Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, again, this is the first time we have ever had women's and gender rights expressed in a free trade deal of this sort. I think that is a huge step forward. Personally, having lived and worked in the United States as an actor, I came home to Canada and Nova Scotia b

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I feel it is a lot better than it was, especially when we start at the beginning, when the Americans did not want to allow any subsidies whatsoever. As I stated in my speech, they were dead set to try to get rid of the things we had in Canada which they did not hav

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I hear the member opposite, but when it comes to the 21st century and tech jobs and also IT, one can do that from anywhere. It is not necessary to be in one country or another. Many countries are working together on these types of jobs, and one can do them from a s

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, for over a year, Canada has been negotiating very hard for a modernized free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, now called CUSMA or the new NAFTA. We knew how important it was to get it right and to get a fair deal that was good for Canadian workers

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to table a petition that is very important to my riding of Cumberland—Colchester. The petitioners call upon the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to honour their commitment to have an independent study to thoroughly review the potential

Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, I come to Ottawa from Nova Scotia, the land of the Mi'kmaq, the People of the Dawn. I am bearing an urgent message from some of my youngest constituents, the students of l'École acadienne de Truro, who write: Today, all around the world, millions of students have

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I meant the official opposition. I acknowledge that members of the Green Party and the NDP have been very vocal and passionate about the environment as well. I thank them for that. This government has set milestones. Every five years it has a milestone to get to z

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, some people say we need more boots on the streets in order to deal with violence and gang violence, but I believe that the root causes of violence are poverty, desperation, lack of education, lack of a sense of hope, mental illness and addiction. In my community,

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne. It is a great honour and privilege for me to stand here and acknowledge that we are standing on unceded Algonquin territory. I would also like to acknowledge the leader of the Progressive Co