Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, we will see if double standard and Liberal government are still synonymous. The reason I asked the previous question is that the government House leader wrote on behalf of the Prime Minister to a citizenship judge. He has been busy. The government House leader also

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, in 1990, a minister had to resign for making a telephone call to a judge. In 1996, a minister had to resign because he wrote a letter to the Immigration and Refugee Board. In 2013, a minister resigned for writing a letter to the federal Tax Court. All of these min

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to quickly ask my hon. colleague this. Most income earners, when they are starting out in their lives, are at their lowest point of income earnings, for example, under $45,000 if they are single, and they might not be able to save money. It does not make

Points of Order  Surely I do, Mr. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 36, I will ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table the following document. This is from the assistant training coordinator for UA Local 527, and it goes on to say: “We have just been notified by [Prime Minister]'

Labour  Mr. Speaker, earlier today the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour introduced Bill C-4, an act to take away employees' rights to a secret ballot vote. During the last Parliament, I introduced Bill C-525, the employees voting rights act, which would give eve

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, here we go, fomenting more division across the country with comments and questions like this. It is really unfortunate that my hon. colleague would actually go down this path. Social licence is simply about putting a political lens on it. That is just politically co

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, let me catch the hon. member up. I have had the privilege and pleasure of not only working in the oil and gas sector, but I have also had the privilege and honour of getting an education, three of them, as a matter of fact. The biggest education I have ever had is be

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be on my feet again. It seems to be happening quite a lot as a representative from Alberta to have to protect the interests of the people of my province from the transgressions of the current Liberal government. I am happy to split my time with the ho

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, unemployment is skyrocketing in Alberta. In the riding of Red Deer—Lacombe, people are faced with the prospect of losing their homes and their life savings. Some of my constituents are desperate to put food on their table and to pay their mortgage. They do not want t

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, let me use this opportunity to edify my clearly unedified colleague across the way. Before I do, I would like to welcome a fellow Albertan to the House. He is going to have a lot of things to explain to the 4.5 million Albertans by the end of his tenure here, becaus

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome back my colleague from Edmonton—Strathcona. It is always great to see her in the House. My colleague brought up the issue of rail. The Conservative government had the rail review process and legislated action to ensure that the grains and oil

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am glad to rise in the House today to address the Speech from the Throne. Before I do, this is my first time speaking officially with a 10-minute speech in the House since the last election, so I would appreciate if my colleagues would give their thoughts and consi

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you back in the House of Commons. Congratulations on your electoral victory and your current posting. First of all, I want to thank my colleague for her astute comments. She is obviously a very savvy and professional businesswoman who brings great

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to hear about the business common sense that my new colleague in the House of Commons has, and I am going to ask him if the business community in his riding, as in mine, is concerned about the direction this country is going, which is because the go

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague gave a very eloquent speech. He made the offer to the Liberals across the way that if they wanted to ask him a question about how they could possibly rig this entire process for their immediate success in a future election, he would be happy to entertain