Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the question from the hon. member. It was almost as if he did not get the memo. He has such a reflex to oppose free trade agreements, because his party always opposes them, it almost sounded like he was going to indicate that New Democrats

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I really had to struggle to suppress my laughter when I heard the hon. member talk about the Liberal Party being consistent on anything. That is certainly not something that is a hallmark of the Liberal Party, to be consistent in its position on anything. Having sai

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that opportunity because she is absolutely right. The Asia-Pacific region is such a vitally important potential market for us and a growing area of the global economy. When I look at the time since the Korea-EU free trade agreement and the Korea-U.S. f

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, it is pleasure to rise on this debate today. Our Conservative government is focused on creating jobs and opportunities for Canadians in every region of our country. That is why our government launched the most ambitious pro-trade plan in Canadian history. We are pur

Television Broadcasting  Mr. Speaker, as the saying goes, if a company is successful, Liberals want to tax it; if it is still successful, they want to regulate it; and when it stops being successful, they will subsidize it. How else do we explain the relentless calls for a Netflix tax from the Liberals?

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, due to the efforts of our government and based on our tremendous respect for their service to our country, Canada's injured veterans may receive an average monthly benefit of between $4,000 to $6,000. These are supports that our injured veterans need and deserve. C

Tourism Week  Mr. Speaker, this being tourism week, we celebrate the continued success of this key industry, which brings jobs and economic growth to every single region of this country. The year 2013 was outstanding for all of the industry's key partners, from the Tourism Industry Associatio

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour today to present petitions that contain about 3,600 signatures collected by Kim Thomas, who is from the town of Cochrane in my riding, and her many friends and family, in conjunction with the group Families for Justice, after her son Brandon Thomas wa

Main Estimates, 2014-15  Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate when points of order are abused to try and carry on debate. However, what the NDP is proposing to do here, there is no question, would obviously cause significant issues in our Parliament. If the NDP members want to put forward Senate reform pro

Main Estimates, 2014-15  Mr. Speaker, I find it highly rich to hear a Liberal member stand in the House of Commons and talk about Senate reform. His leader's contribution to the idea of reforming the Senate is to take all the Liberal senators and turn them into Senate Liberals in some kind of publicity s

Main Estimates, 2014-15  Mr. Speaker, the minister certainly makes a very good point. We all know what NDP members have as their agenda. We know the member for Winnipeg Centre is no stranger to what we would call a cockamamie stunt or scheme. The member is right, to pull the funding allocation for a

Main Estimates, 2014-15  Mr. Speaker, I find it unfortunate that the member chose to very selectively listen to the comments I made. I made a number of comments, and what I did was very clearly lay out exactly what has transpired since our government has taken office. We have always believed there is a n

Main Estimates, 2014-15  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity tonight to speak to the proposal by the member for Winnipeg Centre to oppose Vote No. 1—Parliament, to provide the program expenditures to the Senate in the amount of $57,532,359 in the main estimates. My remarks, I should say o

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the Toronto Star has wrongly reported that the fair elections act will allow people to vote by having someone vouch for who they are. This is clearly a factual error, because the fair elections act ends identity vouching altogether. Can the Minister of State for Dem

70th Anniversary of D-Day  Mr. Speaker, 70 years ago tomorrow, the greatest seaborne invasion in history took place along the beaches of Normandy. Under intense fire from German infantry, thousands of Canadian soldiers braved intense combat and turbulent waters to seize and secure Juno Beach. Over the spa