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Softwood Lumber Madam Chair, the NDP members, particularly from B.C., should talk to their provincial government about getting more access to fibre. That is entirely a provincial problem and one of the NDP's own making in British Columbia. On the one hand, we have NDP governments limiting access
April 8th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Housing Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canadians cannot afford to live. Rent and the cost of owning a house have doubled. The Liberal government is out of touch and not worth the cost. This week, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said that the pr
April 9th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act moved that Bill C-270, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (pornographic material), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, imagine being the parent of a teenage daughter who has been missing for months and somebody discovers 50 explicit videos of that
April 9th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act Madam Speaker, Bill C-63 has no criminal offences around the uploading of this kind of content. In this bill, it would be a criminal offence to upload. We want to make sure this content never hits the Internet. A 24-hour takedown period is not good enough. We want to ensure that
April 9th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act Madam Speaker, there are a number of initiatives around the world that seek to tackle this online content and child safety online. I would point to the work of Baroness Beeban Kidron in the U.K. The U.K. Parliament, in general, has been working to try to tackle some of these thin
April 9th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act Madam Speaker, I am happy to support that initiative. I would say we can do both of these things. This bill is to try to prevent, in the first place, any of this content from being uploaded, rather than trying to deal with the mess after the fact. What the member is suggesting i
April 9th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, just this morning, my office was in communication with a local food bank, which confirmed that food bank use continues to go up. Barrhead and District Family and Community Support Services, in a town of fewer than 5,000 people, saw 184 new families using the food ba
April 10th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, I was listening to the member across the way. He must live in some alternate reality. Alberta is one of the most affordable provinces to live in this whole country. Housing is relatively affordable in Alberta, compared to the rest of the country. No matter what he sa
April 10th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
The Budget Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the Justin Trudeau government—
April 30th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
The Budget Mr. Speaker, I recognize that I am not allowed to use proper names here. After nine years of the Prime Minister, the budget is just more of the same mess. We have seen housing prices double. We have seen the carbon tax make everything more expensive. We have seen how crime and c
April 30th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, we have seen over the last nine years that our country cannot afford the Prime Minister's budget. I am wondering if the member has any comments on the deficit spending. The Conservatives have noticed that all of the GST that will be collected in the coming year wil
April 30th, 2024House debate
Arnold ViersenConservative