Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Winnipeg North for his question. It is nice to hear him speak in the House from time to time. I would just go back to the fact that recently Angus Reid polling found that 63% of Canadians actually support our continued bombing mission. Mo

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, we do not oppose an expansion of the training mission or development aid in the region. What we do oppose is cutting and running on the CF-18 side of the mission. We believe that we are best served, and that our allies are best served, by leaving our CF-18s in the f

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to rise in the House today at this late hour to be one of the final speakers on what is a very important motion about a very important issue. It is important to begin by acknowledging the brave men and women of the Canadian Forces, especially in

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of North Wellington  Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had the privilege of attending the 40th Annual Bowl for Kids Sake in Mount Forest, in my riding of Perth—Wellington. This is an annual fundraiser in support of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of North Wellington. In 1976, Marnie Mainland and her team o

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, speaking to bills is part of parliamentary procedure and I am pleased to do it. Any number of bills can come forward, including omnibus bills. The fact of the matter is that we often hear people discussing the 460-page budget bill. We should be more than willing to

Canada Labour Code  The answer is no, Mr. Speaker. I was not consulted on whether or not I thought my union dues or my union should be endorsing a separatist party in Quebec. Clearly my answer would have been completely different from my union's.

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be here in this House and no longer in the union, because I am proud to stand here on behalf of all Canadians and to work on behalf of Canadians to further their rights of openness and transparency for all union members. The member talks about the secr

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak on Bill C-4. We heard a lot from the other two parties about the importance of unions and the union environment, and I agree. Unions play an important role in our society and our economy, but they also have to keep up

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that the Liberal Party, which always talks about empowering the backbenchers, would be so anti-backbench, anti-private members' bills that the previous Parliament passed. It is as though there were something sinister about private members' busin

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, as I said in my speech, my team and I knocked on over 30,000 doors and income splitting for families was the most common issue raised at the doorstep. They saw it supporting their families. They saw it as a worthwhile mechanism to put more money into their pockets

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I am a Conservative. I believe in lowering taxes. Therefore, it is worthwhile to look at all opportunities to lower taxes for hard-working Canadians and those who actually need it, lower income Canadians, not the wealthy, as the Liberals across the way would do.

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak to Bill C-2, an act to amend the Income Tax Act. Since this is the first opportunity for me to address the House at some length, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the good people of Perth—Wellington fo

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with some interest to the member for Halifax. In his statements he talked a lot about urbanism and the urban century. We all agree that our urban communities are important to our economy, but that is not a justification to completely ignore rural Ontario

Speech from the Throne  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent the people of Perth—Wellington in the House. In my riding, as in other parts of southern Ontario, jobs are always the number one concern. The new Liberal government is now proposing to hike taxes for job creators and is waffling on internatio