Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are mindful that this could be the second Christmas that Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig spend in a Chinese prison. All Canadians stand in solidarity with their families and friends and we must send a signal that such conduct by the Chin

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, 75 years ago this week, thousands of Canadians were fighting to defend Hong Kong in the Battle of Hong Kong during the Second World War. In the last few months, millions of Hong Kongers have taken to the streets to protest the erosion of their rights under the one co

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Prime Minister for his remarks. I have a comment and a very important question based on them. The Prime Minister seems to believe, with respect to the steel and aluminum tariffs, that his decision to impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States s

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my question is through you to the Prime Minister, and I would appreciate him answering on behalf of his government. Next week we mark one year since Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were imprisoned by the Chinese state in an act of retaliation aga

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I have a point of order. I wanted to give the Prime Minister the ability to finish the bulk of his remarks, so I waited to bring it up. My point of order relates to the general practice of the House, which is that before the government talks about the provisions th

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I know the member served in the Ontario legislature with my father, and my father had good things to say about him. He got off the HMCS Titanic before the Wynne government took down the Liberals in Ontario, in many ways because they made the Ontario economy less comp

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith. It is my first time responding to his question. I share his concern about the loss we had on data protection with respect to biologics. I have seen the impact of those drugs, personalized medicine, and I

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, with the interventions tonight from the member for Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, the member for Fredericton and the member for Malpeque, there must have been a really good Atlantic reception tonight in Ottawa these members were attending before late night debate. I

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, if Canadians are still watching, I want them to know that we have lots of respect and friendships across the aisle, and I am friends with the member for Eglinton—Lawrence. I will try to tone down my partisanship. I would like to thank him for asking his last question

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, if only we had seen that passion from the member for Fredericton a few years ago, we might have been able to avoid some of the disastrous results we have had on the trade front. On nights like this, I wonder if he is reflecting on that fact and on what he is going t

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am not quite sure how to follow my friend from Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook. I will try to do so with facts, as opposed to volume. He knows that my family, who live in Fall River in his riding, have a great deal of respect for him, as I do. Unfortunately, the spee

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, what to say after that speech? Winston Churchill once said that a man was about as big as the things that made him angry. Certainly, the member for Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook was quite angry tonight, trying to defend the government's record on trade, which is not

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Free trade agreements like NAFTA, the TPP and CETA are very important to our future, because we need to seek out new markets around the world. Trade between Canada and the United States is currently being disrupted, especiall

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague from Edmonton West for his work. In fact, he and his office knew the last budget and the errors in it better than the Minister of Finance and his entire department. I think the people of Edmonton should be very proud of the t

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I am glad I provoked my friend from Malpeque to stand. We are going to miss him when he retires shortly. I would direct him to MacDougall Steel Erectors in Borden-Carleton. They are great people. They know the member well, and they know he has been frustrated. Mac