Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, that is quite interesting coming from a member of a government that ran seven consecutive operating deficits in a row. The Liberal government ran on a plan to help our middle class. This is the first step of that plan, a middle-class income tax cut. The plan inclu

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to add my voice to today's discussion on the government's middle-income tax cut, which we introduced in December 2015. Before I touch on the legislation, I will begin by taking a few moments to extend my congratulations to the Minister of Finance

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I know how hard the hon. member has worked in the last few months to be elected on October 19. I am wondering if he could share with us how important it is to him and to his constituents to achieve the right balance between the energy sector and the environment. How

Employment  Mr. Speaker, non-profit organizations in our communities are already working on their summer programming and will soon be hiring employees for the summer period. Can the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour confirm which programs will be available to non-prof

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that in the last eight months I quite literally knocked on thousands and thousands of doors in Saint Boniface and Saint Vital. Many of the issues were paramount to the citizens I now represent, not the least of which was infrastructure funding. As

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Again, Mr. Speaker, after my intensive consultations of the last six months, the middle-income tax cut was very well received at the doors. I also know there were some questions in the past about what we were doing for people who were struggling to join the middle class. That i

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I was very proud when the government said it was going to implement all 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It is very important and groundbreaking work that the commission did. I think that once the report flows through the systems of the

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am going to share my time with another hon. member. It is a real honour for me to represent the people of Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, who voted overwhelmingly for change on October 19. Saint Boniface—Saint Vital is the birthplace and the resting place of the fath

Louis Riel  Mr. Speaker, on November 16 of this year, at his gravesite in the Saint Boniface Cathedral, the Manitoba Metis Federation, Union nationale métisse and I paid our respects on the 130th Anniversary of the execution of the Father of Manitoba and leader of the Métis nation, Louis Rie