Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to participate in the debates we have in this place. Before I write debate speeches, I generally like to do a bit of background research. This can often be very revealing. This is a very important debate, important for many different reason

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, small businesses across Canada, including Innov8 from Kelowna, have joined together to launch a campaign, called “Let Me Compete”, to fight the Liberals' latest attack on small businesses. Under new printer procurement rules, the Liberals are shutting out small and m

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will go back to my question, which the member did not answer. How is it fair that someone who has claimed asylum in the United States who goes to a Canadian port of entry to try to gain entry is turned away, because Canada has signed a safe third country agreement,

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, if Canada is upholding its international agreements, if we are a country based on the rule of law and we want to see those rules applied fairly, if someone presents himself to a port of entry from the United States, having already claimed asylum in that country, he w

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, as a former parliamentary secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, the member has raised a good issue. Historically, the Treasury Board was created for the war effort to allow for a more timely response to Canada's contribution to World War II. The member

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, in short, I have listened to a variety of podcasts. CANADALAND has a podcast called OPPO. There was a discussion about Statistics Canada with two journalists, both of whom were considered to be on different ranges of the political spectrum. The one thing they cited w

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am going to begin my comments on this budget implementation bill with a bit of trivia. Who was it who said, and I am going to quote directly, “omnibus legislation as a way of avoiding debate, as a way of putting everything into a piece of legislation, whether or n

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, during the election, Liberals actually talked about working with the provinces on creating a pan-Canadian climate change framework. They said they would not use a stick to work with the provinces, that they would give them carrots. Now we find out in the budget bill

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, middle-class Canadians are paying more under these Liberals. One woman told me that she lost her home because of the government. What about diabetics who are unreasonably being denied the disability tax credit? Instead of actually helping Canadians, we see the Minist

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's Report  Mr. Speaker, on a point of order with respect to relevance, the member continues to talk about something that was debated last night. I am having flashbacks to the Trans Mountain emergency debate, and perhaps he should have given that section of his speech last night. I understa

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's Report  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's contribution here today; however, I must say that it is completely at the discretion of the government and government members as to how they respond to a motion. The third party as well as the official opposition have said many times that

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's Report  Madam Speaker, I certainly appreciate the member's contribution today to the discussion. When it comes to transparency, in the last Parliament the Prime Minister put forward a private member's bill and made it part of his electoral commitment. Then what did we see? The Liberals p

Trans Mountain Expansion Project  Mr. Speaker, the member has been given a lot responsibility by his leader, Jagmeet Singh, who has expressed various views on this. As a British Columbian, I have concerns, especially when I hear from my constituents who are also concerned, that members of this place are partici

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I certainly appreciate this member's contribution to the debate today. Absolutely, government debt is at a high when we add in the provinces. However, we also add our demographics, and it becomes incumbent upon any responsible government to make sure it is not taking

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, in regard to the national carbon tax and imposing one upon provinces that may not be in agreement with the government's aims, the courts previously found, in the Vander Zalm ruling regarding the HST, that a province not only needed to be consulted, but there needed t