Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to present Electronic Petition No. 193. I have 1,410 signatures on the petition. The petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to task the parliamentary budget officer to do a thorough analysis of the trans-Pacific partnership impact on jobs, c

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, Canada's emissions keep climbing, year after year, and the Liberal government has yet to explain how its plan will break this trend and live up to our international obligations to combat climate change. Furthermore, Canadians learned yesterday that the Liberal gover

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I read an interesting opinion piece in the paper a couple of days ago by Robin Sears. He said that one of the great facts of Canadian political life is that Liberals “always break progressive hearts”. I did not come to this House to give myself a tax break, yet this

Excise Act, 2001  Mr. Speaker, before I begin I just want to extend a warm welcome to you and to all my colleagues in the House. I hope we all had a restful and productive summer. It is great to see everyone again. Also, I want to wish a warm welcome to this year's new crop of pages. I know they a

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill C-229, introduced by the member for Calgary Signal Hill. Let me be clear from the outset that we in the NDP oppose the bill. Bill C-229 is based on a measure from the dying days of the last Parliament. This is not a bill that wa

Veterans Affairs  Madam Speaker, last year it was this Liberal Party that supported an NDP motion confirming Canada's solemn covenant with our veterans, but the Liberal government is betraying our veterans by breaking campaign promises on pensions, dragging injured veterans back into court, and sh

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

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I most certainly do not. I have met with so many low-income seniors that I have lost count, so many who are struggling. The CPP is one pension plan that went through the 2008 financial crisis relatively unscathed. It is a strong plan. It needs enhancement and if we

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, 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

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

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

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

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  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