Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, my riding of Sarnia—Lambton has a very large construction union workforce. It is one of the best in North America, certainly top notch in safety, quality, and productivity. During the campaign, I spoke to many of the members, the union workers as well as the leader

Science  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government claims that it wants to consult broadly with Canadians and that it wants to be fact and science based in its approach. Why then, in the 107 days the Liberals have been in office, has there been zero consultation with the science critics on the

Dick Kirkland  Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I pay respect today to the passing of former Point Edward Mayor Dick Kirkland from my riding of Sarnia—Lambton. Dick was born 83 years ago, one of very few citizens to actually possess a Point Edward village birth certificate. His comm

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to see that in the House today we have unanimous support for pay equity and plans to continue working on this important issue moving forward. One of the things I appreciated about what the member said was that everything cannot be put into the mandate

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, certainly we have to keep persevering. As the member said, in 1985 his mother was talking about the same issues. When I first started in engineering women made up less than 10% of that field. Everywhere I went I built a washroom because there was none for women. We

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member is right that we can do nothing about the past, but only about the future. I will certainly be an advocate for pay equity and for solving some of the remaining issues. There was a comment made by the President of the Treasury Board about how we need to s

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak to the subject of pay equity. I will be sharing my time with the member for South Surrey—White Rock. I am going to begin by reading verbatim from our Conservative Party policy statement: The Conservative Party suppo

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague for an excellent speech and for raising awareness of this issue, which I am passionate about as well. We have a status of women committee with a similar membership to what you have outlined, and you and I are on it, so why does th

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on an excellent speech and on his election. The government promised Canadians that it would run a deficit of only $10 billion, but current promises are already adding up to way more than that. The government says that it i

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, creating jobs in the green and clean-tech industries is a multi-year initiative. It will not immediately replace all of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that have been lost in Alberta, nor the jobs that will be lost in the future from the implementation of carbon

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the hon. member who is my neighbour. I am right next door in Sarnia—Lambton. Seniors are a priority for me and it was not mentioned at all in the throne speech. That is especially troubling because the bad economic policies of the gover

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member on his election. The Liberal government has talked about real change, but so far we are not seeing many detailed plans that match the timelines in the campaign promises. My question for the member is, can he tell us which plans and

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I wish to congratulate the hon. member on his speech and on his election. The member mentioned the importance to Canada of small businesses, and I heartily agree. My question for the member is this. Does he not think that carbon pricing increases and increases in t

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, we hear a lot of talk from the current Liberal government about openness and transparency and about how infrastructure will be the answer to all of the economic woes of the west. I am interested in hearing from the member if he has seen a detailed plan for his area t

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is based on Falun Gong, which is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline. The petitioners are calling for the Government of Canada to pass a resolution to stop the Chinese communist party's crime of systematically murdering Falun Gong practiti