Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the only part that is really relevant in that member's statement is in relation to health care. However, I will say that this speech was written by me. I am not sure where he gets the PMO notes and where his comments are from. That is the way the member across the wa

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak on economic action plan 2014. This budget will bring enormous benefits to my riding of Prince George—Peace River and to all of Canada. Natural resource development is critical to the economic prosperity of British Col

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the International Energy Agency predicts that the world energy demand will increase by 33% in the next 20 years. With up to 37 trillion cubic metres of natural gas resources, Canada and my province of British Columbia are well placed to benefit from this opportunity.

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, under the strong, stable leadership of our Prime Minister, our Conservative government has remained committed to strengthening the economy for all Canadians. Canada's overall job growth record since the depth of the recession is the best amongst all G7 countries, wit

Richmond Cenotaph  Mr. Speaker, it is with regret that I advise this House that two nights ago the cenotaph located in Richmond, British Columbia was vandalized. Vandalizing a memorial for fallen soldiers is simply shameful. These are the men and women who sacrificed their lives to protect our cou

Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games  Mr. Speaker, today I rise in the House to recognize and congratulate my constituent Denny Morrison. As we all know, Denny captured silver and bronze in speed skating at the Sochi winter Olympics, as northeastern B.C. and the rest of Canada woke up early to cheer him on. I would

Rail Transportation  Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to the safety and security of Canadians. Last November the Minister of Transport asked the transport committee to study the transportation of dangerous goods to ensure they are moved safely and securely. I know that when it comes to rail

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all members of Parliament and all Canadians, I would like to thank Canada's Minister of Finance for tabling his tenth consecutive budget. Across Canada and especially in my home province of British Columbia, search and rescue volunteers play a vital rol

Grain Transport  Mr. Speaker, that intervention comes typically from a member who lives in Vancouver and who wants to tell a western Canadian grain farmer how a solution can be arrived at. Simply, the response is to just fix it. That is where we, as a government, differ from the NDP. If we want a

Grain Transport  Mr. Speaker, one thing we actually have in our party is real western Canadian grain farmers. The member for Prince Albert was one, and so was the member for Red Deer. On our side we actually have the experience, and what the member says is specifically from experience. What does

Grain Transport  Mr. Speaker, we are going to miss the hon. member for Welland on the agriculture committee. The member and I agree on a lot of things. Our farmers do need to get their grain to markets. Farmers in my community have had bumper crops this year and their grain is sitting in bins an

All-Season Arctic Road  Mr. Speaker, on January 8, more than half a century after former prime minister John Diefenbaker talked of a road to resources, our Prime Minister travelled to Inuvik to break ground on the construction of an all-season road to the Arctic Ocean, connecting Canadians sea to sea to

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague mentioned, I do not see much relevance to Bill C-4 in the member's speech, frankly. It was mentioned once before that the speech should be kept relevant. One obligation we have in this place is to keep the debate relevant to the topic at hand. I would

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  How is this relevant to the discussion?

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  We are talking about the budget.