Health  Mr. Speaker, last May, the health minister announced compensation for thalidomide victims, including a provision to help the so-called “forgotten” victims, those who do not have medical records to prove that their mothers took thalidomide. Now, one year later, with the applicatio

Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in support of Bill C-221 in the name of the New Democratic member for Windsor West. I want to congratulate him on all of his efforts to try to get the bill passed. First, the Conservative Party will allow a free vote of its members on the

Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act  Mr. Speaker, I commend the member on his efforts to get this bill through. I know it is the second time that he has had it in front of the House. We just had a question asked about the National Hockey League. In the last year or so, we have been hearing about the potential expan

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I do wish as well, as the member who was speaking earlier said, that we all leave today as friends and colleagues, but I do request that we defer the recorded division on this motion until tomorrow at the end of the time allocated for oral questions, tomorrow being W

Frank Kinsella  Mr. Speaker, today I am honouring Frank Kinsella, a former mayor of Leeds and the Thousand Islands township in my riding of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. He died March 9 at age 75. He was a councillor and then mayor in the 1960s in Black River-Matheson towns

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, we agree to apply the vote, with Conservative Party members voting no.

Supplementary Estimates (C), 2015-16  Mr. Speaker, we agree to apply the vote with Conservative Party members voting no.

Kraft Hockeyville 2016  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that Brockville, Ontario, in my riding of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, is on the top 10 list for Kraft Hockeyville. I congratulate everyone involved and encourage all residents of the riding, and anyone else who wishes

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you will find consent for the following motion: That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order, at the conclusion of the debate on today's opposition motion, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion be deemed put, a recorded d

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, two reports of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-parliamentary Group. The first report concerns the Canadian/American Border Trade Allianc

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I seek the unanimous consent of the House for the following motion. I move: That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order, at the conclusion of the debate on today's opposition motion, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion be deemed put, a recorded

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I seek unanimous consent for the following motion: That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order, at the conclusion of the debate on today's opposition motion, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion be deemed put, a recor

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present, in both official languages, four reports of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. The first report concerns the 2015 summer meeting of the Western Governors Assoc

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mr. Schmale, Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, for Mr. Hoback, Prince Albe

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to submit a petition that is signed by constituents in my riding of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, and from many other ridings across Canada, who call upon the Government of Canada to pass legislation to recognize preborn children as