Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, happy new year to you and to all colleagues in the House. Today, we have the opportunity to speak to Bill C-59, which is the legislation that would implement the initiatives in the fall economic statement before Christmas. Before I get too much further, I will be

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Mr. Speaker, happy new year to you and all my colleagues. I would like to thank the hon. member for Huron—Bruce for his remarks today. I will start by saying that he will have my support for the motion to keep the bill as is. That is a commitment that I have made very clearly in

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, can the member for Carleton tell us if he will be continuing, so I can ask my question when he actually has a chance to re-engage on this?

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I would like to seek unanimous consent to ask the member opposite a question specific to what he is talking about right now.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to ask the member a question.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I am looking for some clarification. I have sat here intently, hoping to ask the leader of the official opposition a question. I will get to the point. There has been a lot of actual points of order that have delayed the time for the leader of the official oppositi

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege and the honour to present, in both official languages, two reports of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. While I have the floor, let me say that I am very proud that we are a very functional committee here on the Hill and are g

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I know that the Minister of Foreign Affairs is working on this question very closely. There will be more to be said, I am sure, from the government in the days ahead as it relates to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. It is not surprising that Conservatives co

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I will answer him in English because his question is very specific. I want to make sure I give my hon. colleague the best response I can. At the end of the day, I would have encouraged the Senate, as I did in letters I wrote

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am not surprised that the Conservatives want to kill carbon pricing. They have wanted to kill it since the moment this government introduced it back in 2019. I want to explain something to my hon. colleague. Keeping a price signal on heating oil would have been

Business of Supply  Is it not true? Senator Michael MacDonald was not there. Senator Boisvenu was not there. Senator Manning was not in the Senate. I could go on. I have them all listed on my phone. Madam Speaker, I hear my Conservative colleague saying that is not true. Well, it is true. The leade

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I hope that you are doing well. I wish to inform you that I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague from West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, British Columbia. I rise today to speak to a motion moved by the opposition. I like having the opportu

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the hon. member across the way raised a number of very interesting points of debate. I wish I had more time. He talked about carbon pricing and the fact that some other jurisdictions in the world do not have it. However, there are 77 jurisdictions that do have a fo

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago, the government introduced important adjustments to the national carbon pricing plan that matter across the country, including for the people I represent. First, we are doubling the rural supplement from 10% to 20%. This will mean that, on average, a

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. The report is entitled “Stewards of the Land: Examining Canadian Agriculture's Environmental Contribution”. We maybe could have used a b