Health  . Time and time again, we are hearing from the Conservatives that they want to get back to normal. I want this pandemic to be over too. Every Canadian wants this pandemic to be over. However, just wishing it so does not make that happen. We must continue to be vigilant, wear our masks

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I listened very closely to my colleague from Regina—Lewvan talk about how he wanted more time for debate, but he did not really debate. He stood for 10 minutes and told us why he does not like the Liberals. We hear from him often that he does not like the Liberals

Business of Supply   and others. We need to halt and reverse the loss of our marine biodiversity for many reasons, and I am pleased to outline some of those today. Let me first describe the importance of MPAs. MPAs support healthy marine ecosystems and special features such as underwater canyons, glass

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, in response to part (a) of the question, the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first reported in southern Africa in November 2021 and officially designated by the World Health Organization as a variant of concern with the Greek letter omicron on November

Standing Orders and Procedure of the House and Its Committees   for all. My questions have to do with two inalienable features that govern all of our lives, and they are time and space. First, I would like to know his thoughts on a secondary chamber for things like late shows and PMBs, creating a menu of options for members to consider

Seniors   to achieving that level of safety and comfort are national standards for long-term care. I would remind the member opposite that in March 2021, the Standards Council of Canada, which is a federal Crown corporation, the Health Standards Organization and the Canadian Standards Association

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague from North Okanagan—Shuswap for raising this question of the luxury tax this evening in adjournment debate. As we all know, taxes help pay for the government programs and services that all Canadians depend upon

Government Policies  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for her concern for her constituents and her consistent advocacy on this. We have to recognize that in the month of May over 1,700 Canadians died. I am not trying to scare anybody, but we have to recognize that COVID

Health  , 1,700 Canadians died from COVID‑19. It is important to recognize that as much as we want COVID‑19 to be over, it is not there yet.

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the officials for all the hard work you've been doing over the past two years. We appreciate that. We have been talking about COVID-19 a lot and the impacts on the broader society, but I am glad that we're focusing

Health  Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of this pandemic, we have been there for Canadians. Of course, it is the Prime Minister's job and obligation to travel to other countries to do his important work. When we hear the opposition speak positively about public health measures

Health  Mr. Speaker, as I said, I am not a medical doctor like my colleague opposite, and we have been collaborating on the health committee. However, I do not think that just because Canadians unfortunately die from things like coronary artery disease, strokes and heart attacks means

Health  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his collaboration at the health committee as well. I was also there when we heard from Dr. Bogoch, who has been a consistent and sage advocate for vaccines from the first day of this pandemic. He was, this morning, on the news

Health  Mr. Speaker, all Canadians are sick and tired of COVID, and we all agree on that, but just wishing it away or ignoring it will not simply make it go away. Over the past three months, we continue to see more deaths from COVID. There were over 1,700 in the month of May. The most

Health   can to protect people and save lives, whether that is from COVID‑19 or any other cause. We owe it to them and all Canadians to remain focused on keeping them safe and our communities healthy, and we will continue to do that.