The Economy  Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government is focused on what matters to our citizens, helping to create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. While we are pushing a low-tax plan that will help create jobs, as always the NDP is pushing high-tax schemes to kill jobs. The NDP's mas

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, as the member opposite knows, and indeed all of Canada knows, immigration levels to Canada are at a record high. Again, we are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers that our emerging and growing economy needs. How we manage our borders is of critical importanc

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, the reason the opposition members are opposing all of our environmental, resource, and navigation regulations and our new acts and laws is simply that they are in love with the process. Notice how the members opposite never talk about environmental results. They neve

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, I must say that I enjoy serving with the hon. member opposite on the environment committee. The old Navigable Waters Protection Act was about navigation, and we have changed it based on the misapplication of the act. It is now the navigation protection bill, and its

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, without a doubt, Canada's families deserve the cleanest air, water and environment possible and the trends are good for Canada's environment. That is why, since 2006, our Conservative government has made major investments to preserve our environment and protect the h

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise to speak today about our government's priorities: jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. The Minister of Finance is doing a terrific job with our financial policies and has helped create well over 800,000 new jobs since the global economic

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, where does one start? It is hard to know. What the other side has to realize is that there is a real difference between environmental performance, environmental outcomes and environmental process. That bunch is so in love with process they do not understand that almo

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, the NDP's love affair with red tape and bureaucracies that generate no result never ceases to amaze me. In particular, I want to talk about the Navigable Waters Protection Act and ask my friend a specific question. Under the old act, a rural municipality in my const

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, one thing that astonishes me about the New Democrats is that they do not know anything about the environment. All they talk about is process. Let me talk about our government's record. On our watch, sulphur dioxide emissions, nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxi

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. About a minute ago my hon. friend used an unparliamentary word during his speech. He used the word “lies” in referring to—

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, as a member of both the fisheries committee and the environment committee, I stand in this House and strongly defend the measures we have taken to reform and strengthen our environmental laws. One of the things I am very curious about, however, is that the oppositio

Holodomor  Mr. Speaker, last week marked the 79th anniversary of the Holodomor genocide. I had the opportunity to commemorate this important event with my colleagues from all parties at a very moving ceremony right here on Parliament Hill. The Holodomor embodies a period in which Stalin's

Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, one thing about the NDP that never ceases to amaze me is when it opposes free trade agreements with developing countries because it claims to be the party that helps the poor. However, its opposition to trade agreements with developing countries does nothing but keep

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, this weekend my family and many of my constituents will prepare for the Halloween festivities. Canadians will head to their local farms and pick up pumpkins, to the grocery stores for candy and to the shopping centres for costumes. It is a spooky time of year, but al

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, again, the key to economic development, economic growth, job creation and job retention is having a public policy environment in place that creates wealth and jobs. It is interesting that opposition members voted against all the measures that we have put in place to