Langley—Aldergrove  Mr. Speaker, as this is my first time rising in this House, I would like to thank the citizens of my riding, Langley—Aldergrove, for placing their confidence in me to be their voice in the nation's capital. I also want to honour the memory of my immediate predecessor in this ro

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, my home province of B.C. can contribute in a very significant way to the fight against global climate change by providing clean LNG to Canada and the rest of the world, yet this industry is suffering under excessive restrictions and investors are losing confidence.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, my home province of British Columbia is in a unique position to make a significant contribution to the fight against global climate change by developing its liquid natural gas industry. The objective, of course, would be for clean, green, environmentally responsible

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement would create a mechanism whereby countries like Canada could accelerate development of natural resources like liquid natural gas that we are talking about, yet at the recent conference in Madrid, no headway was made. Could the hon. m

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I rise to speak in favour of the motion. In 2015 the Liberal Party ran on a platform of increasing infrastructure spending, and together with that there was going to be a series of small to medium-sized deficits. The objective was to implement infrastructure spen

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will take this opportunity to thank the Liberal government for that investment. It was very much appreciated, and I will give credit where credit is due. However, we are looking for an expansion of the SkyTrain and we are ready for it. I understand the mayors ar

Trinity Western University  Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Canada's leading faith-based post-secondary institution, which is located in my riding in Langley, British Columbia. Trinity Western University is a truly global university with campuses in Langley, Richmond and Washington state, and

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Public Safety misled the House when he said the Conservatives would do nothing about gun violence. That is not true. We would tackle the real issues. It is gang members who are committing gun violence, not the law-abiding citizens in my

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join the debate on Bill C-3, an act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and the Canada Border Services Agency Act. The legislation before us would rename the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP to the public complaints a

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, while this party supports Bill C-3, we are disappointed that there has been a lack of consultation with key stakeholders and leaders, with the RCMP, the CBSA and the unions representing the people who work for those great organizations. It is a disappointment. That

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, my advice is that what was said is misleading, and that the public accounts do not support that allegation. I will take the opportunity to reiterate how important it would be to my riding to have that border open 24-7. It would have the support of not only Langley—A

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government said that relations with indigenous peoples is its number one priority, yet in four years it has not even been able to determine who speaks for indigenous peoples. The Wet'suwet'en nations have agreed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline and now w

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join the debate on Bill C-7, an act to amend the Criminal Code, specifically section 241 of the Criminal Code. That is the provision of the Criminal Code that makes it illegal to counsel a person to commit suicide or to aid someone to do so. In the a

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-14 was the well-considered response of the previous Parliament to a Supreme Court of Canada decision, the Carter decision. Bill C-14 became the law, it was incorporated into the Criminal Code of Canada. I am of the opinion that the Attorney General should def

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I believe people should have choice, but choice should be a real choice. Palliative care is the right way to go. Somebody who wrote to me said that we should let Canada be known as a country of advanced palliative care, not as a country of an ever-expanding provision