Cloverdale—Langley City  Mr. Speaker, as I rise in the House for the first time as the first member for Cloverdale—Langley City, I want to thank the residents of my riding and my family for their support. I also want to acknowledge that my riding falls in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish peo

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, last Monday the second Canadian infrastructure report card was released by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and partners. What that report card tells us is sobering—that fully one-third of all municipal infrastructure in Canada is in fair, poor, or very poor

Parks Canada  Mr. Speaker, I worked in Parks Canada for over three decades where I managed the national historic sites program in my region. I worked with communities to recognize persons, places and events that had profound importance to Canadians. Under the previous government, this program

Medical Residents  Mr. Speaker, in the coming weeks, Canadian medical students will hear news of their residency placements. This week is national residents week that recognizes the contributions of more than 9,000 medical residents who are a valued and critical part of Canadian health care delive

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I will begin by noting that I will be sharing my time with the member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of Bill C-6, an act to amend the Citizenship Act. During the time leading up to the election on October 19, 2015, I heard

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, to reiterate, I will be sharing my time with the member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. Bill C-6 also contains provisions to repeal the current intent to reside requirement for citizenship. The previous government's legislation required adult applicants to formally

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, governments change and times change. We are committed under this bill to ensuring that Canadians are able to get their citizenship as quickly as possible under the rules that we have established. We have taken off 14 years under the current legislation. We feel it i

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, the minister spoke in the House about the need to improve the processing times. We saw them languish under the previous government. We are committed to helping immigrants attain their citizenship as expeditiously as possible. The idea of being able to move through

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, the issue of language is something I have heard about from many of my constituents. By reducing the age requirements, we would be able to allow older family members to come and join their families. We know that they can contribute to the functioning of our society, o

Volunteerism  Mr. Speaker, I recently met two amazing volunteers in Langley City. The first is Pauline Knight, who turned 100 in February. Pauline still volunteers for the Langley Senior Resources Society in Langley City, as she has done for 24 years. The second volunteer is Rob Ross. Child

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today in support of Bill C-14, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other acts, also known as medical assistance in dying. In January, I was appointed to the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying and I

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would encourage the committee to listen to the comments that are being put forward, both the questions and concerns, and attempt to have witnesses who can address those, as the special joint committee had done. Then we will be able to weigh through the evidence, as

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, as was stated by one of my colleagues earlier, the comment is that the provinces and territories will end up dealing with this issue of conscientious objection. The colleges will need to deal with referral. I have spoken to people within my home province of British C

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I believe very much that we have a good piece of legislation. As I said in my comments, it is a starting piece for a very difficult subject. Our government has been very clear that we have legislation that has been put forward. We are in the consultation stage righ

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I rise in the House today in support of Bill C-15, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2016 and other measures. The much-needed budget 2016 is an essential step to growing the middle class and revitalizing the Ca