Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak to Bill C-13, the protecting Canadians from online crime act. I would like to first set out a bit of context in terms of where we have come from. Members might be aware that it was 25 years ago when the first test was done on the World Wide Web

Employees' Voting Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to rise in the House today to speak about Bill C-525, employees' voting rights act. In bringing this bill forward, the member for Wetaskiwin has focused our attention on an important aspect of labour relations in Canada, and that is the pro

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am absolutely proud of the work that our government has done for seniors. The number who are living below the poverty line, compared with when we took office, has changed dramatically. The increase to the GIS was the biggest increase in many years, and there is inc

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I have looked very carefully at the NDP's plan, its plan on the carbon tax and the plan in terms of how it was going to spend that money. To be frank, it was a myriad and hodgepodge of social programs that the members were going to spend that money on. In contrast,

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to address that question. The member is perhaps not familiar with it, and I hope other provinces follow suit, but the first nations in British Columbia, in partnership with the federal government and the province, were the first to sign on to a first n

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to speak to BIA no. 1 today. We all know that the budget was introduced a number of months ago now, and there are two process whereby we turn our budget into legislation. Today what we are talking about is the first very important piece of legislati

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague and one thing that stood out was her suggestion about the EI credit for small businesses. But is she aware that this government provided important temporary stimulus when it was needed during the global recession? When we look at the job nu

Curling  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to share that Kamloops will be hosting the country's best curlers over the next week for the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier. Tomorrow will be the beginning of the tournament that will determine who goes on to represent Canada at the 2014 Men's World Curling Champi

Anti-Bullying Day  Mr. Speaker, today is national Anti-Bullying Day. While bullying has always existed, modern technology gives bullies the ability to humiliate and intimidate their victims in front of the entire world. As recent tragedies have shown, cyberbullying has the power to destroy lives

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would point out that Canada was not alone. We were with the G20 nations in terms of this economic action plan. I would also point out that the Auditor General gave an incredibly favourable report. It was unprecedented in the history of Canada to have such a positi

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I find it ironic that in past budgets we have had measures around climate change and navigable waters, yet we had been heavily criticized by the opposition members who said the budget should be about the budget and that these were omnibus budgets. Now that we have a

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to stand up here today and speak to our economic action plan 2014. I also want to congratulate the Minister of Finance on again having a budget that is absolutely right for Canada in these times. Today I will talk about the context, because I think it

Fair Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, when I first went to the briefing on this piece of legislation, I was very impressed. I looked at the opportunities to move the issues around compliance to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which made perfect sense. I looked at the issues around robocalls and movi

Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, having been involved in the health care field, I regularly dealt with people who were absolutely desperate for the support of detox services and rehabilitation services. To be quite frank, the services that were needed were not there. To the member, how can she supp

Air Transportation  Mr. Speaker, the member raises a very good question and we will certainly get back to him as soon as possible. As a government, our commitment is to the health and safety of all Canadians in all workplaces.