Small Business  Mr. Speaker, since this is the first time I am rising in the House, I would like to thank the constituents of Kelowna—Lake Country and to have earned their trust. Small business is the backbone of our economy, and it certainly is in my riding of Kelowna—Lake Country. I have pers

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Northumberland—Peterborough South for splitting his time with me. I would like to thank the constituents of Kelowna—Lake Country for putting their trust in me to represent them as their member of Parliament. I thank all the dono

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, water is a very important resource to many of our communities. It really involves all levels of government working together. Different jurisdictions have different levels of authority. For example, I know that in the Okanagan with the Okanagan Lake system it is the P

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, anytime people have health care issues, it is definitely important. We know that there are different levels of authority and we need to respect that, but I believe it is definitely important to all of us.

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, small business absolutely is the backbone of our economy. Of course, we have some large and medium-size businesses as well, but certainly, we have a lot of small business owners. Basically, what I hear is that people are willing to take risks, they put their house

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, the member referred to a labour shortage. Does the member support a fair, orderly and compassionate immigration system? Does he support a focus on economic immigration?

Finance  Madam Speaker, as Canadians get their credit card bills in the mail, Mastercard gets a cheque for $50 million from taxpayers, thanks to the Liberals. This is a multinational, hugely profitable company. Today, the Post Millennial reported that, coincidentally, Mastercard's chief l

Wine Industry  Mr. Speaker, in 2018, following the Liberal government's introduction of an escalator tax, meaning an automatic tax increase for imported beer, wines and spirits, Australia requested a review at the World Trade Organization for Canada's exemption for 100% Canadian wines. The WTO

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, as part of my time debating Bill C-4, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement, or CUSMA, also known as the new NAFTA, I have some questions that my constituents and Canadians deserve answers for. The Conservative Party has a long trade record and understands the importan

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, when we are talking about this agreement, it is really important that we consider what is on the table here and that we are moving forward. What we are looking at right now is the agreement that has been put in place. We have to look at what our duty is right now

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, over the last few days I have been meeting with a number of different stakeholders and different business owners. The message that we are getting is what I had said in my presentation: “Okay, let us move forward. It is good enough. It is just good enough. Let us ju

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, there are a number of industries that we need to look at. The member did mention a couple already. One of the others I mentioned during my presentation was softwood lumber. We do not have a softwood lumber agreement. That is an industry that we absolutely need to l

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member opposite for allowing me to answer the comment. I will be brief. One of the differences we can talk about here is that, when we are looking at the United States, its opposition was involved. The Democratic Party was actually involved in dif

Donna Horning  Madam Speaker, I rise today to inform the House of the sombre news of the sudden passing of Donna Horning in my community of Kelowna—Lake Country. Donna was an active member of our community. She was the former president and founding member of the Kelowna-Kasugai Sister City As

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Madam Speaker, will this commission be empowered to deal with illegal or improper searches of the phones of Canadians, or will it be powerless to stop U.S. agents from collecting information?