Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I live in a rural area and I understand that Internet access is not a luxury; it is essential. In the last seven months, many more people are working from home. They are accessing goods and services online. The kids are doing their classes from the kitchen table. Mor

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I would like to echo my comments to my colleague across the way. I, too, understand the importance of connectivity and how we need to move forward. I am delighted that we connected just over one million homes with our last program, and we are looking forward to the

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I live in a rural area, and I really understand that Internet is no longer a luxury. It is essential. In the last six months, many people have worked from home. They have done their classes from the kitchen table, visited their doctors online and accessed governmen

Tourism Industry  Madam Speaker, COVID-19 impacted every industry. However, it really hit the tourism travel industries and the hospitality economy hard. Many operations did not open this season, some destinations adjusted to the new normal and were successful, other groups and clusters worked tog

Government Business No. 8  Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to listen to my friend and colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands. I am on one coast of this country and she is on the other. I have been in Ottawa the last couple of days with another colleague on FEWO, the status of women meetings. We heard ve

Infrastructure  Madam Speaker, as I mentioned, we are investing $33 billion through the bilateral agreements with each of the provinces and territories. The funding is available now for them to start their projects immediately. We have made important investments in infrastructure in every regio

Infrastructure  Madam Speaker, first and foremost, I would like to congratulate my colleague from Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry for his recent election and passionately representing his constituents in the House. I too am from a very large rural riding. I love to say the land-mass of my riding

Health  Madam Speaker, I know my hon. colleague is passionate about this issue and I encourage her to reach out and work with all the departments. I am sure the member knows that the provinces determine where most of the federal money given to them goes. That is why we were so adamant i

Health  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member first and foremost for sharing her story and for providing the House with this opportunity to speak about mental health. According to Statistics Canada, one in three Canadians will be affected by a mental illness in their lifetime.

Winter in Long Range Mountains  Madam Speaker, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow has certainly been the theme song in my province of Newfoundland and Labrador this winter. Indeed, all this snow has given us a magnificent white blanket for the winter carnivals. I would like to think all the volunteers and

Telecommunications  Madam Speaker, I am also from a rural community and understand the challenge of broadband. Our government is focused on improving the quality, coverage and price of telecom services to Canadians from coast to coast to coast. We know we need the services for health, business, tour

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague and friend, the member for Avalon. We share a passion not only for the fishery but also for our province. Some folks might not realize that Canada exports nearly $4.3 billion worth of seafood every year to the U.S. market. That is

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome my hon. colleague from across the way to this House for great debate and discussion. The focus of my conversation today in debate was on agriculture, but I know members heard the minister today, and we will make sure that aluminum and steel a

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, in my province of Newfoundland and Labrador, we also have some incredible distilleries. Maybe we will have to bring up some samples sometime. As a matter of fact, we have one that is based on seaweed. I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, that my hon. colleague has left the Hous

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Scarborough—Guildwood. As this is the first time I am rising in the House in the 43rd Parliament, I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to thank the wonderful constituents of Long Range Mountains for re-electing m