Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte. What we have just heard is basically an excuse for unethical behaviour. The excuse that we have heard all morning from the speeches that members are reading from the PMO is that no laws

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, the member is exactly right. This will affect the next generation. As Canadians know, when they borrow money, they have to pay it back. The members of the government broke their word to Canadians to the tune of three times the deficit they promised, when they promi

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, had the member actually been paying attention in the last 10 years, he would know that the Liberal Party was demanding that we spend more and that we borrow more money. We had a plan to get back to a balanced budget, and that is what we did. The independent parliame

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I can understand why that hon. member does not actually want to talk about the budget implementation act, because he is probably, like most Canadians, ashamed of the economic record of the current government. Just yesterday, after I gave my speech, the finance mini

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the decision by the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to increase carapace size for Lobster Fishing Area 25 by one millimetre to 73 millimetres this year and to 77 millimetres by 2018: (a) what scientific analyses were undertaken by the Dep

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, big money donors continue to buy private time with Liberal ministers. Many of these donors have financial interests that are regulated by these same ministers. The justice minister took money from lawyers, the finance minister took money from Bay Street bankers, and

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, those talking points are as old as the Liberal culture of corruption. Liberal ministers continue to put themselves in blatant conflicts of interest by selling access to the big money donors they regulate. This is not a coincidence. This is coordinated corruption wit

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise on behalf of my constituents to talk about Bill C-29. The first thing I note about Bill C-29, a second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament, is that it is an omnibus bill. In terms of size, it is 230 pages

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, the member for Oshawa talked about competitiveness, and how the Liberal tax and regulation regime has resulted in fewer manufacturing jobs when our dollar being this low typically results in an increase in manufacturing jobs. On that same vein, I would like him to ex

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, in another brazen example of cash for access, on August 29, the Minister of Natural Resources attended a high-priced fundraiser at the officers of MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman. MLT is one of the largest law firms in Canada. It specializes in the natural resources

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, it gets worse. Less than a month after this fundraiser, MLT merged with Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson. This firm has lobbied the minister's department on several occasions. Once again, we have Liberal insiders hosting ministers at exclusive high-end fundraisers

Genetic Non-Discrimination Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak again in the House on an issue of great importance to many of my constituents and to many Canadians. I will be supporting the bill. The bill before us is Bill S-201, genetic non-discrimination act. The summary of the bill says that: This

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that the member referred to “we” did not roll back the TFSAs. The carbon tax coalition lives on. They are in it together. The NDP and the Liberals tried to paint the TFSA as a tool for the rich. The facts simply did not bear that out. The vast

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, that is a ridiculous red herring. The Conservative Party supports public pensions. We supported them when we were in government. We believe in the CPP, but we also believe in Canadians. We believe in the ability of Canadians to make choices for themselves. That is wh

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, it is tough to follow the member for Richmond Centre after that kind of firebrand speech, but I will do my best. It is always a pleasure to rise to speak about legislation before the House. Today, we are talking about Bill C-26, which would increase CPP premiums an