Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in the case of the process the member is discussing, it went to a committee of the House of Commons and the other place. It obviously did not go quite according to plan and that person is not going to be the commissioner, so the process worked quite well.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I did not say the appointment went well; I said the process worked. We saw what happened. There are always possibilities of changing processes, but the process we have will produce very good results for all appointments going forward.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the opposition because a second standard already exists. Not every appointment requires the approval of the House of Commons. Only officer of Parliament appointments do. To me that is a very important standard. The appointment of an officer of Parliamen

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my colleague from Sudbury. I am pleased to participate in this debate today on a motion to change the rules of the House introduced by a political party that recently fought tooth and nail in defence of the position that the rules o

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I believe you will find great pleasure in the House to see the clock at midnight at this time.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I keep hearing all these Conservatives get up and talk about how great their softwood lumber agreement was in 2006. The problem with it was that it was not great. Virtually everybody at the time was opposed to it. They gave $1 billion to the American industry and n

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer a little reminder about the softwood lumber crisis. The Conservatives put the agreement in place in 2006, and in 2008 we had the forestry crisis. That crisis happened after the Conservatives’ agreement with the Americans was implemented. It wa

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I congratulate you on your temporary role. I would like to thank my colleague from Beauport—Limoilou for his speech. At the end of his speech he said that his party is a good manager of taxpayer dollars. I find this is not entirely accurate. During the 10 year

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as is often the case, I find myself stuck between the fissile motion of the NDP and the facile position of the Conservatives. The last time the Conservatives ran a fighter procurement program, we largely lost our aviation industry, which took a long time to recover a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague from Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie knows, I come from the riding of Laurentides—Labelle. In the northern part of the riding is a former nuclear base with silos for Tomahawk missiles. The nuclear issue is real. Canada was a nuclear nation in a sense becaus

House debate  Madam Speaker, early in his speech my colleague from Kitchener—Conestoga talked about the public transit tax credit, which is an interesting topic because the idea of the credit was to increase ridership, yet the net result was that it did not increase ridership and it did not he

Laurentides—Labelle  Mr. Speaker, as the summer season approaches, I want to emphasize the importance of tourism in the Laurentian region. The millions of tourists and vacationers who visit our region create jobs for thousands of people who can then work close to home, from Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs to S

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, with the consent of the House, could we see the clock at 12 o'clock high so we can all go off and address our munchies?

Cannabis Act  Mr. Speaker, when I visit my riding, I ask young people whether it is easier to get marijuana or beer. They always say marijuana.

Cannabis Act  In my riding, it is true, Mr. Speaker. Therefore, I want to ask my colleague whether he believes that the current system works well. If not, why did he do nothing about it in his 10 years in cabinet?