Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, this motion is about the Government of China. There are Canadians here who are living in fear because of the efforts to silence dissenting voices by the Chinese government. However, it is not just the Chinese government. I spoke to members of the Oromo community in

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith for his words in support of small businesses and in support of making the wealthiest pay their fair share. Like the member, I have heard from countless small businesses that are struggling, for which the wage subsidy was a li

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to respond to a few things the member said. He mentioned a conversation I had with his sister on her doorstep. What I said in the conversation is that the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report on the Liberals' national housing strategy said that it left peo

Climate Change Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I am very glad to be speaking in the House today in support of climate accountability legislation. While the world has been reeling from the impacts of COVID-19, the climate crisis has not gone away. It poses an ever-increasing threat to our environment, our ecos

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak in support of this bill, which seeks to address the unacceptable practice of exporting waste to countries that do not have the infrastructure to deal with it, and to advocate for amendments at committee that would strengthen the bill. We sho

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for York—Simcoe for bringing forward this important issue. We should never be offloading our garbage to other countries that cannot deal with it. It is appalling to me that the government fought to continue this terrible practice. One of

Small Business  Madam Speaker, Logan's, a long-time live music venue in Victoria, announced this week that it had to shut its doors for good. Logan's was a beloved watering hole where people came together to talk politics, listen to live music and go to the Sunday Hootenanny. I have heard from c

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development  Madam Speaker, it is the member for Vancouver Kingsway.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development  Madam Speaker, this motion directs the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development to undertake a comprehensive study on federal policies and legislation relating to fresh water, and we do need changes to our laws on fresh water. Canada is facing new and inten

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for his speech and his advocacy for freshwater. We urgently need updates to our freshwater policies and legislation, but we also need to make sure our policies are based on a new nation-to-nation governance paradigm that is consistent w

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the member called this a touchy issue and gave examples of people he had spoken to who oppose it. However, 300,000 people responded to the survey about this issue and a large majority, 86% of Canadians, support the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Carter v. Cana

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, we support this bill. We know that the ban on conversion therapy is important and it says to members of the SOGI community, especially to transgender and non-binary youth, that they are not in need of fixing. I want to thank the member for her speech, but also ask he

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the member spoke eloquently about the challenges of rapid testing and the tragedy in long-term care, and about the need to look at these issues and the need for goodwill. Transparency is needed. It is a critical component of our pandemic response. I am curious to

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is hiding behind the opposition and refusing to be open with Canadians about his agenda. While people are struggling with the second wave, they also know that we are facing another impending global emergency: the climate crisis. Just two weeks ago,

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, people in my riding have been contacting my office to say they are struggling with the transition from CERB to EI, or to the other benefits. Some of them have been without income because the government prorogued Parliament, shutting it down when Canadians needed the