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Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, we are doing it. We are ending fossil fuel subsidies. We are engaging in serious plans on technology and on other issues. It is not just a price on pollution; it is a comprehensive plan. We are working on it, and we are happy to work with the NDP on this issue. We ha
March 19th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to evictions data collected by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, since January 1, 2006, Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation, or CMHC, does not have a database containing this type of data. There is no authoritative source of this data acro
April 8th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker. with regard to the Housing Accelerator Fund, or HAF, and the decision to not fund the city of Windsor, Ontario, Ontario’s application, Budget 2022 announced $4 billion in funding until 2026-27 to launch the HAF. The target is to permit an additional 100,000 net new h
April 8th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to the Canada housing benefit, broken down by federal electoral district since the program's inception, CMHC and the Canada Revenue Agency undertook an extensive preliminary search in order to determine the amount of information that would fall within the
April 8th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act Madam Speaker, the topic that the member is dealing with is particularly important. One of the arguments that he is making is with respect to taking down this heinous material online. I agree with him. However, the bill does not make any provisions for it. Bill C-63, which is g
April 9th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to government funding for highway or road projects, a list of projects submitted under the investing in Canada infrastructure program, or ICIP, is available on the Infrastructure Canada, or INFC, website at: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/icip-proj
April 10th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings, or GICB, Program and the decision to not fund the Municipality of Red Lake, Ontario, with regard to (a), the Corporation of the Municipality of Red Lake submitted an application to the GICB’s second schedule
April 15th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
Protection Against Extortion Act Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to this bill. I also appreciate the member who brought this forward. I know there is concern in his community with respect to the rise in certain types of crime. If we look to the United States and the extensive use of mandator
April 17th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
The Budget Mr. Speaker, I am happy to be here today to talk about the budget, called “Fairness for Every Generation”. A fair chance to build a good middle-class life and to do as well as one's parents, or better, has always been the promise of Canada. Unfortunately, today for too many young
April 29th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
The Budget Mr. Speaker, it is an important thing. I hear from many of my colleagues as well, and it is an important issue for the government. However, I take issue with the fact that the hon. member says that we do not stand up for workers. This has been a very pro-worker, pro-labour gover
April 29th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
The Budget Mr. Speaker, I am not opposed to what the member is suggesting, but I think it highlights a point; the oil and gas sector is creating record profits, and it is not passing that down to Canadians. That goes into the myth of what the Conservative Party says, which is that despite
April 29th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal
The Budget Mr. Speaker, the housing accelerator fund is an opportunity for municipalities to partner with the federal government. We do not have a one-size-fits-all solution to this. This is to work with municipalities for the plans they have. In my speech, I talked about how the City of S
April 29th, 2024House debate
Chris BittleLiberal