Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, it is always interesting listening to the member opposite. He speaks of character assassination of government members. I would like to remind him of the $16 orange juice incident and the main lead on that, which was his leader. When we talk about behaviour, adjourni

COVID-19 in Alberta  Madam Speaker, the moment the Alberta government says things are serious and they have to act so things do not get out of control, we hear from the NDP member from Alberta that things are really serious and we have to be really concerned. I am not sure whether the rest of Canada

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciated having the opportunity to listen to the member. I have been on the industry committee so we have had a lot of discussions about when the vaccines would arrive, the efficacy of them and the difference as far as the time frame from 21 or 28 days up to t

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I always enjoy listening to the member and getting a chance to speak with him, especially with the experience he has had at the provincial level. I do remember back in the 1990s when the federal Liberal government slashed health care funding to the provinces. There

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, as the member indicated earlier, with 140 members I am sure there are 20 members from the Liberal Party who would be happy to be on this side rather than with the top-down government, but we will wait for that. The Liberal government has categorically failed to ke

Donald Holloway and Smiley Douglas  Mr. Speaker, the Korean War was one of the most significant chapters in our country's proud military history, and I want to honour two veterans from our community who will be missed with their recent passing. Don Holloway's lifetime of military service included time in the Korea

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for the good work he does on committee. One of the key considerations is to look at what is actually happening, and not having some arbitrary number that triggers the review. When we are talking about national security, this is one of the main p

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, usually when anybody gets up to speak, the member has a question of process. I go back to what the member for Carleton indicated, which is that the current government does not seem overly serious about passing any particular government legislation. It spent two mon

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, there are two aspects to what the member has asked, and the first is how are companies and businesses in Canada are supposed to be able to compete when they see investment dollars coming into our country from state-owned enterprises? That is really the critical asp

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, it is indeed an honour for me to speak to this motion this morning. I thank the member for Carleton for recognizing the number of years I have been associated with the industry committee, and I am honoured to present some of the findings in this particular report.

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, I want to indicate that Jim Balsillie noted with regard to this bill that “the privacy bill fails to curtail [the] surveillance economy or protect Canadians” and that “The government's proposed legislation would not curb the mass surveillance or behaviour manipulatio

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I just want to refer the minister to a BC Civil Liberties Association report, which states: Today, there are approximately 50 offences carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment in the Criminal Code, the vast majority of which came into force in 1995.

Petitions  Madam Speaker, last month, honourable members voted overwhelmingly to support a motion from Canada's Conservatives on Communist China. Our motion called on the government to recognize that a genocide is currently being carried out by the People's Republic of China against Uighurs

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, today is Canada's Agriculture Day. It is my honour to table in the House a petition from my constituents of Red Deer—Mountain View, as well as from other residents of Alberta, on such an important day for farmers. The petition calls on the Liberal government to exem

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government's total failure to deal with this pandemic is having a devastating impact in my riding of Red Deer—Mountain View. The government simply cannot get anything right. We are six months behind many other countries in the world when it comes to proc