Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I am not familiar specifically with the issue that he raises with respect to the impact of property taxes and Quebec's desire to have a say in that area. Our party certainly supports some provincial autonomy and the ability for provinces to make decisions on issu

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I hope to take the entire minute. I thank my friend for his question. While we disagree on many fronts, I have always appreciated his approach and the depth of his questions and I know he cares deeply about his constituents. It is important to recognize that in

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House in all circumstances. Unfortunately today, when we talk about the economy of this country, there is certainly a lot to be desired. For the last couple of years I have had the privilege of serving my constituents in the capacit

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the NDP-Liberal government's planned carbon tax increases on Friday will have a dramatic impact across the country. We know the carbon tax has significant and disproportional negative impacts on prices for the poor, and everything continues to rise. Businesses in my

Petitions  Madam Speaker, the second petition has to do with conscience rights. Yesterday, my colleague from Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek spoke on her bill, Bill C-230, the protection of freedom of conscience act, and I am presenting a petition today that supports this legislation. The petitio

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I have two petitions today. The first one is a petition on behalf of Canadians who are concerned that certain charities could be targeted based on their views. The petitioners call on MPs to ensure that charities that hold views that are different from the governme

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, my answer will not be as long as the member's question. However, I will say that in some of those circumstances, the situation was as serious or more serious than what we face today. The Emergencies Act was not invoked then and it should not be invoked now.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, absolutely and unequivocally, there is an opportunity to prevent any sort of injury, property damage, loss of life or violence, and it starts by the government actually, as our leader said the other day, extending an olive branch and meeting with the occupiers. I hav

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I was hoping someone would bring that up. Let us clear the air here. It has been very clear that a criminal organization, weeks after the Coutts border crossing protests began, joined the group and infiltrated the group. It was not part of the group. It had ulterior

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the hon. member for Chilliwack—Hope. My phone has not stopped ringing. Constituents and concerned Canadians are emailing me en masse. I have had hundreds of phone calls and literally thousands of emails since the news of

Vaccine Mandates  Mr. Speaker, what started with a message from truckers has turned into a cry from Canadians from across this country. They have had enough of lockdowns and restrictions, enough of mandates and job losses, and enough of the government's overreach. Canadians want their lives and fr

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, I will say that—

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, I will not give you one. I apologize for saying that he lied, but in 1977—

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, I cannot answer, and I will never try to figure out why the government does what it does. Moving forward, we are approaching a $1.4-trillion debt. The cost to service that debt, should interest rates climb even a quarter of a percent, would have a significant impact

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, I anticipate that when the member travelled around the country and Medicine Hat was part of her sales territory, she spent extra time there because it is an amazing city to be in. She probably did not want to go back to wherever her base was. I was intrigued by her