Cowichan—Malahat—Langford  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the hard-working women and men in agriculture in my riding of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford and their important role in local food security. Blessed with Canada's only maritime-Mediterranean climatic zone, the Cowichan region is continual

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I just want to thank my hon. Liberal colleague for splitting his time with me, although we will probably take some different approaches on our views on Bill C-15. Bill C-15, the budget implementation bill, is, as I have heard some Liberal members of

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to answer that question. Of course, that was going to be a conversation that we had with the provinces. As to how we would pay for our program, what the member lacks in understanding is that the $15-a-day child care program would allow more parents t

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I might have to request an additional 10-minute speech to go through that list. I have always had a very strong connection with the veterans in my riding, and I think that broken promise in the court system was a big one. In terms of the real reforms on employment

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, when solemn promises like that are broken, it gives all MPs a bad name, because people start saying that they just cannot trust politicians; they put their faith in them but promises gets broken. In our previous constituency week, I sat down with a veteran who had b

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, before I begin, I would like to say that I will be splitting my time with the member for the great riding of Port Moody—Coquitlam. It is a great honour to be rising to speak to the motion that was brought forward by my friend from Victoria because it is a motion t

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have not read that particular report, but this issue has gone on much longer than that report. In 1969, a royal commission began an inquiry into the use of cannabis. Its recommendations included the need to repeal the prohibition against simple possession of mar

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would argue the exact opposite. Right now, police are caught between a government's intentions and what the law actually is. I attended the recent police convention, the reception in Ottawa. I had the chance to speak to many police officers from both the Lower M

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I could not agree with my friend more. This is about looking to the future, about stopping criminal records for young people. That is who it affects. It is completely unjustifiable and immoral that we are saddling these young people with these records far into the

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am also a member of Parliament who represents a wine-producing region, the beautiful Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. There are a lot of great things about visiting the province of British Columbia. However, our fine wines and our wine industry really are a t

Main Estimates 2016-17  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the minister making himself available to the House for questions and for providing some context for the $835,000 figure, which is for 32 employees. I first want to know if the minister could tell the House how many employees in the previous government w

Main Estimates 2016-17  Mr. Speaker, in defence of the Conservatives, their motion sparked some important debate on the spending that the minister's office does. I was looking at National Newswatch, and this was the top story. I think it has achieved its desired effect. We have had a closer look. We h

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, before I begin, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Regina—Lewvan. It is good to be returning to the discussion on Bill C-2. As we all know in the House, this is a bill that received its first reading all the way back on December 9, 2015. We have

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, certainly if we do raise the wages, that is something that businesses will have to bear, but the part that the member leaves out is that if we have low-income workers in a jurisdiction with more money in their pockets, they tend to spend it locally. In fact, ther

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, my colleague raises a very important point about corporate tax rates because the other question the NDP has always received is how would members have paid for their platform. No one in the House except this party has looked seriously at how low corporate tax rates