Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for New Brunswick Southwest. Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate you on putting your name forward, going through the process and on your recent appointment. I also want to thank the voters of Battlefords—Lloydminst

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, if the government really cared about the middle class, we would not have an enforced carbon tax in my home province of Saskatchewan. I believe the Prime Minister and the government should respect the plans that Premier Kenney in Alberta and Premier Moe in Saskatche

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, that is a great question. I am all about making life more affordable for everybody, whether it is a young, single mom, a senior or someone who is going through that craziness of kids going to university and all of that. A great way to start that is to stop enforcing

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, if I was to get 76¢ a day, unfortunately, it would all go to the carbon tax for my increased gasoline bills at the pump and my increased home heating bills.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to immigration to Canada since January 1, 2016, and broken down by year: (a) how many economic class immigrants have been admitted to Canada; (b) how many family class immigrants have been admitted to Canada; (c) how many refugees have been admitted to Canada; (d) how

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative: what are the details of all funding provided from the program, including (i) recipients, (ii) dates, (iii) location of recipients, (iv) descriptions or summaries of business or programs receiving funding, (v) am

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to individuals who have illegally or “irregularly” crossed the border into Canada since January 1, 2016: (a) how many such individuals have been subject to deportation or a removal order; and (b) of the individuals in (a), how many (i) remain in Canada, (ii) have been

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, sitting in this place listening to debate today, I think the biggest travesty of all is that two lives have been lost. It is unfortunate and devastating that a second person had to lose her life for this issue to be looked at. I know, and I have heard and agree, t

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that was very thoughtful and I enjoyed quite a bit of what was said. The question I have is this. Do we value women? I have heard over and over in the House, regarding this specific case, that sexual needs were put over the value of women. Why is this happening in

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Mr. Speaker, in 2019 Canadian farmers faced another difficult harvest made worse by the Liberal government adding an additional tax burden. From grain drying to rail transportation, heating and electricity, farmers are being gouged by the Liberal carbon tax. Saskatchewan farmers

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has stood in this place on occasion after occasion and stated that Canadians would be better off under his Liberal carbon tax. Well, the reality of the Liberal carbon tax is setting in and the Prime Minister would be hard pressed to find someone in

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. I am pleased to rise today to speak to the motion. The employment insurance program is an important part of Canada's social security net. With every paycheque, Canadian workers have spent ye

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, before I answer that, we need to back up to the last Parliament. I mentioned two studies. I came to this place only in 2017, in a by-election. I am not even referencing the work that was done before that. The committee members on HUMA have done a lot of work. They

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, as I mentioned in my remarks, we want to make sure that these changes, if there are changes to the program, do not have unintended economic impacts. I think that we should have this sent to the HUMA committee to study it and hear from real people who are dealing

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we want to make sure that there are no unintended economic impacts by drastically tripling it, going from 15 weeks to 50 weeks, or the 20-some weeks that the government is suggesting. I think that the committee should be able to look at this. We should be hear fr