Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, reducing the cost of a $500,000 unit by $25,000 would really give a developer the opportunity to move forward with plans it has to create more supply. Creating more supply in a marketplace such as ours would reduce the cost, because of supply and demand. We have a

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House for the first time this session to discuss the very important bill that we have in front of us. This summer, I spoke to many constituents of mine in Guelph who had concerns about the price of housing, the price of groceries and

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Science and Research. This report is entitled “Revitalizing Research and Scientific Publication in French in Canada”. I give a special thanks to the member for Rim

Canada Disability Benefit Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member from the Bloc for her thoughtful intervention tonight. I was particularly interested in her comments around working together with the provinces and territories to come to an agreement. With respect to the Canada child benefit, we were the g

Canada Disability Benefit Act  Madam Speaker, my constituents in Guelph have been talking about clawbacks as well. However, we accepted five of the six amendments from the Senate. In our government, two-thirds of amendments coming from the Senate are generally accepted. In the case of clawbacks, it is so impo

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from 37 constituents who are calling on the Minister of Environment and Climate Change for the Government of Canada to stop fossil fuel extraction expansion, accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy and offer much more help to the poorest a

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present this afternoon. The first petition is a petition to the House of Commons and Parliament assembled from 58 signatories in Guelph to support Bill S-243, an act that would enact the climate-aligned finance act, which was drafted based on

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member was speaking about nostalgia, I was thinking nostalgically of when I used to think the Conservative Party of Canada knew something about the economy and was a business champion. What I heard in the speech were things about tax increases. I was look

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Oshawa for this work on this bill and his intervention today. I am looking at the governance of our criminal justice system and the role that parliamentarians play versus the role that correctional institutions play and how important i

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Science and Research. This report is entitled “Pursuing a Canadian Moonshot Program”. I would like to thank the clerk, the analysts, the translators and the peop

Guelph Literacy Leader  Mr. Speaker, today I am rising to recognize Steven Kraft, the CEO of the Guelph Public Library. Steven has been a leader in the library field for over 40 years, starting in the Guelph Public Library as the children's librarian in 1983. With a passion for our community and for e

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, although I was not at committee, I have heard that the hon. member's interventions were well received and discussed in committee. She ended her speech tonight speaking about ghost guns, and that is something I have been discussing with our local chief of police.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. parliamentary secretary for all of her work on this. The member mentioned how difficult these discussions have been to get to the real crux of the matter. I am looking at a discussion I had with one of my constituents on December 2 of last year. He

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the rising cost of food affects Canadians, small businesses and families who are trying to put a nutritious meal on the table in my riding and across the country. Last week, with the passage of Bill C-46, came the creation of the new one-time grocery rebate that wil

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I am also talking with the builders about the supply chain issues they have had that have increased the cost of home building, the cost of homes in the market and the market influences of the externalities from the pandemic, where the supply of goods, materials and l