High School Graduations  Mr. Speaker, it is graduation time in high schools across Canada and I want to rise to mark this milestone in the life of our young people. First, I would like to thank our teachers: the teachers in Durham, Clarington, Scugog and Uxbridge for their dedication and mentorship to o

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from the trade committee for that multiple choice test he is seeming to give. The real answer is what trade deal has the NDP stood in the House to support? The answer to that question is none of the above. We are here to grow jobs f

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, as the member well knows, the FIPA with China will give a lot of Canadian exporters and companies many of the same protections that Chinese operators in Canada already have. It is about evening and leveling the playing field, helping one in five jobs attributable to

Retirement Congratulations  Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a great leader from our community in Durham, a leader who also happens to be my father, John O'Toole. He is retiring this week, after 19 years as our member of provincial Parliament. While raising a family of five children and working 31 yea

70th Anniversary of D-Day  Mr. Speaker, last week, I was honoured to be one of the parliamentarians to accompany nearly 100 Canadian veterans, as we returned to France for the 70th commemoration of the landings of D-Day and the wider Battle of Normandy. Over 14,000 Canadians served, and 5,000 paid the ulti

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, I was an officer at 12 Wing Shearwater 17 years ago when this hon. member was elected. I enjoyed meeting him. I know he has a passion for veterans. I have spoken about his passion for veterans in this House, so his unparliamentary language directed at me is disappoin

Veterans Hiring Act  Are they a member of staff? Do they work in Stoffer's office?

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech and for his service. We both went to Royal Military College. He served a distinguished 20 years and now serves capably in this Parliament. My colleague had a very interesting number. He reminded the House that the av

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of serving for a time on the veterans affairs committee, which the member chaired very capable, and his passion is evident. My question in many ways relates to the comments that the member for Timmins—James Bay was getting all worked up about. I

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, thank you for the clarification. I will rephrase my question this way for the hon. member in his role as a committee chair. In the rules of his committee and in his experience in that position, would it be normal for his committee to hear from a witness who is also a

Veterans Hiring Act  Challenging the Speaker now, Charlie?

Veterans Hiring Act  He should leave this chamber.

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his remarks. Certainly I was proud when our government, a few years ago, extended the Bomber Command commendation to our air force veterans from World War II. I indeed hope that the member's family, or perhaps his father himself,

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, the member and I served, for a time, on the veterans affairs committee, and I know he is sincere in his passion for veterans. One thing I would invite him to learn more about is, as I said, the transition between the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affai

Veterans Hiring Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Guelph touched upon a subject I have worked on for many years, in fact, long before I joined this Parliament in 2012. I have met with the folks from monster.ca many times over the years. I know and have seen its skills translator. In fact, representati