Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for being here today to hear our comments. I heard the government cite that it will leave conscience protection to provincial jurisdiction. However, in Ontario, I would certainly not want to leave conscience protection to Kathleen Wynne, beca

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her fine speech. I agree with many of the things the member has said. How ridiculous the antics have been today, trying to do things with this debate when this is such a serious topic of conversation. I agree totally on palli

Excise Tax Act  Madam Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to speak in support of Bill C-241. Like my colleague from Saskatoon—Grasswood, I understand what this additional money could mean to our school boards from coast to coast to coast. This is a well-thought-out bill that would benefit all

Gender-Based Analysis  Mr. Speaker, this is Gender-based Analysis Plus Awareness Week. Gender-based analysis is a methodology to review changes to policy and procedures to ensure they are fair for all genders. The Plus version is an excellent web-based tool on the Government of Canada's website that w

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent speech. I want to go deeper into detail on the lack of job creation that the Liberal government seems to be coming with. Fourteen bills have been brought forward, but there does not seem to be any about job creation. They are a

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, competitiveness is important. It is the ability to have revenue exceed costs in a sustainable business over time. The government talks about being fact and evidence based in its decisions, but the Minister of Transport could not say what per cent of operating costs f

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his usual intelligent speech. I agree there is something fishy going on here. I hear a lot of rhetoric about consulting broadly, but we have seen that the provinces do not agree, the ones that are involved, and other parties do

Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-277, An Act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to bring forward my private member's bill on palliative care. In the previous session of Parliament, a parliamentary committe

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition on behalf of my constituents. The petitioners note that life is sacred until death and that it is our duty to provide compassionate hospice care. They say that God is the author of life and death, that he will determine when

Palliative Care  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I was pleased to introduce my private member's bill, C-277, an act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada. Currently, only 30% of Canadians have access to good palliative care. Hospital care is four times as expensive a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, one of the arguments I want to get back to is something I have heard before in the House, that 60% of Canadians voted for parties that wanted to do this. I think it is important to recognize that the NDP have 38 pages of promises in its policies, and the Liberals had

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the composition of the committee being proposed is definitely an issue to which I want to speak. I have a concern with the Bloc Québécois being given a vote on the committee. It is a party that is bent on the destruction of our country as opposed to improving our dem

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I agree with what my colleague had to say about the small business tax and the disappointment of seeing that broken promise come out in this budget. I wonder if she could comment on other broken promises that we have seen in this budget that are disappointing.

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I just wanted to comment on what the member had to say in her speech. I would quote from our Conservative Party policy document. On page 45, paragraph 117 on supply management says, “A Conservative Government will support supply management and its goal to deliver

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to hear the hon. member say that this is genocide. There used to be 1.5 million Christians in Iraq in 2003 and now there are less than 200,000. More than a million people have been killed. Certainly, that is a genocide on any scale. Similar stories could b