Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I recognize that was unparliamentary language and I apologize to those who had to hear it. I thought about editing those words, but that is a message that was left on my parliamentary office phone in an attempt to intimidate me in this vote, silence my voice and hara

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I have walked through the crowds. I have been sitting in the House for the last two weeks. I have heard the vulgar language. I have seen the behaviour. By the way, to correct the member, it was not my vulgar language. It was the vulgar language that was being used

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that the Emergencies Act was not needed in other jurisdictions in this country, but it is very clear that it is needed here in Ottawa. The chief of police and the mayor of Ottawa have both said that the actions that have been taken in the past few d

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I wish I could say I am thankful to be debating this important legislation. However, many of us in this place have spoken about the fact that this is not necessarily a day of legislation that we are particularly happy about. In fact, I am disappointed that we are i

Act Respecting Certain Measures Related to COVID-19  Science is not an opinion.

Act Respecting Certain Measures Related to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, I am sorry that my hon. colleagues are worried that I am not going to be nice enough for them. When the hon. member spoke, he said that our government was an affront to democracy. He supports the protesters outside. However, the Canadian public voted in a democr

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House we certainly know that the importance of the French language in Quebec and around Canada is paramount. This is why we support the government's initiatives to work with all provinces and territories, but in particular with Quebec, to promote

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I send my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the young woman that the member opposite spoke about. Rail safety is of key importance to our government. We will absolutely continue to work with all members in this House and with all communities to ensure

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in my speech I went over all of the ways we have been there as a government to support Saskatchewan throughout this pandemic. Also in my speech I talked about how, just in the last two years since the beginning of the pandemic, the Prime Minister or the Minister of

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to discuss the amendment to the Saskatchewan Act put forward by the Government of Saskatchewan. The relationship between federal and provincial partners has perhaps never been more important. As we continue to fight against the end

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to the investing in Canada infrastructure program and proposed projects in the riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London, Infrastructure Canada’s program information management system does not contain information by federal riding. Therefore, information is provid

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, during the 2020-21 fiscal year, the members of the executive committee of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, CIB, consisted of the following individuals: chief executive officer, who is responsible for strategic business leadership and overall performance of the organiz

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I can say, as the former parliamentary secretary for health, that this government and the Minister of Health are working diligently with the provinces, territories and municipalities to deal with the opioid crisis. It is a crisis. It is something we need to all wor

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, first let me acknowledge how terribly sorry I am that my hon. colleague's constituent went through that, but that is precisely the point. The Conservatives' idea of tough on crime has not worked. As he just said, his own constituent does not even have faith in the

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, what we are discussing here specifically is mandatory minimums, but that does not mean there are not other pieces of legislation we are working on. When I was a young member of the finance committee, I remember one of the very first things we did was restore the fu