Resignation of Member  “Failure.”

Resignation of Member  Mr. Speaker, I was first elected on June 2, 1997. Today, nearly 22 years later, I am informing the House that February 10, 2019, will be my last day as member of Parliament for Kings—Hants. Welcome to my unplugged tour. For 22 years I have worked hard and fought hard for the peo

Foreign Lobbyist Transparency Act  A cost-benefit analysis. You are right.

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to be here tonight to pose a question for my friend and colleague from the Conservative Party. Of course, I would gently remind him that it was the Conservative government that in fact was taken to court by the Parliamentary Budget Office for not shari

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I would like to help my colleague with his research. If he would like information about how each amount is spent, he can consult the website or use Google. All he has to do is search for the following phrase: “Treasury Board Canada budget implementation vote 2018”,

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate the question. Let me start off by saying that it is patently obvious we have to diversify our international trade relationships. That is why our Minister of International Trade, our Prime Minister, and our whole team are working very hard to sig

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I believe the hon. member's question was specifically on Public Services and Procurement Canada. To go through that, the investments will be $307 million, through the 2018-19 main estimates, for PSPC to stabilize the government's pay system. That is a mess we inher

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I would draw the attention of the hon. member to the words of the Auditor General, who did recognize that our government could not move funding arbitrarily from one of these commitment to another, one of these investments that are listed quite clearly in annex 1 of t

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, Treasury Board is not only acting more rigorously than under the previous government, but is acting more transparently. I suspect the hon. member is familiar with the search engine Google. If he were to google Treasury Board Canada budget implementation vote 2018,

Main Estimates, 2018-19  moved: That Vote 1, in the amount of $465,000, under Northern Pipeline Agency — Program expenditures and contributions, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019, be concurred in. Mr. Speaker, tonight, I am pleased to speak about the 2018-19 main estima

Social Development  Mr. Speaker, our government understands digital services should be based on user needs, not government processes. Earlier this year, my parliamentary secretary, the member for Vancouver Quadra, represented Canada as we signed the Digital 7 charter, joining leading digital nations

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, there is only one party in the House of Commons which has paid a $250,000-fine for breaking election rules, and that is the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party and the Harper Conservatives had the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister taken to jail in

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is conflating two different things. One is a limit on all political parties in terms of their advertising spending, and we are putting in place a pre-writ period that would apply to all political parties. The other is on government advertising, and we

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, once again, we are committed to increasing Canadians' trust and participation in our democratic processes. This bill will make our elections more accessible, make the electoral process more secure and transparent, and ensure that political parties protect the privacy

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, in response to questions about the future electors registry, in fact, the information of young people who actually become part of that registry would not be shared with political parties. I was clear on that earlier this week. I am surprised that the Conservatives w