Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I consider the member for Calgary Forest Lawn a friend, and I understand where he is coming from, but I humbly disagree with him, of course. In the province of Ontario, an average family of four will receive $1,120. The rural top-up will be 20%. From the Statistics C

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, putting a price on pollution is the right thing to do. There are obviously different policy measures and instruments that we could put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The reason we have a price on pollution is that it is a federal backstop. When some pro

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is always great to rise in the House. I will be splitting my time with the parliamentary secretary to the health minister, the member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre. He has been a dear friend for many years, I would say. Before I begin to speak to the heart of t

Canada-Ukraine Relations  Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for his very important question. I want to support Ukraine. We want to do that as much as humanly possible. Even with this innovative agreement with Czechia, we need to do everything we can to support Ukraine. We will always try to do more, as muc

Canada-Ukraine Relations  Mr. Chair, I will say that I do agree that there is an element of the far left, and we do see it in some of the European political parties, that are not as supportive as they should be. It is quite unfortunate. I see that in my heritage country of Italy. There are some far-right

Canada-Ukraine Relations  Mr. Chair, it is great to follow my hon. colleague from the wonderful city of Etobicoke and the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. I know the hon. member for Etobicoke—Lakeshore is a proud Ukrainian Canadian. He represents the Ukrainian community, not only in Etobicoke but across Can

Child Care  Mr. Speaker, for years, parents in my riding, Vaughan—Woodbridge, have been talking about how hard it is to find child care spots for their children. That is why we introduced our bill on early learning and child care, which the Conservative Party tried to delay. Can the Prime M

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I work with the hon. member for London—Fanshawe on the parliamentary association for the Ahmadiyya community. She is one of the co-chairs. I would like to say that all Canadians and all Canadian companies need to pay their fair share in this transition to a green a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for King—Vaughan ran on a platform in the last election on pricing carbon. She ran with the former leader of the Conservative Party on a platform on pricing carbon. It was in their platform, so she is either misleading the House or misleading her cons

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the price on pollution helps the most vulnerable people in this country. If we got rid of the carbon tax, it would only help the wealthiest people in Canada. The highest-income earners will benefit and the lowest earners and middle-class Canadians, who are the major

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is always a privilege to rise in the House and an honour. I am splitting my time with my colleague, the hon. member for Beaches—East York, who, I think, asked a question a little bit ago. As today is actually Father's Day in the heritage country that my family i

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, when we came to government in 2015, the Conservatives had cut so many budgets and so many employees that we needed to bring in folks with subject matter expertise so that we could provide the services that Canadians needed, to make sure that we had services. We c

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I wish to thank the hon. member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from the interior of British Columbia, I have said before that our families have known each other for about six decades since our parents immigrated to Canada. The hon. member and I both know the value o

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. It is a very strange question. Since 2015, we have introduced many measures to help the middle class. Some of those measures are the Canada child benefit, the Canada workers benefit and a national day care plan. We responded

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is always wonderful to rise in this most honourable House to speak on various topics, and today, the opposition motion. If we remember the period of 2021 and the global pandemic, our government undertook a number of measures to both protect Canadians and assist