Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regards to the mandate letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to “Act on recommendations of the Cohen Commission on restoring sockeye salmon stocks in the Fraser River”: (a) what scientific analyses wereas completed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on each o

Rolly Fox  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to celebrate the life of a remarkable British Columbian, Rolly Fox. For 36 years, Rolly was the “behind-the-scenes believer” in the mission his son Terry Fox set out on with his Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research . In rece

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, obviously I was not comparing the two airports in that way. I was simply saying that when there is a major international airport, which we have at Pearson near Billy Bishop and from which it would be drawing its customer base, there is still opportunity and there sho

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, certainly the previous Conservative government was a strong partner of the city of Toronto in investing billions of dollars in public transit, GO Transit, in the waterfront itself, and in the Pan Am Games. We were there as a partner with the city of Toronto working w

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it once again is great to stand on behalf of the people of Chilliwack—Hope to speak to an important issue about the Canadian economy and aerospace industry. I want to take a brief moment today, on International Women's Day, to salute the strong Conservative women w

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, before her election, the Minister of Justice was the chair of the First Nations Finance Authority. It has just hired her husband to lobby the federal government. The FNFA receives monies from the federal government, approved by the federal cabinet, and is governed by

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I thought I was pretty clear on why I do not support the motion. It is because the CF-18s are being pulled out of the fight. The Liberals talk about refocusing and all of that, as if the Royal Canadian Air Force could not continue at the same time that we are tra

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I am sure the Liberal Party does believe it is best, but I think it is wrong. I think the Liberals are wrong because our CF-18s have been delivering results. As I mentioned, there were 399 targets acquired and destroyed. ISIS continues to see its occupied lands red

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, first I would like to thank the member for Lakeland for her passion for women and girls around the world who are put at risk by groups like ISIL, and for her great speech here in the House today. I will be sharing my time with the member for Central Okanagan—Similka

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the position of NDP members. I do not agree with them but at least they are ideologically consistent. They oppose the use of our military force in combat, especially when it occurs outside of our borders, as it usually does. The Liberal government seems

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the member's speech, especially following on the speech of the member for Surrey—Newton, who said that we were finally seeing a return to Canada's type of international engagement. I think that is offensive to anyone who has followed Canada's military histo

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I listened to the member's speech. He kind of railed against the term “big union bosses”. However, would he respond to the words of his former colleague, Ryan Cleary, the former NDP MP for St. John's South—Mount Pearl? In his recent blog post, which appeared in the

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, over a week ago, I listened very intently to the member's speech and I have been waiting over the constituency week to ask him a question. I know he had a good week, like I did. I want to get his comments on the fact that when the Conservative government first came

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we said we believed in a science-based regulatory process, which is what is under way. While the member is talking about the promises his party made during the campaign, perhaps he can tell us the next time he is on his feet how badly the Liberals will break their

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we have the nerve to bring this forward because we are the only party in the House that is standing up for energy workers in Canada. What we would not stand for in government was an environmental assessment process that allowed environmental assessments to go on f