Canadian Human Rights Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. minister for her very important work on the elimination of violence against women and against transgendered people. In our status of women committee, we have heard a lot of testimony about how, even where adequate laws exist, they do not eliminate

Canadian Human Rights Act  Madam Speaker, I definitely support the need to eliminate discrimination against transgendered people. I also share the member's frustration with the Liberal government, and its tendency to talk a good story and then not take any actions. I wonder if the member could say what ac

Canadian Human Rights Act  Madam Speaker, I agree with the member for St. Albert—Edmonton that Bill C-16 does not actually add anything to the legal framework, but it does not take anything away either. One concern I have is that even with the existing laws that we have in the provinces and federally, we c

Canadian Human Rights Act  Madam Speaker, there are many people of many faiths in our country who have a belief that gender identities are male and female. Where there is freedom, it should be okay to believe in various gender identities and it should be okay to not believe that. Is the member concerned t

Canadian Human Rights Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for her heartfelt speech, and I certainly support protecting all Canadians from discrimination, but my understanding is that these freedoms are already protected in provincial law as well as in the charter. At the Status of W

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I have a somewhat delicate question that I think the member is in a very good position to answer. I was very surprised when I first came here and found an infant in the House, because in 32 years of working I had not seen that. At best, we maybe had a day care in the

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I would love to see upgraded technology used in this place to bring about the kind of efficiencies we are talking about. Whatever safeguards could be put in place to make sure that the identity of the person and their ability to vote were protected would be great. We

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. As we know, in business, when a person has accountability over an area, they are the person who is to provide the answers to the questions. I share my colleague's concern. When we ask a direct question of a person who has

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I think there are a lot of things we have to do to be different in question period, both in terms of how we pick the questions and in getting meaningful answers delivered in a very respectful way. I find it very distracting to have people yelling and saying mean thin

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise in the House today to discuss the Standing Orders that govern how we meet in this prestigious place. First, let me focus on the purpose of the government, which is to come together to debate and put in place governing laws and

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her excellent speech. I especially appreciated her comments about committees, because I was on the pay equity committee when she was the chair. She is also on the status of women committee with me. These committees are fairly harmonious, so I

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for a great speech. I love it when he talks about efficiency. I come from a global business background where we had very complex issues with hundreds of countries. In a two-hour meeting, we would be able to hear from everybody and come wit

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, industries like Entropex in my riding are closing, and others like CF Industries are already cancelling their expansions as a result of the Ontario Liberal carbon tax. Nova Chemicals is considering moving a $2 billion polyethylene project to the gulf coast where ther

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, jobs in my riding are being put at risk by the Liberal carbon tax. More than a third of families in my riding depend on jobs in the energy industry to put food on their table. What does the Prime Minister have to say to hard-working mums and dads who are seeing thei

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, I always enjoy the hon. member's speeches and questions. I would definitely agree today with what he said about the broken promises of the Liberals and the absolute lack of a plan, which seems continual for them. However, I have a concern about the carbon tax. CB