Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to pick up where I left off last night with respect to the budget implementation bill. When I ran out of time last night, I was in the middle of explaining that due to the government's economic mismanagement, my oldest granddaughter, who

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I believe my time is going to be limited today, but I am pleased to rise today to speak to the budget implementation act. Typically, when we are debating budget implementation bills, we are actually debating a true fiscal plan, a plan that sets out the proposed spe

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to performance pay for employees at the executive (EX) or higher level during 2017, and broken down by department or agency: (a) how many individuals received performance pay; and (b) what is the total amount paid out during 2017?

Oceans Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to again speak to Bill C-55, an act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act. I had the opportunity to speak to the legislation back in September at second reading. I expressed some serious concerns with

An Act in Relation to Firearms  Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Lakeland, Alberta has a rural riding very similar to mine. Her clear understanding is the opposite of what the member across the way is trying to get across. I sympathize, and I am sure my colleague does, that there is a problem identified with ille

An Act in Relation to Firearms  Madam Speaker, I get confused with the messaging coming out of the government, not just on firearms issues but yesterday it wanted debate and today it is going to cut it off. There is no consistency. The minister keeps bringing up the point that he is not bringing back a registr

An Act in Relation to Firearms  Madam Speaker, I appreciate that we all have a responsibility and a duty to make things safer. You probably heard me, and a lot of other people—

An Act in Relation to Firearms  Madam Speaker, the minister knows that a lot of people have criticized this bill, including members of his party, I hear. The bottom line is that everyone is concerned, including members of his own caucus. The minister made a statement quite some time ago to deal with illegal gun

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government’s delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2018: (a) what was the delegation’s estimated carbon footprint; (b) what is the breakdown of the estimated carbon footprint by type of activity, including (i) air transportati

Canada Summer Jobs Program  Mr. Speaker, I want to read a quote, “...I want all of you to stay angry to make sure that no government in the future...[allows] a Canadian's fundamental rights to be violated.” Who said that? The Prime Minister did. Canadians are incredibly angry at the government's new values

Fisheries Act  Mr. Speaker, yes, the committee is part of the process. I thank my colleague in advance for his support of the reversal of some of the good things that had been reversed by this bill. We will put them back in place.

Fisheries Act  Mr. Speaker, the easy answer to my colleague's question is that yes, this will cause negative problems. It will cost the consumers, who are Canadian taxpayers, more for the product, in this case hydro. The changes in 2012 were done for a specific reason. They were done to still

Fisheries Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today, but I am not pleased about the topic or Bill C-68. This is a large bill that would have huge impacts on fisheries and fish stocks across Canada. The bill would also have wide-ranging implications for economic development, farm

2018 Winter Olympics  Mr. Speaker, the 2018 Winter Olympics are now in full swing and, unsurprisingly, Canadian athletes have been winning medals left, right, and centre at these games. As of this morning, Canada was only one medal behind Norway for most medals won so far at the games. We will all b

Child Health Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to once again speak to Bill S-228, which is about marketing to children. I only had the chance to speak to this motion for about two minutes when the bill was last debated. I will use my remaining eight minutes to comment on some new developments that ha