Government Business No. 9  Mr. Speaker, would you like me to start from the beginning or could you tell me precisely where we lost sound?

Government Business No. 9  Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, for decades, in power and out, the Liberals have advocated the replacement or reduction of many of our parliamentary practices and procedures. They regularly float the idea of a four-day work week, no Fridays, and since the mid-1990s, they have pushe

Government Business No. 9  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to participate in this take-note debate, because there is so much of which to take note. First, it was satisfying to see the members of the House, proven by our attendance here under almost normal procedures and practices, on Monday and Tuesday for deba

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Steveston—Richmond East. My question is for the Minister of Immigration or the Minister of Public Safety, and it is regarding the Auditor General's revelation of a backlog of 50,000 individuals ordered removed from Can

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Mr. Speaker, that is certainly a sad commentary on what the government has been doing for the past five years. My next question is for the Minister of Immigration. I understand the minister's office has received hundreds, perhaps thousands, of requests, some of them very emotion

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General has raised serious questions about the integrity of Canada's immigration system and the maintenance of public safety. She has itemized a backlog of 50,000 individuals ordered removed from Canada. They are illegal residents, unworthy asylum claiman

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his remarks. I have a few questions I would like to ask him. How many angry phone calls has the member received in his constituency office regarding complaints about delays in the corrections to fill the gaps in the emergency

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, members will recall that the first time the Liberals proposed a single payment to persons with disabilities, we Conservatives offered to recall Parliament to debate and perhaps improve that initial legislation. The Liberals chose to play political games, and weeks la

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Liberal ministers have said, as they must, that all Canadian citizens resident in Hong Kong, some 300,000, are welcome home now that the communist Chinese government has imposed repressive new security laws. However, the government is mute, unlike many of our democra

An Act Respecting Further COVID-19 Measures  Madam Speaker, I have corporate constituents in Thornhill who would bitterly agree with my hon. colleague about the delay of the remedial legislation before the House and the cobweb of complexity that they are learning about today as they read this legislation. These corporate c

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the 4,710 individuals who were admitted to Canada in 2019 via humanitarian, compassionate, and other grounds: how many of them were admitted by ministerial exemption, in total and broken down by federal riding?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the impact of SNC-Lavalin’s guilty plea in December 2019 on fraud charges in relation to the company’s contract to support servicing of minor warships and auxiliary vessels: (a) what impact will the guilty plea have on the scheduled renewal of the contract; (b) wha

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government’s contracting and integrity regime framework: (a) which corporations have been formally investigated under the framework; (b) of the corporations in (a), which ones (i) received sanctions, (ii) were found in violation of the framework but received an

Ukraine International Flight 752  Mr. Speaker, does the Prime Minister yet realize that Iran's foreign minister, to whom he smilingly offered a handshake, a buddy hug and a bow, is not only the deceitful chief propagandist for Iran's democracy-crushing, terror-sponsoring regime, but is linked to recent gross huma

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I listened very closely to my hon. colleague's remarks. I find it more than a little ironic that she and other Liberal members today have talked about meaningful reconciliation when it comes to indigenous education and children while the government is still fightin