Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing spoke quite at length about how dialogue is extremely important. I could not agree more. It is important that we engage first nations, learn what some of the issues are, and have feet on the ground to discuss them. Unfortu

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the operations of the RCMP in and around the Town of High River, Alberta, between June 20, 2013, and July 12, 2013 (“the High River operations”): (a) what are the definitions of “illegally stored firearms”, “carelessly stored firearms” and “unsafe storage” as accep

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the operations of the Canadian Armed Forces in and around the Town of High River, Alberta between June 20, 2013, and July 12, 2013: (a) what were the operational directives issued to the Canadian Armed Forces concerning their operations in conjunction with the RCMP

Violence Against Women  Mr. Speaker, as a father of two daughters, violence against women and girls is a profound concern. I am proud to say that under the leadership of our Prime Minister, this government is working hard with community stakeholders to address this issue. Our commitment is clear: fund

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we have an important opportunity to build on our record of responsible resource development while securing long-term security for all Canadians, which I think is particularly important for the people of my riding of Macleod. This is why our government is taking actio

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the international jihadist movement has declared war on Canada. This is precisely why our government has deployed the Canadian Armed Forces in the fight against ISIL. Every day we hear new reports of crimes against humanity committed by this terrorist group. Yesterd

Okotoks Legion 291  Mr. Speaker, the Royal Canadian Legions in my riding of Macleod, as I am sure they are in many other areas of Canada, are vital to the success of our rural communities. Not only are they responding to the needs of veterans, which is critical, but they are supporting essential com

Pipeline Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Wild Rose for sharing his time with me, and for his presentation. I am delighted to participate in this important debate today. This is an important discussion because pipelines are one of the lifelines of our economy. They get the

Pipeline Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, part of the reason that was not included is that we want to focus on the major pipelines, the ones that would be the most damaging to the environment if something happened to them. That is why the $1 billion liability was put in place. It far exceeds any other regime

Pipeline Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not recall anything in this legislation about Mr. Obama or the Keystone pipeline. This is specifically about pipeline safety. We can go off track if the member likes, but I would like to bring it back to what we are talking about here. We have had a world-clas

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the things that is being overlooked here is the impact the bill would have on the economy of Yukon and Nunavut. That is very important. We are talking about resource extraction and mining. Our government has made it very clear that growth and creating jobs a

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for sharing his time with me tonight. No government in Canada's history has done as much for the north as ours. From regulatory improvement to safeguarding Arctic sovereignty, our Conservative government has stood by northerners. Bill S-6 is ju

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, I think what the hon. member missed in my speech was that this is an agreement between the Government of Canada, the Government of Yukon, and first nations. There is a consultation process to come to these types of agreements. The proposed amendments to the Yukon Env

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that the question is coming from a member of the party whose leader, when he was doing his northern tour, did not even both to stop in Yukon. For him to give an opinion on consultation with Yukon I find quite disingenuous. In saying there has n

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, that is exactly right. I think an issue that has been somewhat overlooked in this debate by the opposition is the impact that passing the bill will have on the economy of northerners. As a matter fact, I mentioned in my speech that the Yukon Chamber of Mines, the No