Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to answer that question. I believe Mr. Flaherty would have been really pleased with our comprehensive plan, which will support every Canadian family. We have increased the universal child care benefit, from which every family with children will benef

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise to debate Bill C-43. I will quickly go over the process that has gotten us to this point. The budget is typically delivered in the spring, and then there are two budget implementation bills, one in the spring and one in the fall. I will rea

Labour  Mr. Speaker, youth employment issues matter to thousands of young Canadians looking to acquire experience and find a job in today's competitive job market. Our government understands the importance of having opportunities for training in the workplace yet recognizes that intern

Labour  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to respond to the member for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles with regard to interns in federally regulated workplaces. My hon. colleague is asserting that unpaid interns are being exploited and left unprotected, in violation of both federal and provincial labour c

Firearms Act  Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government is committed to standing up for law-abiding hunters, farmers and sport shooters. Hunting is an important part of our Canadian heritage. Previous Liberal governments have tried to put a stop to this way of life by smothering hunters in red

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, the Canada summer student job program is a critical piece. The member might not be aware, but in actual fact the budget for that particular program increased during the global economic recession and has stayed at that higher level. It involves many students and, as I

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I do not have the numbers in front of me, but one of the very important things we have done as a government is to provide funding for paid internships. I suspect in the member's riding a company is available that has been given the contract and is putting out the req

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, as someone who has spent a number of years of my adult life representing rural communities, I have a very good appreciation for both the challenges and the beautiful benefits of living in rural communities. Child care is absolutely an important piece of that. Having

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I do not think there has ever been a government that has done more to support youth in apprenticeship programs. In the last budget, we made loans available for people on apprenticeship programs. We have support for their tools. We have measure after measure in terms

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to stand here and talk to this very important issue of youth unemployment and the important report that was put forward by the Standing Committee on Finance with a number of recommendations. First of all, we need to put this into a framework of what

Child Poverty  Mr. Speaker, I certainly welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate on the private member's Motion No. 534, which was introduced by the member for Scarborough—Rouge River. I would like to thank her for tabling this motion, because it allows me to speak to the important thing

Red Tape Reduction Act  Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate that point. It was said in jest to me a little bit earlier that the businesses would have preferred a two-for-one. Ultimately, that would get them down to no regulations. What we do recognize is that there are some that are very important in terms of

Red Tape Reduction Act  Mr. Speaker, we talked about how small businesses are the economic engine. I am going to give an example in my riding. It is Country Prime Meats, and it makes pepperoni sticks that go across Canada. It also has a bit of an international market for its product. It is a very succ

Red Tape Reduction Act  Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today to talk to the red tape reduction act. This legislation would enshrine our one-to-one rule in law. I will be sharing my time with the member for Huron—Bruce. Before I talk about this specific legislation, I want to take a t

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am very glad we are talking about this important issue as we come toward Remembrance Day. I also looked at the report that was done by the veterans affairs committee, and I really want to congratulate the members on having a report that had the consensus of all pa