Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, exactly. This is an opportunity for members of Parliament, no matter where they sit in this House, to speak. I do not think it should just be ministers who should have an opportunity to bring forward bills. The whole idea is that we are speaking for our residents,

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I am pleased the member explained a lot of why the Liberals put forward Bill C-4. He clarified a lot of the confusion. He was pretty clear that accountability and transparency was great as long as it was easy. However, as soon as it was a burden on the CRA or the

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I found a couple of things the member said interesting. He had time to thank union leaders, but I did not hear him thank any union members in his riding. It might also be important to speak to them before he supports Bill C-4. We heard a lot from the member's Libe

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, provinces like Alberta have been hit hard by job losses and, as we have heard today, they are not going to get much help from the Liberal government. There is absolutely no plan to get Canadians back to work. There is absolutely no support for energy east. What Albe

Labour  Mr. Speaker, piece by piece, the Liberal government is dismantling democracy in Canada. The first piece of legislation brought forward by the jobs minister is a bill to gut accountability and transparency for unions. The Liberal MPs have been arguing in the House that a secret ba

Labour  Mr. Speaker, it is nice to know that if I were a Liberal member of Parliament I would have no voice, because, apparently, a private member's bill is illegitimate with the current government. Only a few months ago, each and every one of us in the House was elected by secret ballo

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked briefly in his fantastic speech about how things have changed significantly, and we have heard from our Liberal colleagues across the floor. This was a campaign promise, something they promised Canadians in the election, that they would pull out

The Economy  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today on a question I asked the Minister of Natural Resources. What we are looking for here is some clarity on the framework of our energy and resource sector to hopefully reinvigorate confidence in our resource sector. We are really look

The Economy  Madam Speaker, my concern is the $700 million that were announced before. There are no strings attached to that $700 million. To say that will help those unemployed in the energy industry is disingenuous. Liberals say that they believe there will be renewed optimism in the energy

Labour  Mr. Speaker, it was quite shameful to learn earlier this week that the Minister of Employment does not believe that private members' bills are important pieces of legislation. In the last Parliament, many private members' bills were brought forward on important issues on both sid

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to rise in the House and debate important issues to all Canadians. I believe our responsibility and our commitment in the fight against ISIL is one of those extremely important issues facing Canadians and those of us in Parliament. I will be

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's question, but she has made a lot of mistakes in it. She asked why we would want the government to break a promise. The Liberal government has broken many of them in the first 100 days. To say that the government does not want to break this o

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, the member brought up a good point. In an issue of this magnitude, we cannot just stand back and say that we will let the others do the fighting and then when we are needed to be a referee, maybe we will be there. If we want to really be a part of the solution, then

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour for her speech and for being here today. I am buoyed by the fact that the Liberals will be voting against the motion. The minister talked about addressing unemployment from every angle, but

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, the one thing I heard in my colleague's speech, as well as in the speeches given by many of his colleagues, was the concern that Canadians had to leave areas close to their home to go to other places for lower paying jobs. It has been a historic part of Canadian soci