Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it has been quite a while since I have been physically present in the House. This is my first day back, partly because of the COVID pandemic, and partly because the Prime Minister decided to shut down Parliament and prorogue to get away from the WE scandal that was d

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first petition is from a group of constituents in my riding who are concerned about the situation in Kashmir. They are concerned that there are human rights violations going on and are calling on the Canadian government to

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is about small business owners. They are calling on the government to take the lead on implementing policies that will help businesses succeed, including reducing EI and CPP premiums, repealing the federal carbon tax, making it as easy to sell a b

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, the member opposite has pointed out quite rightly that women have been disproportionately impacted by this pandemic, but why is that when all the legislation for all the programs rolling out was supposed to have a gender-based analysis done? I was the chair of the

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, the member opposite noted that the manufacturing sector was particularly hard hit by the pandemic. With the second wave coming, and the Prime Minister indicating that maybe the answer is to shut the economy down, what is the plan to keep manufacturing in his riding,

Proceedings on the bill entitled An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Last night at the vote, I clarified that members need to have their video on from the time the vote begins and the question is read until the end. I have a list of 25 individuals who shut their video off or were not here. While I will not

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I want to make a clarification. I noticed that more than a dozen members turned off their video after they voted and before the count was read. My understanding of the instruction is that members must keep their video on from the beginning of the

Government Policies  Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of questions for the Liberal government. Why, in five years, does it not have a softwood lumber deal that will keep mills from closing? Why has it not been able to get nation-building projects like Petronas LNG, the Trans Mountain pipeline and Teck min

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS), broken down by fiscal year for 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19: (a) what was the budget for the FTCS; (b) how much of that budget was spent within the fiscal year; (c) how much was spent on each component of the FTCS, spec

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare: (a) what are the total expenditures of the Council to date, broken down by line item; and (b) what is the total of all costs associated with producing the report “A Prescription for Canada: Achievin

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government enforcement of measures aimed at preventing vaping among youth: (a) how much has been spent since January 1, 2019, on enforcing anti-vaping regulations, broken down by type of enforcement and regulation being enforced; (b) what was the vaping rate among

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to government statistics on medical malpractice in Canada: what are the government’s statistics related to how many deaths occurred as a result of medical malpractice in each of the past 10 years, broken down by year?

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, the minister was part of the problem in the 42nd Parliament with the inaction on this file. Due to the Liberals' inaction, 12,000 Canadians have died from the opioid crisis. Fentanyl continues to pour into our country from China. While places like the U.S. have put c

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is lovely to see you in the chair, and congratulations. I also congratulate the member opposite on her re-election. The government has been calling on this minority Parliament to work together, and the throne speech talked about the middle class. Certainly, we

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member opposite for being back. I was a Queen's grad and he knows I am in his riding from time to time. Certainly I think the member would agree that I am one of those in the last Parliament who tried to work with the government to