Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is absolutely right. As a part of doing business we need to raise funds. In the 2015 election the Liberal Party received donations from over 93,000 Canadians and the amounts varied from $5 to $1,500. The amounts did not really matter as we were plea

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleague from Fundy Royal for her wonderful presentation. I would also like to take a moment to thank the Minister of International Trade and her staff for all their hard work over the past few months and their cont

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, first, I would like to thank my colleague from Nepean for all of the hard work he has done on his private member's bill, Bill C-305. Again, you have done a great job, and a lot of great work. Having worked for the RCMP for a number of—

Criminal Code  My apologies, Madam Speaker. Having worked for the RCMP for a number of years, I wonder if the member could comment on the importance of this bill and how the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code will help police officers when doing their investigations?

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following travel motion. I move: That, in relation to its study on Poverty Reduction Strategies, six members of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Statu

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following travel motion. I move: That, in relation to its study on Canada and the Defence of North America, ten members of the Standing Committee on National Defence be authorized to travel to Washi

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I believe it you seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following travel motion. I move: That, in relation to its study of The Situation in Eastern Europe and Centra Asia 25 Years after the End of the Cold War, seven members of the Standing Committee on

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following travel motion. I move: That, in relation to its study of Canada's global engagement on human rights issues, particularly through the United Nations (UN) and its agencies, seven members of

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent for the following travel motion. I move: That, in relation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on the Rule of Law and Human Rights, three members of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Righ

Canada Pension Plan  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech. I would like him to elaborate on how Bill C-26 will help Canadians.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, since this may be the last time I will speak in the House this week, I would first like to take the opportunity to wish my constituents in Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. I look forward to representing them and working clos

Persons With Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities announced a consultation process toward Canada’s accession to the United Nations optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As we

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is an honour for me to rise today in the House for the first time as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and to participate in this debate. It seems that my opposition colleagues prefer to fight the last war by focusing on a measure that the righ

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Once again, I look forward to working with him for at least the next year. It is this government's priority to help the middle class and everyone working hard to join it. One of the first priorities our government put in

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, again, I want to thank my colleague for his question. I look forward to working with him in the coming months. Again, our government's priority is to help the middle class and those working hard to join it. Our government wanted to assess the tax system for everyo