Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I suspect if you were to canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to call it 6:30 p.m.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I do not agree because that is factually incorrect. If we look at when Stephen Harper assumed power, he inherited a multi-billion dollar surplus. The recession did not occur until two years after he was in that majority situation and in those first two years he had

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, what the Bloc members want is to take x number of dollars, give it to the provinces and not care about how they spend that money. Canadians in all regions, including Quebec, recognize that at times there is a national interest. For example, we as a government want

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to put things into perspective. The City of Winnipeg recently released an infrastructure program that has established priorities, and I believe somewhere in the neighbourhood of 45 priorities were established. When we take a look at the cost of those 4

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I can comment specifically on the province of Manitoba, but I think we could apply it universally to the different provinces and territories. We often see an unbelievable listing of potential capital investment infrastructure projects that cities or municipalities wi

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in the days when I was in the opposition, we called upon the Harper government to invest more into Canada's infrastructure. It was a very low priority of the former Harper government. The new government, in 2015, made a decision to invest in all regions of Canada and

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to provide my colleague with the opportunity to provide his thoughts on an infrastructure project in his community that has made a difference or has made an impact. I am not looking for the size of it, just an infrastructure project on which he would like to p

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I was encouraged by the member across the way when he talked about that sense of co-operation. We had a great example today when the Deputy Prime Minister brought forward the agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States, a trade agreement that would affect

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's well-thought-out comments. We hear a great deal about the fact that virtually from day one this government has given very special attention to Canada's middle class. We have seen tax breaks. In 2015, the first legislation introduced dealt

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Mr. Speaker, if the government's responses to the following questions could be made orders for returns, these returns would be tabled immediately. Questions Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6 to 13, 15 to 17, 21 to 23, 25 to 30, 33, 34, 36 to 39, 41 to 45, 47 to 57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 68, 69, 71 to

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 2, 5, 14, 18 to 20, 24, 31, 32, 35, 40, 46, 58, 61, 63, 65 to 67, 70, 77, 80, 87 to 91, 103, 106, 107, 114, 119, 120, 125, 127 to 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 138 to 140, 143, 146, 149 to 151, 157 to 160, 163, 173, 175

Government Response to Petitions  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to five petitions, and these returns will be tabled in an electronic format.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, with reference to the environment, there are different ways we have approached it as a government. We could talk about the incentives to get people to purchase hybrid or electric cars. I personally like a couple of them that are quite significant. The price on poll