Rouge National Urban Park Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is saying that for sure I was the first person there. That, for me, is ecological integrity. When the government says that it is going to impose ecological integrity on an area that is populated, that is civilized, that has been industrialized for hundr

Rouge National Urban Park Act  Mr. Speaker, that is precisely my question. I do not believe that Parks Canada is governed by the term “ecological integrity”. I know that it uses that term to assess its parks. Typically there is an ecological integrity assessment, but it is not something it aspires to do in all

Rouge National Urban Park Act  Mr. Speaker, that is a very encouraging story I heard from my colleague. I am a member of the Alberta Fish & Game Association, which buys up huge swathes of land in rural Alberta to encourage conservation and to encourage keeping the land wild so that we can pass on the tradi

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to present several petitions signed by Canadians from across Canada. The petitioners are concerned about the accessibility of violent and degrading sexually explicit material online and the impact on public health, especially the impact on

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, while children are busy writing to Santa, rural Canadians have been given the big “bah, humbug” by the current Liberal government regarding the infrastructure items on their wish lists. Big Lakes County in my riding wants new potable water facilities. Residents in

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today to present a petition signed by Canadians from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The petitioners are concerned about the accessibility and impact of violent and degrading sexually explicit material online and the impact on public health, especially the

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, one thing I would like to point out is that when one looks up Cuba on travel sites, they say that it is like stepping back in time. With the old cars, it is like stepping right back into the 1950s. Cuba has not progressed under Fidel Castro. People say that education

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that there are a number of other things Canada could contribute. Niall Ferguson, in his book Civilization: The West and the Rest, says there are six key things needed for a successful society: competition, science, property ownership, moder

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, last month the Liberals used Shell to claim support for their devastating carbon tax plan. However, Shell, citing bad government policy, cancelled the $10-billion Carmon Creek project in Alberta, killing thousands of jobs in the town of Peace River. This is only the

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present petitions signed by people from across Canada. The petitioners are concerned about the accessibility of violent and degrading sexually explicit material online and its impacts on public health, especially the well-being of women and girls

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Health  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak once more to my Motion No. 47. I want to start by acknowledging the support from the members of all parties, and expressing my appreciation for that support as it has been shown throughout this debate. It was encouraging to hear t

Justice  Mr. Speaker, I first raised this issue on June 6 in a statement that highlighted that between 2013 and 2016, the Toronto police investigated 359 cases of sex trafficking, and in each of these cases every single girl was advertised on backpage.com. This is a reality in other citi

Justice  Mr. Speaker, I understand that the government wants to take sex trafficking and the exploitation of women and youth in prostitution seriously. I would seriously encourage it to start with Backpage.com. If Backpage.com was the key location for child pornography to be advertised

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to the changes to the rules for mortgage insurance and eligibility announced by the Minister of Finance on October 3: (a) was an analysis done on the impact that these changes would have on the Canadian housing market; (b) was an analysis done on the impacts that this

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to the 49 public transit projects announced for Alberta on September 1, 2016: (a) how many of these projects have been started to date, broken down by (i) project, (ii) municipality; (b) how many new jobs have been created through these projects, broken down by (i) pr