Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is devastating. In my community in the Waterloo region, the number of people who are living rough, living unsheltered, has tripled. There are a variety of ways they are impacted, not only with respect to housing but also when it comes to mental health as well. I l

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, many members in the House might have questions and comments for the hon. member. Many of us are waiting until the question and answer period for that. I would ask you to consider the importance of ensuring that those who are speaking have a chance to do so, and tha

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the comments from the member for Winnipeg North. I appreciate his comments with respect to housing in particular. I know he has a shared interest in addressing the cost of housing. As he knows, in Kitchener Centre the cost of housing has gone up 35% in

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise this morning to offer some reflections with respect to Bill C-8. I would like to start with some points I appreciate in this bill. Specifically, I think we can all agree that, in the midst of a pandemic, adding more ventilation and more supp

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to reiterate for my hon. colleague for Calgary Centre that these are not numbers that are coming from me. They are from the International Institute for Sustainable Development. It has already done the research on the funds that Export Development Can

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, I thank my Bloc Québécois colleague for her question. I have been really impressed over the past two months with the Bloc Québécois's reminders about federal versus provincial areas of jurisdiction. I would be happy to have a follow-up conversation. We need all leve

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, it is so important that across every piece of legislation while we are in the midst of a climate emergency, we take the opportunity to ensure that the funds are spoken about. When we talk about being a climate leader, we need to actually follow through. One of the w

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Yukon for his leadership on this issue. The House is better with his contributions. Earlier, the member for Courtenay—Alberni shared his passion on this issue, as well as the fact that he has put forward a private member's bill that would do

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Speaker, I particularly appreciated your choice to quote directly from the report of the expert task force on substance use. I was curious if you would be open to sharing more with the House on recommendation no. 7, which reads, “The Task Force strongly urges Health Canada to

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, I want to start by thanking the member for Yukon for his leadership in ensuring we have this conversation this evening. It is such an important conversation to come back to the critical need for us to save lives in the midst of a poisoning crisis. Before we talk about

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, I do agree, and to go a step further, we recognize that mandatory minimum penalties, as has been called out in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, need to be moved away from. I would actually encourage the governing party to go further with that legislation to ens

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for the question and for the tone with which the question was asked. It sounds like it comes from a place of genuine curiosity. My perspective is to follow the expert advice that parliamentarians are being given, and that expert advice from the task

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert. My priority is Bill C‑216, which was introduced here in the House. It is a mix of policies. We do not need to choose one over the other, as we have in front of us a bill that would allow us to do a mix of what exper

The Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, the three-word answer is that we need support, not stigma. We need to recognize that this is part of a vicious cycle. The stigma is part of why we need to move toward decriminalization. That is what helps us move away from this, which was one of the five core challenge

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to present a petition on behalf of 17,874 Canadians from every corner of the country. They note that Canadians with disabilities are disproportionately living in poverty across the country and that the Canada disability benefit, a guaranteed livable i