Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in its first 100 days, the Liberal government spent $4.3 billion outside of Canada, but it could not fine $155 million to fund the ruling we are talking about today. I wonder if my colleague could talk a little bit about that fact and also about the fact that there

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am presenting today two petitions: one from northern Alberta, Grimshaw, Alberta; and one from people from across Ontario. I am pleased to present these petitions. The petitioners are concerned about the accessibility and impact of violent and degrading sexually e

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I much enjoyed my hon. colleague's speech. She mentioned two things that made my ears perk up. First was the nation building projects, where I think back to the railway and things like that and specifically now the energy east pipeline would be a nation building proj

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I will be addressing some of the points my colleagues have made. I will start off with the fact that TD Economics recently announced that the deficit would be $34 billion this year. I will put that into some sort of perspective. Although 30 does not sound like a l

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, CPP is one of the things I wanted to get to. I recently received a letter from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. It mentioned that bringing in the new CPP would restrict companies from hiring new employees. It said that companies would expect employees to work longer

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, as to whether we did the right thing by deficit spending during the greatest recession this world has seen, the jury is still out on that. I do not think we are overly proud of what we did. However, I do know we are very proud of our record in bringing our country th

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, one of the things that underlies the entire CPP system is the fact that someone has a job and is earning an income. If people are not making any income, they cannot even contribute to the CPP. When they retire, there will be no CPP for them. In this time, when it i

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, one of the things the member mentioned right off the top was that young people today are not able to save. They are not able to save because, in some cases, they do not have a job or are not making enough money. Why does the member think we should be taking more mon

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition, signed by Canadians from my riding. Petitioners are concerned about the accessibility and the impact of violent and degrading sexually explicit material online and the impact to public health, especially the well-being of women and

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to chauffeured car and driver services, utilized by Ministerial staff including staff of the Prime Minister, broken down by department or agency, since November 4, 2015, and excluding trips where exempt staff were accompanying a Minister: (a) how many trips have been

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the 2016 census: (a) how many employees were hired to contact individuals who, according to Statistics Canada's records, had not completed the census; (b) what is the total amount spent on wages for the employees referred to in (a) and what is the total amount plan

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to projected spending for each department, agency, and crown corporation, what is the projected spending for fiscal year 2016-17, broken down by line object?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the trip to Edmonton taken by the Minister of Democratic Institutions from February 25 to 27, 2016: (a) what are the dates, times, and locations of all government events attended by the Minister on the trip; and (b) what are the titles and file numbers of all press

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to address Bill C-26, which amends the CPP in this country. The changes that are being proposed today would not help today's seniors. The CPP tax hike that the Liberals are proposing would only help seniors 40 years from now and in the int

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, when I was first employed, I discovered that I was not allowed to take home all my pay. I was getting paid $5.90 an hour, which was minimum wage. I did the calculation on my hours worked and on how much I should be paid. However, I was told that I had to pay CPP, tax