Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I challenge the member to come to Alberta during the summer break. I will take him to Bruderheim and ask him to show me where those two pipelines actually start. There is no shovel in the ground. The federal government has given approval, which was already given by

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I could not agree more, and it scares me when I agree 100% with the member from the island, but I totally agree. I think there is one factor at work here. I think the government wants to get this legislation passed and get out of here as quickly as it can, because i

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I really do appreciate the opportunity to participate today. I consider myself fortunate because I am going to be one of probably some 50 members of this House who are going to be able to stand and speak to the budget, because of the government invoking closure. Th

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I know that the minister does not excel at math, so I will do a little math for him. He said 39 members have spoken on this particular bill. When we subtract 39 from 338, it means 299 members of this House have not had a chance to speak on this particular bill. I

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I am moving a motion. I do not know whether I need unanimous consent.

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I thank you for having the faith that I will bring some additional information to this. It is important, because I will address a couple of matters that I have not heard addressed today. First, I will start by saying that it is not often that I get up in the House t

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to this budget and Alberta, we give on one hand and we take away more on the other. The budget provides Alberta with a one-time grant of a paltry $30 million while at the same reducing the petroleum incentive drilling credit by up to $140 million. It i

Employment  Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely shameful that the minister will not stand up in the House to defend the energy industry of this country. If there is no drilling of new wells, what is going to go in those pipelines two, three, or five years down the road, when they are built? Maybe

Alberta Economy  Mr. Speaker, last week I attended the annual presentation of APEGA, which is the organization in Alberta that represents engineers, geologists, and geophysicists. What I learned about the unemployment situation in this category was even more dire than I had realized. In Calgary

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his hard work on this file. The member is absolutely correct that the finance committee has no work to do. The Liberals have proposed no agenda and no bills. Conservatives put forward two motions to study jobs and to study the lo

Finance  Madam Speaker, the Liberals' new mortgage rules have denied thousands of young Canadians the opportunity to purchase their first homes. The new rules smack of a government that thinks it knows better than the taxpayer. This week at committee, the president of the CMHC said, “It'

Calgary Signal Hill  Mr. Speaker, I stand today to recognize two outstanding Calgarians who were both members of my board, and unfortunately passed away all too soon recently. Hugh Fergusson was a businessman, a volunteer in the community of Bowness, and unfortunately died in his sleep while on a

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the Free 2017 Parks Canada Discovery Pass Program offered by Parks Canada: (a) how many passes have been requested as of December 7, 2016; (b) how many passes were requested by (i) individuals residing in Canada, (ii) families residing in Canada, (iii) individuals

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, in fact, I did mention small business a couple of times during my remarks. This is about the third or fourth time I have spoken on this bill. While I thank the member for Edmonton Strathcona for her question, I have been a strong advocate for small business every tim

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, the member and I have some interesting exchanges at the finance committee. I say “exchanges”, because rarely do we have agreement. Again, the best way to put this is that this is a sleight. The Liberals stand in the House and say that during the last 10 years, the C