Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on a great speech. I really liked his commentary on the definition of the middle class, because it should be defined as being above the poverty line and below the highest tax bracket. That would put it somewhere between $23,0

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, my riding of Sarnia—Lambton has a lot of seniors in it. The average age is 54 in fact. As I was going door to door in my campaign, I saw a lot of them, especially those on a fixed income who are really struggling to make ends meet. I wonder if the member could comm

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, Kevin Fram is a close personal friend of the Irvings. He has told us that. However, as chief of staff for the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, he let himself be lobbied by the Irvings anyway. In spite of that serious lapse in judgment, the

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons is punching holes in his supposed ethics screen with every hire. A case in point is senior adviser Kevin Fram, who shares the same glaring conflict of interest as his boss. We know this because Fram declared his cl

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, not all union members in Canada want their union dues spent to support a political party that they do not support. They want the protection of a secret ballot. I am interested to hear the member explain how replacing Bill C-377 and Bill C-525 with Bill C-4 would do

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, with respect to refugees, I am happy that Canada showed humanitarian aid but, as I talked about in my speech, we are now getting to the point where ISIL fighters are coming in with the refugees. It is going to be tricky to sort that out. That is a significant threa

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, how could our pilots not be disappointed? They were effective, they were doing a great job, and the rest of our allies are putting more planes in the fight. Of course they were disappointed.

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, the point is this. We can do everything. In other combats we have used ground troops and air and the whole thing. We should do everything that we can because this is the most serious threat that we have seen since World War II. The previous Conservative government

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time today with the member for Langley—Aldergrove. I am proud to participate in today's debate on Canada's strategy to combat ISIL. I think this is a historic decision. Why? Because one day, this period will be studied, and we will be judged o

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I am interested to hear more about how the member thinks we can reduce the recruitment of these extremists to the fight, both here and overseas.

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague's view on the CF-18s having already been pulled before the parliamentary vote has even been taken. Does the member think that meets the standards of openness and transparency that the Liberal government claims to have?

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her speech. I am interested in discussing her idea that we should not have a combat mission, that we should take no military action whatsoever. If we would not take action at this time, when Canadians have been killed and when Ca

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I just want to say how disappointed I am that the Liberal government has acted to withdraw the CF-18s without waiting for the benefit of a parliamentary vote and respecting the process. Our allies have asked us to leave our CF-18s in the fight, men and women on the

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I congratulate the member opposite for her speech. Over the years when Canada has gone to war, such as World War II, the Afghan war, Korean War, Gulf War, we have done all that we can to defeat the enemy, including humanitarian efforts, training, ground troops, a

Ivan Mater  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to pay tribute to a great Conservative in my riding of Sarnia-Lambton, who passed away this week at the age of 96. Ivan Mater grew up on the family farm in the prairies during the depression before joining the Royal Canadian Navy in 1941 a