Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Mr. Speaker, the government has approved the LNG Canada project, which of course entails a significant number of liquefied natural gas tankers on the north coast of B.C. I appreciate that the government has done its due diligence and put in place safeguards to ensure those LNG ta

Main Estimates, 2019-20  Mr. Speaker, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation agrees to apply and will be voting in favour.

Main Estimates, 2019-20  Mr. Speaker, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the election of our first government in Saskatchewan, agrees to apply and votes yes.

Main Estimates, 2019-20  Mr. Speaker, the CCF agrees to apply and, like the rest of the independent caucus, will be voting yes.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, one of the main concerns the Conservatives have raised is that if we have a carbon price, it could prompt a carbon-intensive industry to move to jurisdictions with weaker environmental standards, eliminating Canadian jobs and potentially increasing global emissions.

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Mr. Speaker, while this legislation has been making its way through Parliament to ban oil tankers on the north coast of B.C., the government has approved the LNG Canada project, which would entail a significant number of liquefied natural gas tankers on the north coast of B.C. I

Pharmacare  Mr. Speaker, universal pharmacare was part of CCF's original vision for medicare. Yesterday's report estimated that it will save Canadians and employers $23 billion but cost governments $15 billion. How much of that will Ottawa transfer to the provinces to make pharmacare a rea

Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the Minister of Foreign Affairs that one of the best features of the new NAFTA is the removal of the investor-state dispute resolution provisions which had enabled foreign corporations to directly challenge our democratic laws, regulations and policies b

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot about cheaper telecommunications services in other countries. I would like to highlight that in Saskatchewan, we have affordable unlimited data plans because SaskTel is a Crown corporation owned by the people of Saskatchewan. If there is one eleme

Royal Regina Rifles  Mr. Speaker, 75 years ago today, in the largest seaborne invasion in the history of the world, allied soldiers opened another front against Nazi Germany to help liberate occupied Europe. The first Canadians on the beach were the Royal Regina Rifles. They landed at the most heavi

Customs Tariff  Mr. Speaker, I have had the honour of serving with the member for Sault Ste. Marie on the all-party steel caucus. As I think we all understand in this House, the legislation we are debating today would remove the moratorium, which would allow the government to bring in safeguar

Customs Tariff  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of serving on the all-party steel caucus with the member for Hamilton Mountain. I would just invite him to speak to the role of the all-party steel caucus in advocating for appropriate safeguards for our steel industry.

Members Not Seeking Re-election to the 43rd Parliament  Mr. Speaker, those of us who have had the privilege of serving in this 42nd Parliament have experienced some truly historic moments. We celebrated the 150th anniversary of this Parliament. We welcomed President Barack Obama into this House to speak to us. We witnessed the return

Members Not Seeking Re-election to the 43rd Parliament  I hear some of my colleagues from that committee. I think it was a very co-operative committee and I actually went to the same high school as the chair of that committee. I think it is probably a rare thing in this Parliament to have a committee chair and a vice-chair from the sa

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, today, Bill S-214, which would ban the sale and manufacture of cosmetics using animal testing, was debated in the House for the first time. I am pleased to present more than 2,400 petition signatures, collected at The Body Shop in Regina's Southland Mall, in suppor