Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I am pleased to rise in committee of the whole. This evening, I will speak to Global Affairs' international assistance and the estimates as they relate to the international development portfolio before asking questions. The international development landscape has ev

Community Service  Mr. Speaker, Canadians living in coastal regions from east to west have been hit hard by extreme weather in the last few days, from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, all the way to British Columbia. My send my sincere condolences to everyone from coast to coast who have been impacted

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, that was a great question from my colleague across the aisle. Bill C-2 covers all of the industries that are hard hit. It is based on the economic hit that the industry has had and whether it has reached the threshold. Those that are hard hit will receive the wage

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, our government has created over one million new jobs well ahead of schedule. In fact, the economy is turning on so many cylinders that we have a vacancy of almost 750,000 to one million jobs. That is a good and healthy sign, but we must resolve that a lot of that i

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my member of Parliament who is representing me in my riding and my neighbouring riding, which I represent. The faster we vaccinate and the quicker we encourage others to get vaccinated, the country will be a much safer place, and leadership s

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to be here today to speak to Bill C-2, an act to provide further support in response to COVID-19. Our government is moving into the next phase of the recovery, with more targeted support for Canadians, as our economy continues to reopen. The benef

Flooding in British Columbia  Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of work to be done, absolutely. It is essential to control the growth of the temperature rising. As my colleague from Cloverdale—Langley City alluded to earlier, we must do more. Canada is warming faster than many other countries around the globe. We h

Flooding in British Columbia  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on his election and representing the constituents of Edmonton Griesbach. The government will do whatever it takes. This is a very essential time. As we have seen, even without natural climate disasters, due to the COVID situation globally,

Flooding in British Columbia  Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely essential. As we know, the environment does not pick borders or see boundaries and we have to work with our American and global counterparts for many things. In this particular place, we have to work with our partners to the south to make sure they m

Flooding in British Columbia  Mr. Speaker, I am very grateful that this emergency debate is taking place tonight to discuss the devastating flooding in my home province of British Columbia. As we anticipate more heavy rain coming this week, the actions that we take and the preparations that are made in the co

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to join the second reading debate on Bill S-204, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs), which came to us on May 10, after having passed in the other place. This important bill pr

Gurdial Kaur Oppal  Mr. Speaker, British Columbians recently lost pioneer and centenarian, Gurdial Kaur Oppal, at the age of 104. She came to Canada at the height of the Depression and became widowed at the age of 30, but her tenacity and strength to never give up remained with her until the end. A

Public Services and Procurement  Madam Speaker, the Surrey region was hard hit by the coronavirus this spring. Nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and other health care providers have worked around the clock to care for patients and administer vaccines. As we see a decrease in cases across the country and

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I think the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is kind of infatuated with this one fixation, that we should not and cannot share with others. We have several layers of protection that Canadians rely on. We have CSIS, we have the Canadian Centre for Cyber S

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I absolutely think that there should be layers of screening and layers of protection ongoing. This is something we will always have, where we have to be ahead of the game and we have to have layers of protection for our laboratories, our research centres, whether