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The Economy Mr. Speaker, at well over $2 a litre, British Columbians are paying the highest gas prices in North America. It now costs over $150 to fill up a minivan: more than a day's wages for many Canadians. They are worried and struggling to make ends meet. Other jurisdictions have respon
May 16th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Health Mr. Speaker, while the provinces have all signalled an end to their vaccine mandates, the Liberals are continuing to punish Canadians who are not vaccinated. Unvaccinated Canadian citizens cannot get on an airplane to fly inside of their own country to attend weddings and funeral
March 29th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Support for Ukraine Mr. Speaker, when Russia invaded Ukraine, Chilliwack-based Hungry For Life International sprang into action, using their local knowledge, network and team in Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid to those directly impacted by the war. The Hungry For Life team, led by Chilliwack's o
March 29th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, I said that it was the predecessor to the Emergencies Act, which is demonstrably true. I think it is quite simply ridiculous. I heard another Liberal member say just before that the government has done an impeccable job of managing this situation. I think Canadians w
February 17th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, who I have aligned myself with are the Canadian people who have rights under our Constitution and who do not deserve to have those rights trampled upon because there is a protest taking place in a few city blocks of Ottawa. This does not meet the threshold of the Eme
February 17th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, I am surprised the hon, member, being so terrified of what he sees outside, found his way into the House of Commons. It must have been very difficult for him to walk past the bouncy castles and the kids' play area to get inside. This is a ridiculous argument. The id
February 17th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, we are here today because the Prime Minister has already invoked the Emergencies Act. What we are debating in the House is whether or not we believe that his invocation of the act should be endorsed or revoked. In order for the House to endorse the invocation of the
February 17th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
An Act respecting certain measures related to COVID-19 Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would ask for the unanimous consent of the House to change my vote in the vote that took place after question period. I had technical difficulties that prevented me from changing my vote to yea and from joining Zoom, so I would ask for
February 15th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Health Mr. Speaker, we now know that, before the last election, the Prime Minister made a very purposeful political decision to divide Canadians based on their vaccine status, deliberately tearing at the fabric that unites Canadians in order to hold on to his own privileges and power.
February 9th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
COVID-19 Protest Mr. Speaker, a year ago, the Prime Minister rejected vaccine mandates, calling them “extreme measures that could have real divisive impacts on [our] community and country”. Since then, no one has created more division than the Prime Minister, pitting Canadian against Canadian and
February 8th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
COVID-19 Protest Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is double-vaccinated, had his booster and just contracted COVID-19, so using mandates to discriminate against Canadians based on their vaccine status is absolutely punitive and discriminatory. A senior Liberal called on the Prime Minister to stop d
February 8th, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition in support of Bill S-223, which seeks to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking. It would make it a criminal offence for a person to go abroad and receive an organ taken without the consent of the person giving the organ. This bil
February 2nd, 2022House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Chilliwack—Hope Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to the people in my riding of Chilliwack—Hope for their selfless and heroic actions during the B.C. storm last month. Farmers rushed into rising flood waters with their trucks and trailers to help their fellow farmers rescue thousands of animals i
December 7th, 2021House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I have been thinking about that over the last number of days as well. What we tried to do when we were in government was to give first nations the opportunity to opt out out of large sections of the Indian Act. It is very difficult at this time without recognizing th
June 3rd, 2021House debate
Mark StrahlConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, it was a Conservative government that first recognized the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as an aspirational document. We do have some concerns with how the free, prior and informed consent provisions of UNDRIP mesh with, quite frank
June 3rd, 2021House debate
Mark StrahlConservative