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Canada Pension Plan Mr. Speaker, the hon. member says that the poor voted, and that could be. I mentioned electricity because I remember, after the election, the two leaders dancing on the stage in glee. I am talking about the leader in the province of Ontario who implemented this. If the Prime Mi
November 29th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada Pension Plan Mr. Speaker, I am really puzzled by the question. We are talking about $24,000 for every woman and man. This is just a suggestion, but I am showing there is a real possibility. That is compared to $12,000. Let us not forget that this legislation will not come into effect for abou
November 29th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada Pension Plan Mr. Speaker, respectfully, I will ask a question in response. What jobs? We have not seen any jobs. It has been a year. We have seen massive spending by the government, $30 billion, and it continues to grow. I am waiting for the jobs. I am waiting for the announcements in my ridi
November 29th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada Pension Plan Mr. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. It is a great honour to speak to initiatives that are very close to a lot of our hearts. I know it is close to mine. We are talking about the proposed changes in Bill C-26. I think it should be noted again that these changes will not
November 29th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Medal of Bravery Mr. Speaker, on May 7, while responding to a fire alarm, Constable Fraser Curtis and his partner were told by bystanders that there may be someone still in the burning building. He entered the building, without protection and at great risk to his own life, crawled through thick
November 28th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act Madam Speaker, that particular question was asked across the nation as well. We heard that from west to east. We spent quite an amount of time in committee discussing that too. We have to understand that we are a small country. As such, we have a smaller group who are being sold
November 21st, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act Madam Speaker, those were a lot of questions, and I am trying to think of which one I should address. The advice I would give is to get your facts straight.
November 21st, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act Madam Speaker, I apologize. If I could have 20 minutes, I would certainly be glad to address all those questions, but I have only one minute left, so I will not have time. However, it would be a great topic of debate, and I would love to get into that with him at some point.
November 21st, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to stand to talk about CETA, which we have been discussing all day. It is quite a topic of discussion. First, I want to congratulate both the member for Battlefords—Lloydminster and the member for Abbotsford, who both spoke. If anyo
November 21st, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) tariffs, since January 1, 2016: what are the actual or anticipated costs that each department, agency, and crown corporation has or will pay on an annual basis in SOCAN tariffs for (i) backgro
November 14th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to all polls and focus groups conducted by the government since November 4, 2015: for each contract, what is the (i) name of the vendor, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) topic of each poll or focus group, (iv) location of each poll or focus group, (v) internal file n
November 14th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Since November 4, 2015: (a) what are the details of any studies the government has conducted with regards to the AIIB, including (i) title of study, (ii) subject matter, (iii) findings, (iv) file number, (v) summary
November 4th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) tariffs, since January 1, 2016: what are the actual or anticipated costs that each department, agency, and crown corporation has or will pay on an annual basis in SOCAN tariffs for (i) backgro
November 4th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to all financial transactions between Environment Canada and the World Meteorological Association since November 4, 2015: what are the details of each transaction, including (i) the amount, (ii) the date, (iii) the sender, (iv) the recipient, (v) the purpose, (vi) whe
November 4th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to all polls and focus groups conducted by the government since November 4, 2015: for each contract, what is the (i) name of the vendor, (ii) value of the contract, (iii) topic of each poll or focus group, (iv) location of each poll or focus group, (v) internal file n
November 4th, 2016House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative