Public Transportation  Mr. Speaker, last Friday, I rose in the chamber to ask again what the government was doing, and the reply from the government was: ...we understand that having an efficient and functional transportation system is absolutely critical. We need to work together. We have to work to

Public Transportation  Mr. Speaker, in January, I asked a question in the House about the hardship brought on by the closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company a year ago this month, and was encouraged when the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development replied: As the member kn

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I would like to reiterate the fact that many of the speakers this afternoon have talked about legislation and regulation as important steps, but that a cultural change on Parliament Hill, within our workplaces, is the work that we all still need to be doing. I wond

Public Transportation  Mr. Speaker, it has been one year since STC was shut down, and the people of Saskatchewan are still without access to safe, affordable, public transportation. After saying it would work with me to address this issue in a meaningful way, the silence from the government is deafen

Health  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask my colleague to hold his government to account. It is unconscionable, given the statistics, to remove a third of the funding for these programmes without any real explanation or any other replacement in place. In the face of the undeniable evidence that

Health  Mr. Speaker, it pains me to once again ask the government about its commitment to health funding in my home province of Saskatchewan. Five months ago, on World AIDS Day, I asked the government if it would declare a public health state of emergency in Saskatchewan, as our doctor

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Madam Speaker, it is not enough for the Liberals to tell Canadians they are going to implement pharmacare, or ask Canadians to just trust them, or tell Canadians they are going to have an advisory committee but it takes a long time, that kind of thing. It would really be helpfu

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I guess I will thank my hon. colleague across the way for his comments, although he did not quite reflect what I said. What I had talked about is that the majority of the new investment into housing is coming after the next federal election. Of the $40 billion I ha

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I guess what I am saying is there is not enough in this omnibus budget for the residents in my riding, in particular for those women I met at the Trade Journey program. I am not denying that the Canada child benefit has helped people. However, the program does not

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

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

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  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

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 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