Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, I respectfully disagree. Energy companies in Canada create thousands of jobs and pay millions of dollars in taxes. All of that contributes to the Canadian economy. It contributes to what we are able to pay for health care, education and the services that we value i

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, the hon. member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke has asked this very good question many times throughout her long tenure as a member of Parliament. It is a very important one because when we are spending $27 billion and more, growing to $30 billion, $40 billion ove

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, absolutely, we are opposed to inflationary spending, because what that is doing is increasing the interest rates. We are going to see that again tomorrow. People in my community who have housing prices now approaching $1.2 million on average are going to pay for th

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in this House to speak. Today I am speaking to Bill C-32, an act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on Apri

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Winnipeg North for the promotional message on behalf of Bill C-20 and the apparent work of his government. We support Bill C-20 for some of the reasons he outlined and other reasons we have articulated in our interventions on this piece of leg

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Windsor West is in a bordering community, a very important border, where a large percentage of the Canada-U.S. trade crosses each day. The hon. member for Windsor West knows full well the impact that CBSA officers have and what they are dealing wi

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, that is one of the things we support, bringing in both of those agencies. My understanding is that it is the first time they have been brought together. Our borders, as has been noted in debate on this piece of legislation, are extremely important. They are extremel

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, we are here debating federal legislation. I have cited a number of statistics put out by Statistics Canada on a federal level that have seen an increase in gang violence and an increase in violent crime, and that is impacting our communities. I can assure the hon. me

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the House to speak on behalf of the people of Flamborough—Glanbrook, certainly today on Bill C-20, which is an act to establish the public complaints and review commission. However, if members would allow me to depart for a moment fr

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, wow is right. It is an alarming number. We also know that there has been a 32% increase in violent crimes as well. Those are startling numbers on their own. What is even more horrifying is to imagine the faces of the victims, the women, children and seniors living i

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, I would point out that Peterborough—Kawartha is a beautiful area of Ontario and our country, and I would encourage you and all members of the House to visit Peterborough—Kawartha sometime soon. It is a good question with regard to bail reform, which is what I referr

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert. That is also a beautiful area of the country. I would encourage people to visit it. It was interesting that he used an example of swimming in his question. I was a lifeguard many years ago, going through high school

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, as was pointed out in the question, there is time allocation on the bill, so we will be proceeding with it today, obviously, and we will get it to committee. Aside from the bill, the larger question that the Conservative Party is asking is this: What are we doing a

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague from Haldimand—Norfolk raised some very good points and spoke about why it is very important to address the judicial system and build integrity in the system, and my colleague from Niagara Falls raised the issue of public confidence in our justice s

Petitions  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to present a petition signed by a number of residents in Flamborough—Glanbrook who are calling on the government to expedite the delivery of reliable Internet service to rural Canadians. People are experiencing inconsistent, inadequate and sometime