Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, first of all, it is not “these people”. It is people who live in Canada that we are standing up for. I would say that the Conservatives are refining their social media game more than they are bringing forward policies. I think about how successful the NDP has b

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I really wish I knew what the Liberal government was waiting for, especially as it relates to the Canada disability benefit, because we know that persons with disabilities are highly at risk. I want to talk a little bit about indigenous communities as well and th

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague, the member for Elmwood—Transcona, for really shining a light on the fact that this government and the governments before it, both Liberals and Conservatives, walked away from those operating agreements. We knew for 10 years that those

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I very much appreciate listening to speeches from the member. The member always makes good comments about how the Liberal government has the opportunity to spend money and decides not to. I wonder if the member would like to expand a bit on how the government not

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Can the member please clarify what he means by “energy”? He keeps saying “energy”, but I think he only means oil and gas. I wonder if he might clarify that for me.

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, what the member is talking about might not be the bill that we are debating. We are talking about the sustainable jobs act. Am I correct? The sustainable jobs act is about getting people to the table. Could you just clarify, Mr. Speaker?

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Mr. Speaker, I just wonder if the member could clarify. Are they talking about what they are doing in committee? I am a bit confused with respect to what they are talking about.

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I wonder if you could ask the member to clarify what is meant by “these people” and what it means—

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Madam Speaker, on a point of order. Could I get a summary of what we are debating, if the member feels that I do not know what it is? Could the member clarify what it is?

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Madam Speaker, I have to follow up on something the member just said about wasting time. During the four hours I was at committee, some of the speaking going on was really unfortunate. I have been around a long time. I am in my fifth decade, so I know what it is like to be silen

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Madam Speaker, I apologize to the member for the quick point of order. I am on this side of the House and hearing all of the heckling, shouting and yelling from Conservatives today. I just want to be able to hear the debate. I too spent four hours at the committee and was not ab

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, people with disabilities are being renovicted and priced out of their homes. Disproportionately, it is women, who are also at risk of gender violence. Over half of women with disabilities are living on less than $10,000 a year. This is not sustainable or safe. The

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I wanted to ask if the member could expand on corporate greed and what really underlies these decisions to amalgamate and buy out competitors. Could the member for Elmwood—Transcona explain how this hurts consumers?

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, I raise my hands to the member for Nunavut, who has stood up so many times in this House to explain to the Liberal government why it is so important that it live up to its human rights commitments, especially in regard to housing. There are absolutely unacceptable co

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, I know the member is very adept at research, and he knows this as well, but I just want to say here that housing prices have increased exponentially over the last two decades, and wages have not. Wages have not kept pace with the cost of living or with housing, and t