Mental Health  Madam Chair, earlier I mentioned that I did not think we had enough resources all across the country, but particularly in rural areas. I know my colleague comes from a rural area in Alberta. I wonder if he could expand on that as well.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I want to thank my hon. colleague for her presentation tonight and the personal experience she shared with us in the House. Many of us have had similar circumstances in our families with relatives and those close to us. There are many things I would like to ask her,

Mental Health  Madam Chair, my colleague has worked at the immigration committee for a long time. I was there a few years ago, and we worked together then. That is a very good question. I certainly believe that part of the mental health transfer of that $4.5 billion over five years could go to

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I offer my thanks to my colleague. I had two more lines. Communities such as the city of Brandon and, in particular, organizations such as Samaritan House, need the federal government to step up to help. I am willing to work with any member of the government to get

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I certainly am very glad that my colleague asked that question because it is a very important one, and it is one that I did not have enough time to fully flesh out in my speech earlier this evening. I spoke to Chief Balcaen, the head of the Brandon police, this past

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I want to thank my colleagues for initiating this take-note debate on mental health. While we may have different ideas on ways the federal government can assist the provinces, municipalities, organizations and families, it is imperative that we do not let this issue

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, daily, Westman residents tell me it is getting tougher to make ends meet. Under the Liberal government, Canada is the only G7 country to raise taxes on energy. This drives up the cost of everything, particularly for those in rural Canada. It is not just; it is inflat

Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II  Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and to offer my sincere condolences and those of the constituents of Brandon—Souris to her family and loved ones. Upon the death of Her Majesty, it feels like we have lost a member of our family, because we h

Westman Farmers  Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Westman’s farmers and ranchers. Despite the challenges Mother Nature has thrown at them, they press on each day. A Colorado low hit in late spring that hurt the livestock producers as calves were being born. A constant barrage of rain delay

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I respect my colleague as well. We have had many of those good conversations. I want to say that it is not the registration of a firearm but the licencing of it that will help prevent crimes. The only difference is that firearms should be licensed according to the

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question, as ill-informed as it might be. I just wanted to say, though, that for the last three elections, if he has been paying any attention at all, this side of the House has been calling for greater efforts to stop smuggling guns

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for Jonquière for his compliments on my abilities. This is exactly the point that my colleague was just trying to make: The government has never come up with a definition of an assault rifle. My colleague, as we know, has gone to great l

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, right off the bat, I want to point out that our Conservative team was willing to split this bill so that the House could swiftly pass the clauses on which we all agree. There are parts that we still need to debate, but we were prepared to make sure that the other e

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, the motion we are speaking to here, Motion No. 16, is a limiting fact. We have had closure in the House many times on bills, but for the government to put forward Motion No. 16 for committee work is restrictive in the utmost. It is no wonder there is a majority ove

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, in response to some questions from my previous colleague and from our side of the House, I am very much in favour of using education as a better opportunity to be able to educate persons today in regard to the use of drugs. However, when we go ahead and license fe