Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by dozens of people right across Canada. The petitioners recognize that only 26% of the seats in the House of Commons are held by women and that we are 64th in the world when it comes to electing women to Parliament. Last year, th

Job Losses in the Energy Sector  Mr. Chair, I know we are having a Kinder Morgan love-in here, but let me express a position from a different province. British Columbia feels absolutely betrayed by how the minister and his government said they would review the whole pipeline review process, but then the Liberals

Job Losses in the Energy Sector  You said it. Absolutely. I think British Columbians feel betrayed about this. The minister gets up and talks about 15,000 jobs, which he knows will be filled by temporary foreign workers, when the company's own website says it is only 90 full-time jobs. The company will make $

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition gathered by George Sojka and many residents of Burnaby. The petition concerns the death of Helen Sonja Francis, who was tragically killed by an impaired driver. The driver was not charged because the four-hour time limit for the wa

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to the government’s recent approval and future efforts to facilitate the construction of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline: (a) what is the complete and detailed list of meetings in which the use of military or paramilitary force to facilitate Kinder Morgan’s ex

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition today calling upon the government to reject the Kinder Morgan pipeline for all kinds of reasons. These petitions were collected by the We Love This Coast group, led by Shirley Samples and her friends, who have been petitioning all over th

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for the fine work he does in the House and for our party on many files. The member said that Europe would be an important group of countries to make a trade deal with, although this was not it. Could the member let us know what a b

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his good work in the chamber and in his riding, which is of note for sure. Canadians have a lot of concern about trade deals. The biggest concern is when sovereignty is taken out of the hands of Canadians. The problem with many trade deals i

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her very good work in the chamber and in her riding. I would ask members to cast their minds back to last week. My speech in the House was with regard to the government's general approach to public participation in the public policy-making p

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed again that the government is trying to shut off debate on the bill, and the only reason I heard from the other side was that they are tired. I do not think that is what we are paid $170,000 a year to do, to stand up and say that we are tired and we

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Credit where credit is due. Compare this administration versus that administration. Here we have 10 bills through Parliament with royal assent. We have a stacking of the Senate that has happened and it is supposed to be easy for the Liberals to pass bills through, yet they are to

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  I thank my colleagues. We are sick of this, and for what? For 10 bills, six of which did not have a chance of failing, really. This is very disappointing and here we are moving into debate on a bill that we cannot afford to get wrong. When I was paying compliments to the Conser

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  That is what this place is for, to call it as it is. Being in the official opposition in the last Parliament and not being there this Parliament, I think that what we can do in this place is to tell Canadians what is going on here. That has been a great role of the NDP in the pas

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I very much enjoyed my colleague's speech. I think he has a very in-depth knowledge of not just this trade deal, but of many other trade deals. That is the kind of discussion we need here in the House, to hear the pros and cons of both sides that are well informed.

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, we asked a question in question period about the health care escalator being cut by the Liberals, so my question concerns health care costs, in particular the cost of pharmaceuticals. We know that CETA will increase the cost of pharmaceutical drugs in Canada. I wond