Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member on his excellent comments and his bid at comedy. I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Kootenay—Columbia. In all seriousness, we are facing an economic crisis. The TSX dropped over 1,600 points today. It is serious. Wh

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, toward the end of last year, we grew at 0.1% to 0.3%. That will almost certainly make our debt-to-GDP ratio go up. We are spending billions of dollars. I do not think it is unreasonable to say that if we did not have our sizeable $30-billion deficit and a declining

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, to the member's comment, no, I will not be making CBC News tonight in talking out against the TMX. I will agree wholeheartedly with the member that it was a foolish move for the government to purchase it. When the government selects winners and losers in the econo

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the facts are clear here. Canada's economy is grinding to a halt. At the end of Q4, before the effects of blockades and COVID-19, we were at 0.1% to 0.3% growth. The Canadian economy is suffering. About $200 billion has been left out in products from Alberta. Albe

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we are in a minority government and information has never hurt anything. It has been said before that sunlight is the world's best disinfectant, so why not put a little sunlight on the reports the government has about the potential upcoming economic downturn?

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, normally spring is a time of rejuvenation and reinvigoration. However, for many residents on the Great Lakes shoreline it is a time of anxiety and worry. With record high water levels, they are concerned about flooding destroying their houses, which they have all wor

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I want the member to try to imagine that he is a Liberal. If he was negotiating this deal, but he knew on the other side that there was a member who had negotiated 51 free trade agreements, would he have involved that person in those trade negotiations that would hav

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the $120,000 sole-source contract being given to Security Council Report in relation to the bid for a UN Security Council Seat: (a) did the fact that the company is chaired by former Liberal cabinet minister Allan Rock factor into the decision to award the contract

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government response to the rail blockades in February and March of 2020: (a) what was the total estimated economic impact of the blockades; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by industry and province; and (c) what are the details of any financial assistance provi

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Madam Chair, two weeks ago the Prime Minister went on a campaign-style tour of Ottawa small businesses and stopped at the Big Rig Brewery. On that very same day, they applied for and received a licence to produce hand sanitizer. What is the average delay for a hand sanitizer lic

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Madam Chair, what I'm saying is that the average is much longer than the same-day delivery service they received at Big Rig. Does the Minister believe that a PM's photo op is a good reason to prefer one business owner over another?

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Madam Chair, did anyone from the PMO discuss the licence application with the brewery?

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Madam Chair, did anyone from the PMO talk to Health Canada about the application?

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Madam Chair, was there any direction, implicit or explicit, direct or indirect, from the government, the PMO or the minister's office, to Health Canada to expedite this licence?

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I honestly feel bad for many of the Liberal members. I know they are dedicated to things like the environment and women's rights. However, their government has been a disappointment. We have an environmental government that states it is about the environment, yet it