Royal Canadian Mounted Police  Mr. Speaker, it has been six months since the World Sikh Organization reached out to Liberal ministers about a prejudiced beard policy against Sikh and Muslim RCMP officers. No other jurisdiction in Canada, including the Peel region, has implemented this ridiculous policy. It is

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise in the House today to present a petition highlighting the plight of Uighur Muslims in China. Uighur Muslims are being persecuted and going through unimaginable hardships under the Communist Party of China's dictatorship, from forced sterilizat

Royal Canadian Mounted Police  Mr. Speaker, Sikh and Muslim RCMP officers were pulled from active duty due to a beard policy, which is an obvious discrimination against ethnic minorities. The World Sikh Organization reached out to Liberal ministers Blair and Bains months ago with no response. When made public,

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to focus on reconciliation. The Conservatives know the best way to reconcile is to get indigenous people back to work. We should give them jobs and sovereignty by giving them an economy that can grow, help their kids and help people in trouble. What w

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, dragging things on and on brings up the Teck project all over again. I thank the member for his comments and question, but we do have more pressing matters. The Teck project needed to be approved and the Liberals dragged their feet on it. They should have voted wi

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, it showed we were willing to work with the recommendations. Ninety-four recommendations were brought forward and very slowly we have come to nine. This shows that we were willing to work right away with whatever recommendations we had. It was a big accomplishment f

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, it is a great honour to rise in the House for the first time in debate. I am grateful for the support of my family, friends, volunteers and of course the residents of Calgary Forest Lawn for putting their trust in me to represent them in this great House. I immigr

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot about the blockades that have done so much damage to our economy, but there is one thing that seems to be consistently overlooked. We have not heard the Prime Minister acknowledge, even once, that this project has support from the Wet'suwet'en e

Teck Frontier Mine Project  Mr. Speaker, some of our colleagues have been spreading much misinformation about the Teck Frontier mine project, so I want to take a moment to correct some of it. Teck is indeed building a 260,000 barrel-a-day mine in northern Alberta and will invest $20 billion to build it. Al

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present this petition highlighting an important issue around civil rights and religious freedom in Canada. As an immigrant and ethnic minority I know Quebec's Bill 21 has real human impact. I have spoken to many youth around Canada and they have al

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to polling by the government since January 1, 2018: (a) what is the list of all poll questions and subjects that have been commissioned since January 1, 2018; (b) what was the (i) date and duration, (ii) sample size of each poll in (a); and (c) what are the details of

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the federal executive vehicle fleet for ministers, as of December 5, 2019: (a) what is the total number of vehicles in the fleet; (b) what has been the total cost of (i) procuring vehicles for the fleet, (ii) the fleet as a whole; (c) what is the estimated total an

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the transition from the National Energy Board (NEB) to the Canada Energy Regulator: (a) how many individuals or full-time equivalents (FTE) were previously employed by the NEB; (b) how many FTEs are employed by the Canada Energy Regulator; (c) what are the total co

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the promise on page 20 of the Liberal election platform, where it says the government will be “giving $250 to every new business looking to expand their online services”: (a) what is the government’s threshold or definition of a “new” business; (b) will this be a o

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I thank the voters of Calgary Forest Lawn for electing me to this House. It is a great honour. The Liberal attack on our energy sector has me worried for my province and my city. Canadian LNG is a world-class product that is desperately needed to help achieve global