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Employment Mr. Speaker, it is no secret I am a big fan of the Canada summer jobs program. In my riding of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, this program has provided many young people in my community with their first real job. While the previous government put CSJ on the chopping block and youth
March 1st, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Unfortunately, I was trying to present a committee report, but I was not recognized. I would like to have unanimous consent to present our committee report.
April 10th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 15th report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, entitled “Impacts of Canada's Regulatory Structure on Small Business: Between Protection and Competition”. Pursuant to Standing
April 29th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 16th report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, entitled “Statutory Review of the Copyright Act”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government tabl
June 3rd, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 17th report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, entitled “Main Estimates 2019-2020".
June 3rd, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Mr. Speaker, it has been almost four years since I first took my seat in the House. It has been privilege to serve the constituents of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge. I have loved building the relationships that are so important to understanding the needs of my communities. There are
June 5th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am glad to rise today to join in the debate about telecom service in Canada. I am very proud of the work our government has done on this file and what we have achieved. Our government is focused on three elements of telecom services that matter most to middle-clas
June 10th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. colleague for his question and comments. I have certainly enjoyed spending the last four years on the committee with my colleague. Throughout our term, we did a study on broadband connectivity in Canada. One of the things we heard, time
June 10th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, from what we are hearing, the Doug Ford government in Ontario does not want to co-operate with the federal government. Having said that, I would like to point out that more than 190 indigenous communities have already received support with new and improved high-spee
June 10th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Fisheries Act Mr. Speaker, I am happy to speak today to the message from the Senate regarding Bill C-68, an act to amend the Fisheries Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts. Once enacted, this bill will repeal the changes that the former Conservative government implemented whe
June 14th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Fisheries Act Mr. Speaker, I am going to speak to what I know and what I have seen from working with my constituents, who, as members of a watershed community, really enlightened me on fish and fish habitat. When I look across our region, waterways that once were connected and are no longer
June 14th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Fisheries Act Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. One of the challenges we faced was the Fisheries Act was gutted in 2012. Looking back, from 2004 to 2016, 80% of fisheries officers were gone. We went from 73,000 hours down to 14, 885 hours. The one thing that I kept hearing w
June 14th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Fisheries Act Mr. Speaker, with respect to one of the challenges to which my colleague referred, again, this is what I heard on the ground from the people in my riding. If there is no way to effectively enforce any of the policies in place, then we cannot go forward. In effect, it is so import
June 14th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Fisheries Act Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that we have accepted some of the recommendations from the Senate. From everything we have heard, the fish banking is not ready. There is too much work to be done, and to be included in this would be premature. We need to ensure that this Fish
June 14th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 18th report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, entitled “Rural Wireless Digital Infrastructure: A Critical Role”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that th
June 17th, 2019House debate
Dan RuimyLiberal