Employment  Mr. Speaker, over the past months, we have stepped up to historic levels our investments and support of communities across the country, including Alberta. Whether it is strengthening the EI system, or making hundreds of millions of dollars flow into Alberta to support the impor

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, it is important to reassure, and remind Canadians that at the federal level we have some of the toughest rules on fundraising of any level of government across the country, indeed the continent. There are very strict limits on personal donations, and a total ban on

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, we are absolutely following our own rules. We are following all the rules in place. This government is doing more open engagements with Canadians, more listening to Canadians, and more connection with stakeholders than any previous government. At the same time, w

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of a government that did not do a good job of living up to Canadians' expectations, we know people needed and wanted a government that was more open, transparent, and mostly accessible. That is exactly what we have been in terms of pre-budget consult

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, we actually lowered taxes for the middle class, and raised them on the wealthiest 1%, which the members opposite voted against. We know Canadians need help in terms of support for the middle class, but they also need jobs. That is why our historic investments in in

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to taxes for hard-working Canadian families, we lowered them on the middle class, so we could raise them on the wealthiest 1%. The members opposite voted against the measure to lower taxes on nine million Canadians. We will take no lessons on investin

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as I have often said, we must address problems that have existed not just for a few years, but for decades and even generations. That is why we must take action now. We must come up with solutions now and build a system that will address these issues in the long term

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, one of the challenges this House and this government have always faced is the fact that dictating the solutions from the government side upon indigenous peoples has not worked. Indeed, that has continued to fail. That is why we are so committed to working with indi

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, since we took office, this government has demonstrated that no relationship is more important to us than fixing the broken relationship with indigenous peoples and making real investments in partnership with indigenous communities to be able to end the systemic negle

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the fact is there is no preferential access to this government. This government is demonstrating the most open and transparent approach, not just of following the rules but being more engaged with Canadians than any previous government. Canadians, people with concer

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the fact is that over the past year, we raised taxes on the wealthiest 1% and lowered them for the middle class. The members opposite voted against raising taxes on the wealthiest 1% and lowering them for the middle class. We have been working hard to support the mi

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to tomorrow's announcement that is going to put more money in the pockets of the middle class and put us on a positive growth trajectory, but it is important to take a moment right now to recognize a significant landmark that we reached yesterday. For

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as I have said many times, very few commitments are as important to this government as fixing the broken relationship with Canada's indigenous people and ensuring that the young people from these communities have a bright future. That is why we invested $8.4 billion

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, for over a year now, the members opposite have been criticizing this government regularly for engaging with Canadians too much, for being too open and accessible, for consulting regularly with Canadians and demonstrating, quite frankly, the most open and accessible g

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, as the member opposite well knows, I spend a tremendous amount of time working hard for Canadians right across the country, meeting with them, meeting with crowds, meeting with individuals, listening to consumer groups, listening to small businesses, engaging with Ca