Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fine question from my colleague. I know that she is very genuine in what she is talking about, and we all want to see more productivity out of the House of Commons. There is always room to be better, as our House leader reminds us virtually on a dail

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, one of the things I truly respect about the House is the fact that we have some fantastic personalities, great working groups, and standing committees. Whether it is the Board of Internal Economy or the procedure and house affairs committee, there are all sorts of in

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I understand. That is why I am disappointed that the combined opposition did not want to use this day to possibly look at the same rules that Stephen Harper, and other prime ministers, but in particular Stephen Harper, had in place for their ministers, rules that we

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as I said, these are the same rules in which the member's own party under Stephen Harper had in place, and that is conveniently being overlooked by the Conservatives. The member made reference to small businesses. The outreach that this government and all its member

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 1114, 1118 and 1138.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I was fortunate to have the opportunity just before question period to share some thoughts on the calling into question a number of issues with respect to the Minister of Finance, whether it is the motion before us today or the official opposition motion bought forwa

Manitoba  Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer my most sincere congratulations to Dougald Lamont, the new leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and also to extend my congratulations to my daughter Cindy, and Jon Gerrard, for putting such a wonderful effort in the leadership contest itself.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, seeing no one from the opposition wants to engage on this, I am more than happy to so. It is important to recognize, and I put it in the form of the question for the previous speaker, many wonderful initiatives have been taken by our government, led by the Prime

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, could my colleague indicate whether he has any faith in the commissioner's office? We have a commissioner's office that is truly independent, unlike the opposition, whether a New Democrat or a Conservative. I have highlighted the tax break and so many other fine th

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, whether it is the Minister of Finance or any other member, I suspect that all members of this House have been doing the right thing. We have an independent officer of Parliament, the Ethics Commissioner. We all have an obligation to report to the commissioner and t

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017  Mr. Speaker, we have had discussions among the parties, and if you seek it, I think you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, nothwithstanding and Standing Order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-60, An Act to correct certain anomalies, incons

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I look forward to the day when we see an opposition day motion talk about the importance of our oil industry and to hear more about pipelines. It is interesting that we are having an opposition day dealing with our forestry industry. We on this side of the House

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, $867 million is a significant amount of money, and it should not be a surprise. From day one, this has been a priority issue for us. We know that over 200,000 Canadians are directly employed in this industry, let alone the tens of thousands indirectly employed. Th