Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member on the opposite side. We do share one thing in common and that is we are the only two members in the House of Commons who participated in the Canadian parliamentary internship program. My question is straightforward. In his rema

Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon  Mr. Speaker, today I stand for the first time as the member of Parliament for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon. During the election I asked voters to consider the following, which bears repeating: Was I open, transparent and accessible? Did I do my honest part to build positive r

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, National Bank financial analyst Peter Rutledge said in 2016 that Chinese homebuyers occupied 33% of the total housing volume in Vancouver's real estate market and 14% of purchases in Toronto in 2015. Would the Bloc Québécois welcome that type of Chinese involvement

House debate  Madam Speaker, today I will be sharing my time with the member for Edmonton Centre. It is a pleasure to stand today and address the Speech from the Throne, but before doing so please let me thank the voters of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon for putting their trust in me. To my co

House debate  Madam Speaker, what we can do today is work with the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to ensure that boots are on the ground at the Big Bar landslide, not next week, but this week, beginning the work to remediate the situation and ensuring that the rocks

House debate  Madam Speaker, I share the concerns of my colleague from Courtenay—Alberni that we are facing an emergency situation as it relates to Pacific salmon that spawn on the tributaries by the Fraser River. This is an emergency. Immediate action is necessary to remediate some important

House debate  Madam Speaker, the mayor of Mission, Pam Alexis, has been working tirelessly to coordinate between our provincial and federal governments to ensure that Mission receives the necessary funds. During the steel and aluminum tariffs, the cost of construction rose so quickly that the

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the prison needle exchange in facilities run by Correctional Service Canada (CSC): (a) how many needles were distributed to inmates in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, boken down by correctional institution; (b) of the needles distributed, how many went missing or were not ret

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to requests from the District of Mission, British Columbia, for government assistance in relation to the Mission sanitary sewer crossing project: (a) what funding will the government provide to Mission in order to replace the sewage pipe system, and when will it be pr

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to make two quick points. First, during our session with the Parliamentary Budget Officer yesterday, he said that the way the federal government administered infrastructure money was like a giant octopus, spreading its tentacles across the federal gov

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague from Edmonton Centre for sharing his time with me today. All of us in the House, irrespective of party, share probably two key things in common: We collect big paycheques from the taxpayer, and our constituents speak to us abo

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his intervention today, but I will note that portions of Highway 1, both under Conservative and Liberal governments, have received significant investments. However, Highway 1 actually extends into Abbotsford, and and the same

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will say, as the member for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, that there is a need for climate-related infrastructure improvements both within new builds and in the natural infrastructure projects that the federal government should be supporting, such as flood mitigat

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will reiterate the frustration that mayors and councils in rural communities across my riding have with both the provincial and federal governments in getting the infrastructure dollars they need. I would refer to my earlier comments to the member for Surrey—Newton

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the sanitary pipeline project in Mission is unique in that there is a failure on the part of multiple levels of government to see this project through. We need to get this done. It is a project of national interest, because if this sewage pipeline fails, salmon are g