Taxation  Mr. Speaker, as we all work to encourage innovation in Canada, I am concerned that some of the things the government is introducing will not help. Right in Ottawa we have one of Canada's best tech start-ups known as Shopify. This firm is an incredible success story, started by t

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the difference is that this insidious organization is having an impact in Canada. It is on the soil of our Canadian universities. Its members are affecting people's opinions. They are trying to influence the freedom of rights of Canadians. They are trying to drum up

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, obviously peace is always the best approach. There have been many attempts to achieve peace in Israel, without success to date. However, my point is that Israel is a free and democratic nation, and as such it has the right to defend itself when people shoot missiles

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time today with the member for Flamborough—Glanbrook. I am standing in this House today to stand with Israel, a free and democratic country that is besieged by the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. Fundamental to the discussion tod

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I was extremely happy to hear that the hon. member's government will do whatever is needed to restore tolerance. What action does he think his government should take to stop the discriminatory BDS practices on Canadian university campuses?

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on an excellent speech, especially how he had his facts straight. The Liberal government likes to pretend that it is fact- and evidence-based in everything it does. We heard today that in multiple polls, more than 83% of uni

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I am not anti-union. My father was a CAW worker for 35 years, my mother and daughter are both part of the teachers' union, and I was married to a welder from local 663. However, many union workers before Bill C-377 were upset that many unions received their member d

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member opposite for his election and for a wonderful speech. Taxpayers, though, are supporting half a billion dollars per year of credits related to union dues. Professional organizations and charities which are given those kind of

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, my riding of Sarnia—Lambton has a very large construction union workforce. It is one of the best in North America, certainly top notch in safety, quality, and productivity. During the campaign, I spoke to many of the members, the union workers as well as the leader

Science  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government claims that it wants to consult broadly with Canadians and that it wants to be fact and science based in its approach. Why then, in the 107 days the Liberals have been in office, has there been zero consultation with the science critics on the

Dick Kirkland  Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I pay respect today to the passing of former Point Edward Mayor Dick Kirkland from my riding of Sarnia—Lambton. Dick was born 83 years ago, one of very few citizens to actually possess a Point Edward village birth certificate. His comm

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to see that in the House today we have unanimous support for pay equity and plans to continue working on this important issue moving forward. One of the things I appreciated about what the member said was that everything cannot be put into the mandate

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, certainly we have to keep persevering. As the member said, in 1985 his mother was talking about the same issues. When I first started in engineering women made up less than 10% of that field. Everywhere I went I built a washroom because there was none for women. We

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member is right that we can do nothing about the past, but only about the future. I will certainly be an advocate for pay equity and for solving some of the remaining issues. There was a comment made by the President of the Treasury Board about how we need to s

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak to the subject of pay equity. I will be sharing my time with the member for South Surrey—White Rock. I am going to begin by reading verbatim from our Conservative Party policy statement: The Conservative Party suppo