Post-Secondary Education  Mr. Speaker, once again, the NDP leader is demonstrating that he does not understand the difference between provincial and federal jurisdictions. We are obviously following the situation at Laurentian University very closely. We are in direct contact with the province on this i

Health  Mr. Speaker, allow me to begin by thanking the member for Brampton North for her leadership during this difficult time. I want to reassure all Canadians that we will always be there to provide assistance to provinces and territories. Just this week, we approved a request to dep

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, the deputy secretary to the cabinet spoke about that email in her testimony at the Standing Committee on National Defence, where she said that she did not have information about the nature of the complaint or specifics that would have enabled further action. We fol

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I have said this many times. I was not aware of the nature of the allegations against the general. My office and the Minister of National Defence put this complaint through a rigorous process, the same one used by the Conservative government in 2015, to make sure th

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, every time, I give the answer that it is important to have a rigorous process on which to base such decisions. In this situation, the process did not work, unfortunately. It was the same process that was followed by the Conservative government, which chose Jonathan

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, it is incredibly important that we create a system that we do not have at this point. Even with all the improvements that have been made, we need to ensure that anyone who has been affected by misconduct, sexual assault or harassment is able to come forward in all co

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of our time in office back in 2015, we have always taken seriously the responsibility to change cultures, both in the armed forces and in government, and across this country, when it comes to supporting survivors of sexual harassment and assault in

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, once again, the member opposite is not being forward with the truth. We heard allegations, we heard clearly from testimony at committee when the deputy secretary of cabinet testified that she did not have information even about the nature of the complaint. The former

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, at committee, there were hearings from multiple witnesses for three months, including non-partisan public servants, who made clearly known that the details of the allegation were unknown. The deputy secretary of cabinet testified that she did not have information eve

National Defence  Again, Mr. Speaker, this is the same process that was used by the then Conservative government in 2015. The leader of the official opposition heard a rumour of misconduct, told his staff, who told PMO and the Privy Council Office. It is the job of politicians and their staff to e

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, Prime Minister Harper was presented with a rumour and still appointed him. The process involved in politicians checking with their buddies, checking with individuals to see whether they should move forward or not is not a process at all. It actually proves the enti

Labour  Mr. Speaker, we are a government that has always taken action to support Canadians and Quebeckers. We transferred billions of dollars to Quebec and the provinces to help them with their health care systems during the pandemic, and when the pandemic is over, then yes, we will sit

Labour  Mr. Speaker, I would not want to contradict the leader of the Bloc Québécois when he says he speaks for Quebec, but I most definitely heard Premier Legault say that he wanted us to move forward to get people at the Port of Montreal back to work and to get Quebec's economy moving.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, throughout this pandemic CRA has been there to support Canadians, including delivering the CERB, recovery benefits and the wage subsidy. For this tax season we are providing targeted interest relief to Canadians who received COVID-related income supports. They will n

Health  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for London West for all her work for her constituents, including Olivia's parents, whom I got to sit down with and have been advocating for a long time for this noble cause that affects far too many parents across the country. Budget