Cannabis Act  Mr. Speaker, did my hon. colleague speak to any law enforcement officials here in Canada? Had he done that, he would have seen that this is not a new problem that would be created by Bill C-45. Right now, there are Canadians who are driving under the influence of cannabis, and n

Cannabis Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very thankful that my hon. colleague and her party will be supporting Bill C-45 as a measure that will help protect our young people and ensure that they have less access to cannabis. We are taking action on all fronts. We are looking at the opioid crisis, taki

Cannabis Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to discuss this government's plan to legalize and strictly regulate cannabis in Canada. Bill C-45, the cannabis act, was put forward by this government to confront and address the realities of cannabis use in our country. It happens that Ca

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister did not travel to Fogo Island in April 2017.

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I will join my colleague in welcoming Abbie to Parliament today. It is very important that we get this right, and the reasons are simple. First, the rate of unemployment, before we came to office, for young Canadians was double the national average. We needed to do

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I will first tell my hon. colleague that young Canadians are grateful that they have a Prime Minister who is taking a hands-on approach to ensure they have all opportunities available to them, something that, unfortunately, did not exist over the last 10 years, when

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. First, we not only lowered taxes for the middle class, but we also brought in the Canada child benefit, which is putting more money in the pockets of nine out of ten families and that money is not taxable. In my riding of Vaud

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege for me to rise in the House today to support Bill C-63, the budget implementation act, 2017, no. 2. On October 27, the hon. Minister of National Defence introduced Bill C-63, and we have taken the next steps to ensure we maintain the job and econo

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Sarkar’s compensation is comparable to that of the San Francisco consul general appointed by the previous government. With regards to key postings, it is common, both in the public service and the private sector, for compensation to reflect the qualifications a

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to part (a) of the question, the Privy Council Office, PCO, is unable to respond because in processing parliamentary returns, the government applies the principles of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, and this information has been withhel

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, on July 25, 2017, the Prime Minister, in an introductory meeting with British Columbia Premier John Horgan in Ottawa, briefly discussed the Trans Mountain expansion project. Premier Horgan noted the need to protect British Columbia’s interests, and indicated that fur

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, since January 1, 2016, 79 employees of the Privy Council Office have been permanently bound to secrecy under the Security of Information Act. The maximum penalty for contravention of the act is no more than 14 years in prison. With regard to the titles of each employ

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women  Mr. Speaker, November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is a day to show solidarity with the millions of women who are victims of violence in Canada and around the world. It is a subject that is incredibly important to my wife and me

Youth  Mr. Speaker, I can say that we are very proud of our historic investments in young Canadians across the country. First, we boosted the Canada summer jobs program by an unprecedented $300 million. Next, we made a historic investment in education by increasing funding for student

Sport  Mr. Speaker, around this time of year, on any given day, we will find football teams like the Western Patriotes and the St-Lazare Stallions taking to the field in my community of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. It is a time of year that hundreds of kids look forward to. Unfortunately, about