Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, one of the things we talk about here is education. We are doing a lot of work and a lot of discussion here. How could the learning in the public education sector in each province be coordinated so more people might learn about this within the public education sector, w

Online News Act  Mr. Speaker, last week I met with representatives from independent newspapers who have concerns about Bill C-18. The government has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into foreign online advertising giants Facebook and Google, not local, independent, southern Alberta-owned

Fisheries and Oceans  Madam Speaker, I rise on the same point of order. The member from B.C. is misleading the House, as that is not what this button says. It says, in symbols, “I love Canada”. That is all that is on it. If people in the House disregard their love for Canada, I have a problem with tha

Canadian Farmers  Madam Speaker, it is spring time, and today I am talking about high rollers, but not the ones who go to Vegas. I am talking about the hard-working farmers who risk it all by buying the seed, equipment and tools they need to put food on Canadian tables. They hope there is enough

Small Business  Madam Speaker, agricultural business is small business, and I think I outlined why, as producers, they cannot recover those costs. I want to shift slightly to another one. The federal and provincial governments announced a $900,000 grant to do with hemp. Hemp is an incredible ag

Small Business  Madam Speaker, it is great to be here tonight. The initial question I asked had to do with an agricultural issue, and I would like to continue along that theme. The president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association recently stated, “Absolutely we are unfairly targeted

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, there are many parts of what I heard from the parliamentary secretary that I absolutely agree with. It is a tremendous force, and the negotiations for the settlement needed to happen. It was deserved, absolutely. The part that I would disagree with was the piece abo

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to speak in the House, and tonight I am speaking about something I asked in question period and statements I made in the House. It has to do with the RCMP. Outside of Ontario and Quebec, many municipalities have the RCMP with a municipal cont

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the government's Wellness Together website and the PocketWell application: (a) have there been any data or privacy breaches or related incidents concerning the website, application, or any data collected since January 1, 2020, and, if so, what are the details, incl

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the comments from the Director of Media Relations at the Bank of Canada (BOC) that "I do not want to be in a situation where we're allowing Blacklocks' to be asking us": (a) how did the BOC determine that they did not want to be in a situation where they're allowin

Health  Mr. Speaker, I respect my colleague. Anybody who can be an Olympic athlete deserves respect, and one who has represented our country I duly respect, so I respect my colleague across the way. With respect to the mandates, one of the challenges we are having in the ag sector in so

Health  Mr. Speaker, it has been an interesting day in the House. I know my colleague across the way is expecting some communication that I might have about mandates and health. I will get to that in a minute, but there were some other things I wanted to mention coming out of what I hear

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, to my hon. colleague from the Maritimes, it has been brought up whether there was an ask for this type of resource. The Polish ambassador came to me a couple of years ago. What he could not understand was why there was not an LNG place on the east coast close to

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, “Justinflation” is hurting small businesses in my riding. Chin Ridge Seeds is a birdseed producer in Taber, Alberta, that relies on imported ingredients for their production. The cost of a single truckload of these ingredients went from $6,000 to $19,000 in a few mo

Health  Mr. Speaker, the science has changed. Canada's top officials, including Dr. Tam, have recommended a review of COVID policies. We are seeing countries around the world with lower vaccination rates dropping their restrictions. We are seeing provinces in our own country dropping res