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Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act Madam Speaker, I am glad the member for Elmwood—Transcona brought up signals that the current government and governments around the world are sending. Five years ago, I was at a G20 meeting on energy. The subject was this transition that we are talking about today. Germany, Japan
September 29th, 2023House debate
Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act Madam Speaker, my colleague said she wanted to base her speech on facts, but there is apparently some alternate world out there about facts. She mentioned that the fossil fuel sector has just less than 200,000 employees in Canada. The clean energy sector already has 430 employee
September 29th, 2023House debate
Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act Madam Speaker, I want to pick up on this idea of working on creating a clean energy grid and cleaning all our forms of energy in the Canadian energy ecosystem. One way we could do that to fight climate change, bring down our emissions, and keep Canadians safe is to have a really
September 29th, 2023House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague for Peterborough—Kawartha is right in that Canadians are hurting. There is the price of gas and the price of food, and yet all the Conservatives put up as a solution is to cut the carbon tax. The carbon tax went up 3¢ a litre this year. There was
September 28th, 2023House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I was not here before question period, so I missed most the member's speech. I would like him to repeat the details about how much the carbon tax affects the price of food, for example. I have heard from the Parliamentary Budget Officer, for instance, that it increas
September 28th, 2023House debate
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act Madam Speaker, I would request a recorded division.
September 26th, 2023House debate
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act Madam Speaker, I proudly rise today for the final right of reply to Bill S-222 at third reading. This bill, commonly known as the use of wood in government infrastructure bill, has a long history in this place, but I think it is safe to say after debate this afternoon and a vote
September 26th, 2023House debate
Housing Madam Speaker, I have been talking to the minister about the new insurance program that is being conceived. I look forward to seeing the details on that when it comes out, hopefully later this fall. I am also glad that the member mentioned earthquake insurance. It is not related
September 21st, 2023House debate
Housing Madam Speaker, this adjournment debate arises from a question I asked early last June, a question that pointed out that natural disasters, fires, floods, hurricanes and tornados are making it increasingly difficult for Canadians to afford, or even obtain, home insurance. Since t
September 21st, 2023House debate
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act Madam Speaker, we are talking a lot about offshore wind. I used to live in Newfoundland, and it is a windy place. The door blew off my Jeep once at Point Verde, just south of Argentia. I want to mention that what we need in Canada is increased interprovincial interties of electr
September 19th, 2023House debate
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the cost of fighting wildfires since 2012: (a) broken down by year from 2012 to 2022, what was the total federal expenditure each year for (i) international assistance provided to provinces and territories, (ii) assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces provided to
September 18th, 2023House debate
Emergency Preparedness Mr. Speaker, this summer over 16 million hectares of forests burned; more than 200,000 Canadians were forced to flee their homes. To call this wildfire season unprecedented is an understatement, and with off-the-charts global temperatures, we can expect climate change to deliver
September 18th, 2023House debate
Wildfires Mr. Speaker, for hundreds of thousands of Canadians, it has been an anxious, stressful and even tragic summer. Wildfires have ravaged forests from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island. Sixteen million hectares have been burned, and 200,000 Canadians have been evacuated from their home
September 18th, 2023House debate
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the commitment to lowering credit card transaction fees for small and medium-sized businesses in budget 2023: (a) on what date will the details of this commitment be released; (b) what is the total number of meetings the government has had with Visa and Mastercard
June 21st, 2023House debate
Penticton Vees Madam Speaker, I may be a little late to this party, but this is the first opportunity I have had to stand in this place to congratulate the Penticton Vees, who won the Fred Page Cup last month, for the second year in a row. The Vees were carrying on the tradition of the Vees of
June 16th, 2023House debate