Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  My apologies for that, Mr. Speaker. It is the previous government that I am referring to, and I am keen to hear the member's answer.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will not prejudge the process by getting right into the substance of the debate. I do have some preferences on that, but I am also not a total expert on the details. That is part of what we have to hammer out. First, the committee would have to decide that it wan

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as I said, for a long time the NDP, as a matter of policy, has preferred some form of mixed member proportional system. That is where I am at as well. However, the nitty-gritty details would have to be worked out. We do not have a full proposal, but, in principle, it

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform you that I intend to split my time with the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie. I am really pleased to rise to speak to this motion. As the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley mentioned earlier today in the House, I had a hand in crafting the proposal. As

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, the member's question allows me to set something straight. It is true that the previous Manitoba government said that it was pleased with that arrangement in the new circumstances. The member failed to mention that when the federal government changed and insinuated

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, had the question been put to me here is how I would have answered. That is the problem with the bill. We hear that the work is going to stay in Canada. We hear that it is going to stay in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec but the government has failed to mention that

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I would ask Canadians listening at home and members in the chamber to imagine what would happen to their communities if a large number of working people lost the good-paying jobs that support their families. It does not take a vivid imagination to realize what that

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I will start by informing you that I will be sharing my time with the member for Windsor West. I want to thank the member for Newmarket—Aurora for demonstrating the kind of fundamental incoherence of the Liberal argument when it comes to the bill. We just heard a

Hi Neighbour Festival  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say, “Hi, neighbour”. The Hi Neighbour Festival is a staple of Transcona culture, dating back to its inception in 1964. An eleven-and-a-half-foot statue of Hi Neighbour Sam, the festival's mascot, towers over Regent Avenue, just west of Plessis Roa

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, we have not yet heard any real arguments to justify the exclusions that are in Bill C-7. Considering all the other protections for management that are included in Bill C-7, why does the government feel that these exclusions are necessary, and why

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, when we had a spreadsheet submitted to us at committee on the last day, one from MPPAC and one from the RCMP itself, we found that in virtually every category of exclusion, at least one and often more police forces across Canada do have clauses that fall within the a

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary gave a two-part question, so I will give a two-part answer. We have heard from RCMP members, and a number of members in this place, that it would not make sense to treat the RCMP as any other branch of the federal public service. The appr

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, if we look at the flashpoint incidents, or the cases that RCMP members and the MPPAC, and those who have advocated for collective bargaining for the RCMP for a long time and who took the government to court to secure those rights, they are not talking about 5% over f

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to start my remarks today by thanking all the men and women in the RCMP who serve our country. It has been a real honour to have had an opportunity, through working on Bill C-7, to hear from them and get a sense of the needs and challenges of the RCMP to

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, it has been a pleasure to work with the hon. member as Bill C-7 works its way through Parliament, even though we do not always agree. I would like to pick up on a theme that was in his speech and also in the remarks of the parliamentary secretary earlier. Collective