Canada Labour Code  moved that Bill C-4, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, it is a real pleasure for me to b

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question and the sincerity of concern for working Canadians, just like on this side of the House. Our goal is to have a strong economy and where we unfortunately see Canadians laid off, to provide a modernized employment insurance system that will be

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, everyone in the House and all Canadians understand that our employment insurance program needs modernization. We have committed to lowering premiums, cutting benefit wait times, and providing more flexibility to all Canadians when they need it.

Youth  Mr. Speaker, Canada's summer jobs program is accepting applications now and the application deadline is February 26. For those individuals who are getting the opportunity, employment could begin as early as May. This is of particular importance to young people who are looking fo

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, there were some measures put in that are extremely punitive, including an enormous amount of hours that are directed for new entrants like young people or immigrants, who can find it very hard to meet those thresholds. It is our intention to move on those provisions

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that the case I am familiar with was immediately addressed. We worked with Elections Canada to remedy it. In terms of Bill C-4, it would re-establish fairness and balance, as the members across the way understand.

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that this was a campaign promise, that we would look to retract the two punitive political bills that were made to specifically attack trade unions. That is the purpose of the bills. That is what we are following up on.

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt in the House that the employment insurance system needs modernizing. This was a commitment and our election promise. We are in the process of doing so. We will soon see immediate changes to parts of the EI system and longer-term systemic changes in

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-4 would reset labour industrial relations to a fair balance, one that did not require an attack from the previous government to make it imbalanced. We are going to reset a fair balanced network. After that, our economy should see significant improvements.

Labour  Mr. Speaker, I understand that there was an incident in Ontario. As soon as it was recognized, we complied with the election laws and reimbursed the money in total.

Labour  Mr. Speaker, the reason for the repealing of the bills is that they were originally not formulated in accordance with democratic principles of consultation and need. These were political instruments to attack the labour movement. We are going to reset a fair and balanced platfo

Labour  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that today we announced legislation to repeal two bills, which attacked the labour movement, by the former Conservative government and that these two bills will restore fairness and balance to the workplace, encouraging a stronger eco

Labour  Mr. Speaker, it appears that there was a lot of time spent by the previous government looking at unfair, unjust attacks on the labour movement. In this case, we are looking at a bill that was put together that attacks the labour movement. It makes it more difficult to certify a

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to inform the House that we have introduced two bills to respond to attacks on the labour movement that were unwarranted, uncalled for, and undemocratic. This was not called for by industry or labour. The repealing of these two bills will bring ba

Ethics  Our government intends to--