Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, one of the things we have always talked about regarding industry is transition. The guys with the buggies and the buggy whips transitioned. One of the things we do know is natural resources will be used for decades. What I know is in my riding and in my part of th

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I served on committee with my colleague and we had many different comments to make, and many of which we agreed on. We also share a common name, which is also great. As I stated earlier, I have been involved in protests. I know how to carry a placard. It is a crit

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for learning more about constituents in our country. A great thing in this particular forum is that we are able to learn about where our colleagues are from and about life in their particular part of Canada, because it is a great country. When

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, it is an honour and always a privilege to rise in this House. This is the first time that I have been able to do this in the 44th Parliament. This being my first official speech, we all need to remember that there are 338 seats in this House and every seat is a gre

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, as to what the member is bringing up, it has “I love Canada” and nothing else on it. Is that a problem? That is all it says on this button.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I have worked with the the hon. member from New Brunswick in the past on committee. I found him extremely reasonable when working and trying to resolve situations. With his stature in the party, one of the things he would understand is that we have had a long delay

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the planning of the government’s announcement on April 29, 2021, about the launch of an independent external comprehensive review of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces and reports that some of those involved in the announcement, includ

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to free rapid COVID-19 tests distributed by the government directly to companies for the screening of close-contact employees: (a) how many tests were distributed; (b) which companies received the tests; and (c) how many tests did each company in (b) receive?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to contracts awarded by the government to former public servants since January 1, 2020, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: (a) how many contracts have been awarded to former public servants; (b) what is the total value of those contracts; a

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions to present to the House today. These petitions have been presented from travel agents across Canada, particularly from my riding. The petitioners bring to the attention of the House that more than 12,000 independent travel advisers of Canada h

Health  Mr. Speaker, the COVID-19 testing and screening expert advisory panel has officially recommended doing away with the failed Liberal hotel quarantine policy. Instead, the Liberals increased fines for non-compliance, and only the day before the Prime Minister left for the U.K. was

Health  Madam Speaker, I think I talked about hotel quarantines. I did not mention the border once, which the parliamentary secretary focused on. I thank her for recognizing Alberta: For months and months, now approaching five, they have not enforced it. I thank her for recognizing that.

Health  Madam Speaker, it is great to be in the House, as always. I want to talk about doctors in Canada. I have a tremendous doctor in my constituency. He is my personal doctor, Dr. Van de Linde, who has been recognized for his commitment to the community. In the past, I was involved i

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, not to be a repetitionist, but there is another issue that has developed this week that is really of significant importance. COVID really destroyed the airline industry in this country, hugely, shutting it down and losing all sorts of parts of our airline industr

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, tonight I will talk a little about Bill C-10. We have talked about free speech and net neutrality. There have been a lot of words mentioned by the minister about foreign big tech and the Conservatives supporting them. When I look at lobbying, and I look at all of t