Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for standing up in defence of law and order in the House. We can think of what the minister has done in terms of jury reform and in terms of diversity on jury panels, as well as supporting judges so that they can do their work effectively. The co

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the situation in Afghanistan remains heartbreaking to this day. Afghan women and interpreters helped our country for years and they have been targeted by the Taliban since it took over in Afghanistan over a year ago. It goes without saying that it is our duty to help

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member across the way gave us some food for thought. However, as the representative of the riding that is also known as the “Royal City”, Guelph has very strong ties to the royal family and has for many generations. The House also has those same ties. I am

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Winnipeg North for highlighting the functioning of the House of Commons and the importance of the debates we have here. When I was coming to the Hill today, I was prepared to talk about Bill S-5. I told my community that we were going to be

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member across the way. I am looking forward to working together with him on the environment committee. I also congratulate him on his new posting with respect to the environment. As the hon. member was speaking, I was thinking about some of the pr

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Madam Speaker, I was trying to square some of the comments in the hon. member's speech, particularly the one around us not doing anything for climate change but ramming things down people's throats. I was thinking of what we have done on climate change with the pan-Canadian frame

Mental Health  Madam Chair, part of the minister's last answer was where I wanted to go with my question. It is on data and the importance of the provinces and territories sharing data, not only for the federal government and for our use to understand what is going on in Canada, but for local c

Guelph Chamber of Commerce  Mr. Speaker, to celebrate the start of Small Business Week, I would like to recognize the important work done by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Throughout their history, chambers of commerce have been focused on working collaboratively with local businesses on the main streets

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for bringing forward such a wide range of impacts on our food supply, and also highlighting Food Day Canada, which is hopefully coming through Parliament, and the work of innovation. The hon. member could maybe highlight the need to protect

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am looking forward to seeing how the agriculture committee goes about its study. It was good to sub in on the committee when it was talking about grain dryers this week and the complexities around that. Most of the retail profit growth from Loblaws came from its

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the interpreters for helping us through my lack of French knowledge. I thank the hon. member for Berthier—Maskinongé for his work here this morning and also his work on the agriculture committee. The study the agriculture committee will be looking at, I a

Food Day in Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. members across the way and the whole House, which is honouring Anita Stewart and Food Day Canada through this motion that is in front of us. Again, I thank Senator Black for being the champion in the other place to bring it forward to us. To build o

Food Day in Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Perth—Wellington for bringing this bill into this place after Senator Black put it on the floor of the other place. We met this summer on the lawn of the University of Guelph and Anita Stewart continues to bring us together across party l

Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the price on pollution is going from $50 a tonne to $65 a tonne. In my math, that is not tripling. When we look at the sustainability of the planet, we cannot separate the sustainability of the planet from economic sustainability and social sustainability. We need t

Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques not only for that question but for the questions he has posed throughout the day. They are always very thoughtful questions. One of the lessons of COVID was that we have to have more reliance on C