Business of Supply  Madam Chair, words do matter because at least the budget that was delivered in 2015 was balanced. We have gone over those numbers to the point where the only person who does not believe that there was a balanced budget in 2015-16 is the Minister of Finance. I do not think I got

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, it is my pleasure to participate in committee of the whole this evening and further examine the budget that was delivered a short time ago. I am a little disappointed that we have not really had answers to many of the questions that have been posed here tonight, so we

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I suppose that if we believe in something, we do it, and many of us on this side of the House do believe that this is the type of legislation that is required. There may have been certain circumstances where particular legislation may not have been deemed constitut

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague because that is exactly what the bill would put to rest to a large degree for the families of victims. We see it happening every day. We see how traumatic it is when the family has to go through the court process and provide victim impact s

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, on the first question relative to a dangerous offender, it seems to me that it is easier said than done to declare someone a dangerous offender. I have seen numerous situations where application has been made to have someone deemed a dangerous offender and it has bee

Life Means Life Act  moved that Bill C-229, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (life sentences), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to B

Excise Tax Act  He was just reading talking notes anyway.

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Madam Speaker, that has certainly been something that these particular 98 members of the House have been advocating throughout several of the debates that have taken place in this House, and I would agree with my colleague. I do think, however, that one of the challenges the ne

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I am not sure that was a slip of the tongue, because I would agree with him. This is a government for the few. The facts are clear. We have the best middle class in the modern world. The middle class is doing just fine in this country, and this particular member

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I am sure the hon. member is referring to the inequities that came out of this particular budget as it impacted parts of Saskatchewan, northern Alberta, and Newfoundland. In some parts of this particular assembly, we seem to focus on things like EI. This budget sh

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to participate in this particular debate today. Before I do so, I will say that I know there has been a lot said in this House and elsewhere about the situation in Alberta. However, it would be clearly inappropriate to not make a few comments abou

Barrie Strafford  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Barrie Strafford, who passed away two weeks ago today at the age of 87. I am so pleased I had the opportunity, the Friday previous to his passing, to have a chat with Barrie, where, like he always did, had bought a table to support the

Business of Supply  Release the names then if you are so transparent. Your five minutes are up. Get to the point. Answer the question.

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-2  Mr. Speaker, as the member points out, I have no idea what the government House leader has in the way of an agenda coming forward. We all know that the weather is getting nice, so I am not sure how hard or how long he wants us to work here. All I can say to the hon. member is tha

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-2  Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, I think we have pulled the plug way too quickly on this. For most new programs, it literally can take a generation to determine whether the public picks up on them and finds success using them. Therefore, as I said earlier, this should have be