Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.  Mr. Speaker, we have heard a number of comments from the government on promises it is keeping, on openness and transparency. My hon. colleague expressed his dismay with some of the language we are hearing. Very similar to this debate, not a week ago debate was limited on somethi

Multiple Sclerosis  Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about a real life hero and his family. His name is Tim Michalchuk, a determined, spirited, and unwavering individual. Tim's partner, Shannon, was diagnosed with MS over five years ago and recently suffered a relapse. To help raise awareness and to s

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Windsor West has been in the House for 14 years and we cannot figure out how to modulate his volume when he gives speeches. He is very loud, but very passionate. Canada is a trading nation and from our earliest days we have focused on trade. Whet

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I find the question humorous, coming across the way from a government that has campaigned on open and transparent ways and how it was going to change the way that Canadian government is being seen. All it has done is put Canada back in the Dark Ages. He talked abo

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, there was no question there. I want to stand and apologize to my colleague. I was not pointing fingers at him. I was merely saying that in 14 years, “we” have not been able to modulate our volume when he gets up because of his passion. I commend him for his passio

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the members of the current government have again gone on and talked about open and transparent ways and said that they are going to consult with Canadians. The members of the Conservative Party believe that we must have true consultation with Canadians, and that

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I find it really rich, the comments coming from across the way, when it is that very government that will not consult Canadians on physician-assisted dying. It will not consult Canadians on one of the biggest decisions we are going to make here in Parliament, which

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, talk about power going to somebody's head. Witness after witness at the trade committee last week agreed that the upcoming presidential election poses a threat to our new softwood lumber agreement. We do not have an agreement, and it is creating all kinds of uncert

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, it was the Conservative government that put an end to the longest and most costly trade disagreement in history with the softwood lumber agreement. The United States is Canada's largest market for softwood lumber. There are hundreds of thousands of jobs on the line,

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of International Trade rose in this House, not to offer solutions or an update on the progress of a new softwood lumber agreement, but to pass the buck, point fingers, and try to assign blame away from the mismanagement of the Liberals on this

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the clock continues to tick down and we are going into a U.S. election. That response is simply not good enough. Hundreds of thousands of forestry jobs are on the line, yet instead of working hard to resolve the softwood lumber dispute, the Liberals are waving the w

International Trade  Cabinet is going to do whatever it wants to do, anyway, Mr. Speaker. Canada's largest lumber companies are moving more and more of their operations south of the border at the expense of high-quality, well-paying jobs in this country, all because of uncertainty over the Liberals

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the small producers are on the outside looking in. From that response, it is clear that Liberals do not care about protecting Canadian forestry jobs that are the backbone of this country. They have pitted Canada's small producers against our large producers, the

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise in the House, especially to talk again about Bill C-10. I have risen a couple of times on this important legislation. It is curious that the government is picking to run through this so quickly. It is legislation that the Liberals co

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, again, I am part of this Parliament. The Liberals like to point fingers and say, “It was this government that didn't do this, and these guys didn't do this”. The reality is that they are the ones who have been campaigning on open and transparent ways. Instead, what t