Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I completely agree with him. We did not hear the term “infrastructure asset recycling” during the election campaign. It is not until the end of Bill C-29, on page 228, that there is mention of what the Minister of Finance may d

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I have seen it in the past and many parliamentarians have forgotten that there was a greenhouse gas screen on infrastructure projects during the previous administration under former prime minister Paul Martin. It did not slow down infrastructure projects, not to my r

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House today to speak to Bill C-29. I have been listening to all the debate that has been taking place, and I note that we as members of Parliament seem to be debating lots of different things all at once, and not necessarily always Bill

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I am interested to hear my colleague from Alberta talk about what is not in the budget for energy workers. I would put it to him that I would like to see energy workers in Alberta working in projects supported by Unifor and the CLC, such as to improve our refinery ca

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Madam Speaker, I have questions for my colleague related to the carbon tax. Has the member conducted any studies on the real risks and threats to our economy associated with climate change and the absence of any measures to counter those risks? British Columbia's carbon tax has

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first relates to a missing persons index. The petitioners want to see legislation to create a missing persons index. This is more of a follow up at this point, because the legislation has gone forward, but full funding and impleme

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition calls for a ban, for the entire west coast, on tankers carrying crude oil, particularly bitumen mixed with diluent. These petitioners are from throughout Vancouver Island but primarily from my riding.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, this is the kind of issue that is all too often brought back to this place. Despite many efforts over many years to make a difference, we are clearly failing indigenous children. Cindy Blackstock is a voice of conscience. I was ashamed when we discovered that some y

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first petition is from residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands, particularly Salt Spring Island and Mayne Island. The petitioners call upon the government to follow the advice of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and move to

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is very specific to the Saanich Inlet. It is a very small inlet and pollution problems are mostly discharged from people living aboard their vessels. The petitioners are working with Transport Canada, but ask that this be expedited to create a p

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, far from being a gift-wrapped package for the new government, in the words of Professor Gus Van Harten, CETA was in fact a ticking time bomb. People who know this file knew that the Europeans were not really happy with this deal. To defuse the ticking time bomb, the

Nuclear Weapons  Mr. Speaker, I rise to draw the attention of the House to a worsening situation in arms control. Globally, we have seen an alarming development in states modernizing nuclear weapons for what they describe as tactical purposes. This may remind some of my colleagues of Dr. Strangel

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to present two petitions. The first is from many residents within my riding as well as from London, Ontario, calling for a national AIDS strategy, but specifically one that looks at the proven method of treatment as prevention.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is focused on small farms in the global south, particularly to protect small farmers and their right to collect, exchange, and save seeds.

Canada Pension Plan  I rise on a question of privilege. I cannot help it if other levels of government use the word “green”. We can check, but the Green Party of Ontario did not support those policies, and I personally—