Allen King  Mr. Speaker, when the phone would ring, I would answer and be greeted with, “John, what do you want to help with?” It could be anything from a fundraising dinner to a charity gala to a political event. I never knew what it was going to be when Mr. Allen King gave me a call, but I

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for mentioning the importance of small businesses. That is why Conservatives, from the very beginning of this pandemic, worked with the Liberals and other parties in this House to try to design some of these assistance programs as best

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I want to put that into perspective. The new debt the Liberal budget has put on is going to cost more than $40 billion a year just to service that new debt at the current rates, so imagine if interest rates go up. That is two years of health transfer payments to th

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, there was a lot in that question, but the member said we were forcing seniors to work another two years. What was important with that proposal and program was that we were giving seniors the option to work two years longer before they had to retire, and many senior

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Chatham-Kent—Leamington. Canadians have waited more than two years for the Liberals to finally table a budget, and I would have to argue that it certainly was not worth the wait. It may have been worth the wait if we

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his intervention, but I do want to question one part of his speech where he mentioned that Canada has lost its competitive edge in our natural resource sector. I would have to agree with him, but I am agreeing with him because we ha

COVID-19 in Alberta  Madam Speaker, I know my colleague from the Liberal Party does not want to go back, but he said that there were no ways that we could have prevented what had happened. However, the Auditor General's report was very clear on how poorly the Liberals mishandled the early going of th

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, my colleague said that all the Conservatives are talking about is vaccines and how important they are, and that is exactly right. My colleague also said there is no way anyone predicted this pandemic was coming, which is patently not true. That is what our early warn

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, I know the New Democratic Party is pushing very hard for the Prime Minister to enact the Emergencies Act so that the Prime Minister can have full control over the pandemic issues across the country. I do not support that because the Prime Minister has failed miserabl

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, I am enthusiastic about the questions I am getting from the NDP and the Greens because they are asking questions as if I am in government. Obviously they feel that the trend is going in the right direction. What we have seen is countries around the world like the Un

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, the focus of my presentation and certainly my colleague from Calgary Nose Hill is these lockdowns would not be necessary if the Liberal government had been focused and had been able to procure and distribute vaccines. The Liberals spent all of last year focused on a

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, I find it ironic that I was standing in the House only a couple of weeks ago in another emergency debate on the COVID-19 pandemic. I believe I started off my speech that night saying that I had been here in February in an emergency debate on COVID-19. I certainly hop

Innovation, Science and Industry  Mr. Speaker, it makes no sense. Desperately needed deliveries of vaccines are being delayed, but the Liberals are pushing away a Canadian solution. Providence Therapeutics in Calgary is leaving Canada because the Liberals refuse to support a Canadian vaccine. The CEO of Providenc

Bill C-10  Mr. Speaker, dangerous, draconian, the worst thing to happen to free speech in our history: One would think I am describing legislation proposed in a communist regime or a dictatorship, but unbelievably, in fact, this is how experts are describing legislation proposed right here

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to government statistics on the effect of the pandemic on the workforce, since March 1, 2020: how many Canadians have had their (i) work hours reduced, (ii) income reduced, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic?