Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal record on the economy is one of higher taxes, massive deficit spending and rising job losses. Recent numbers from Stats Canada show that, since the imposition of the federal carbon tax, in my province of Saskatchewan job losses have increased. Why do the

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I want to inform you that I am splitting my time with the member for Calgary Centre. It is my honour to rise in the House today for my maiden speech. I first want to thank the voters of Saskatoon West for putting their faith and trust in me as their representative

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I was struggling a bit with the space-time continuum message in the throne speech. It was, as the member mentioned, at a very high level, and I think far beyond the grasp of most people who listened to it. There was very little content. If we think about what has bee

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am quite honoured that the member opposite believes that I am a minister in the government. I cannot speak for the government, but I do agree that we need to allow the businesses of our country to have a stable and fair playing field. We need to stay out of their w

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in my speech, I was a former home builder, and that is a place where there is a lot of bureaucracy. There are a lot of regulations and rules that come into play that make it difficult to build houses, and difficult to do it efficiently and in a cost-ef

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to grants and contributions under $25,000 provided by Canadian Heritage since January 1, 2018: what are the details of each, including (i) dates of funding, (ii) recipients, (iii) locations, (iv) project descriptions?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to errors made and corrected on proactive disclosure, since January 1, 2019, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity covered by proactive disclosure: (a) what was the total number of errors discovered; (b) for each error, wh

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to contracts under $10,000 granted by Global Affairs Canada since January 1, 2019: what are the (i) vendors' names and locations (ii) contracts' reference and file numbers, (iii) dates of the contracts, (iv) descriptions of the goods or services provided, (v) delivery

Sasakatoon's Sikh Community  Madam Speaker, the Sikh community is an integral thread in the fabric of my riding of Saskatoon West. Throughout my time as a home builder and a community volunteer, and now as a member of Parliament, I have made many great Sikh friends. One of them is my campaign manager, Gurp

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, the ongoing blockades by activists continue to hurt ordinary Canadians. Last week the Prime Minister said he hoped we will see positive developments. The public safety minister was hopeful the police would help restore rail shipments. The Liberals repeatedly speak of

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak on Bill C-7, an act to amend the Criminal Code regarding medical assistance in dying. My office has received about 135 phone calls, emails or letters so far on this issue, and I recognize that this is a very touchy, personal and non-partisan is

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, there are cases that I am aware of, to the member's last point. The reality is what happens on the ground. I have heard cases of people, medical professionals who do not want to participate and yet they felt harassed, pressured, criticized and those types of things.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, yes, I am aware of that. That is the part that I believe we should be pursuing now. The other changes that have been proposed, regarding the waiting period and some of these other things, should not be pursued now. The bulk of what is being proposed should wait until

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, we can all think of many specific cases of people who are impacted by this. I still believe it is correct to wait for the review process to look at all these cases and make changes based on that. The other issue that the member's question raises is the lack of palli

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, that raises some very good points. It raises the issue of institutional conscience protection, and also the issue of better palliative care options in our country. Those are areas that we need to pursue just as vigorously as the government is pursuing the MAID legisl