Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to stand here on behalf of the residents of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford. I am glad to hear the member for Oakville pledge some strong support for manufacturing. There is another sector of manufacturing that also needs some dire help out on B.C.'s co

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for Calgary Rocky Ridge on his impassioned speech. I was struck by his defence of our current voting system, the first past the post. I would like to just start out by pointing out that most members in this hon. House were ele

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for Brampton East for a very impassioned speech in this House. When we bring our personal stories here, it brings to light the reasons for why we are here. I would also like to share that I had the honour of working as a const

Pensions  Mr. Speaker, on the campaign trail, the Liberal government promised to immediately boost the guaranteed income supplement by 10% to help low income seniors struggling on fixed incomes to make ends meet. However, since being elected, there has been no sign of a timeline, and with

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would first like to thank the hon. member for his service. I have many friends who currently serve. I lost a former schoolmate of mine in Afghanistan. I am also the son of a retired service officer. I think everyone in the House agrees that the men and women of

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to Service Canada, Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan call centres for 2015, year-to-date: (a) what was the volume of calls, broken down by (i) Canadian region, (ii) province, (iii) month; (b) what was the number of calls that received a high volume message, bro

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, before I begin, I wish to notify you that I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for North Island—Powell River. Although this is not the first time I have spoken in this honourable House, it is my first official speech as I take my turn in participating

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I would like to offer a bit of a correction on the hon. member's comments. The previous Liberal government had a majority running from 1993 to about 2004. I am not sure exactly why you did not get the job done during that time, and instead blame it on a minority

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, looking at the costs of every program is important. It is important that we as parliamentarians do our due diligence in holding the government to account. However, I do not think that is the end-all in our pursuit of reconciliation with Canada's indigenous peoples.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have strayed a bit from the text of the motion and covered a few different areas. I would like to comment on two of the items that the member mentioned. First, he was going on and on about the health benefits of our oil infrastructure, and I certainly agree that

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I know the member is defending the Conservative viewpoint quite well, but I want to make the House aware of a few things. First, the definition of “median” is the number separating the higher half of a data sample from the lower half. Currently, the median income in

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague is defending the Conservative viewpoint quite well. He has made some interesting comments about what the Liberals and the NDP think about hard work. I will bring the tone of debate up a bit. Would my colleague support our notion to reward hard

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I was glad to hear the member talk about the less advantaged folks in Canadian society who would not get anything from the bill. I am glad to see he will join me in recognizing that Liberal MPs are basically giving themselves the maximum tax benefit. One of the d

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley. He has done an amazing job in the House since 2004 on behalf of his constituents, and I will certainly do my best to follow such an amazing performance. It is an honour to rise again in the House to

Income Tax Act  Yes, it sounds pretty rosy. Before I get to the crux of the matter with the tax changes, I want to speak first about the tax-free savings account because this is on something that the NDP can agree on with the Liberal Party. When the Conservatives were in power, we heard time a