Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I met with our mayors, councils, and our regional leaders as late as Saturday of last week, not specifically with respect to unionization but to the rising costs and concerns of policing and being able to staff adequately. I have spoken with the RCMP leadership and f

The Budget  Madam Speaker, over the course of the campaign, we heard the Liberal leader, and now our Prime Minister, talk about the Liberal plan. Would the member not agree with us that the Liberals campaigned on a string of broken promises? How hard is it for them to look Canadians in the e

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I am here on behalf of hard-working families and friends of Cariboo—Prince George. We have some concerns with the budget released by the government three weeks ago. Historically speaking, budgets are presented once a year. They identify planned government spending a

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, without a doubt we need to do everything in our power to look after those who are most vulnerable. In my riding of Cariboo—Prince George, we indeed do have a necessity for affordable housing, but these are questions I am getting. How is the money going to be rolled o

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, while we may differ on many issues, we do agree and share our passion for our communities and for Canada and for doing the best we can in representing our regions and ridings. My concern is that rural Canada has seemingly been forgotten in the budget. Whether it is

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals campaigned on a number of promises that have been broken over the last six months. Could my colleague tell me if they misled Canadians or if they simply do not have a plan.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the government is throwing around words, saying that it has followed through with its promises. What we see is a string of broken promises. It misled Canadians during its campaign by saying that it had a plan. The Liberals like to point out the promises they think

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, we are all gathered here today because of a state of emergency and we all need to step away from our speaking points for a moment. We have two communities that are facing difficult times in the ridings of our hon. colleague from La Loche and our hon. colleague from T

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Kitchener—Conestoga for sharing his time with me. Mr. Speaker, I hope you will grant me a little leeway in the time, for I feel this might be a tough speech for me to get through in the allotted 10 minutes. I also want to than

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, I apologize for the emotion. We can leave a mark and we can leave a legacy. We can do better. Regardless of political stripe or background or social background—it does not matter whose name is on it and what we are doing—we need to get together. We need to get arou

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, I will join my hon. colleague in imploring the government to invest more immediately. One of the reasons I tabled my Bill C-211 is to look at a national framework to deal with PTSD for first responders and veterans, because mental health issues affect all Canadians

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank our hon. colleague from across the way for his heartfelt speech and also apologize for the losses that he and his family and his communities have gone through. We have heard a lot of passionate discussion tonight. My question for my hon. colleague is

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the evidence is that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs lost right now and hanging in the balance. The Pacific Northwest LNG project would be the biggest private sector investment in British Columbia history. Billions in investment and thousands of well-paying

Quesnel Community Foundation Awards  Mr. Speaker, as the member of Parliament for Cariboo-—Prince George, I have the honour of hearing about organizations in my riding that are truly remarkable. I would like to say a big congratulations to the 15 recipients of the 2016 Quesnel Community Foundation Awards: the Alex

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the MP for Steveston—Richmond East wants to shut down the port of Vancouver and have it subject to an environmental assessment, the same environmental process that has tied up the Pacific LNG project in more and more red tape and has put the creation of thousands of