Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Hull—Aylmer. I am pleased to speak today to the considerable benefits of international trade for Canada's agriculture and agri-food industry. This sector accounts for more than $60 billion of Canada's exports, generat

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, to ensure greater transparency and efficiency, and in keeping with this government's approach, the Minister of Canadian Heritage recently delegated significant authority for the funding of various organizations. Can the minister share with us the purpose of this d

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened to a good speech. In Wonderland, the budget could be balanced and our dairy producers could be compensated. However, in reality, the NDP's decision to go with balancing the budget would have made it impossible for it to ever compensate Canada's dairy produ

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. The official opposition says that we need to act right now, but for five years now, the Conservatives have been asleep at the switch and doing nothing. That is why we are now facing this problem today. The NDP talks about compensati

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé. That is what we are doing here. This motion is nothing but empty rhetoric. It will not help dairy producers. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to hear from the Dairy Farmers of Canada at the Standing Committee on Agricu

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. When the house is destroyed, it takes a lot more time to renovate it. This is exactly the situation we are in. We have been caught with our pants down, as they say. This has been a longstanding issue. However, I did not hear

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Guelph for his question. Yesterday I was truly saddened by the state of our politics. I have only been in politics for six months. Prior to that, I was in the private sector, and in the private sector this would never have happened. In fr

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia. I am very concerned about the importation of diafiltered milk because it affects many people in my riding. I have the honour of representing the people of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I, too, have a good memory. I remember that, during the election campaign, his leader said he would balance the budget no matter what. That makes me wonder how he can advocate for compensation, which would have been impossible un

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened closely to my colleague’s speech. Yesterday, in the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, we had an opportunity to hear from Canada’s dairy farmers. However, because the opposition members would not stop talking, we did not have the opportunit

Franco-Ontarian Community  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the Province of Ontario and Premier Kathleen Wynne for apologizing to Franco-Ontarians on Monday. With that historic gesture, Ms. Wynne recognized that Ontario violated the rights of the Franco-Ontarian community and threatened its long-t

Jean-Marc Lalonde  Mr. Speaker, on Friday, a prominent leader in my riding received the country's highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada. Jean-Marc Lalonde is a luminary in the Franco-Ontarian community. Active in municipal and provincial politics for over 40 years, including 15 years as the

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, one of the questions and comments that we continually hear from the official opposition across the aisle is that there is no broad support by the membership for unions. I can assure the House that I have not received one phone call, one email, or any correspondence

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to the member's speech. He quoted some polls with respect to the support for Bill C-525 and Bill C-377 at the time. I want to comment on the behaviour of the previous government. In the budget, $900 million was announced before there were

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He mentioned the middle class, and I often hear the New Democratic Party talk about the middle class. I have yet to hear the NDP's definition of the middle class. As he knows, the cost of living varies quite a bit from city t