Standing Orders and Procedure  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands whom I have a deep respect for, as one of my colleague on the democracy caucus, and now in fact its chair. It is a valid point. From one island to the other, I have said this before and have taken flack for it, but I wil

Standing Orders and Procedure  Madam Speaker, the member is absolutely correct. I thank her.

Standing Orders and Procedure  Madam Speaker, it is nice to see the member engage in debate with me again, because I remember doing this at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. I enjoyed his input there as I do now. He has a valid point, I agree. I honestly think, though, that for the House t

Standing Orders and Procedure  Madam Speaker, I am thankful to have these few minutes to talk about two things. They are ideas that have been floated in my existence in Parliament and in my experience with other issues. I think we can improve upon them in the modernization of the House. One that was thrust up

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, the report of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association's first part of the 2020 ordinary session of the PACE, in Strasbourg, France, from January 27 to 31, 2020

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage concerning the main estimates, 2020-21, as well as its second report concerning the supplementary estimates (B), 2020-21. The committee has consi

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this time to introduce a very important petition, one that I agree with substantially. The petition concerns our children in the midst of COVID-19, considering the arts in particular. Dance, drama and the visual arts are very important for our children,

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, presenting reports from the interparliamentary delegations, I would like to report from the Canada-Europe interparliamentary delegation. Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, three reports of Canada-Eu

Canada-United States-Mexico Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his well-delivered, well-thought-out speech, and I agree with him on practically 95% of it. However, in a minority Parliament, God forbid that I dwell on the 5%, so let us take a look at the 95% that I agree with. I have been involved with

Tropical Diseases  Madam Speaker, over one billion people around the world suffer from neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. They are diseases that we as Canadians do not always think about, but they have a major impact on some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. NTDs are complex a

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity, as it is my first speech, to thank my constituents in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, central Newfoundland, for giving me this wonderful honour. I want to ask a question of my colleague, but first I will congratulate him. He said h

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present in the House, in both official languages, a report of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association reflecting its participation at the 40th annual interparliamentary meeting between the European Parliament

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his intervention and for providing the history of his family, because I think it is very pertinent to this particular debate. The only thing I have a question about is a fundamental difference in philosophy. I would say to put a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I respect the previous speaker for his experience in local media, which I have some experience with myself. This reminds me of several years ago, about seven or eight years ago, when we were the third party at that time, or maybe even the opposition. I remember that

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Thank you for the support. There has been no coup; I can assure members of that. Questions and comments, the hon. member Burnaby North—Seymour.