Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the seventh report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, entitled “A Study on the Implementation of the Pay Equity Act”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the governmen

Standing Orders of the House  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for Etobicoke North for bringing forward this motion. The member for Etobicoke North and I have a history of trying to help science in Canada, which began when I was elected in 2015 and was named the critic for science. At the time, she

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for all his hard work. I share his concern with this budget. There are a lot of things that have been promised time and again that have not shown up, and we are losing our ability to do things in the country. One of the things tha

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for all of her hard work on the status of women committee. I wonder what the member thinks about this budget in light of what it would and would not do for women in Canada and what is needed.

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am the chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, and we have just done a study on unpaid work. Certainly child care has been a huge issue during the pandemic, and even before, and when I look at this budget, I see the government has $30 billion for it

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. It is pretty clear that the government is in a hurry to call an election in the middle of a pandemic. It introduced the bill in December, it has cut off the debate and now it wants to get the bill to committee. However, the Lib

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is clear to me that the Liberals are in a hurry to call an election while we are in a pandemic. The government introduced the bill in December, before the committee had completed its report. Now the government wants to send the bill to committee. However, the Li

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his excellent speech. In my view, if the government really wants to avoid an election during the pandemic, it needs to have a plan to get us out of the pandemic. It does not have one. What does the member think the government should

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for an amazing speech as always. I thought she made a very good point about how the government is trying to shame the opposition today for holding the government to account by bringing up the number of times it voted against a confidenc

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the minister for giving me an opportunity to speak to Bill C-19, because after four hours of debate, the government shut down the debate on it so it could get the bill to committee. However, the Liberals on the committee are filibustering, so

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her speech. I think there many signs that the Liberal government is in a hurry to hold an election during the pandemic. Does my colleague agree?

Enbridge Line 5  Mr. Speaker, today is the day Governor Whitmer has ordered Enbridge Line 5 to be shut down. Yesterday, chambers of commerce in Canada and the U.S., our government, trade unions and affected states filed briefs of support in the court case to show support for keeping the line open

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary wanted to know what the Conservatives have done. I have done an email and letter-writing campaign to Governor Whitmer with all the stakeholders; brought petitions to the House; and participated in the lobby. However, despite all the gove

Canada Elections Act  Madam Speaker, certainly we want to do everything we can to protect workers and voters in this election should it occur during a pandemic. One thing we know is that we would likely see more mail-in ballots, and the members correctly have pointed out there are some provisions in

Canada Elections Act  Madam Speaker, it is a total surprise and unbelievable that after four hours of debate the government would be rushing this legislation, which is about our tried and true democratic process. We have heard others say that the Liberals tabled the legislation before waiting for thei