Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I am not anti-union. My father was a CAW worker for 35 years, my mother and daughter are both part of the teachers' union, and I was married to a welder from local 663. However, many union workers before Bill C-377 were upset that many unions received their member d

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on an excellent speech, especially how he had his facts straight. The Liberal government likes to pretend that it is fact- and evidence-based in everything it does. We heard today that in multiple polls, more than 83% of uni

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I was extremely happy to hear that the hon. member's government will do whatever is needed to restore tolerance. What action does he think his government should take to stop the discriminatory BDS practices on Canadian university campuses?

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time today with the member for Flamborough—Glanbrook. I am standing in this House today to stand with Israel, a free and democratic country that is besieged by the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. Fundamental to the discussion tod

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, obviously peace is always the best approach. There have been many attempts to achieve peace in Israel, without success to date. However, my point is that Israel is a free and democratic nation, and as such it has the right to defend itself when people shoot missiles

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the difference is that this insidious organization is having an impact in Canada. It is on the soil of our Canadian universities. Its members are affecting people's opinions. They are trying to influence the freedom of rights of Canadians. They are trying to drum up

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, as we all work to encourage innovation in Canada, I am concerned that some of the things the government is introducing will not help. Right in Ottawa we have one of Canada's best tech start-ups known as Shopify. This firm is an incredible success story, started by t

Ivan Mater  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to pay tribute to a great Conservative in my riding of Sarnia-Lambton, who passed away this week at the age of 96. Ivan Mater grew up on the family farm in the prairies during the depression before joining the Royal Canadian Navy in 1941 a

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I congratulate the member opposite for her speech. Over the years when Canada has gone to war, such as World War II, the Afghan war, Korean War, Gulf War, we have done all that we can to defeat the enemy, including humanitarian efforts, training, ground troops, a

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I just want to say how disappointed I am that the Liberal government has acted to withdraw the CF-18s without waiting for the benefit of a parliamentary vote and respecting the process. Our allies have asked us to leave our CF-18s in the fight, men and women on the

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her speech. I am interested in discussing her idea that we should not have a combat mission, that we should take no military action whatsoever. If we would not take action at this time, when Canadians have been killed and when Ca

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague's view on the CF-18s having already been pulled before the parliamentary vote has even been taken. Does the member think that meets the standards of openness and transparency that the Liberal government claims to have?

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I am interested to hear more about how the member thinks we can reduce the recruitment of these extremists to the fight, both here and overseas.

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time today with the member for Langley—Aldergrove. I am proud to participate in today's debate on Canada's strategy to combat ISIL. I think this is a historic decision. Why? Because one day, this period will be studied, and we will be judged o

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, the point is this. We can do everything. In other combats we have used ground troops and air and the whole thing. We should do everything that we can because this is the most serious threat that we have seen since World War II. The previous Conservative government