The Budget  Mr. Speaker, there are a few things the member opposite did not mention in her speech. I have heard other members from the government speak about how they are proud of this budget, but what I have not heard them speak about and what I am wondering if they are equally proud of are

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, this is certainly a concern in my riding, as well. We have many dairy producers in the riding. I have met with them. I understand their concerns. This is something that has developed over time. When the previous trade agreements were put in place, no one envisioned

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, during the previous government's time, we showed that we could balance budgets increasingly, and in fact provided a surplus budget in the last year. I certainly recognize the need, especially after the emergency debate which I took part in the other night, to suppor

The Budget  I stand corrected, Mr. Speaker, thank you. In budget 2016, the Liberal government had an opportunity to provide some stability to our economy and reassurance to investors and business owners. Instead, the Liberals delivered a cloud of uncertainty that hangs over our economy. T

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the hon. member for Red Deer—Mountain View, for sharing his speaking time with me this morning. It is an honour to stand today as the elected representative of the North Okanagan—Shuswap. In recent weeks, I have heard members on the government

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to make one correction to the member's speech. The member stated that the area through northern Ontario is the only portion of Canada that does not have a four-lane highway. I would contradict that with the fact that there are areas through British Colu

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a comment first, then ask my colleague a question. I want to recognize another colleague on this side of the House who made a very compassionate speech this evening. The silence in the House this evening is deafening. It says to me one thing: w

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my seatmate on behalf of the residents of Canada for his years of service in the RCMP. I owe him a great deal of respect for serving this great country for that many years. I would ask the member to explain again why this vote should be done by secret ballot

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, the member just spoke about the unions being all about the membership, and the rank and file. How can she defend taking away the right to a secret ballot as being respectful to that rank and file membership?

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition from members of my constituency on the same topic.

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her presentation this morning. It has been an interesting conversation today. There has been a lot of time and resources put into dealing with unemployment, apparently both on the government side and in the NDP caucus. There are two partners

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, certainly every last member of our coalition forces is of high value. It is like a team. When we take a team into a championship game, we do not leave our best players locked out of the locker room. We make sure they are involved in the game.

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, our fighter bombers in Iraq and Syria have been very precise with their strikes. There has been no collateral damage caused by our fighters and their bombs, and the pilots are well trained. We can be proud of the missions they have served. They have done well and w

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, the mission to this point had been effective in cutting off the flow of money to the ISIS fighters. We all know that they were selling their oil or stolen oil on the black market. Our fighters and the coalition fighters were very effective in taking out those oil

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I would like to open by expressing my gratitude and the gratitude of my constituents for the Canadian Armed Forces personnel who have served and continue to serve for the cause of peace and humanity in Operation IMPACT. We must never forget our men and women in un