Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I really do enjoy working with the hon. member on the environment committee. We do some great work together. Yes, absolutely, this is all part and parcel of the process. Canada needs to provide leadership in the world today to try to use moral suasion to get all mem

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, right now our environment committee is studying protected lands and we have seen the tremendous value that protected lands can provide in carbon sequestration, in capture. In meeting with the Ontario Woodlot Association on the weekend and with many other groups, pa

Paris Agreement  Mr. Speaker, the last time I looked this federation was a partnership. That is one aspect that has been missing for some time. Our government wants to once again be a leader on the climate file. That means working with our provincial and municipal counterparts, private land owner

Canada Pension Plan  Hon. member, I would invite you to come to my riding and—

Canada Pension Plan  Madam Speaker, I would invite the hon. member to come to my riding to meet some seniors who are suffering today from a lack of savings and the pension plan that they have. Given the precarious nature of employment today amongst our youth, and the massive increase in the cost of

The Environment  Madam Speaker, on June 17, the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development tabled a unanimous report with recommendations on the federal sustainable development strategy and accompanying legislation. The fact this report received unanimous support from all three

Housing  Mr. Speaker, it is Housing on the Hill Day, and I want to thank Bob Cottrell, president of All-Together Affordable Housing Corporation. Under Bob's leadership, this not-for-profit has expanded to include a five-unit building in Belleville for low-income individuals living with ch

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member opposite for her impassioned speech and advocacy in this area. I am on the indigenous committee. We are doing a study right now on suicide within indigenous communities and have heard first-hand about a lot of the issues and concern

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague and I work on the indigenous affairs committee together. Right now we are in the middle of a study on suicide. We have seen and heard first hand the crisis that exists in many of our indigenous communities. Our government is making a record $8.4 billion

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague on his passion for this subject. I am part of the indigenous committee and the study we are doing right now on suicide helps us understand the crises that exist in many of our indigenous communities. Our government has committed

Louis Riel Day  Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, in celebration of Louis Riel Day, I had the privilege of attending the very first raising of the Métis flag on Parliament Hill. Louis Riel was elected to this place three times but was never able to take his seat. Like Louis Riel himself, the rai

Italian Heritage Month  Mr. Speaker, it is such an honour to speak to this great motion that my colleague from King—Vaughan has put forward. I could not be more proud of the fact that she has done this. It is so well deserved and long overdue that we make the month of June national Italian heritage mont

Italian Heritage Month  I would like to tell the story about my father coming to Canada in 1953. He still shares this story today with anyone who will listen. It was in 1953, after the Second World War. It was a very desperate situation where food, fuel, and clothing were very scarce and the future loo

National Strategy for Safe Disposal of Lamps Containing Mercury Act  Madam Speaker, I commend my colleague from Dartmouth—Cole Harbour for his efforts on this bill. It is an honour to serve with him on the environment committee and to see the work he does there. The environment committee studied this bill. While we were discussing the bill there,

Poverty  Mr. Speaker, our government is making an important commitment to developing a Canadian poverty reduction strategy. Government can make a difference, but we cannot do it alone. That is why the member for Bay of Quinte and I are fortunate to have a new program in our ridings called