Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the federal gas tax fund is predictable, flexible, long term, and stable funding that is crucial to community infrastructure. Municipalities have the flexibility to direct federal funding toward projects they identify as a priority. Transferring the remaining $30 mi

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada is dedicated to ensuring that its investments support the infrastructure Canadians need and use every day. Infrastructure Canada has worked closely with partners to expand eligibility requirements and accelerate the funding being delivered u

Department of Public Works and Government Services Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak in support of Bill C-344, an act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, community benefit. Bill C-344 would amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to provide the minister of public service

Public Transit  Mr. Speaker, my thanks to the hon. member for Pierrefonds—Dollard for his question. Today, I was proud to be with the Prime Minister in Montreal, where he announced a Government of Canada investment of $1.3 billion in Montreal's Réseau électrique métropolitain. This investment

Regional Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, I toured Quebec recently. We have 256 projects under way in Quebec, and our total investment there is $2.8 billion. We are here for Quebec, and we are investing in Quebec. I have been talking to mayors from the regions. I have spoken to about 20 of them. They are pr

Intergovernmental Relations  Mr. Speaker, with regard to Bill C-44, I am pleased to inform the member that infrastructure projects in Quebec and every other province will comply with all applicable laws, in this case, Quebec's laws. That is important to us, and the projects will comply with the law at all ti

Excise Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to speak to the bill proposed by the member for Langley—Aldergrove. Bill C-342 proposes to amend the Excise Tax Act to provide that any tax on carbon pollution that is imposed by a province be excluded from the total purchase price,

The Mohawk People  Mr. Speaker, [Member spoke in Mohawk and provided the following translation:] I pay my respects to you who have gathered here. I stand here to honour the Mohawk language and I pay my respects to their people. Let us pay respects to the Creator for everything he has given to

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure I heard a question, but I am glad to speak to what the hon. member discussed. I do not think for a second that we should be talking about national unity when it comes to getting our oil to tidewater. This is a project that is important for Canadians, i

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, if we check the record of how this pipeline got approved, we see that we expanded the consultation with indigenous people. They are entitled to their views. There is a considerable amount of support for the project. This is an important project to get oil to tidewate

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my hon. sparring partner from Saint John—Rothesay. I stand here today to address the Trans Mountain expansion project. This government has been working diligently to ensure that this important project comes to fruition and bears the pr

Montreal  Mr. Speaker, on May 17, 1642, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve founded the colony of Ville Marie near the Mohawk village of Hochelaga, or Tiohtià:ke, on the island of Montreal. Today, I am honoured to celebrate the anniversary of the city I grew up in and continue to discover ever

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her advocacy on behalf of small communities. Indeed, on this side of the House we took note and we put $2 billion into classical modelling of infrastructure in rural and northern communities and we plan to deliver on that promise. The assumpt

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the location, while key to developing and working with our private proponents, is not of capital importance, insofar as we need to focus more on the historic infrastructure that we are making and the capital that we are freeing up in order to put forth our transforma

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, this bears repeating. The session with BlackRock last fall lasted only a few hours, but we spent hundreds of hours consulting stakeholders such as the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, unions, the provinces and territories, indigenous peoples, academics, engi