Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to speak to Bill C-29, the government's fall budget update. Nearly two weeks ago, the Minister of Finance rose in the House to deliver a fall economic update to reassure Canadians that no matter what issue they faced, it was a Liberal top

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition calling on the government to introduce a national seniors strategy and appoint a minister for seniors. People want to know they are being heard by their elected representatives, which is why I am proud to present this petition, stan

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, that is a ludicrous assertion. No one on this side is suggesting that, and I am embarrassed for the member for even asking that. I will say, though, that we on this side want to give Canadians a tool to save for themselves. We believe in Canadians. We believe they k

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I have a couple of things. To address the first part, if we look at CARP, the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, its comment was that it would like to see a small change in CPP, but it wants poverty addressed through other means, such as a higher GIS. This wou

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, it is a worrying issue. We have great faith in small business and the representative for small business in Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, has been very clear that it is very worried. Its members say they are going to cut staff, cut hours, an

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I will point out a couple of things. We have heard time and time again that Canadians have no extra money to put aside for savings, so the government is going to step in and take more from the non-existent savings they have. There are a couple of things about this s

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to rise in the House today to speak to Bill C-26. I want to first acknowledge that yesterday the Prime Minister held another news conference to celebrate his first year in office. While I am sure Canadians are getting a bit tired of the Prime Minister's

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, numerous reports were provided to the Department of Public Works on the risks of going live with Phoenix. They were told exactly what is now happening to public servants. They were wrong on the readiness of Phoenix, wrong on the extent of the issue, wrong on the co

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement told us last month at committee that the backlog of 82,000 government employees affected by the Phoenix payroll fiasco would be cleared by October 31. In fact, we were told this was a real deadline. This was confirmed

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I find that an amusing comment from my colleague on the far, far left over there. We talked about how there has not been one single new job created by the Liberal government since it came to power, but I am pretty sure that a few have been created in the collection

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend from Red Deer—Mountain View for bringing up Mr. Broadfoot. I quite enjoyed watching him on TV when I was growing up. I had long forgotten about Bobby Clobber. It is disappointing on such an important issue that we have the B team or the C t

Business of Supply  Gomery is over, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate how difficult it must be for the member across the way to basically throw himself on the ethical hand grenade that has been tossed in his lap by his cabinet. I hope his colleagues in cabinet recognize his sacrifice and that when the time

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, let me start by saying that I am glad to be speaking to the issue as opposed to asking questions of the House leader. I am pleased to rise in the House today to address the motion calling on the Liberal government to grant the Ethics Commissioner the authority to e

Annata Brockman  Mr. Speaker, I stand in the House today to pay tribute to one of Edmonton's most beloved, Sister Annata Brockman. Sister Annata passed away recently after a full life dedicated to the Catholic Church, her community, and to education. A pioneer, she was the very first woman to e

Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of Bill C-224, the good Samaritan drug overdose act. I thank the member for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam for introducing this important piece of legislation. In my riding of Edmonton West, similar to many parts of the country, we have