Employment  Mr. Speaker, meanwhile, Ontario, the once proud economic engine of Canada, languishes as a have-not province under an incompetent Liberal government at Queen's Park. Ontario has half a million people looking for work. Young people, like my kids, face especially dismal job prospe

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to go back to what the hon. member for Yorkton—Melville said. All day today, during the course of this debate, we have heard support for pay equity on all sides of the House. We have heard some of the aspects of what the Conservative government did to advan

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is somewhat appropriate that today is Groundhog Day, because we are hearing the same comments over and over again. On this side of the House, as the official opposition, clearly we have stated that we are in support of pay equity. What we are not in support of i

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, going through the election campaign I did not hear anything, not one issue, come up with respect to pay equity. I did not hear anything in terms of the Conservative plan on pay equity. Yet today, in the context of this motion, we see as part of this motion a backhand

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, part of the frustrating part of this, as a middle-class Canadian myself, is to hear the arguments of the Minister of Finance and to hear the arguments of the hon. member, as though somehow they are giving a gift to the middle class. David Macdonald, who is a seni

Barrie—Innisfil  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Bruce MacGregor. Bruce is the past president of our local Conservative EDA, and after an unprecedented five terms at the helm of our local riding association, Bruce turned over the reins to Mrs. Anne Kell at our AGM held over the weekend

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, it is precisely for that reason that I make this suggestion now. Most councils across cities and towns have already set their operating and capital budgets. They have already identified, as I said earlier, in their asset management program what projects they will d

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, obviously with the low Canadian dollar, it does help exports in manufacturing. What helps businesses across the country is a low tax regimen, cutting red tape and ensuring that government does not get in the way of their business, that we actually stand behind them

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, a lot of work has been done over the last nine years in the previous Conservative government among all members who surround that particular lake and those waters. We saw an unprecedented funding, as I suggested in my remarks, of $60 million. A lot of the intake for

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I want to begin today by thanking the good people of Barrie—Innisfil for their confidence in electing me as their first member of Parliament in the new riding of Barrie—Innisfil. I also want to thank my family—my wife Liane and my sons Jeff, Court, Mitchell, and Ma

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the hon. member on her first speech in the House of Commons. I am curious, as a former first responder myself, as the hon. member spoke about post traumatic stress disorder. It certainly is becoming more prevalent, not just in emergency servic

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, the member for Sault Ste. Marie and I share the fact that we were both municipal councillors, he for four terms and myself for three, so we clearly recognize the infrastructure issues that affect cities and towns across our great country. One of the issues that has

Ontario Energy Policy  Mr. Speaker, as it is my first time rising in the House, I want to thank the residents of Barrie—Innisfil. The failed energy policies of Kathleen Wynne and the Ontario Liberals continue to overwhelm consumers and seniors, and devastate business in my home province. The 2015 On