Ethics  Mr. Speaker, nobody is questioning the Prime Minister's need for security and no one has questioned his right to take a vacation. Everyone knows when the Prime Minister does things, it costs a lot of money. What taxpayers are questioning is why, when he knows that everything he

Government Accountability  Mr. Speaker, we have seen the Prime Minister's arrogant attitude with how he spends tax dollars, but now this behaviour is starting to creep into the House of Commons. He has proposed a plan to limit his attendance in question period to once a week, which in fact, is actually onl

Government Accountability  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is trying to rush through permanent changes to the rules of the House of Commons. These changes will undermine the opposition's ability to hold the Prime Minister to account and will allow him to be here only once a week. In the House, we represen

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, let us talk about what this budget means for a hard-working taxpayer. Let us call him Joe. Joe takes the bus to work every day, and at the end of the day, he likes to go to the pub with his buddies for a beer. He is a responsible guy, so he always uses Uber to get

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's budget raises taxes on people like Joe, whether it is for beer, wine, or spirits, but that is really ironic, because that same budget contains the tab for $1,700 worth of drinks and snacks during the Prime Minister's three hour flight to a privat

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the member said it well. If there were over 100,000 people out of work in any other province in this country, there would have been something in the budget. There are over 100,000 people who are out of work and are on the EI rolls, but there are thousands of contra

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the hon. member's comment about a budget that is not for regular working people. I love that comment about this being for the elites and friends of the Liberal Party. This is what the budget is about. The member talked about bus passes. This is mean-spi

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, once again the government is not focusing on everyday working people, particularly low-income working people. What was the first thing the government did? It was to take away the universal child care benefit that every single family in this country relied on. It to

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, it is funny when I listen to the member opposite. I know he is a Liberal, but he sounds a lot like some of the people south of the border who use alternative facts. The truth is that in the last 10 years, the middle class grew by 30%. The supposed tax cut that the

The Budget  It is my pleasure to rise on behalf of our Conservative caucus and all Canadians who are concerned that their tax dollars are not being respected to respond to the Liberal Budget. I have had many opportunities to travel this country, and I have seen first-hand how the job-killi

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, we will continue to be the voice of the taxpayer on this side of the House, and the voice for Canadians across the country who see today how the government has once again failed to recognize the challenges faced by regular, hard-working Canadians. They were hoping fo

Government Accountability  Mr. Speaker, it was about a year ago the Prime Minister tried to push through changes to Parliament's rules to silence the opposition. That attempt ended in complete failure and he had to back down, but yet, here he is again, at it again, wanting to centralize his power. This tim

Government Accountability  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's plan undermines the very principles of responsible and accountable government. The fact that the Prime Minister does not want to show up to answer questions more than once a week shows what little respect he has for Canada's Parliament. As inconv

Government Accountability  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is proposing to change the rules so he can actually silence the opposition. His plan is to restrict debate, shorten the work week, and limit his attendance at question period to one day a week. No one has ever attempted gutting accountability like

Incident at U.K. Parliament  Mr. Speaker, today in London, the U.K. Parliament is the scene of an attack, an attack all too familiar to many members of the House and those who work here. While there are still many questions yet to be answered around the circumstances, on behalf of the official opposition, I