Ethics  Mr. Speaker, recently media reports have surfaced indicating that the Irvings and members of the cabinet met in Moncton, New Brunswick last week. The government House leader is very familiar with Moncton and the Irving family. Given the recent sanctions brought down on the gove

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, that was not an answer. Since the Liberals have been in office, the House leader has been tied to questionable fundraising practices; he has tried to intimidate judges and tribunal members. Now the Ethics Commissioner has told him that he needs an ethical wall betw

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada website states: The reappointment process for IRB members will continue to reflect a performance evaluation consistent with the merit-based competency criteria. The Minister will continue to recommend the reappointment o

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, this is outrageous. This is political interference in the courts. Is there any court in Canada that can escape the reach of the new Liberal government? No one has ever done this before. No one has even had the gall to attempt something like this before. Every minis

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, remember the part of my speech when I said that if you yell louder, you are somehow going to make your point better? The member who just asked me the question is a pro at this. It was my bill. I brought it forward. I am a member of Parliament. I do not have the vast

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member does not seem to appreciate the fact that I am talking about my private member's Bill C-525. Bill C-377 was a transparency mechanism that was brought in by one of my colleagues. He would be better served asking my colleague about that, but I support t

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise in my place to speak to this today. I will be splitting my time with the member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. First, I want to thank everyone in the previous Parliament who passed my private member's Bill C-525. I am very disappointe

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on an excellent speech. I appreciate his passion for this. I was very pleased to have Bill C-525 passed. It is not very often we see a private member's bill passed. It is something I thought was going to be a hallmark of c

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Liberal House leader got it wrong. He tried to justify his interference with citizenship judges on the Immigration and Refugee Board just because he did not like who was appointed. These people were already appointed. He has no right to use his positio

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the government House leader is getting to know the Ethics Commissioner far too well. We still remember his ethical challenges, dating back to 2003. Then this December, he was held responsible for illegal fundraising. Now he is trying to deliberately

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, we will see if double standard and Liberal government are still synonymous. The reason I asked the previous question is that the government House leader wrote on behalf of the Prime Minister to a citizenship judge. He has been busy. The government House leader also

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, in 1990, a minister had to resign for making a telephone call to a judge. In 1996, a minister had to resign because he wrote a letter to the Immigration and Refugee Board. In 2013, a minister resigned for writing a letter to the federal Tax Court. All of these min

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to quickly ask my hon. colleague this. Most income earners, when they are starting out in their lives, are at their lowest point of income earnings, for example, under $45,000 if they are single, and they might not be able to save money. It does not make

Points of Order  Surely I do, Mr. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 36, I will ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table the following document. This is from the assistant training coordinator for UA Local 527, and it goes on to say: “We have just been notified by [Prime Minister]'

Labour  Mr. Speaker, earlier today the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour introduced Bill C-4, an act to take away employees' rights to a secret ballot vote. During the last Parliament, I introduced Bill C-525, the employees voting rights act, which would give eve