Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we can all remember the speed at which events unfolded in Afghanistan and the intensity with which members of the Canadian Armed Forces, our diplomats and our partners around the world continued to step up to evacuate people from Afghanistan and make sure that Canadi

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we are working tirelessly to bring those 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada as quickly as possible. We are working with the international community to put pressure on the Taliban to allow for more safe routes out of the country. We have demonstrated our ability to welc

Disaster Assistance  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for Surrey—Newton for the question and for his hard work in supporting his colleagues in British Columbia. British Columbians can be assured that we will always be there for them in the face of devastating natural disasters, such as

Health  Mr. Speaker, a number of years ago, we signed on to the global compact to eliminate HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. We are working internationally with colleagues and partners to do just that, even as we continue to step up our efforts at home to ensure that we are supporting

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Canada has welcomed thousands of refugees, but we still have a lot to do. That is why we continue to work with our international allies to exert pressure on the Taliban to let people leave Afghanistan and come live in countries like Canada that want to welcome them i

Employment  Mr. Speaker, I commend the member for Outremont on getting re-elected. She has asked an excellent question. COVID-19 had a significant impact on Canadians and our small businesses across the country, but our approach to fighting the recession caused by COVID-19 is working. Canad

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Canada remains firm in its commitment to welcome 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada. We are working tirelessly to stay in support and contact with those who remain in Afghanistan and wish to resettle to Canada. IRCC has mobilized its entire global network to process

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the largest and most difficult hurdle in getting people out of Afghanistan remains the lack of safe and secure routes out of the country. We will continue to do everything we can for the people of Afghanistan. I want to recognize and thank all of those organization

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, we have been promising Canadians since the beginning of the pandemic that we would be there for them as long as they needed and that we would do everything we could to help them. That is exactly what we are doing. We have always prioritized helping the most vulnerabl

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, we have always been there for our seniors and we always will be. I can assure the House that we are working on this issue and we will resolve it very soon.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we stand in solidarity with the Afghan people, as we always have. We will be there to welcome the 40,000 Afghan nationals and refugees. As the hon. member knows very well, the challenge is that the Taliban has blocked access to the airport and the border, and so it i

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Canada will be there for them. In fact, we are once again proving the extraordinary generosity of Canadians who want to welcome people who are dealing with atrocious and horrific situations for themselves, their families and their daughters. That is why we are workin

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for giving me the opportunity to repeat here in this House something I have said many, many times. We do not reach net zero by 2050 unless the extraordinarily hard workers of Alberta's energy sector are part of it. We do not get there

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, throughout this crisis and indeed the years leading up to it, we have been working with the energy sector in Alberta to move forward on decarbonization initiatives, to do things like addressing orphan wells and investing in methane reductions. Indeed, at Glasgow we m

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, for a number of years now we have been working on our critical minerals partnerships around the world to demonstrate that yes, there is an alternative to minerals from China right here in Canada, whether it is cobalt or nickel or lithium or copper or other metals tha