Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague used the term “bagmen” and that is absolutely a legitimate term. They have used this appointed and unelected body to block bills from the democratically elected House. One only needs to look at our parliamentary history to see this is not a one-off situ

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we do have selective amnesia in this place. I thank the member for Courtenay—Alberni for referencing that, because we lose sight of our history in this place. The member for Carleton has been an MP for 19 very long years. I know the Conservatives have spent millions

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, those are all good points. That is why I voted for the bill. We understood very clearly from committee hearings on this bill that there are no commercially viable alternatives. The problems with drying grain and with getting appropriate levels of feed because of futu

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, that is a great question. The Conservatives have suddenly taken it upon themselves to have a greater interest in the beautiful Vancouver Island area, but I would remind them that in my riding of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, every single municipality I represent wrote t

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, allow me to withdraw the comment and apologize. I want to recognize that the Bloc absolutely is in line with the NDP on abolishing the upper chamber. The member is right. In addition to Bill C-234, there is a very important bill that we were proud to support, Bill C

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting this motion because it is consistent with my third reading vote on Bill C-234. What the Conservatives are complaining about today is precisely the same behaviour they have used in previous Parliaments. They have used their Conservative senators

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to correct the member. Today's debate is not about the carbon tax but about a motion to send a message to the Senate. We are getting this motion from the party of the Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy scandal. This is the party that has appointed failed cand

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, actually, it is about time that the House of Commons finally looks at an agriculture report. We do not get the amount of airtime that many other committees do. This is a really important industry in Canada. I have been a proud member of the Standing Committee on A

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, my colleague is another member of the agriculture committee. It is nice to see us bringing an agriculture report to the House for deliberation. In my time working with my colleague, she has been very outspoken on the grocery code of conduct. We have it here in the

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I enjoy serving on the agriculture committee with my colleague. I want to touch on recommendation 14 regarding skills development and the encouragement for training and re-skilling programs. During testimony we heard from UFCW, which represents many workers in our

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, it is a very real pleasure for me, as the NDP agriculture critic and a proud member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food for almost six years, to be able to rise on this debate. Let us face it: The House of Commons does not get to review many agr

Small Business  Madam Speaker, CEBA loans saved hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of jobs across Canada during the pandemic, but recovery has been slow. I received messages from two businesses in my riding: the Ginger Room hair salon, managed by Nicole Doyle, with eight employee

Grocery Industry  Madam Speaker, this coming Monday, the CEO of Sobeys will be back to testify about food prices. For two years, the Liberals have been beating around the bush both on bringing food prices down and on standing up to grocery CEOs. Anyone can tell us that the minister's little meeti

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to give some of my thoughts on Bill C-295, which was introduced by the member for Vancouver Centre. It is an act that would amend the Criminal Code on the subject of neglect of vulnerable adults. I am very pleased to be speaking to this subject,

Grocery Industry  Mr. Speaker, the holidays are coming up, and parents are stressed about covering presents for the kids and managing the costs of a turkey dinner. Meanwhile, Canada's biggest grocery chains are making bucketloads of excess profit. While families struggle this holiday season, the L