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Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from a number of my constituents from Dufferin—Caledon highlighting that farmers should have the right to keep the seeds that come from their farming activities and use them as and how they see fit and to not have them subjected to intellectual prop
June 10th, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the member has talked about how the funding will be over five years. It seems that the government is trying to become part of the financial operations of the media. Does the government plan to have this indefinitely? Is it going to provide stable funding, somethin
June 3rd, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
ALS Awareness Month Mr. Speaker, each year we mark June as ALS Awareness Month. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rapidly progressive, fatal motor neuron disease that leaves those affected in a state of progressive paralysis, but with full possession of their mental faculties. This cruel disease
May 30th, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to part (c) of the government's response to Q-2104, which was tabled on January 28, 2019, and states that “The client submits a completed application by mail to the Permanent Resident Card Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The application is verified for compl
May 1st, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, the budget implementation bill has made significant changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Could the member tell us why this legislation is in the budget bill and not in stand-alone legislation?
April 30th, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Orangeville Lions Club Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Orangeville Lions Club, which celebrates its 70th anniversary on April 27. Its history of service to our community is exemplary and its accomplishments are numerous. Over the years, it has worked with many other groups in Orange
April 11th, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the motion before the House calls on the government to create 500,000 units of quality affordable housing within 10 years and to commit in budget 2019 to completing 250,000 of those units within five years. This is not a new idea. This was tried in the province of On
January 31st, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the process for renewing expiring permanent residency cards: (a) what is the average processing time for a card renewal; (b) what is the average time between when an application for renewal is received by the government and when the replacement card is ready; (c) w
January 28th, 2019House debate
David TilsonConservative
Avalon Retirement Lodge Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Avalon Retirement Lodge in Orangeville on its 35th anniversary of serving our community. Both my parents are graduates of Avalon, so this wonderful facility has a special place in my heart. Established in 1983, Avalon has become a
November 27th, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by constituents from Dufferin—Caledon who call upon Parliament to encourage the Canadian government to work with the Government of Israel to facilitate the completion of sponsorship applications for asylum seekers from Africa so that they can
October 22nd, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative
Justice Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for St. John's East on his presentation to the House on this topic and in particular, for zeroing in on the topic of dispute resolution. As a legal representative, my question is: Is one of the problems the lawyers? Litigation
October 4th, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative
Justice Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary has raised an excellent point, the issue of disclosure in divorce or separation proceedings. One of the more serious problems is getting information from people who are self-employed when many of those people do not disclose to the Canada
October 4th, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the Toronto Sun quoted a statement made by Bill Renton, the Woodstock chief of police, who was the chief investigator in Tori Stafford's murder. I would like to read a small portion of it and ask for the member's response. He said: We question McClintic’s move to t
October 2nd, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by residents from my riding who are concerned with the attestation clause in the summer jobs program. The residents from Dufferin—Caledon ask that the Government of Canada remove the discriminatory requirement and allow Canadians to continue
October 2nd, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative
Divorce Act Mr. Speaker, as has been stated, family law has become extremely adversarial. There are terrible stories about how the parties treat each other and the effects of that on the child or children. On the issue of non-payment, Ontario in particular has a process where collection ca
September 26th, 2018House debate
David TilsonConservative