Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I recall sitting in the House about a year ago when the leader of the Bloc Québécois stated that oil is dead. As we have seen in the last few days, it is obvious that the member was wrong. It is a situation where we have seen the oil and gas sector become a major c

Calgary Signal Hill  Mr. Speaker, congratulations on your appointment. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the volunteers who helped me get elected for a third time in Calgary Signal Hill. After serving two terms in the provincial legislature and five elections, that is a tremendous accomp

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, it is now less than 24 hours before Enbridge's Line 5, carrying important petroleum products through Ontario and Quebec, is due to be shut down. If the Michigan governor follows through on her promise, thousands of jobs in western Canada will be in jeopardy. More imp

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government expenditures on aircraft rentals since December 1, 2019, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation and other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on the rental of aircraft; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, inc

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I am not sure how the member covered all of that in 20 minutes. He covered a lot of ground around the programs and who has been missed. I want to ask the member if he would not concur with the fact that at the end of the day, the tourism industry, and a lot of the

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, first I would like to thank the member for Edmonton Centre and the member for Niagara Falls for bringing forward this concurrence motion. It is becoming quite obvious that the only way we can get the current Liberal government to act on anything is if we bring it to

IT Support  Mr. Speaker, we live in a crazy world today, but fortunately we are still in a democratic country. Now we know that the Prime Minister is an admirer of benevolent dictatorships, and if he had his way, I am not sure that Parliament would be in session today. He likes to govern fro

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, the other night when we had the emergency debate, I watched with pleasure as my colleague from Calgary Forest Lawn put this particular member in her place by chastising her for her comment when she said “Yahoo” to jobs in western Canada after President Biden cancel

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, that proves that the member does not understand. I do not know if he is like the Prime Minister, who was a trust fund baby, as I do not know his background, but I know that the Prime Minister has never been responsible for signing a paycheque in his life. I know he

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I was watching the news last night and noticed a story about some vaccines in Thompson, Manitoba. I believe that is the hometown of the member who asked the question. It is reassuring that some vaccines are getting to these communities. There is no question that i

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak today on Bill C-14, the government's economic statement. As we all know, the economic statement was released late last year and is a substitute, in the government's mind, for not bringing forward a budget. We are now approachin

Health  Mr. Speaker, on my desk is a picture of Rogers Stadium in Toronto. I would show it to you, but you would accuse me of using a prop. I will just say that the picture is a stadium full of 50,000 people. Coincidentally, that is the same number of people who were being vaccinated e

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government expenditures on aircraft rentals since December 1, 2019, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation and other government entity: (a) what is the total amount spent on the rental of aircraft; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, inc

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the various financial relief programs put in place since March 1, 2020: (a) what is the total amount dispersed through each measure to date, broken down by program; and (b) what is the estimated level of fraudulent applications for each program, including (i) estim

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to table a petition on behalf of dozens of Albertans who are asking for the government to enforce some of the actions of those involved in illegal vital organ sales, primarily from Communist China.