CANADA LABOUR CODE  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, and I heard her speak about a referendum and electoral reform. I have great concern with the manner in which she is assessing the value of town hall meetings that are being held across the country right now with respect to elect

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a petition that is signed by roughly 100 members of my community who have been affected by the problems that the government has been experiencing with Phoenix pay system. The petitioners express their frustration over the system and ask that the g

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, I am wondering if the member opposite could expand a little on the fact that unlike some of our allies like the U.S. and New Zealand, the government members will actually be in a minority position on this oversight committee, and whether she thinks that contributes

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, my question was specifically about whether the member opposite felt that there would be more accountability because of the fact that there would be minority Liberal representation on the committee. I did not really get an answer to that, so I can only assume that s

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the question, because I have been hearing it all week, and I have looked forward to the opportunity to respond to it. The truth of the matter is that the opposition is painting this as though it is a one-of-a-kind event that the Prime Minister would m

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, to suggest that the Liberal Party of the day had no problem with Bill C-51 I think is a great misrepresentation of the facts. In fact, the Liberal Party had a number of concerns and put forward a number of recommendations to change it. The difference between the

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, this bill would give us the ability to have more oversight, to see what the particular agencies are doing and how they are acting, to have this classified information, and to have parliamentarians at the helm of understanding and appreciating what is going on. This

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on recognizing the fact that climate change is real, for starters, and a problem. I hope I can say the same for the rest of his colleague, but I am not sure if I can. I listened to his description of the math and the taxes and how

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the nostalgic trip down the memory lane of my university days, talking about the elasticity and demand for certain products in the market. However, I think she neglects to realize that it is the tax, the government intervention, which will sp

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today in the House to speak to this important subject. The Paris agreement is without a doubt a watershed moment in the global community's fight against climate change, and it is an honour to be contributing to this historic debate today.

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, I would love to hear your personal opinion on this. We will save that for another day. I appreciate my colleague's question and opportunity to address this topic again. Yes, some industries are inelastic. They do not change. We are forced to pay what the price dem

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's willingness to want to help the Liberal Party. That is very endearing of him. However, as I stated throughout my speech, all three governments, in particular, the U.S. and Canada, have committed to having discussions with our indigenou

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, in particular, I take note of how the member concluded his comments and his speech, speaking about future generations. We have heard a lot in this House over the last few days about the various different stakeholders and people who will be affected by this. One part

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I was one of those people who was not able to get on the list today to speak, and that is what I am interested in exploring a little and hearing my colleagues' comments on. It was not until only about two decades ago, to my understanding, that the whips of the indiv

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's contribution, in particular about question period. She has a good point. I think this goes back a number of decades to the true benefit of question period. I think it started to change when we began to see the whips' offices giving lists o