Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it is always disappointing for me to hear the hatred and disrespect of parties across the way in this place. When we look at this budget, we see all the many broken promises: way past the $10 billion deficit at the beginning, never going to balance it in this term,

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would repeat that there are different opinions on this issue. While we want to protect the views of those who would choose this way, there are many who are offended by that choice. We need to recognize that. That was my intent in bringing the message.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, my understanding of the way it is intended to work is that if someone does request assisted dying, the cause of death would be listed as the pre-existing condition as opposed to assisted suicide. Therefore, I agree that this will cover up the tracks of how often this

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I absolutely do agree that palliative care has to be a fundamental part of health care as we go forward. I heard questions earlier tonight that asked when end of life starts. Palliative care experts will tell us that even up to a year before death, in some cases two

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I will preface my comments tonight by saying it is not my intent to offend anyone, but I do believe that this is the time for plain speaking. This bill is about choices and it is about rights. Although I resent that the Supreme Court has ignored 15 rulings of Parlia

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I fully agree with what the member opposite said about the need for palliative care as an option. Therefore, could he comment on why it is not part of Bill C-14 and why the word does not even appear in budget 2016?

Consular Affairs  Madam Speaker, on March 11, I asked the Liberals if they could tell us the status of Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, and two others held captive in the Philippines. The parliamentary secretary assured us that he was on top of the file. We would like to see our fellow Ca

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, yesterday was tax day, the day that our taxes are due. Canadians can now say goodbye to the lowest taxation levels since 1962 and start looking forward to paying extra taxes if their kids are in arts and sports, extra taxes if their kids are in post-secondary educati

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I did appreciate what the hon. member was saying about the appearance of a conflict of interest. Last week I was at an event sponsored by VIA Rail, and the Ethics Commissioner was sitting with the Minister of Democratic Institutions and a bunch of parliamentary secr

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for trying to hold us to a higher standard here in the House. One thing I heard in his speech was about trying to get hold of the list of who attended the fundraiser. I have gone to the Elections Canada website and found that we cannot actually

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-2  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I agree with what my colleague has said, that we do not see a lot of openness and transparency from the government. It says it is a middle-class tax cut, but, as the member has pointed out, it does not apply to some of the middle

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, with respect to the infrastructure spending that was announced, I was disappointed to see not much money for the rail infrastructure that is needed in the Windsor-Quebec corridor. There was also nothing for trade corridors and ports, like what I need in my riding of

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the minister on her speech and on the collaborative way in which we work together on the science file so far. I applaud the maintaining of the funding for applied research from the granting councils, which our government put in place, an

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I was astounded to find out that, with the $113 billion deficit the government is going to create, the Bank of Canada will charge us about $10 billion of interest every year, ongoing. That is on top of the almost $2 billion from this non-tax neutral middle-class inco

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, if I do the math under this new budget for middle-class families, I see an extra $600 a year for the middle-class income tax reduction. I see another $2,200 for the child benefit, if there are a couple of kids. However, I see that they lose $3,000 for the tax fitness