Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's thoughts on one area of the bill, a bill that is 850-plus pages. When parliamentarians stand to vote on the legislation, with the very minimal debate time we have had, people will be very unfamiliar with many parts of the bill because they

Bear Clan Patrol  Mr. Speaker, last Thursday evening, I walked with a Bear Clan Patrol in Winnipeg. It was heart-wrenching. The team of volunteers patrols the north end, providing support for the most vulnerable. In just a few hours, we encountered a sexual assault victim, domestic abuse, and drug

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise regarding a question I asked the minister several months ago. Although a lot of time has passed, I think the issue is even more relevant today than when I asked it at that time, which I certainly did not feel I got a satisfactory response to. It was a

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I will again reiterate that we all want to see this report in the House and the change that was promised. I acknowledge that I continue to be concerned. As we watched the inquiry, we saw personnel, whether it was chief executive officers or commissioners, leave. Mo

Resumption and Continuation of Postal Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, I know that in the last Parliament there were many strikes that were averted. We have fine mediators who do great work. I know of many cases where our ministers made sure the strikes were averted by the work they did at the table, sleeping in the port, and really get

Agriculture and Agri-food  Mr. Speaker, in spite of recent lofty commitments, the government has increased the burden on our businesses. In my riding, Absorbent Products, a three-decade-old family business that manufactures food grade additives for use in animal feed, has been fighting with CFIA officials

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, I note that on the the New Democrats official social media site, they have put out a comment that what the Liberal government is doing is much worse and much more draconian than anything the Conservatives did. I know they objected in the past to some of the measure

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I too am happy to lend my voice to the debate. The purpose of the bill is to require a court, when imposing sentences for very serious crimes, to consider it to be an aggravating circumstance when the victim is an aboriginal woman. Like many of the speakers before

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  moved: Motion No. 12 That Bill C-86 be amended by deleting Clause 675. Motion No. 13 That Bill C-86 be amended by deleting Clause 676. Motion No. 14 That Bill C-86 be amended by deleting Clause 677. Motion No. 15 That Bill C-86 be amended by deleting Clause

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, often we say we are honoured to stand up in this House. However, today I am actually very disappointed to have to stand up in the House and talk to the amendments I have proposed, why I proposed these amendments, and how the current government has failed to live up t

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I will quickly answer that question. Only Liberals could talk about imposing a tax that takes money out of people's pockets and about how much it is going to raise. It is going to be taking money out of people's pockets. What I really want to focus on, and it was th

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, with the time allocation on second reading, there was no opportunity to look at this issue at all. The finance committee had very minimal opportunity. More importantly, we learned from the Senate pre-hearings that the communities that are impacted had no idea that t

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, that is absolutely ludicrous. I have already said that this was not in the budget bill of 2018. As I understand, it was not in the budget bill of 2017. In terms of talking with the first nations, with respect to the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee, public servant

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised several important pieces of indigenous legislation before the next election. Three years in, there is nothing to report. The rights and recognition framework has stalled. The language act is nowhere to be seen. On the child welfare act, to

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have a number of petitions from people who state that the time has come to end testing on animals for cosmetic purposes, and, it is important to note, not research purposes, especially with some of the new techniques out there. I am pleased to present these petitio