Taxpayer Bill of Rights  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Yukon for what sounded like support for the intent of this motion, which really ought to appeal to all of us as parliamentarians. To answer his questions, certainly one would think that, if a court ruling is made, that should be the end of i

Taxpayer Bill of Rights  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for the question allowing me to continue in somewhat the same vein as in response to the previous question. Yes, we have asked the committee to study and report back on this issue and find ways to address the objectives. One of the objectives is

Urban Community Associations  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and pay tribute to urban community associations and their amazing volunteers for their contribution to the fabric of urban life in general, and to my riding of Calgary Rocky Ridge in particular. Community associations in Arbour Lake, Citad

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent for his excellent remarks. I was particularly struck in his remarks by the way he itemized the number of broken promises that this budget represents: the broken promise on a limited deficit, the broken promise to small bu

Points of Order  Madam Speaker, I want to respond to the specific points raised on April 18 by the House leader of the NDP regarding Motion No. 43. The NDP House leader referenced Standing Order 68(4) and O'Brien and Bosc, at page 722, to make his argument that only ministers could instruct a co

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member had some interesting things to say and I thank him for doing so. In the last election, I heard at thousands of doors an awful lot about a variety of issues, with emphasis on the economy, jobs and employment, the refugee crisis. I had conversations about le

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I enjoy working with my friend from Saint John—Rothesay on committee. I appreciate his contribution there. I listened very carefully and the member spoke about campaigning door to door and how he expressed to his constituents the faith that he has in his party and

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, like other charitable Canadians, the Unitarian Church of Calgary raised funds, collected donations of household goods, and completed paperwork to privately sponsor a refugee family fleeing Iraq. After doing all this work, the Liberals nullified their application by

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to share my time with the member for Calgary Shepard. I look forward to his remarks and hope that we have time for most of his speech. Canada was built on trade. From the earliest European settlers trading with indigenous peoples and fur traders followi

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in response, I would say that, yes, of course, we must be sensitive to not only the territorial governments, given the challenges they have around small populations and remote physical proximity to the larger provinces. In the maritime provinces we have small populat

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I do not think I am going to get too far into some of those specifics because I am not as deeply versed in some of these, other than by anecdote. We hear about things like truck tires and gasoline, which I mentioned in my remarks, as well as labour mobility and the c

Taxpayer Bill of Rights  Madam Speaker, I wish to thank the member for Flamborough—Glanbrook, the member for Elgin—Middlesex—London, and the member for Calgary Shepard as well for the excellent speeches that they have delivered in support of my motion. Motion No. 43 sets out to protect Canadian individu

Canada Revenue Agency  Mr. Speaker, this Wednesday the House will vote on whether members of Parliament should protect Canadian taxpayers. We will vote on whether to study the means of creating a legally enforceable duty of care from the Canada Revenue Agency to taxpayers. We will vote on whether the C

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, I was happy to hear my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent debunk some of the gross mischaracterizations that had been made about the bills of the previous government, which this bill would replace. I thank him for doing so. I am particularly struck by my hon. collea

Paris Agreement  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to say that my Conservative colleagues and I support the Paris agreement and approve of the government's choice to adopt the previous government's emission targets as its own. I am glad to see that the government adopted the standards of the previous g