Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell. It is an honour to rise for the first time and introduce myself and the great riding of Sudbury. Before I begin, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my wife and my children, Mylène

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, in the last campaign our leader and our platform were quite clear. We want to invest over $200 million annually in the natural resource sector for research and innovation. I am proud to be part of a government that does not want to see things stay the same but to inv

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I also want to congratulate the member for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing on her election. Members of the Liberal Party do not want to just talk the talk. We want to walk the walk. I am not the only member in the caucus from northern Ontario. I am joined by the mini

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank and congratulate the hon. member for Joliette on his election. As a tax specialist and former professor of international tax law at the University of Ottawa, I appreciate his question. It is clear from our platform that we want to clean up and rework Canada

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, yesterday we were proud to hear the Prime Minister talk about the efforts being made by the government to settle Syrian refugees in Canada. This is a testament to the commitment we made to Canadians and the world in response to the urgent need that is being felt inte

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, last week, the world witnessed a horrendous terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia, that took the life of one Canadian and another attack in Burkina Faso that claimed the lives of six Canadians. Our thoughts are with the victims' families. Can the government tell th

Lifeline Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an organization whose work has greatly facilitated the welcoming of refugees in our riding. That organization is Lifeline Sudbury. Lifeline Sudbury is made up of 17 community groups, including the local mosque, the local synagogue, various

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to rise today and add my voice to those who support the government's new strategy to combat ISIL. I want to stress that I am very proud of the work that Canadian Armed Forces members have done in this fight. They served their country with distin

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, the Minister of National Defence did two tours in the area to discuss with our coalition partners the needs on the ground and determine Canadian capacities for the different forces in the area. It is important that we communicate with them, and that is what we did

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. In this context, when it comes to the United Nations, where some parties have veto power and make decisions in the region, everyone has their own take on the matter. In the region, there is a coalition of people who want the p

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We are going to increase the number of military personnel from 650 to about 800. We want to be sure we can provide training. At the same time, we need to provide immediate humanitarian aid on the ground. In providing that aid

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, in 2015, more than 350,000 international students spent over $10 billion in Canada and helped generate 90,000 jobs for Canadians. Laurentian University, in my riding of Sudbury, is a big job creator. The community also benefits from the students this university brin

2015 Nobel Prize in Physics  Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute the fantastic achievements of Dr. Arthur McDonald, the co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in physics. Dr. McDonald, a professor at Queen's University, led a global team of over 270 researchers from 13 international institutions to the discovery that n

Tax Avoidance  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague across the way for raising this question. If someone had told me six months ago that we would be talking about tax havens in the House of Commons, I would not have believed it, but here we are. Tax havens and the tax system are not simple issu

Ted Szilva  Mr. Speaker, on March 9, 2016, Sudbury lost one of its pioneers, Ted Szilva. It is a privilege for me to pay tribute to him today. Ted Szilva was best known as the creator of Sudbury's iconic Big Nickel, a nine metre replica of a Canadian 5¢ piece. It stands today as one of the