Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your very clear message, Ms. Roy. You cited some specific examples of the progress and gains that have been made thanks to this program. The results of the program have helped support and strengthen francophone communities. In particular, it has enabled my

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  , the National Post just came out with an article this week, saying that if the economy had stayed where it was in 2015, when Stephen Harper was the prime minister, we would all be earning $4,200 more per year, which means that under the Liberal government, every single Canadian is $4,200 per

Business of Supply  , the Conservative leader had released a video, and a “former public safety and justice adviser to the [former] Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper...condemned [the Leader of the Opposition's]...video on Vancouver's toxic drug crisis.” He described the opposition leader's comments on safe

Business of Supply   address safe supply. There are Conservatives who believe we should be taking a public health-based approach to deal with addictions and this crisis. Ben Perrin, who advised Stephen Harper for many years, is one of the strongest advocates for taking a materially different approach

Business of Supply   the member about her premise, which is really to return to a failed war on substance users. It has been the approach. Indeed, it was the approach of the Stephen Harper government. It certainly has been the approach of many other Conservative governments. However, we have not actually seen

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the basis of that question is completely false. Under former prime minister Stephen Harper, health care funding to the provinces increased on an incremental basis. We never reduced funding for health care. We provided for the demands of the provinces and territories

Privilege   taking proactive steps, legislative measures in particular, to ensure that our democracy is healthy. I only wish it had started when Stephen Harper was the prime minister, but he chose to do nothing.

The Budget   interest rates have led to probably the most unfair period of time, at least in my lifetime and likely beyond that. Back in 2015, this is what former prime minister Stephen Harper wrote about what the Liberals would do: “Permanent deficits, higher taxes, and more debt, as proposed

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  , for example, where hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs were lost under Stephen Harper, not to mention the overall deficit in terms of international trade in many different ways, again under Stephen Harper. In terms of the environment, I, along with many members of the House

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   of the Constitution. Stephen Harper—

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   that Canada is number one in the world in terms of per capita direct investments. That means people around the world, corporations around the world, are looking at Canada as a place to invest. Let us compare the Liberals to Stephen Harper. In 10 years, the Conservatives created under

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   supported the Government of Canada's approach. That is bringing resources to tidewater. On what grounds does the hon. member believe that Stephen Harper, in any way, did anything to support resources going from her home province to tidewater in B.C.?

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act   Court of Canada. The designated project list approach was far too discretionary and untethered from the federal jurisdictional, clear guidance that existed under Mulroney. I would ask my hon. colleague from Kings—Hants if he could exert his influence over the people who were

Public Accounts committee   of sexual assault across Canada, particularly of indigenous women. This is a content warning for much of my discussion here. I want to be very clear about that and support women and gender-diverse folks who are survivors of this. I will be prefacing my further questions in relation

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I would argue that, when the Conservatives were in government, Stephen Harper was the prime minister and Jim Flaherty was the finance minister, we were probably the most respectful of all the levels of provincial jurisdiction. We were so effective, we almost made