Carbon Pricing   unprecedented effects on Canadians and people globally. Impacts from climate change have affected our homes, the cost of living, infrastructure, health and safety, and economic activity in communities across Canada and in the world. Inaction on climate change is just not an option in 2023

Men's Health  Madam Speaker, June is Men's Health Month. This week has been International Men's Health Week, and we also recognized June 15 as Men's Mental Health Awareness Day. I sat down with representatives from both the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Centre for Suicide

Climate Change   Oceans Day, the Conservatives have continued to debate the most basic of all tools to decarbonize and combat the climate crisis. Climate change is a public health emergency and it impacts every single Canadian.

Housing   are talking about home finances, I think it prudent to put down that there is a calculator on the federal government's website where we can calculate benefits. It was suggested by members of the Conservative Party that there is no benefit for stay-at-home mothers and that somebody

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act   a failure, saying that investing in a child care program for Canadians is a failure. I can tell the member first-hand that this is not a question for Teddy's family. Canadians are provided with the kind of support that they are demanding from us. It is saving families a lot of money

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1   the member wants to compare COVID-19 to opioid deaths. However, more Canadians did die from COVID-19, tragically, than opioids. Opioids have consumed far too many lives in this country and we need to find solutions for both treatment and more safe supply. It is not a simple solution

Questions on the Order Paper   professionals and vaccine manufacturers. Drawing from lessons learned, PHAC will continue to support the health and well-being of Canadians and prepare for future pandemic or epidemic events. We know how important it is to take stock of what we’ve learned through this pandemic, to prepare

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have a brief question, but first I have a comment. The member mentioned electric cars. I do not think electric cars are the solution for climate change. I think they are one of them. I live close to a big city, so I drive an electric car. I enjoy it very much

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the member for Kitchener Centre's sentiment. I would just quote Jean Chrétien. He is so many people's favourite historical figure, although I do not call him a historical figure, because he is in good health. I hope he is having a good day. Jean

Business of Supply   for our garbage when the town or city comes to pick it up. We pay for sewage when we flush things down the toilet. We should also be accountable for what we put into the environment and into the atmosphere. The more we burn, contrary to what the Conservatives ran on in the last

Business of Supply   wildfires, and I thank them for their hard work and their valiant efforts in providing that safety and doing what they can to put out these fires. Canadians might feel helpless, but on this side, we do not feel helpless. We are going to stand up to focus on fighting climate change

Business of Supply   in 2022, addresses a lot of the concerns that I heard at the doors. When Canadians ask a very specific question, like what we are doing to help their kids buy a home one day, what we are doing to fight inflation or what we are doing to combat climate change, having a direct answer

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act   members harvest foods. That is Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. He said, “During that nine-month period, ACFN had many meetings with [the oil company], including a sit-down, face-to-face between myself and the vice-president.... We have land users in the area

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act   required to ensure we all have clean air to breathe, then I would be the first to suggest that our government has an obligation to ensure just that. I was at an event last week with some of the foremost environmentalists in the country and heard a lot of criticisms, but there was also

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act   rain. He also believed in fair taxation. He brought forward a really effective wealth tax called the GST at the time, now called the HST, that has thankfully endured. It is an important tax that Canadians rely on. These were good ideas that previous Conservative governments put