Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, the very fact that we are having this debate is disappointing enough, but it is even more disappointing to hear once again how the New Democrats have completely surrendered to the Liberal Party and become literally the lapdogs of the Liberal government. I was on th

Taxation  Madam Speaker, the Liberal government offers Canadians more debt, more taxes, more spending, more inflation and higher interest rates. Its out-of-control spending added $100 billion in debt before COVID, plus $205 billion in non-COVID debt that triggered an inflation crisis, whi

Taxation  Madam Speaker, that answer is cold comfort to the millions of Canadian families that are going to struggle to heat their homes this winter. The Liberals said that inflation was transitory and that interest rates would never go up. Now interest rates and mortgage payments are thr

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, it pains me to so thoroughly disagree with my friend from Saint John—Rothesay. I thank him for putting on a tie and participating in the debate today, but he is completely wrong. The financial crisis that existed when the Conservatives were in office was at the ti

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, I am sorry I did not catch a third question there with all his talk about tripling the carbon tax. With respect to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, I would hope that all Canadians would expect him to return to the core mandate of limiting inflation to 2% and no

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, I think resource extraction offers some of the best opportunities for remote indigenous communities to have access to jobs and the core services that the revenues these projects produce. We heard that earlier in the leader's speech. It is very important for indige

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise to add my voice to the debate on the fall economic statement. The bill is a disappointing but unsurprising continuation of the high-tax, high-inflation policy that we have come to expect from the Liberal government. The bill offers Canadians m

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the public service, and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: (a) as of September 23, 2022, how many employees were working (i) in person, (ii) at home, (iii) in a hybrid situation; (b) of those employees working in a hybrid situation, what

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to consultations undertaken by the government further to the “Just Transition” for energy workers, since 2021: (a) how many unique submissions were received; (b) how many and what proportion of submissions were from (i) energy industry workers, (ii) human resources or

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to Canada’s subscription to shares of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: (a) how does Canada measure return on investment for the shares; (b) what is the value of dividends received by Canada further to its ownership of shares in the bank; (c) what is the resal

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022  Mr. Speaker, some of this goes to the general approach of the government. We have a bill that purports to have noble objectives, which we might agree to as objectives, but there are all kinds of problems with the bill. The member talked about how much of this bill is left to futu

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, Canadians have never paid more taxes than they do now under the Prime Minister. The inflation rate is the highest in 40 years, which means that Canadians pay more for gasoline, groceries and home heating. Some say that it is just inflation, but inflation means highe

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, the ArriveCAN app caused chaos from the moment it was launched. It did nothing to improve efficiency at the border or to protect Canadians from COVID. Over 10,000 healthy vaccinated Canadians were arbitrarily ordered to quarantine and subjected to threatening emails,

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is a shame that it seems my colleague is required to deliver such an eloquent education on some of the basics of the Constitution of Canada, including the Canadian monarchy. I am glad that he did so and had a chance to wax Walter Bagehot. I felt he did not quite

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Madam Speaker, I really like the approach the member has taken by framing policy questions in terms of choices. There are always trade-offs, and there is a tendency from the government to label something as a solution, while ignoring the reality of the trade-offs. I thought that