Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, last week we launched phase 2 of our government's plan to connect every Canadian to high-speed Internet. The universal broadband fund builds on the efforts that we began early on in our first mandate. It is the plan Canadians asked for. It is the plan our rural membe

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, because of our government's efforts, tens of thousands of households at the end of this year will be connected to this essential service. Because of our government's commitment to rural Canadians, we have put more in investments than all previous governments combined

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, women like Chantal have been hit hardest by COVID, and one of the additional responsibilities they bear is supporting their kids with online learning. When that high-speed Internet access is not a reliable one, Chantal's life is that much more difficult. We have he

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. Connectivity is about health and safety, jobs and productivity. It is unfair that millions of households across this big, beautiful country do not have access to this essential service. We have heard Canadians. We have worked with t

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her advocacy of women. Truly, this pandemic has hit women the hardest. I will say at the same time, with a lot of humility, that no country in the world has done a better job at applying an intersectional gendered analysis to its COVID r

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, like my colleague from Sarnia—Lambton, I too care about rural economic development and see high-speed Internet as a vital recovery tool for every Canadian. Whether in Curve Lake First Nation, Douro-Dummer, Trent Lakes, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, North Kawartha, Selwyn

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, let me correct the record. More fibre was put into the ground by our Liberal Prime Minister than the previous prime minister. Every single day our entire team is seized by the challenges that rural Canadians and suburban Canadians experience without access to high-

Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, in Dorval, Lachine, Lasalle and across the country women have borne the greatest burdens of this pandemic on the front lines of our care systems, with work hours lost, with increases in unpaid care work and greater vulnerability to gender-based violence. We owe it to

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, is my hon. colleague suggesting that my team and I staying in touch with his is the wrong thing to do? Is my hon. colleague truly suggesting that a member of Parliament for a mixed rural-urban riding does not understand rural Canada? I urge him to put partisanship as

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, as a member of Parliament for a mixed rural and urban riding, I am too familiar to the challenges that come without access to broadband and cell service. As a member of Parliament in this House over the past five years, I am proud that we have been able to connect fo

Telecommunications  Madam Speaker, I would like to correct the record. Budget 2019 and the year 2019 were important for Canadians. We brought forward the first strategy to connect all Canadians to high-speed Internet, something that our hon. colleagues on the Conservative side of the House failed to

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak directly to David and others like him through you. There are a million households that have access to high-speed Internet because of our government's investment. Over five years, we were able to deliver three times more connectivity to communit

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, it has been a particularly difficult time for parents who have kids in school. I want to let my colleague know that, as per our conversation, I am committed to working with him to connect his communities. The universal broadband fund will be opening soon. Under our

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, let me first explain how we are moving forward on this issue. We have to engage men and boys. To see my male colleagues, inside and outside of the House, become part of the solution gives me hope that the length of progress moving forward will not be as painful and a

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for my colleague's strong advocacy. Her first speech in the House of Commons was on December 6, shortly after we all came together for this new Parliament, and I appreciate that. The national action plan on gender-based violence is in the works. We ha