Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to federal support to Canada’s grocery sector, between November 1, 2015, to January 1, 2024: (a) how much federal funding was provided to Canada’s major grocery companies (Loblaws, Metro, Walmart, Sobeys, and Costco) to support business development, by (i) year, (ii)

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to lobbying conducted by Canada’s grocery sector, between February 1, 2006, and October 1, 2015: (a) how many meetings did the federal government have with Canada’s major grocery companies (Loblaws, Metro, Walmart, Sobeys, and Costco) to request federal funding, by (i

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Mr. Speaker, here we go again with Bill C-234. It does not seem to want to go to the Governor General just yet. As previous colleagues have said, this is a bill I am intimately familiar with. We did see a previous version of the bill in the 43rd Parliament, and of course, now th

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Mr. Speaker, I am in favour of keeping the bill in the same form that passed the House at third reading. I have been on the agriculture committee for a long time, and I hear the Conservatives talk a lot about the carbon tax. However, I would like to hear from my hon. colleague a

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I would like to ask where the member has been. We have seen all the evidence of corporations making record profits while workers suffer. Of course inflation is hurting workers. It is hurting workers in my riding. It is hurting workers from coast to coast to coast.

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, that is indeed a great question from my hon. colleague, whom I have the pleasure of sitting with on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. All I can say at second reading stage is that this is a debate and vote on the principle of the bill, and that

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I cannot speak for members of the other parties, but we want to see this bill advance through all stages of the House. I want to remind my hon. colleague that this is an issue the NDP has been fighting for for many years. We have the record to prove it: eight atte

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I understand why he is uncomfortable with my speech right now. I am talking about a history of the Conservative government intervening and forcing workers back to work when we are talking about a bill, Bill C-58, which is designed to protect those collective bargai

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I am talking about Bill C-58, but in talking about that bill, we need to put it in a historical context of why the Conservatives have been so anti-worker and so anti-union and have been repeatedly unafraid to use a legislative sledgehammer against workers and their

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I am so pleased to be able to rise in the House today to speak to this important bill, Bill C-58, which I do want to note is a part of the confidence-and-supply agreement that we have with the government. I want to quote from a section of that agreement under the h

Grocery Industry  Mr. Speaker, the minister would have a starring role in Oliver Twist: “Please, sir, I want some more.” With holidays around the corner, parents are being forced to choose between family dinner and gifts for their kids. Do people know who is not worried? Canada's grocery CEOs, wh

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I noticed during the debate today that there has been a certain amount of avoidance from the Conservatives to talk about Bill C-58. Going back to the Stephen Harper days, I can remember those two private members' bills. One made it harder for unions to certify and

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I think you are going to see a pattern during the speech of the member for Timmins—James Bay. He is going to give a speech that is on topic, and we are going to see Conservatives stand up on bogus points of order. I would like the Chair to pay attention to this pat

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I am happy to be standing up today to speak to this, but I want to express that there is a little part of me that is also disappointed. I am always in favour of discussing the great work that happens at the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, but it ne

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, when we were questioning the witnesses, whether it was Michael Medline, or Galen Weston of Loblaws, it became quite clear that these CEOs occupy a different universe from everyday people. They breathe a rarified air. They command very impressive salaries. In Galen