Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my colleague and I share having ridings in the city of London. I know a lot of people are quite happy and interested to move forward with the accelerator fund. However, renoviction is a huge issue across this country, and certainly within the city of London. Consti

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, earlier the hon. colleague was talking about hypocrisy. I just cannot get past the fact that he is taking shots at the Mulroney Conservatives for introducing the GST. I am pretty sure it was the Chrétien government, when it was running against the Conservative Party

Situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank  Mr. Speaker, I too want to thank my hon. colleague for the strength she brings to this debate. Knowing her background as a Jewish Canadian, I cannot even imagine this, so I appreciate that. She spoke a lot about the local impact. I come from London, where we are still dealing wi

Situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague spoke about Canadians hurting. She spoke about the people in her own community, the fear they have and ensuring that we are protecting them. In my community, it was just reported that there was a sign in an apartment building for everyone to see tha

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I could not agree with my hon. colleague more. I really liked what he said earlier in this debate when he referred to the Conservative Party's focus on the carbon tax as a diversion tactic. They are ultimately trying to cover up for and be these huge lobbyists for

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, New Democrats have been calling for that for a long time. My entire speech was to get at the point that there is no balance. The government's responsibility is to provide a balance, and that is out of play right now. We need to ensure that people pay their fair sha

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, yes, this needs a whole-of-government approach, and all partners need to work together. This has become a crisis that governments have watched happen, which they have created over the last 30 years. However, there have also been a lot of gaffes in the federal gover

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, that is an absolutely ridiculous statement. New Democrats are not members of the government. We are trying to use some of the power we have to deliver on the commitments we made to people on the doorsteps. We have not seen anything from the Conservative Party becau

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, everyone knows that times are really tough right now. Canadians are suffering; housing and grocery prices are higher than ever, and they continue to go up. There is a real need for the government to intervene and adopt public policies to try to circumvent these cir

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I am honoured to stand in this place and present a petition. The petitioners are concerned that, as part of federal defence department training exercises, over 1,800 piglets have been killed after being stabbed, mutilated and exposed to radiation and chemical nerv

Housing  Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister recently praised a shady corporate landlord named Dream Unlimited Corp. for building more housing in Toronto, where rent averages $2,600 a month for a one-bedroom. What has Dream Unlimited done in Toronto? It has jacked up rent in its buildi

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague and I are both Ontario-based MPs. It has been asked in the House several times, and yesterday, during conversations about the bill, I was asking about the Conservative housing plan. One of the key things that strikes me is that they want to sell o

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, earlier one of the member's colleagues had talked about the bill as something that would be “transformational” and so critical, yet I found that a bit hyperbolic, considering we know this is a good first step, but only one of so many that are needed, in terms of ho

Retirement Congratulations  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my constituent Florence Douglas on her retirement and long service to air force veterans at 427 Wing in London. Twenty-six years ago, Flo was hired as a temporary bar steward at the wing, but after only a few months, the directors made her a f

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I was interested in one of the points that the hon. member made in her speech about selling off public land. In my riding, land is available, but it has been so financialized, and housing has been so financialized. However, I want to ask her specifically about se