Canada Labour Code  How about that, Madam Speaker? The Conservative Party is back with its latest attack on unions. It has been a while since we have heard that kind of thing, and it is kind of ironic to hear Conservatives posing as champions of working people. I doubt any of them have ever been par

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her very clear and coherent speech, although we do not exactly share her political point of view. That is normal, however, and we respect that. I wonder if she could talk a little more about the infrastructure bank that is being created. The

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, it is a shame that we sometimes cannot hear everything a member has to say. Last fall, after being caught red-handed, the Liberals decided to press pause on their cash for access fundraisers, but as we might have guessed, they decided to press play again. This eveni

Government Spending  Mr. Speaker, a few years ago, an opposition member asked the parliamentary budget officer to have a look at the true cost of the F-35s, and did we ever learn a lot. Who was it who had asked? It was the current Minister of Fisheries. Unfortunately, under the changes his governmen

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very pertinent and legitimate question. We should not believe everything the government says about the $11 billion for affordable housing or the $23 billion for public transit, because the majority of these investments will only be mad

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. Indeed, being a politician is about making choices. Unfortunately, this Liberal budget contains bad choices, unrealistic choices. The Liberals claim to be doing things, but they will have no impact in the end. The

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Obviously, some measures and some decisions have helped some people, particularly the guaranteed income supplement—even though the government could have done more—and the Canada child benefit. However, the problem I have wit

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. Many things in this bill could be changed. I do not understand why the Investment Canada Act is being changed to provide for a study, a net benefit test when foreign interests take control of a Canadian company. The magic acq

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  The member is right, Madam Speaker. It is shameful. It is going to hurt poor people. I really do not get it. I will be quite glad to get back to my riding to tell that story to my constituents. The Liberal government is also have in the BIA new legislation that will create the i

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to talk about the budget implementation bill even though on closer inspection there is very little to be pleased about. I will use my speaking time to talk about some of the issues that have progressives in this country, New Democr

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his excellent speech. We do not agree on everything, but we do share certain views. I would like to hear his comments on the long list of the Liberal government’s broken promises. It is a very long one, but I would like to foc

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to quote the Liberal Party's election platform: Stephen Harper has also used omnibus bills to prevent Parliament from properly reviewing and debating his proposals. We will change the House of Commons Standing Orders to bring an end to this undemocra

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, some time ago, a Liberal candidate said that he would not use omnibus bills, period. Who said that? The current Prime Minister. The budget implementation bill amends no less than 30 laws, from immigration and navigation protection to justice. At the same time, it pr

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government wants to tie the hands of the parliamentary budget officer under the guise of making him more independent. That is what we are seeing with Bill C-44, and it is very troubling. I would like to ask three very simple questions. Will the parliamen

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question, even though I disagree with how my criticisms of the Conservatives have been interpreted. However, what interests me today is to see how we can all work together in the House to come up with the best laws, the best legislation