The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the international community has been working for 15 years to find practical solutions to combat climate change, which is the greatest challenge of our day. Protecting forests, green technologies, financial mechanisms for the less wealthy countries and accountability

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, in my economic listening tour across rural southeast British Columbia, people said that the federal Conservative government was missing in action in the vital partnerships, especially for our rural areas. I want to confirm that this kind of infrastructure is about pr

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, I could not agree more with the insights of my colleague from the New Democratic Party. I congratulate her on her quick grasp of the essence of what government should be about, which is reducing some of these inequalities while stimulating a healthy economy and produ

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, first, support for volunteer firefighters was a platform of the Liberal Party, which we were pleased to see the members opposite steal and put into their budget. I thank them for that. However, they did it wrong. They did it in such a way as to undermine income inequ

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join the debate on Bill C-15. I would call the title of the bill “the bill with no real plan to create jobs”. Why do I say that? It has been extremely disappointing to see the tremendous disconnect between the Conservative government's policies and th

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the most egregious things in this bill and budget is that tax credits are not refundable. It means that people who can already afford these activities would get an additional gift from the government, but those who cannot afford them would get no help at all,

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, immigrants admitted through the government's live-in caregivers stream say that they have been duped by the immigration minister. Prior to the May election, the minister touted the program's success and the government's supposed plans to help it grow but now he is

Purple Day Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge my colleague for bringing forward Bill C-278. The member's comments were very helpful and accurate from my personal experience in living with a family member with seizure disorder. I was particularly struck by the member's comments regarding t

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, here is a lesson: it is to stop raising taxes and killing jobs. On the government's watch--

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, on the government's watch, job creation is declining quarter after quarter. According to leading economists, the few jobs being created are almost all low-paying, part-time, or temporary. In fact, today Canada still has over half a million fewer full-time jobs compar

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as the NDP member who brought forward the point of order noted, the parliamentary secretary spoke very little of substance toward the motion and much of his speech was on other issues, promoting his government in areas that really were not associated whatsoever with

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, Canada's tourism market share continues to plunge. We have dropped from seventh to fifteenth in international tourism visits. The government's failed tourism policies are costing Canada's economy and small businesses thousands of jobs and billions of dollars each ye

Infrastructure Funding  Mr. Speaker, it appears that the Prime Minister is once again giving the people of Edmonton the back of his hand. First, there was the broken promise on the portrait gallery, then the Conservatives denied funding for the Edmonton folk music festival and then they failed to back

Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence  Mr. Speaker, I am sure members in this chamber can remember a teacher who played a critical role in their life, someone who taught them how to think, helped them feel good about themselves and encouraged them to continuously strive to do better. I would like to congratulate Vanc

Ending the Long-gun Registry Act  Madam Speaker, I want to speak to the minister's inconsistency. It is not true that the government moved time allocation on the basis that all of the elements have been debated. That is nonsense. When the minister claims that the data is the registry that is like saying the car