Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the Minister of Canadian Heritage impugned the motives of the Conservative Party. Therefore, I must say to the Liberals that they should take a look in the mirror. They are the ones who are trying to make political hay. As a parliamentarian, I find thi

Rouge National Urban Park Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Haldimand—Norfolk and inform you that I will be sharing my time with the member for Yellowhead. I am pleased today to speak to Bill C-18, an act to amend the Rouge National Urban Park Act, the Parks Canada Agency Act and the

Rouge National Urban Park Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Manitoba for his intervention. Indeed, Canada has many very beautiful provincial, municipal, and federal parks. I want to correct him on one thing, though: the bill does not create this park because this park already exists. We need to a

Rouge National Urban Park Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. We do not understand this insistence on including ecological integrity. I am no expert. However, I think that the majority of the people here in the House want to ensure that this park is functional, used, open to the public,

Rouge National Urban Park Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my Green Party colleague. Once again, I repeat that I am not an expert. However, I have understood from her question that the member is working with the Liberals. Is the member in the Liberal camp? I do not understand her question. What is the member's pos

Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, the government needs to make job creation and economic development a priority. Canada's National Optics Institute, INO, is a world leader in innovation and has a plan to create jobs in Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec. This is a perfect opportunity for the Liberal gover

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, the arrival of the Asian carp poses a serious threat. Following the Great Lakes and catches in Toronto, it is now in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The federal government needs to take action to eliminate this species that is endangering our fish species for the

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Laurier—Sainte-Marie. I would like her to know that the Conservative Party is all for creating wealth and the possibility of providing social programs. It is a balance that we must work toward achieving. I think that is important. I apprec

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. I would love to know the NDP's record, but unfortunately it has never been in power. Of course, when we create wealth and increase revenues, there are more players. Now we have to look at the problem as a whole. We

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I find my colleague's comments pretty weak. Since I do not hide from questions, I will answer his. Members should know that $13 billion were recovered last year. The minister said so during question period. The work that went into recovering that sum was not done

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will try to be brief. Perhaps my colleague did not listen to my speech. I started by saying that we are against white collar criminals. The 338 ridings are all represented by honourable members. I presume this is true because I do not wish to speak for the 338 m

Regional Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, we must create permanent jobs. This government is doing nothing meaningful to help regional economies. It has done nothing about softwood lumber. Worse yet, our Prime Minister naively gave the President of the United States the upper hand on NAFTA. The Liberal gover

Finance  Mr. Speaker, this government made a lot of promises that it has not kept. It keeps saying that it has helped nine out of ten families and talks about 300,000 children. Out of a population of 36 million Canadians, that is not a big proportion. Experts all agree that the vast major

Point of Order  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Earlier, during oral question period, my colleague from Quebec and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development mentioned a figure about young people in my riding. We do not have the same numbers. I would like the hon. member to t

Rules of the House  Mr. Speaker, when I was elected in October 2015, my constituents expected that I would work very hard defending their priorities. Since then, I have worked countless hours to do a good job as an MP. How can a responsible government consider reducing the number of hours of work