Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her reference to previous governments, but our commitment to meaningful reconciliation has been a matter of Conservative policy over the centuries and certainly in recent decades. To dip back into the history of remarks that were made, p

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, my colleague's remarks reflect her personal beliefs, but as I said, there are many things guaranteed by the laws of guarantee, including indigenous rights and treaty rights. The Constitution contains them. As I said, the Discover Canada handbook, which all new ci

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague has managed through the last Parliament, very capably, and with eloquent speeches and meaningful commitment, the affairs as critic on the indigenous rights file. To her point, it is very true that Conservatives fully support meaningful reconcili

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I was in the line of the fire between the member's question and the Chair. Yes, there is a very serious difference. I think it is a typical characteristic of the Liberal government that the four words recommended in the Tru

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, the member is quite correct that the Liberal Party is forever making commitments that are never fulfilled. It is true that there were 94 recommendations in the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, most of which the government has ignored. As I

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, it is very difficult to approach the business of the House today after weekend events that demonstrated so disastrously, yet again, the Liberal government's inability to provide peace, order and good government. Teck Resources Limited withdrew from a $20-billion p

Christie Blatchford  Mr. Speaker, over the generations, Canadians have been served by many great journalists, eloquent chroniclers reporting from city halls, cop shops and courtrooms, locker rooms, rinks, sports fields, battlefields, sites of disaster and human tragedy. Christie Blatchford reported

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question and the opportunity he has given me to conclude a couple of thoughts with regard to the deficiency in this agreement, as it applies to the aluminum sector. We see in this agreement that Canada is protected. There is the 7

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I am well aware of the threat China poses to Canada's aluminum industry. Indeed, it is something that the Liberals are trying to pass off by saying that 70% is such a great guarantee. However, 70% is not a great guarantee wh

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise to participate in the debate today with mixed feelings. I certainly recognize the need for ratification of this treaty, but I also recognize the need to do the due diligence required to look at a treaty that, by all measures, can be considered as deficient.

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and his downtown Toronto Liberal MPs cold-shouldered Ontario last year when the premier submitted a plan to build the urgently needed Ontario line subway to ease capacity pressure on existing lines—

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, members may remember that on the eve of the election, weeks after a commitment from the Conservative leader, the Prime Minister reluctantly matched the province. Shovels are ready. Ontario is ready. Toronto is ready. When will the PM deliver?

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I listened very closely to my hon. colleague's remarks. He should know that we in the official opposition agree that Canadian businesses, industry and the provinces need predictability and certainty with our support of this new NAFTA. However, I hope the member und

Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, Canadians have seen a jaw-dropping erosion of rights under the Liberal government, for example, Bill C-76, which rigged election rules in the Liberals' favour, and the $600-million bailout of selected struggling newspapers. Now the Liberals have embraced the shocki

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for a very well-reasoned speech today. We know that almost certainly those economic impact figures are available but, for reasons we can only suspect, they are being withheld from Canadians. I would like to ask my colleague