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Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I move: That, in relation to its study of Canada-United States Cooperation in Agriculture, seven members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food be authorized to travel to Washington, D.C., United States of America, in the Spring of 2017, and that th
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I move: That, in relation to its study of the United States and Canadian Foreign Policy, seven members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development be authorized to travel to Washington, D.C. and to Detroit and Lansing, Michigan, Unite
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I move: That, in relation to its study of Canada-U.S. Environment Partnerships and Transborder-Related Issues, seven members of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development be authorized to travel to Washington, D.C., United States of America,
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I most certainly am rising on a point of order. There have been discussions among the parties and if you seek it, I believe you should find unanimous consent for the following motions. I move: That, in relation to its study of Canada's National Security Framewor
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on supplementary estimates (C). In addition to that, because we are simply that efficient, I have the honour to present, in both official l
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act Mr. Speaker, the answer to his question is probably within his question. I appreciate his comments about the fisheries committee, incidentally. He mentioned that the powers contained within this legislation are more broad and more powerful than other allies', upon which they were
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act Mr. Speaker, I remember that we debated and discussed this some time ago, even in the last Parliament under the guise of private members' bills, several of those pieces of legislation, and how to keep track with the Five Eyes, in particular, the U.K., New Zealand, and Australia.
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity to speak to Bill C-22, the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians act. We have now had the benefits of a healthy debate as we have witnessed today and prior to this, of course, at second reading and at committ
March 10th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans entitled, “Review of Changes made in 2012 to the Fisheries Act: Enhancing the Protection of Fish and Fish Habitat and the Management of Canadi
February 24th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Harry Harnum Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to Harry Harnum, or as we called him, Chief Harry. Harry served with the Bishop's Falls fire department for 41 years and for 28 years he was our chief. Through many fires and floods, Harry risked his life for his community and he truly was
February 24th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Ottawa River Watershed Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague who I have known for quite some time. As he compliments our colleague from Edmonton, I would like to compliment him in his expertise, even preceding his time in the House of Commons. He spoke about the Ottawa River Regulation Plan
February 23rd, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act Madam Speaker, I have worked with the member and have travelled with him on this particular issue, and I will get to that in a moment. However, I want to address the issue which the member brought up about carbon pricing. The Conservatives seem to be saying that we are the only o
February 6th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act Madam Speaker, I appreciate many of the concerns the member has, certainly about the private property issue he brought up from the Conservative debate. I thought that was well done, and I thank him for that. However, from the logic of one stronger dominant partner over the other
February 6th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Request for Emergency Debate Mr. Speaker, on a point of order. I request unanimous consent to revert to presenting reports from committees.
January 30th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, in relation to a motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, April 21, 2016, entitled “Wild Atlantic Salmon in Eastern Canada”. Pursuant to
January 30th, 2017House debate
Scott SimmsLiberal