Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, residents in eastern Ontario have been waiting more than six months for an answer from the federal government on key infrastructure dollars. Back in July, several projects, like the Morrisburg streetscape project and the Kemptville County Road 43 widening, were app

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government advertising: what percentage of government advertising was spent on media outlets that focus on primarily serving rural areas as defined by Statistics Canada, broken down by year since 2016?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to contracts issued by ministers' offices for the purpose of media training, since January 1, 2018: what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) vendors, (ii) dates of contract, (iii) dates of training, (iv) individuals whom training was for, (v) amounts?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to materials prepared for deputy ministers or department heads from January 1, 2019, to present: for every briefing document prepared, what is (i) the date on the document, (ii) the title or subject matter of the document, (iii) the department’s internal tracking numb

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government expenditures on conference fees, since January 1, 2019, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation and other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on conference fees; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, includi

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for Edmonton Riverbend for sharing his time with me this afternoon in the chamber. I want to thank the House of Commons staff for their warm and helpful welcome over the course of the last three months. I have had many constituents and

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I agree wholeheartedly about the need for infrastructure. As I mentioned in my comments, when infrastructure projects are advocated by first nations communities and municipalities, they are the ones who are on the front lines every day dealing with those infrastr

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I talked to municipalities in my riding, and while I was a mayor for part of the last Parliament's term, I saw that dollars were not getting to the front line. I am not sure if they are going to members' ridings on the government side or larger urban centres, but I

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I spoke before about timely responses to infrastructure requests from municipalities and the lag that is happening, the delays and the lost construction seasons. Simply from a bureaucratic aspect, when projects are applied for, there are often technical asset manag

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to present my first petition to the House on behalf of not only 691 residents of my riding of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry but also of people across the country. It is in regard to the CN rail strike. Constituents and farmers in rural communities

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, nearly two months ago, I questioned the government about serious delays in federal funding for key infrastructure projects that have already received the approvals from the municipalities and the Ontario government. The House was assured at the time that there was a

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Madam Speaker, my question pertains to the complexity, sometimes, of the environment of oversight organizations. I saw a number cited in the backgrounder on this bill. We spend about $150 million on various agencies that do oversight, which obviously is an important function. O

2020 Ontario Curling Championships  Madam Speaker, last week at the Cornwall Civic Complex, we had the honour and privilege to welcome Ontario's premier curling event, the 2020 Ontario Curling Championships. Eighteen of the best men's and women's teams from across southern Ontario, and some the best curling teams i

Health  Mr. Speaker, our community was surprised to learn late Saturday night through social media that a coronavirus quarantine site would be established at the Nav Centre in Cornwall. The mayor and local officials were not advised. Local residents and employees who work there were left

Health  Mr. Speaker, to clarify for the member, the minister offered a meeting after the news was made late Saturday night through social media, a little too late. That is for clarification. To clarify, the Nav Centre is not a military base like CFB Trenton. It is one large building, op