Labour  Mr. Speaker, for years now, we have ensured that negotiations between employers and workers take place at the bargaining table. We have encouraged and enabled this process. That is the government's role, and that is what we have done. Now we have reached a point where negotiatio

Labour  Mr. Speaker, we did move forward with federal emergency sick leave as of last year, for two weeks at $500 a week, and we added another two weeks. The challenge is that the best paid sick leave is that which goes through employers, and we are working on that right now. The Minis

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, as a government, we have consistently stood up for survivors. We have stood up against harassment and intimidation in federal workplaces across the country, and indeed in the Canadian Armed Forces. We have made significant investments in improving systems and account

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, from the very beginning of my leadership, from the beginning of my time as Prime Minister, I have consistently stood up to defend people who are facing situations of misconduct or sexual harassment. I have always done that every step of the way, and my office has alw

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, my office, and my chief of staff specifically, has, from the very beginning, always taken extraordinarily seriously any allegations of personal and professional misconduct, particularly allegations of a sexual nature. We have consistently stood up in defence of surv

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, as I have been saying for some time now, yes, there was a complaint against General Vance. Nobody in my office or in the Minister of National Defence's office knew the nature of the complaint. We clearly have to improve the process. We have to make sure we create an

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, what the Leader of the Opposition is putting forward is simply untrue. While there was awareness that there was a complaint against General Vance, there was no awareness that it was in fact a #MeToo complaint of a sexual nature. These are issues that we have continue

Health  Mr. Speaker, once again, it is important that in this House we base our debate in facts. In January and February, we did deliver hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses to Canadians and, indeed, by the end of March, by the end of the first quarter, we had surpassed our scheduled d

Health  Mr. Speaker, throughout this pandemic, one thing that has been strong and remarkable is the level of collaboration we have seen across political parties and, indeed, across orders of government. That is what Canadians have wanted to see, people working together. The federal gover

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Niagara Centre for his important question. This budget is about finishing the fight against COVID-19 and it is about creating prosperity for Canadians. Budget 2021 is a historic investment to address the wounds of COVID-19, p

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, we have been there for Canadians every step of the way. We promised to be there for as long as it takes with all the help they need. We are there, and we will continue to be there to support families, businesses, workers and all Canadians. We are all very hopeful

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, small and medium-sized businesses across the country have received unprecedented support from the federal government. With regard to support during the pandemic, $8 of every $10 spent has been spent by the federal government. We are there for families, we are there

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, we have been working to help Canadians, small businesses and families from the beginning of this pandemic. We have been developing a strategy to vaccinate as many Canadians as possible as quickly as possible. Every week more and more vaccines are arriving in Canada.

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin for his hard work on behalf of seniors. Seniors are more likely to deplete their savings, have disabilities and be widowed at a time when their health needs are on the rise. In budget 2021, we kept our promise to increa

Health  Mr. Speaker, a year ago, there was no COVID-19 vaccine. Now there are many. Canada, because of our procurement strategy, was able to sign deals with seven different potential vaccine makers, many of which are now able to deliver vaccines, including to Canada. We continue to incre