Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the speech from my colleague was very disturbing, and it should be disturbing for the victims. Like the colleague from Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, the Liberals are just going back six years and pointing their fingers. Does she justify the government's inaction on very

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the government sat on serious allegations of sexual harassment at the highest level for over three years. The Bloc is stating that it believes this motion is about scapegoating. Could my colleague talk about how this is about accountability at the highest level of g

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to note that the Prime Minister is the one who used to say “sunshine is the best disinfectant” and that the Liberals would not resort to parliamentary games. Again, this motion is about accountability. Could my colleague, the House leader, talk about why we fe

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his service. He probably understands better than many of us how important accountability is to the CAF. Yes, we need to come up with some long-term fixes. Some great recommendations have been ignored. On the issue of accountability at the hi

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have two issues here. One is solutions. We do have solutions. In the last question, the member talked about some of the answers already being there. We also have an issue of accountability. Clearly the Prime Minister does not hold the Minister of National Defence

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary was saying the right words, but the actions do not actually align. The Prime Minister many years ago suggested a minister should be fired simply over a $16-orange juice, but for over three years now, no one in the military has been held

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Madam Speaker, the government says it has enforced some of the strictest border measures in the world. This could not be further from the truth. The so-called quarantine hotels have little to no security. Four hundred and four passengers simply walked out of the airport with not

The Budget  Madam Speaker, my colleague has been here for a while and has some very valuable historical insight on things that happen over time. When I saw this budget of 700-plus pages with extraordinary debt spending and decisions around support for many different items, I worried about,

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I greeted the presentation yesterday with both skepticism and concern. My question will focus around the skepticism and hopefully later I can talk about the concerns. The Liberal government has promised democratic reform. For over 29 years it promised child care. Fo

Department of Industry Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-284, An Act to amend the Department of Industry Act (financial assistance). Mr. Speaker, this pandemic has required extraordinary support for business and industry, which will be an obligation on current and future taxpayers. An example, of co

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, the government typically puts in measures that help with the pandemic and then it overreaches. The overreach is in one of its first pieces of legislation: It asked for unfettered spending for almost two years. With this particular piece, there is absolutely importa

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I started to talk about the Angel Street campaign. What was really poignant for me when I participated was that a husband and wife led the initiative. The husband talked frankly to all the school children and people who were at the ceremony to rename the street about

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, as we know, abuse takes so many forms. The member is right that economic abuse is part of control, but it is also part of control with diminished options for women in terms of escape. It is tough enough for a woman to escape a very abusive domestic violence situation

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, the part of my speech I did not get to was what we as parliamentarians need to do. I had it broken into a number of different categories. One of them is our laws, expectations and policies and we are directly responsible for ensuring women newcomers to Canada are saf

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, certainly one of the most profound things we do in the House sometimes is to speak in these take-note debates. Tonight, of course, is no different in terms of the incredible speeches and passion that we are hearing. Certainly we all have a shared responsibility to p