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Petitions Madam Speaker, the Government of Canada granted an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to decriminalize the personal possession of illicit drugs in the province of British Columbia for three years. After one year of decriminalization, B.C. has experienced a re
May 23rd, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, two weeks ago, I was on a Mission friends and neighbours Facebook site in the community of Mission, with about 25,000 community members. There was a mother on there who asked if it was just her who could not get by with $350 a week for groceries any more. All we h
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, I would like to correct the member for Kingston and the Islands. The target from the Bank of Canada is in fact 2%.
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, I agree with my Bloc Québécois colleague. The federal government must do a better job of protecting our Constitution. Our party, the Conservative Party, wants a policy of open federalism.
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, the member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie failed to mention the broken promise of the NDP-Liberal government, and that was to provide a national pharmacare program. It did not provide a national pharmacare program, even though it said it was going to do it in the la
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, nine years of the same failed policies from this government have resulted in small businesses getting pushed to the brink of collapse and many are shutting their doors altogether. According to the superintendent of bankruptcy, business insolvencies in the year end
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Protection against Extortion Act Madam Speaker, last November, many people in the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford and Surrey were disturbed by stories on the front pages of our local newspapers. We recounted letters sent to local businesses, extortion letters. The letters read: Read carefully do not think this is
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, to respond quickly to the last speech, the member for Windsor—Tecumseh made many comparisons between the Conservatives and the Liberals. One key thing the Conservatives want to do is fix the budget. That is because the Liberals love to take. They love to increase
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, as a member of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, I was dismayed by the lack of transparency by the government. In the last number of months, over $50 billion has been announced in different EV subsidy contracts. As a member of that committee, I was
May 21st, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, Abbotsford, British Columbia, suffered devastating floods in 2021. I was informed by the Minister of Emergency Preparedness that some of the money from the disaster financial assistance program would be used to help reconstruct our community. The City of Abbotsford
May 9th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the member from Coquitlam failed to mention, in her speech, that what brought us here today was the 180° from the Premier of British Columbia, who realized that he was going to lose the next election because of the crime, chaos and complete anger in British Columbi
May 9th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the NDP-Liberal coalition has been speaking a lot about the four pillars today, but its members have said nothing about enforcement. We have asked numerous times how many arrests have been made to stop the illegal flow of fentanyl and how the Criminal Code has been
May 9th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, during my speech, I referenced Dr. Reyes-Smith and her attempt to provide the wraparound services that she felt her patients needed. I will note that she was one of the authors of the 2009 report I referenced as well. Dr. Reyes-Smith is a small business corporation,
May 9th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois member did not listen to my speech today. I said it was a problem. The 2009 report that I mentioned states that the government has to start treating drug addiction like other chronic diseases.
May 9th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the basis of that question is completely false. Under former prime minister Stephen Harper, health care funding to the provinces increased on an incremental basis. We never reduced funding for health care. We provided for the demands of the provinces and territories
May 9th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative