Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We must absolutely consult with people who have a lot of experience to develop a plan for eliminating gun crimes in Canada and to bring in a program to compensate people who have to give up their firearms.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, absolutely, the experts should be making those decisions, but in fact it is not clear that this is what happened in the order in council, which made no sense, about hundreds of guns and people with a lot of experience in firearms and their use. That is worthy of no

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, unfortunately, the Liberal government put forward an omnibus budget bill that is 720 pages long with a plethora of things in it. Although this specific action I do agree with, the amount of debt that the government has racked up without providing for a growth budge

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to speak today to Bill C-21, hoping that I can bring a calm and reasoned approach to this discussion. All parties in the House are united in their desire to get rid of gun crime in Canada. The question is, what is the best way to go about do

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, what a great question that is from my colleague. It is a big fail for the Liberal government to announce that it is going to have this big child care thing without even checking with the provinces first, when it has made it contingent on the provinces participating.

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, that is a great question from my colleague, who works hard on the Canada-U.S. committee. There is nothing in this budget. In fact, not only is there nothing for oil and gas and for natural resources, but there is no contingency in this budget in case Line 5 does shut

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, certainly the member opposite would know that the Conservatives have supported to assist people to get through the pandemic. However, the government failed to close the borders adequately from the beginning, when it still allowed planes in from China, Iran and Iraq

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the good question. It is very important for everyone to pay their fair share. I think that the Liberals do not have a good plan for recovering money from the wealthiest people. When we look at the measures the Liberals have taken when they

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am glad to have an opportunity to speak to the budget bill, because I have a lot of concern about the budget. I will start with the amount of debt the government has added. The Prime Minister has added more debt to Canada than did all the prime ministers, togethe

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I would just point out to the minister that electric batteries are not the agriculture sector of Canada, which was my question. Let us turn, then, to something that interests me as the chair of status of women, where we have been studying unpaid work and obviously l

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, that was a great answer for the child care question, not. Let us move along, then. One of the files that I have has to do with the election. I noticed there was a section 91 change. This was something that came before the courts. Members will remember that in the pr

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I am very concerned about the amount of debt the government has racked up, $460 billion before budget 2021, which brought in another $101 billion. If we look at the debt of $30,000 that this has added to every Canadian, and I did the math, that is $250 a month, every

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I will be splitting my time with the member for Edmonton West, and I will be spending my time questioning the minister. The minister has described budget 2021 as a growth budget, and I want to begin with the oil and gas sector, which is quite important for my ridin

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I will expand it to the natural resources sector, because I did not see a lot in this budget for that, and it is 17% of our GDP. What are the measures and funding to spur growth in that sector?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I did not hear any funding for any growth in the natural resources sector, which is 17% of our GDP. Let us turn, then, to agriculture, which is 8% of our GDP. Can the minister talk about the funding and growth supports for agriculture?