one of the greatest violations of the