The Budget  Mr. Speaker, clearly fairyland is going on over here, because the budget clearly states that transit infrastructure is going to be built according to ridership. If we have a community that is fast-growing, there is no ridership because there is no transportation. Therefore, the f

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I am pleased that the drama lessons on this side of the House are paying off. I am pleased to rise and speak to the 2017 budget that was tabled in the House on Wednesday, March 22. During the election—and everybody knows this, including members on this side of t

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I noticed throughout the budget that it is to build a strong middle class, and it has “middle class” right through it. I am not a proponent of defining people within class systems. However, would the member define for us exactly what the middle class is, and who th

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I was happy to listen to my colleague talk about many things in the budget, but we need to talk about what is not in the budget. When we look at homelessness, there are zero dollars for this year and zero for next year. For cultural recreation infrastructure, ther

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I was glad to hear my colleague's comments that the Liberals were taking child care seriously. They were elected 16 months ago. Regarding child care, there is no funding this year. For the housing strategy, there is no money this year. On homelessness, there will be

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I was pleased to hear about the importance of rural communities. Right across the country we are all affiliated with rural communities. I would like to ask the member for his thoughts about the almost 300 jobs from the rural community of Vegreville being removed

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I was happy hear that the budget offers immediate help, but if we look at child care and at the housing strategy, there is no money this year. For homelessness, there is zero this year and zero next year. For cultural and recreational infrastructure, there is zero

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I was really pleased to hear my colleague's words about addressing the issues for the most vulnerable, so I would like him to give us the rationale behind the removal of the transit credit for the most vulnerable, the people who use transit, and the rationale behin

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments, especially for those around the green energy strategy. The Conservative government started signing agreements in 2007, and then in 2010 there was another one with Sweden. We funded genome innovation clusters research, digita

The Budget  Madam Speaker, we talked about the proudest things that the Liberals were coming out with in the budget being the child care initiatives and the national housing strategy. Of course, we know that in some of the major urban centres affordable housing is very problematic. Being tha

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I wonder if my colleague could answer a question about the infrastructure bank. We have P3 Canada already in place that leverages public sector dollars, and $15 billion is coming out of communities for this infrastructure bank. As this is a priority for the governm

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to Phase 1 and the second Long-Term Infrastructure Plan under the New Infrastructure Plan undertaken by Infrastructure Canada: (a) what provinces and territories have submitted lists of priorities or projects to be funded under Phase 1 and for each, (i) what is the it

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to spending by Environment and Climate Change Canada, between November 4, 2015, and February 10, 2017: (a) what amount has been announced, committed, promised, and spent outside of Canada on (i) other sovereign states, (ii) international programs, (iii) global initiat

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to spending by Global Affairs Canada, between November 4, 2015, and February 10, 2017: (a) what amount of money has been announced, committed, promised, and spent outside of Canada on (i) other sovereign states, (ii) international programs, (iii) global initiatives, (

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I would like to rise on a point of personal privilege. I know that there have been times in all of our lives when we have done things we wish we had not, when we have said things that we wish we had not, and there have been times when we wish we could take back the