Parks Canada Agency Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Hochelaga for her support of this bill. I do not see this as a bill that should be controversial. This is in no way an attempt to displace federal support for those national historic sites. It is meant to complement that fund

Parks Canada Agency Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's fine comments about the wonderful riding I live in. When our party was in government, I was happy to announce, as an example, $45 million for the Rideau Canal. There had not been a significant investment in the Rideau Canal in a very long ti

Parks Canada Agency Act  moved that Bill C-315, An Act to amend the Parks Canada Agency Act (Conservation of National Historic Sites Account), be read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be here today to speak i

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, Ontario farmer, Mark Wales, wants to know why, under the new tax rules, it would not make financial sense for a farmer to sell to his own children as opposed to an unrelated third party. These Liberal changes are a direct attack on the family and future generations o

Canada Business Corporations Act  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree to apply and will be voting yes.

U.S. House Majority Whip  Mr. Speaker, I ask members of the House to keep their thoughts and prayers with the U.S. House majority whip Steve Scalise who was wounded this morning when a gunman opened fire at a charity baseball practice near Washington, DC. Thankfully, his wounds are not serious. Prior to

Health  Mr. Speaker, last week, the health committee sent a letter to the minister stating that the criteria for the 2015 thalidomide compensation package needs to be changed to be more inclusive of survivors and to err on the side of compassion. These thalidomide survivors have endured

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, if you seek it I believe you will find consent for the following motion. I move: That, at the conclusion of today's debate on the opposition motion in the name of the Member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion be deemed

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I did intend to do that as a private member's motion. There may have been some confusion in terms of the other motion to defer the vote.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am in agreement with that.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I almost feel like the member for Winnipeg North today because I have been up so many times. I am pleased to introduce Motion No. 143, which recognizes that the need for pyrotechnic devices on board pleasure craft may not be the most appropriate course of action whe

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree once again to apply, and once again we will be voting no.

Salaries Act  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree to apply, and will be voting no.

Public Safety and National Security  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the members for Kanata—Carleton, and Elmwood—Transcona for their speeches today, and their support for the bill. As we heard, this is a common sense bill. We will see a lot of problems go away, from the New Brunswick–Maine border, across all of

Public Safety and National Security  moved that the bill, as amended, be concurred in.