National Tourism Week  Mr. Speaker, with breathtaking natural beauty, unique indigenous cultures, epic outdoor recreation, lively festivals and delicious foods, Canada has what the world wants to experience. Tourism is the lifeblood of our nation. It is present in every town and city across our countr

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, that is the appropriate forum to investigate this issue more fulsomely and to look at all the tools that we can utilize to protect Iranian Canadians and to hold the regime accountable. Likewise, I think it is difficult to do that in this setting, because we are talki

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for Calgary Shepard for the very good question on this; it is a really important part of this discussion. We are talking about listing the IRGC as a terrorist organization under the Criminal Code. However, we need to think of the 30,000

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I think our sanctions program is an important part of our foreign policy. I think we can do a lot more to strengthen it. There are sanctions against the Iranian regime and the Russian regime. The truth is, it is very difficult to figure out where people are who have

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join this debate, but before going any further, I want to mention that I will be sharing my time with my colleague from the Standing Committee on Finance, the member for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley. As this motion points out, recent e

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the Iranian regime has brought untold harm onto its own citizens and has caused chaos throughout the region and the world. There is no argument from me on that. The United States has listed the IRGC as a terrorist entity, but doing so has actually had a profound

Dental Care  Mr. Speaker, global inflation disproportionately impacts low-income seniors living on fixed incomes. That is why it was so important that we reversed the Conservatives' plan that would have raised the OAS eligibility from age 65 to 67 that would have abandoned seniors. We went fu

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Madam Speaker, I would note that Canada's emissions have dropped by a bigger percentage than those of any other G7 country since 2019. It is true that one amendment would remove the relief associated with heating or cooling a building or similar structure used for raising or hou

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Madam Speaker, it is a privilege to resume debate on this private member's bill, Bill C-234, pursuant to the proposed amendments to the bill from the Senate. Canada has the best farmers and food processors in the world. We are a global leader in agricultural production, and the

Housing  Madam Speaker, the federal government can get more housing built by working with municipalities rather than insulting mayors like the leader of the official opposition does. Through the housing accelerator fund, we are working with the District of Squamish to fast-track the con

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, supporting the growth and future of indigenous communities is critical in advancing reconciliation. This includes land. Last weekend, the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations was in Nanaimo for the signing of a historic land reconciliation agreement. Can the mini

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, as I mentioned in my speech earlier, the vast majority of Canadians actually receive more in rebates than they pay in the price on pollution. In fact, this is not just a climate measure; it is actually an affordability measure at the same time. We know that it is i

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the premise of her question is incorrect; I actually voted in favour of the NDP motion. Many countries around the world have brought in windfall taxes on the oil and gas sector, at this time of especially high prices, to be able to provide that support to their re

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is an honour again to join the debate in the House on the price on pollution. By my count, this is the 13th time Conservatives have brought forward some sort of motion on eliminating carbon pricing since the MP for Carleton became their leader, but it could ver

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, a recent study has been brought up today in the debate by a well-respected University of Calgary economist, Trevor Tombe. Utilizing Statistics Canada data has shown that when considering both the direct and the indirect cost of the price on pollution, 94% of househ