House debate  Madam Speaker, this is my first time standing in the House of Commons. I am very proud to represent the people of Thunder Bay—Rainy River. I would also congratulate all members for having been elected to the House of Commons. We have already heard a number of stories about every

Housing  Mr. Speaker, through the national housing strategy, our government has made a real investment in Canadian communities in order to help ensure that every Canadian has a place that they call home. This is no small thing, but the cost of rent is going up everywhere. Many Canadians b

Relations with Indigenous Peoples  Madam Speaker, I think both sides of the House agree on a number of things related to this issue. We both have the long-term interests of the Wet'suwet'en people in mind. We also all agree on the importance of the rule of law. We all think it is important to get the railroad and

Special Olympics  Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a happy occasion. This is the first day of the Special Olympics in Thunder Bay, which are going to run for the next four days. I want to thank the very many volunteers who have made this happen. I want to thank the coaches and the parents of all the

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, the Canada-U.S. border between Thunder Bay and Manitoba is part of my riding. We know that border restrictions to non-essential travel have been effective in limiting the introduction and transmission of COVID-19 into Canada from other countries. Can the Prime Minis

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to present petition 2845 on behalf of the advocacy group 1Day Sooner. It has been signed by over 500 people. It calls on the Canadian government to publicly announce a plan for COVID-19 human challenge testing.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I too am on the health committee, and I share with the member many of the frustrations we are dealing with at committee in trying to get back to studying this issue. There are two big issues I have with this motion. The first is the sheer volume of documents that ar

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, here we are today debating what the health committee does, and I certainly agree that we have had a co-operative relationship in the past. I hope that continues. However, the opposition members know that with this motion they are requesting a ton of documents, such

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I will speak for five or 10 minutes, and then I will ask my colleague, the Minister of Health, a question. Patty, when you come back, you will certainly be welcomed by the people of Thunder Bay—

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, thank you for those words of wisdom. Let me start by saying that obviously the wrench that has been thrown into our financial predictions, both in terms of health care and for all ministries of the government, has been COVID-19. The opposition has been very vocal i

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, as a public health practitioner for 35 years, I know there is a lot of concern among health practitioners, front-line workers. I worked in an emergency room for a lot of years. What are we doing in terms of PPE? Globally, I think over 8,000 health care workers have

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, at the forefront of everybody's mind is the vaccine. I certainly have been advocating 100% that the answer to this problem is the vaccine. I know we have been heavily criticized for the fact that we do not have the capacity to make vaccines. However, as I sit on the

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, at the health committee, the minister talked about her personal relationships and personal conversations with CEOs and people in the vaccine companies whom she felt have assisted and will assist Canada in getting the vaccines sooner. This was really interesting and a

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, having been mentioned by several previous speakers, I thought I had better actually say something here. Let me say, first of all, that I have not been silenced by the Liberal party, and nobody has told me not to speak about this issue. I have to thank the whip for

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by 88 of my constituents. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to use Magnitsky sanctions against Chinese officials who commit human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners.