Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his very passionate speech about fairness in the tax system and making sure everyone in our communities have access to the things they need to thrive and grow. My earlier comments talked about the backlog of indigenous students. Ther

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his comments and perhaps a bit of a preview of what we might hope to see in the 2018 budget. Today, we are reminding government members of not only promises they made to Canadians during the election, but also commitments they

Indigenous Peoples and Canada's Justice System  Mr. Chair, my hon. colleague from Saskatoon—Grasswood and I share a community. We represent citizens in Saskatoon. It is a community that I know we both love. Obviously, from his comments, he understands that we have some challenges. They are not unique to Saskatchewan, but they

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate learning from my hon. colleague from Barrie—Innisfil and other colleagues about some of the issues facing veterans. I want to echo the comments I heard from the member across the way acknowledging the need to rebuild trust. That is very important. We a

Homelessness  Mr. Speaker, let me begin with a quote, which states: I would encourage the member for Saskatoon West, as well as all members from all parties and all parts of the country, to become part of the government's nation-wide efforts to ensure that all Canadians have the safe and aff

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the member may or may not know that housing is a passion of mine. Homelessness and housing in my community sort of pushed me to take that big step to put my name forward, and here I am today. I appreciate my colleague's comments. The only new money in housing is $11

Housing  Mr. Speaker, when the Liberals unveiled their national housing strategy, the Prime Minister very clearly stated, “Housing rights are human rights”, just days after they voted down our bill on the right to housing. Now they talk about a rights-based approach to housing. However, e

Housing  Mr. Speaker, budget 2018 was a disappointment with very little new money to help Canadians find safe, affordable housing. The $15.9-billion co-investment fund announced last fall is supposed to start accepting applications in less than a week, but so far, there are no details.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Visa Office at the Canadian High Commission in Singapore: (a) what is the total number of sponsorship requests the Singapore Visa Office received in each year from 2012 to 2017; (b) how many applications were processed in each of the years in (a) and, of those

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I noticed my colleague mentioned, quite a few times, people working hard to join the middle class. I just want to remind the member that the government said it would move forward with pay equity legislation because women in Canada make less than men in Canada, and it

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I had the honour to serve on the special committee for pay equity with my hon. colleague in 2016, which seems like a while ago now. There was some disappointment that we did not have a unanimous report. None of the witnesses who came forward at that committee felt

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I want to share with the member from Markham my experience on the special committee for pay equity to let her know that not one single expert witness said that the government would need 18 months to implement pay equity legislation. We are coming up to two years. The

Health  Mr. Speaker, in the face of what health experts are calling an epidemic, the federal government has cut funding to 30% of AIDS organizations, providing no explanation. Saskatchewan's HIV rate is two and a half times the national average, yet the funding of two organizations, AID

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Madam Speaker, the special committee on pay equity tabled its report in June 2016. Canadian women have been advocating for pay equity legislation for over 40 years. We talked about it in 2016. It was mentioned in the budget, but unfortunately we have seen no money in the budget i

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-74, the budget implementation bill. It is a daunting task, given the bill is over 500 pages and amends 44 pieces of legislation. It is an omnibus bill for sure, which is unfortunate in and of itself. What is even more unfortunate i