Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House for the very first time as the member of Parliament for the riding of Thornhill, and I thank the member for his speech. I thank the voters of Thornhill who sent me to this place to ask questions on points that I really did not hea

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand in the House. It has been a mere few days for me as a newly elected member. I was sent to this place to get to work, not to debate the desire to hide in a basement. It was hugs on the other side on Monday, and we are debating hiding on Thursd

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Madam Speaker, the government has been presenting arguments all day about the safety of staff and health. Now we are hearing that this is about convenience, this is about the environment and this is about the continuation of a virtual Parliament until the end of time. Which reaso

Transport  Mr. Speaker, we were slow to close our borders when COVID-19 emerged. Our allies did it in January 2020, but we waited until March. The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting today to discuss the South African new variant, but the Government of Canada's own tra

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the cost of everything is increasing. The government's printing of cash is unceasing. Too many dollars chasing too few goods makes life more expensive in our neighbourhoods. Inflation in the throne speech had only one single mention. I will try this rhyme to get the

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise and deliver my first-ever speech in this place. I will begin with my congratulations to you on your re-election, and to all of the other 336 fellow members in the House, each of whom has a story that brought them to this chamber, a reason th

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I want to see Bill C-2 advance to committee so we can discuss it. I encourage the member to reconstitute committees. There is so much missing from this throne speech. There are so many voices that are not heard: the voices of rural Canadians, the voices of those w

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, this is a party that has brought forward many ideas and many plans on expanding broadband and rural Internet. We welcome any work that we can do together on lowering the cost of Internet. I realize that none of this was mentioned in the throne speech. None of these

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I look forward to expanding on that in this House for as long as the constituents of Thornhill will allow me to. This is an important relationship. It is an important relationship to Canada. It is one fundamentally based on the shared values of human rights, democ

Canada-U.S. Relations  Mr. Speaker, “a little bit concerned”. Those were the words of the Prime Minister when he was asked about President Biden's proposed tax rebate for electric cars that excludes the ones made right here in Canada. Is he “a little bit concerned” about the tens of thousands of Cana

Canada-U.S. Relations  Mr. Speaker, this has nothing to do with supply chains. President Biden has enhanced the buy America measures, strengthened his protectionist agenda and raised tariffs on Canada. Under the Prime Minister, our relationship with our strongest ally has become our biggest failure. T

Health  Madam Speaker, in times of doubt and uncertainty, Canadians can rely on one thing from the government: more confusion. Yesterday, the U.S. announced new travel restrictions for Canadians. On our side, the minister announced new testing measures for all travellers coming here. H

Health  Madam Speaker, I was hoping the minister would not add to the confusion. Canadians are stranded in South Africa. They are desperately trying to get assistance from the government. They are having to jump through hoops just to find an affordable PCR test or a safe flight back ho

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, we did not get much in the way of finance, so I will ask the Minister of Tourism a question. The U.S. has tightened travel restriction rules for foreign nationals, including Canadians, further complicating travel and holidays for Canadians going there. That means they

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, did the minister speak to the U.S. at all or anyone in the travel industry?