Employment Insurance Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith that the way funds from employment insurance have been used by previous governments should not happen. Money put into EI by Canadians should be for Canadian workers when they need it, and if there are surplus funds, the m

Employment Insurance Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the Bloc Québécois for the question. We are looking at such things in committee right now. I hope that the hon. member can join us during this study to talk about extending special benefits.

Employment Insurance Act  Mr. Speaker, what is unfortunate is that parliamentary secretary responsible for Bill C-24 is not standing up in the House and debating me on the very legislation he is meant to be responsible for.

Employment Insurance Act  Mr. Speaker, it is such a great day to be debating in the House of Commons. Before I begin, I want to give a big shout-out. I have been in Ottawa for a while, and I think all House of Commons staff are doing an excellent job of keeping us fed and making sure that our system works

Employment Insurance Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier for his excellent speech today. I have a very simple question. Is the federal government capable of managing this pandemic and economic crisis without a federal budget?

Human Trafficking  Madam Speaker, the second petition is regarding human trafficking. The U.S. Department of State's 20th Trafficking in Persons Report indicates that Canada meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The TIP report notes the Canadian government did not provid

Medical Marijuana  Madam Speaker, I will now present two petitions today from concerned citizens in Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon regarding the use of medical marijuana licences for industrial medical marijuana production in our neighbourhoods. People across my riding are very upset that medical m

Transportation Safety  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to present three unique petitions, all citizen-driven, from constituents of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon. The first petition is regarding truck stops in B.C. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of keeping our domestic s

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Project Stream of the Rapid Housing Initiative: (a) what was the (i) total number of applications received to date, (ii) total number of proposed projects, (iii) total number of proposed housing units; (b) what i

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Kingston and the Islands. It was an informal exchange between us, but he was in the House, so I wanted to make note of that. The spirit of the debate taking place was very reasonable and I really do think there is a questionable

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, during the second reading of Bill C-19, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act (COVID-19 response) and its debate, I found an error in the text of the bill. At the top of page 12 concerning section 4 of the Elections Act, entitled, “Receipt of special ballot — appl

Housing  Mr. Speaker, the dream of home ownership, once achievable for most Canadians, is drifting out of reach for our middle class, especially young parents. House prices are simply quite divorced from reality. This should not be a surprise. Millennials have known this for years, but it

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, today I am tabling two petitions highlighting the rampant abuse of Canada's medical cannabis production provisions, including sale to the black and grey markets, destruction of property and negative impacts on residential areas, which municipalities do not have the a

Petitions  Madam Speaker, today I am tabling three petitions. The first petition calls on the federal government to apply Magnitsky Act sanctions on Chinese communist party officials who for over two decades have persecuted Falun Gong practitioners.

Petitions  Madam Speaker, the second petition I am tabling today highlights the lack of legal restrictions on sex-selective abortions. It is a situation domestic health care professionals and international bodies such as the UN recognize as discriminatory toward women and girls. The petitio