Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's speech and listening to her specific examples. One of the things about being at the committee is that we had people from Michif come and talk with us at the committee. Their concern was that they were not consulted. We heard of others at

Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's information about the tremendous number of indigenous groups in his riding. He mentioned some of them, but he was unable to mention all of them. I would like to give him a chance to mention some of those so that they do not feel left out.

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families  Mr. Speaker, having had experience in the administration and education systems as a mayor, I know that consultation is of critical importance. While sitting on the heritage committee, though, what I heard on a couple of pieces of significant legislation that preceded Bill C-92 wa

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families  Mr. Speaker, in past legislation that I was involved in, that was a huge concern. There were large gaps in appointing the amounts of money and how it could be rolled out. If the Liberals really want to make it work, they should know that some of those details were missing because

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's plan to phase out the Canadian resource sector has been a disaster in my riding of Bow River. Now his mismanagement of our international relationships is making matters even worse. Increasing the loan limit for canola farmers is a slow, late sta

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families  Mr. Speaker, during the development Bill C-91, the constitutional lawyers we heard from said that the legislation was not written for that to occur, as there were problems with jurisdiction. That was one of the problems of Bill C-91. In Bill C-92, I hope the legislation is writte

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to discuss Bill C-92, an act respecting first nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families. As part of that, I need to refer to an interesting production that I was able to attend a few weeks ago, the New Blood dance show. New Blo

Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the speech given by my colleague. Just as a preface, since 2014, there is a new play called New Blood, which is a phenomenal high school student production that I wish could come to Ottawa. It has been in southern Alberta. I think it goes to the heart of

Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Again, I do not think we have quorum; I call for quorum.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is interesting that Liberals say the Conservatives have not been involved. I remember many times when the Conservatives stood to request an emergency debate on this. They were shut down procedurally. We have been involved in trying to do this for a long time. W

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the reality is this. In the last year and a half I have talked with fund development managers. They have explained how the billion dollar funds they monitor have gone to the U.S. I have constituents in my riding who own oil rigs and have all sorts of pipeline. They h

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, at this time I would like to address a different topic. The question is about trade. Canada is a trading nation and has been a trading nation for hundreds of years. We have some challenges. In my riding, we have some legislation that is not only hampering trade but

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families  Mr. Speaker, I am very interested to hear more about this particular legislation, having just been through the one on indigenous languages at committee. One of the things we found out at committee was that there was a lack of consultation. Although it was stated that it was lon

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the former attorney general told us that the Prime Minister insisted that jobs would be lost if she did not end the corruption trial of SNC-Lavalin. The Prime Minister told the media that his 9,000 job-loss figure came from the company itself. Now the CEO of SNC-Lav

Bills of Exchange Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak to Bill C-369, an act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code, regarding national indigenous peoples day. As we spoke about this and had several witnesses come to the committee, it became evident