Canada Labour Code  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-307, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave). Mr. Speaker, I am tabling this piece of legislation, thanks to my colleague from Manitoba for seconding it. It is very simple. It would provide eight weeks of unpaid leave under

Health  Mr. Speaker, an internal government communication plan from the PMPRB labels patient organizations, such as Cystic Fibrosis Canada and the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, as engaging in disinformation. The PMPRB is not accusing these patient advocacy groups of being m

Austin Caron  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life of Austin Caron, a Calgary political activist who passed away suddenly last week in his sleep at the much too early age of 23. A former staffer here on the Hill, Austin was a true politico who could be found at the doors campaigni

Alberta  Mr. Speaker, Premier Ralph Klein used to say that Alberta is a place where a person can make a million dollars or lose a million dollars. Albertans are team players. We have contributed to the success of Canada through equalization, transfers and the boom that was our energy sect

COVID-19 in Alberta  Madam Speaker, I am glad the member spoke about living in an era of sound bites. A lot of what the Liberal members have been doing so far is blaming the people of Alberta for the situation we find ourselves in, but we would not be in this situation had we received vaccine supplie

COVID-19 in Alberta  Mr. Speaker, the member had an exchange earlier in the day with the parliament secretary to the government House leader talking about debates and us raising vaccines. The member rightly pointed out that the issue is numbers, targets and performance. That is what we are here to do

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, as some members will know, I used to sit on the finance committee in a previous Parliament. I do not get to do that now as chair for the Conservative caucus, but I see this is a report that has 145 recommendations and is one of the biggest in the past five to six y

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I liked that the member gave us a history of political debates in Quebec over the past 30 years. However, I would like to come back to a comment one of the Bloc Québécois members made about old age security. In the budget, the federal government decided to give $5

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the member spoke about a little of everything, but the debate is on concurring in the finance committee's report on the pre-budget submission to the government. Over the years, we have seen that the number of recommendations being accepted by the Government of Ca

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for La Pointe-de-l'Île for his comments. I agree with the first part of his question and his idea. I think people need to provide valid and informed consent. Many of my constituents have the same concern about private businesses sharing their pers

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, as far as I can tell, not much new in this legislation specifically deals with those types of issues. We have all seen the phishing scams, even on Parliament Hill, where people pretend to be banks, financial institutions or credit unions. It looks so real and the int

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I will speak about the first part of his observation on privacy rights. Privacy rights should be property rights. That is where we should go and expand it, and that is the way it should be understood. I talked about, for example, deepfakes and the concerns I heard at

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the member is the parliamentary secretary to the House leader. He is participating in setting the agenda. It has been months since this legislation came to Parliament to be debated. He should perhaps look at his own schedule to determine how many more days the govern

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to joining the debate on Bill C-11. “One who wants to know is better than one who already knows” is a Yiddish proverb, and members know I have a great love of them. However, I want to go through the legislation before us, because a lot of constituents

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the federal disability tax credit (DTC) that helps persons with disabilities and certain medical conditions defray unavoidable medical expenses, since fiscal year 2017-18: (a) what is the total number of DTC applicants for fiscal years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20,