Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  En ce qui concerne l’initiative Financement de la construction de logements locatifs: a) à combien s’élève le financement accordé dans le cadre de cette initiative depuis sa création; b) quels sont les détails de tous les projets approuvés jusqu’à maintenant, y compris, pour chac

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  En ce qui concerne l’Office des transports du Canada (OTC): a) quel est l’arriéré actuel des plaintes relatives au transport aérien, y compris le nombre de plaintes et la durée d’attente avant qu’une décision ne soit rendue pour les nouvelles plaintes; b) quel est le plan du gouv

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  En ce qui concerne les dépenses gouvernementales liées au déplacement du premier ministre à New York en septembre 2023 pour assister à l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies: a) quelles dépenses le gouvernement a-t-il effectuées à ce jour pour ce déplacement, au total et ventilé

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, first of all, the member opposite talked about academic studies. I would challenge that member to actually table academic studies showing that there is no correlation. In fact, Sylvain Charlebois of The Food Professor Podcast has actually specifically said there ha

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, what do grocery prices, tax, rents and mortgage costs all have in common? They are all up, up and away after eight years of this NDP-Liberal government. This week, in his mini budget, the Prime Minister has shown that he is not worth the cost. Our estimated public d

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, the member is one hundred per cent right. We are going through a housing crisis, and it is because municipal gatekeepers, right across the country, have held tight to old ideas such as zoning that basically keeps municipalities as they are. As our immigration grows

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, I actually wrote in my MP report to my constituents this week exactly that: All levels of government have been overspending. However, let us not forget what I called the Prime Minister earlier this week: “our deficit-maker-in-chief”. No one has the fiscal power li

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, I am going to ask for your patience with me because I am going to describe that particular question, not the questioner but the question, as political loser talk. If he wants to come to this place to talk about affordability, with doing things like increasing compe

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in this place to join the debate. I will be sharing my time with the excellent member of Parliament for Prince Albert. Bill C-56 is an interesting bill, and I must give the Liberal government some credit for taking a page directly fr

Finance  Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, grocery and home heating bills continue to rise, as do rent and mortgage payments. Scotiabank has said that inflationary government deficits are to blame. If our deficit-maker-in-chief was to show fiscal responsibility

Finance  Mr. Speaker, if we all quiet down, we can already hear the fiscal engines in the background starting to rev up, as the only solution for inflationary spending for the Prime Minister is more inflationary spending. The Conservative leader has challenged the Prime Minister to stop

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I certainly appreciate the words of the member of Parliament for North Okanagan—Shuswap, as well as his leadership, particularly when it comes to the fight against aquatic invasive species. Conservatives know that, if Canada is going to compete for foreign direct in

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, by rejecting Conservative amendments to create bright-line rules, such as those regarding investments from companies headquartered in hostile states being immediately referred to a review, and by not exempting our Five Eyes partners, which all clearly show not just d

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, Highway 97 between Peachland and Summerland has become four lanes, and the Hope-Princeton Highway has been widened. These investments were not made by a federal government for 30 years but were done by the Harper government. There were changes in the 2014 gas tax agr

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I know that the parliamentary secretary is so full of criticism of us because she cannot point to any real results of her own government. However, I have not heard her even talk about what we are here to do, which is on the concurrence—